Things are tough all over

It seems like you can't turn on the news these days without hearing about how the price of gas is also driving up the cost of this or that product, like milk, bread, or...cocaine?

An Indiana dealer asked a customer to pay him an extra 25 dollars "for gas money to deliver the cocaine," court documents showed.

They were meeting about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away from the dealer's home in Hammond, Indiana, according to documents posted on The Smoking Gun website Thursday.

With gas (petrol) retailing at about four dollars a gallon (3.79 liters), the dealer likely made a small profit on the fuel charge.

Jeez, I would hope so. I don't think those 30-foot Cadillac land-yachts from the '70s got gas mileage bad enough to eat up $25 worth of gas in 20 miles.