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Re: Yikes! Gas Price $5 Gallon in Canada - Don't Visit Alberta!!

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From: Robert Weldon
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:02
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"John Kulp" <john_kulp@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:39:26 GMT, 20April <20April@xmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Media across Canada are moaning that this year will see a drastic drop in
>>tourism, caused by the obscene gas prices in communist Canada.
>
> And which nutbar are we dealing with now?  Please identify yourself so
> we can all have a good laugh.

I am not sure, but this is reading like a Grosvenor diatribe.

>>
>>With the oil companies recording their highest profits in history - in
>>BILLIONS, places such as Alberta Canada deserve to have their
>>tourism industry go down the toilet, with no tourists prepared to
>>get ripped off for $5 gallon gasoline!!
>
> Right.  They're all headed to Europe where they can pay $8 a gallon.
>
>>
>>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:11:36 GMT, 20April <20April@xmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Your gas comes from Oilberta Canada.
>>
>>>At the refinery here, sucker canuckleheads are now paying $5.00 a 
>>>gallon[US]!!
>>>We make it here but the crooked governments in collusion with the oil
>>>companies are ripping us off!1
>>
>>>if YOU had to pay $5 WOULD YOU RIOT?
>>
>>>Here the sheeple just pay....
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:02:54 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>><barbschaller@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>On my way home from the supermarket I saw a BP (Nicollet & ~126th in
>>>>Burnsville - between the Pkwy and 13) with gas at 3.529.  Highest I've
>>>>seen yet.  I didn't read the fine print, but I assumed that was for
>>>>regular; I stopped at the Holiday near me and filled up for $3.379
>>>>minus 11 cents/gallon with my Cub discount slips.
>>
>>>>Oh, the counter guy at the station had just returned from chasing a
>>>>drive-off -- he got his license number.  More and more of those
>>>>happening.
>>
> 
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