Have You Ever Complained About the Price of Gasoline?

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A friend of mine recently pointed out that there are a lot of things that we use or drink that are a lot more expensive than gasoline. I asked: “Like what?” She said: “Vick’s Nyquil. It’s $8.35 for 6 ounces. That’s $33.60 a gallon. Evian bottled water is $1.49 for 9 ounces. That’s $21.19 per gallon.” And there are a lot of other things that she used as an example. I had never thought about it, before. But, if you DO think about it, we are constantly buying small bottles of something and we don’t realize that “by the gallon” it would be very expensive. We simply pay the $1.49 for water, or the $8.35 for over-the-counter medicine and we don’t consider the overall cost per gallon. At least, I don’t. Do you? Then, I thought about something that I use a lot of and that is INK for my printer. For a very small amount of ink, I have paid a huge price. It’s ridiculous, really. Even “White-out” is $1.39 for .7 ounces. I’m looking at a bottle of it right now. That would equal $25.42 a gallon. OUTRAGEOUS! What do you think? Just be glad, she said, that your car doesn’t run on bottled water or “white-out.” REALLY!