EVERY TIME I FILL MY GAS TANK, MEMORIES OF EIGHT FOR A DOLLAR COME BACK TO ME.  THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN GAS PRICES WERE RELATIVELY STABLE. FOR MANY YEARS THE PRICE HOVERED AROUND FIVE GALLONS FOR A DOLLAR.  THEN THE SEVENTIES CAME ALONG AND THE PRICE AT THE PUMP CREPT UP, UP, AND UP.  THE TWO GRADES OF GAS WERE REPLACED  BY THREE GRADES. WHEN GM BEGAN MANUFACTURING DIESEL CARS, DIESEL SUDDENLY BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE.  IT HAS REMAINED THAT WAY.  EVERY THURSDAY, THE PRICE AT THE PUMP GOES UP.  WHEN WE GET USE TO BUYING GAS ON WEDNESDAY, THE OIL COMPANIES JACK UP THE PRICE ON TUESDAY.  IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS THEY WERE SERVICE STATIONS.  THEY CLEANED YOUR WINDSHIELD, PUMPED YOUR GAS, CHECKED YOUR OIL AND SMILED.  POLITICIANS TELL US WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THE PRICE OF GAS.  THE OIL COMPANIES SEEM TO BE IN CONTROL OF OUR ECONOMY, OUR TRAVELS AND MUCH OF OUR RECREATION THAT INCLUDES TRAVEL. WE COMPLAIN, BUT IT DOES NO GOOD.

SHELL OIL JUST ANNOUNCED A 50% INCREASE IN PROFITS.  NOW DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD THIS MORNING?