<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f">Hi, How is everyone coping with the gas price hikes? I work in an area th= at requires me to drive several hours a day and I have calculated that my ga= s costs have gone up about $40.00 a week.  I am raising my prices accor= dingly.  Won't say what they are or will be but I will be dividing= the increase among my customers.  How is everyone handling this?</BODY= ></HTML>