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Ol' Roy is now so quiet that I'm driving it a lot more than usual. The Bismarck and Little Red are getting neglected.

Of course now that it's quiet I keep hearing all kinds of other noises that have probably been there forever but that I just couldn't hear in the past. So now I'm obsessing over them. I probably just need to drive around with ear plugs.

Anyway, I had to go to a Ace Hardware about 6 or 7 miles away because they're the only place left nearby that will still fill propane tanks instead of requiring you to exchange them.

The Blue Rhino, et al tank exchange is a big rip off anywhere you go. Around here the average price for an exchange is about $22, but you only get 15 lb of propane.

At Ace hardware you'll get a full 20 lb for the same $22. That's $1.10 a pound as opposed to a $1.46 per pound. That's over $7 per tank savings.

The good think about the tank exchange places at Kroger or whatever, is that you can take your DOT expired, rusty tanks to them and exchange them for a brand new tank , 3/4 full of propane. If you have to buy a new empty tank, they're almost $50 now! I even found a rusty tank in the woods by my house and exchanged it for a brand new one.

Then off to the bank and some other errands. Gotta get my stuff done before the big hurricane hits tomorrow!