Strangest sight this morning. I had to fill up this morning, so I stopped at a gasoline station before heading to work. So, I took one path that takes me past an intersection with three gasoline stations: ARCO, Shell and Chevron. I was just about to pull into the Shell because it was on the right side of the street when I suddenly acquired sticker shock. $2.43 per gallon? Did gasoline prices go back up? I quickly glanced at the other side of the street and spotted Chevron selling gasoline at $2.27 per gallon. Ordinarily, if an intersection has 3 gasoline stations, I would expect their prices to be roughly comparable. A few cents I can understand, but a 16 cent difference? Now, I have to figure out whether Shell is the laggard in lowering its prices or whether its the front runner in raising back up its prices. I like $2.27 per gallon. Saved me $40 for a full tank of gas from 5 months ago.