Grandpa,

I know you didn't care for Jimmy Carter, but I gotta' call ya' on that one. The Arab oil embargo and gas price hikes occurred in 1973 and 1974. Carter was elected in 1976 and took office in January 1977. If you need a president to blame, how about hanging it on your old buddies Nixon and Ford, for the sake of accuracy?

You pay your daughter's cell phone bill and buy her a car? Another difference between us I observe and find amusing. I never bail out my kids, thereby depriving them of valuable learning opportunities. But I did send them to high quality universities so they could learn to take care of themselves. Just made more sense to me.

Personally, I don't much care what the price of gas goes to, except for the adverse effect high energy prices typically have had on the national economy. I'll just ride my bike more.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.