Re: The price of oil

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

> 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)

All of us whose people come from away probably do that. It's just that 
all my people came from the British Isles. That's probably a 
religion/geographic convenience thing more than anything else.  Rural 
people went into town on Sundays to attend church. It was the Tinder of 
the 1800s.

> 
>>>> 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...
> 

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