21 Jul 12 07:40, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> I noted yesterday that it was hotter where you are than here and
 RN>> THAT's something.

 RW>> That was on the 12th and we had a lot of humidity off the gulf that
 RW>> day. Yesterday it was 92F with low humidity and I worked in the
 RW>> garage without breaking a sweat. Two ceiling fans and a 18" pusher
 RW>> to move the air along. I also have a 54" fan that pushes a lot of
 RW>> air when the humidity gets up there. Been thinking about building a
 RW>> 54" swamp cooler to help cool off the garage.

 RN> The day before yesterday, I was driving down the road on some errands
 RN> and got caught in a monsoon that came out of the northeast and was
 RN> raining so hard, I gave some thought to pulling the car over to the
 RN> side of the road, which would be just as dangerous, but instead I
 RN> outran it.  Yesterday, that same weather system caused very heavy
 RN> rain all day and we didn't get out of the 70s.

That should happen here. I'd enjoy a soaker with low temps like that.

 RN>> I don't remember the last time I saw gas under $3.

 RW>> It's been a while, hasn't it...gas prices should be lower, since
 RW>> oil has been $20 cheaper a barrel, but gasoline suppliers aren't
 RW>> going to budge off of their profits without an incentive to lower
 RW>> prices. It is summer, so I don't expect gas prices to get any lower
 RW>> until September, after school starts.

 RN> It's the same old practice of getting the consumer used to a price
 RN> and NEVER lowering it.  There is a special name and place for those
 RN> people.

Rag heads from hell?

                R\%/itt

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