That's not the only phenomenon having an effect here, but yeah, I remember the October/November thing. I don't recall an election two weeks ago when the price was so much lower than today -- I suspect there was some factor I don't know about depressing prices in February (for just long enough for me to get used to the lower level so that their rebound to the two-and-a-half-buck range feels more like an onerous increase than the end of a brief dip).
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