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The Talk of Summer

Hope you had a good Memorial Day Weekend. And so what was the hot topic of conversation at your barbecue?

By Jonathan D. Miller | Updated on May 27, 2008

Hope you had a good Memorial Day Weekend. And so what was the hot topic of conversation at your barbecue?

Where ever I went — I covered about 650 miles by car, visiting with relatives from Canada, the UK and seeing friends from various parts of the Northeast — the number one topic was the price of gas. For starters, there were all the “jeez-louise” rolling-eyes looks from anyone peering at the gas pump price signs before they swiped their credit cards. I saw a price high of $4.59 a gallon on the New York side of the Palisades Interstate and price low about 15 miles later on the (tax-low) Jersey side of $3.76. If you have a big SUV sized tank, there’s about a $15 price swing per tank-fill between the states. I paid $4.09 and $4.13 a gallon for my fillups. My London cousins were a bit blase about it all. First of all they revel in the cheap dollar and back home they pay about $10 a gallon. My Canadian cousins weren’t that unhappy either — given the strong Loonie and their familiarity with higher pump prices too.

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