Guy's blog about life with pets in northern mich. for Sunday, July 6, 2008

One day recently, Marilyn and I were celebrating some special occasion, and I decided to treat her, to a night out on the town. I figured that she deserved a special treat, for recently tormenting me a bit LESS than usual, so I graciously offered to splurge and take her to “Arby’s,” (a classy, local restaurant) for the “ Twelve-for-five dollars,” sandwich special. She demurely asked me if we were going to use the convenient “Drive up” window facility, or maybe, PLEASE (?) go inside, and wait to... Sign in to see full entry.

How do petroleum refiners get more gallons of oil products out of a forty gallon barrel of oil, than the original forty gallons? Refiners produce gasoline, kerosene, solvents, lubricating oils, greases, waxes, chemicals, and who knows what else from crude oil, and I am told that the total of all these products is more gallons than they originally started with. HUH? How is this possible? If I were to start with five gallons of grape juice, and made wine with it, assuming that no water was added,... Sign in to see full entry.