With due respect, are you saying seriously that you are willing to take the hit on your increased costs of the meat to replace what you sold? In other words, you're willing to take a loss even though you knew it would be a loss before you did it? It has very little to do with "honor" ... it has...
"The problem here is that this is all the gas stations" ... yep, all the gas stations have to buy gas from the same suppliers, and all at the same price. Gasoline, and other crude refined products are a world-wide commodity, not a local one.
Except that you're not reselling the meat in your freezer. If you were, you would have to sell it at the price it's now going to cost you to replace it ... same as gasoline. When those 8 thousand gallon tanks go empty and wholesale prices of gas has increased, you will have to pay that increased...
We all know this question is very subjective, but in your mind who would be titled the 'Greatest'? Your words of "He was good, but by no means the GREATEST".... seems to imply you place him somewhere pretty far down the list. Just curious.
Can still see vaguely my 'BRANDING' from about 1956-7 (about 8 or 9 yrs old). Brother said it wouldn't hurt a bit. It does really cause some interesting conversation anytime I'm being finger printed though................ Of course I knew better, just too stupid to recognize it.
I guess you, papa, or I could be considered a "damned ol' grouch". Well, you and papa might be anyway, but I really don't think it applies to either of us. ;):D
papa, you're so old you wouldn't know for sure if anybody called you that, and even if you did you'd forget it in about 3 seconds anyway! But you would probably "grouch" about it for that 3 seconds! Oh, well that kinda' covers it don't it? ;):D
Earlier I wrote about my old shovel head with "left foot shift and right foot brake" ... when it was actually the opposite. Just goes to show how time and age affects the memory. I'm thinking it was a late 60's model, Oh well :rolleyes::).