Dave, please note that in response to the OPEC news, commodities traders raised the price of oil to within fifty cents of the all-time record of $78.77.

They are betting their careers against OPEC's word. My take on this is that a major disruption in petroleum distribution is expected in the next few months, rendering this quota increase moot.

I have a friend who works in a lumber yard. He regularly threatens to "start eating sawdust and crapping 2x4's" but I don't plan on building a house from his "output"

SW