My dad’s hands-down least favorite word, and he was religiously opposed to cussing so the bar was high. 😂

Supposedly it’s already over $7 on the left coast, but it’s still 2.89 here where I am. The person that posted the California price was arguing with us, saying it was already that high nationwide, and asking us to believe their questionable word instead of our own eyes. Most of the price complaints will be just that, self imposed nonsense on the coasts, in Phoenix, and anywhere else that sells special “magical” gas formulations. The rest of us will not care so much, and the artificial dichotomy between nonsense land and mainstream America will widen. But who knows.. it could go sky high. Remember when toilet paper was 5x the price? There were no more butts, and no fewer rolls of tp, there was just more nonsense to divide us. Since people were whenging online about toiletries they were ignoring the actual problem. If it comes to that, while TP isn’t, gas is critical infrastructure so companies will not be allowed to fix it high but the government will be allowed to prevent corporate fixing by fiat fixing it low. I don’t think it will come to what you’re talking about.. not here. I think China will feel the hurt, but look at their silver spot. Precious metals has proven that we can decouple commodities from the global market at will.

(Oh my favorite musical subject) Sadly, this is only true sometimes. 😔 They changed the frequency, as old bells cracked or were melted down for cannons or whatever it is they melt church bells down for, they slid the scale a couple hertz. Many bells are digital, and play on an A = 440hz scale. There’s a church near me where the treble bells are digital, and the bass bells are one of the old frequency. They play them at the same time, in the same song. The discord is anything but healing. Frequencies are intriguing to me. Being a violin player, I have some inside baseball on them. When A = 444hz, you get the god frequency or solfeggio tone (528hz) when a C is played. Some erroneously claim that music was tuned this way before 1800. This is simply not true, as gut and even steel strings are at their limit when tuned to a 440A. Midevil, Renaissance, Baroque or early Classical music was always tuned to A=338 or below. The violin was modernized in 1790-1810; the entire structure was changed to accommodate 440A, which is higher tension and can be louder. The strings were modernized at the same time, often with a brass or steel string for the high E note. This results in a 695hz E string, which is the upper limit of engineering for brass and steel wire. So no, the music of old was not played in 444, except for before the violin was invented and needed. Since its inception, the violin was played liturgically, and it was played at 338A or a lower scale. There’s also Mtns In The Sea and Rabbai David Louis to listen to. They concentrate on ancient scales and tones, and while I think they may not be super historically accurate it is super soothing to listen to those scales.

Stop complaining. They just stole 1/8760th of your year, and they’ll give it back in the fall. If you actually think that’s a burden, just wait til you understand property tax.