Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 30.09.2022 18.31, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> On 29.09.2022 12.44, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>
>>>>> On 28.09.2022 12.53, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 25.09.2022 18.34, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 24.09.2022 02.50, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:1pyr0ap.1g21gem1ewgc3rN%[email protected]:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>> 
<https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j92/Risingclouds/Comedic/GaryLar
>>>>>>>>>>>> son DuckCardI.jpg>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Always beware the duck.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Uh-huh..
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Absolutely; they're a dodgy bunch, dem darn duckies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://youtu.be/6k01DIVDJlY>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was sitting here hoping that someone would make
>>>>>>>>>>> a documentary on the corkscrew penis.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's evolution (as propounded by Darwin) at its very finest.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...and could conceivably be the inspiration for the danish
>>>>>>>>> childrens tv hero: Dillermand.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BeH
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOL! I will check that out.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By all means, do. He was world famous for a few days when it
>>>>>>> first stared airing...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BeH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I must have slept through that news.
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't religiously watch everything John Oliver produces,
>>>>> then... (there are also some "news-reporting" about Dillermand on
>>>>> youtoeb) 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I watch Bill Maher instead.
>>>>
>>> I'm ambivilent about Maher. On the one hand I liked Religiosity (was
>>> that the name?) a lot; on the other he's also sarcastic and mean
>>> with subjects I care about...
>>>
>> 
>> Religulous?
> 
> That's the one. I could have looked it up, but...
> 
>> He is American after all...
>> I like his show but not his stand-up specials.
>> He spends way too much time going on about Trump (still) but he
>> usually has interesting guests on his panel.
>> Yeah, he always tees off on Canada. Busternaut used to do the same.
> 
> Busternaut? But he's like half canadian himself...

He told me that someone in his ancestry is French Canadian. I'm not sure 
who. It could be several generations ago.
> 
>> I'll try not to focus on that when I don't pay for doctors or
>> prescriptions or when it costs me $10 to get my teeth cleaned.
> 
> He-he. Silly 'merkins.
> But also: Dammit, I pay close to $100[1] for a teeth cleaning. And I'm
> supposed to have it done 4times/year because reasons.
> The previous government cut almost all subsidy for dental care, and
> the present one don't seem in a hurry to reverse that.
> 
> BeH
> 1: Not actual dollars but the equivalent monetary value in the local 
> currency.
> 

I looked on my last bill. It costs $210 and my insurance covers 90%.
If I had a spouse, the co-pay would cover the rest.