Paul Gonzales Quotations

People are really comfortable with traveler's checks, and they feel secure with them. But more places now take credit cards than traveler's checks.

We could go above $3.60. We could be at $3.65 to $3.70, if these wholesale prices hold.

If you're not comfortable getting out, motion the other driver to follow you to the nearest police station, gas station, hospital or fire station.

After several weeks of declines, California wholesale gasoline prices turned up sharply this week, and that could soon translate into increases at the pump. The higher prices are fueled by scheduled January refinery maintenance and the annual switch from winter to summer gas blends, which takes place in February.

Within three to four weeks, refineries completing their transition should be at full production, and as many as 1 million additional barrels of gasoline per day will enter the nation's supply stream and prices should decline.

A backup sensor is a valuable tool, since people's depth perception begins to suffer with age.

So if you're in another state, what you do is surrender your AAA membership card in lieu of payment. This doesn't jeopardize service; if you get a flat later, they can look up your membership number.

Investors have been climbing a wall of worry because the nation's inventories of gasoline have declined in recent weeks.