A Good Deal On Ice?

Several of my friends took to calling me "Rustic" a few years ago for somewhat obvious reasons. My wife has decided recently to start having me stand in front of signs bearing that word while she takes my picture. She took this one a few weeks ago when we were visiting my home town of Rolla, Missouri. The Rustic Motel has been operating there in the exact same location since I was in Jr. High-maybe since I was in grade school. Word on the street is that it's owned by a hometown guy named Jim Overby. I don't know for sure if that's correct, but maybe one day I'll do some research to find out. Then again, maybe I'll just go with the information in hand since I don't necessarily need to know who owns the Rustic Motel in Rolla.

Oh, and apparently you can get a bag of ice at the Rolla Sonic for $2.59. I'd have to know how big the bag of ice is before I could tell you whether or not it's a good deal. In any event, I wouldn't make a trip there just for the ice. Even if it's a 40 lb bag, you'd probably spend a lot more on gas then you'd save on the ice (that would, however, be an awfully darn big bag of ice at any price). Besides, you can get ice just about anywhere, so why go out of your way if you don't have to. And if you're from Yellow Knife, Norhthwest Territories, Canada, I hear you can just walk outside and chip it off the ground 9 or 10 months out of the year, which would actually be at least one very good reason to consider a move to Yellow Knife. Just think of all the money you'd save on ice...and gas too, since once you got there your car probably wouldn't start most of the time!