Re: The price of oil

On 02.10.2022 13.12, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
[...]
>>>>> 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.

Sure, but if a persons parents and grandparents were born in USA [as 
example], then they themselves are of USA. And I don't think they will 
take kindly if one were to suggest they weren't proper 'Merkuns either.

>>>>> 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...
> 
> Wanna help me write up a dating profile?

  Trust me, you do not want my input for that... From what I have 
learned from the internet, just don't add pictures of yourself holding a 
fish; or maybe that only applies to men.