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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (286098)	1/2/2009 6:09:20 PM
From: greenspirit	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 793978

One of the strange things I had to get used to after moving to Connecticut was the "oil heating" market game. Now that I've gotten to know my neighbors, we have a nice lady who is the oil heating neihborhood price watcher. She calls all the oil companies about once a week and we can always count on her to tell us the lowest price in the area. She also informs us when heating oil prices have dipped significantly and asks whether we want a shipment when she orders. It's kinda funny actually, but pretty effective. I just filled at $1.86 a gallon. Last year, everyone was signing contracts to lock in low prices. Thankfully, I was immediately schooled by one of my neighbors how to do business in the oil world. And was fortunate to lock in 2.99 a gallon for a year. Now everyone is paying spot prices because they don't know where the price will settle. People who locked in prices 6 months ago are really getting hammered. Living in the cold winter climate causes everyone to think about the cost of heat. We use a fireplace insert to offset heating oil costs and I cut trees down from my property. Nobody seems to care whether you cut a tree down in Connecticut, as compared to the Pacific Northwest, where everyone is a tree cutting critic. The wife wanted to clear the backyard anyway, so I guess I have about 6 years of relatively free energy sitting out there. There's something old school manly about teaching your 15 year son how to use a chain saw and chop wood with an axe, then carrying it nightly into the house to heat the home. Question my son asked recently; why do the men always have to haul in the wood when we run low? Answer: It's a guy thing son, life ain't fair - toughen up and get used to it! :-)

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