Re: The price of oil

On 01.10.2022 17.50, Merlyne wrote:
> 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
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>>>>>
> <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.

Every little bit counts. (It seems to hold for most us-americans at 
least. They all have a list of countries they are "from" if someone in 
their ancestry was from there.. It's a bit weird)

>>> 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.

You should get one of them, then. I mean 20 bucks is 20 bucks...

BeH