A peek at the life, times and thoughts of John during his two-year stint in Knoxville.

One of the gas station/convenience store chains popular in East Tennessee is Weigel's. The one closest to where I live has been renovating.

Today they installed one of those gas price signs that has the electronic display and will thus not require changing the numbers by hand. With gas prices fluctuating so much these days (maybe they should have four number panels instead of just three for when gas climbs to 10.00 or more per gallon) it might make sense.

With the uncertainty of gas prices there is one thing they seem pretty certain about: gas will always cost that extra 9/10ths of a cent. After the electronic panels there's that little tiny 9 right on the sign and with no room to change.

Lesson: No matter what price gasoline goes up to, they'll always be willing to charge you nearly one penny more.