I am not a big fan of the gas and weather comments.  But I will concede that things were pretty slow in the second quarter for the automotive aftermarket (if we did not know that already from Genuine Parts Automotive segments sluggish 2% sales growth as well.) 

Actually, April in general seemed slow for auto retail. 

Management said if they excluded out their Texas and Oklahoma stores, the company experienced same-store sales growth of 4%. 

But even Greg Henslee (O'Reilly's CEO) said "the weather will be the weather."  So let's not fret about this stuff. 

Instead, we need to focus on what generates long-term sustainable returns. 

So I just want ...

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