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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday January 1990 Saturday Crossword Heres to thejricgougeadvante DR GOTT ACROSS DOWN 1 Host bleak Actor Jaunty ONeal 13 Aviation 2 Of aircraft hero Chuck 3 Protege self 14 In good Pollack working Group of actors Ravine Henchman 17 Incline the 8 As far head know 18 Ginseng 9 North plant Oh la 20 In the same 21 Drew place abbr 25 Once Wild plum out person Female bird 28 Division TVs Leavening Rather agent 21 Assimilate Nevada lake Bird 34 Sorrow 35 Stage 23 Property whisper 24 Rented 36 now 25 37 It present at opposite 39 Consec 26 Vast period rated of time 41 Mall center Sodium chloride By birth 29 Face part 45 Crane arm 30 An ex of Liz part Taylor 48 Having 31 Watches raised strips Enzyme 51 Hot Mexican 38 fly specialty Stopped 54 Not 41 Food si performed 55 Primitive colada Moistened DOG BEE DDE EEC EEC DC DECODE MM meat shops OPEN 7 DAYS 8732151 Sit pm Sun LOOK GOOD FEEL GREAT Male and Female Memberships Available THAT BODY Yawn Chemical Infirmities suffix Stinging French city insects S3 Acquired Roman I was treated to quite a surprise when I opened my December fueloil bill The cost of oil had risen from 86 cents to a gallon in one month I thought surely there had been an ac counting error so as an educated consumer I telephoned the distributor think theres been a mistake I pointed out referring to the huge Increase No mistake be replied The wholesaler raised the price on us and we passed it on Why the Increase The cold weather December was a very cold month Let me try to understand this I said Youre telling me that the price of heating oil practically doubled in a month because of cold weather Right The wholesaler didnt have enough reserves on band They were caught short Well I reasoned if people need more oil why cant the wholesalers buy more Then theyd sell it at 86 cents a gallon and people would pur- chase more fuel would cost more but wed be getting more oil for our money It doesnt work that way be said I can see that How do you maxi mize reserves by raising the price Do people choose to stay cold and not buy oil I asked- E dunno he responded All I know is that when the cold weather hit the wholesaler raised the price Youre lucky In some parts of the Northeast there isnt enough oil to go around I can understand rationing As a kid I went through that during World War However arbitrarily raising the price on oil without rationing Is something else again Its pricegouging pure and simple The fueloil company raised the price of Its product because industry executives sitting on their fat fannies In overheated office build ings decided that an uncharacteristic cold snap was a great opportunity to make a fast buck I predict that mil lions of citizens are going to contrib ute to industry profits as the oil price increase bits electric utility compa nies and trickles down to the consum er who as far as I can see has absolutely no say in the matter Im not going to take this lying down I hereby recommend that all doctors take a cue from the oil indus try Increase fees in accordance with acts of nature For example physicians see a lot of patients with flu in the winter I sug gest their fees by 50 percent during the flu season After all if were cauaht unaware and our resources are limited we shouldnt have to work harder Lets just see the same number of patients but charge each one more As long as hospitals are not over crowded they can charge their usual fees However when running at ca pacity they should charge more When resources are at a premium the true entrepreneur makes a profit This Is the American way Speaking for myself my rates for treating sunburn are going to double in the summer Skiing Injuries must be worth a good deal more in the win ter broken legs In the offseason are merely routine Football Injuries should provide a cornucopia for har ried physicians In the autumn Im go ing to add a surcharge on all such in juries in October and November Being more common In early spring colds and upper respiratory Infections should cost patients at least double the usual rate during March and ApriL Actually I thank the oil companies for instructing me in this little bit of highway robbery Heretofore I hadnt realized that by adopting the petro leum standard to overcharge for sea sonal ailments I could actually make enough extra cash to pay my heating- oil and electric bills RECYCLING aty watt tin it to put Please Remember to Recycle This Newspaper PHONE ORDERS ACCEPTED ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED 227 MAIN STREET MILTON 8780050 HOURS Mori Wed Sa 9 am pm Fri 9 am 9 pm