I just talked to my folks back in Nova Scotia today and this is what I hear from them. There are two gas stations in the small town they live in, and to buy gas at either right now, it's getting close to $1.50/L. Also, people are going to the most foolish measures you can to get cheap gas. Mom was mowing the lawn the other day and Dad asked her, "Where'd you get the gas for the mower?" More than a bit confused, she said, "The gas jug." Dad's response, "You didn't get it out of the car?" Mom tells me tonight on the phone, "I can't take gas OUT of a car, I just figured out how to put it in this summer!" Now as funny as that is, Dad was thinking she syphoned gas out of car because it was essentially empty. Mom, bugged by this, went to the car and noticed the gas cover was open and the plug part was hanging right out. They'd been robbed of their tank of gas. Pathetic.
She then proceeds to tell me a story about some guys who prove being a ciminal doesn't mean you have to have a brain. Apparently they drilled holes in the tanks at a gas station, stole all the fuel, but in the process, caused an explosion due to the sparks from drilling through the tank. Sounds like the newest Newfie joke, but anyway, it's getting pretty bad.
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