The Ottawa Senators have been taking the Bolts to school. The Senators are ahead in the series 3-1. If they, Ottawa win this coming Saturday they will have clenched the series and dashed the Lightning’s dreams of holding on to the Stanley Cup.
Have you seen the figures from the gas companies. Chevron has had a record quarter.
This is a quote taken from TamBays10.com
“California-based Chevron is reporting its first quarter profit rose 49 percent to $4 billion. Revenue topped $54 billion, a 31percent increase from a year earlier.It
is joining two rivals, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil, which reported similarly stunning first-quarter profits. Combined, the three oil companies earned $15.7 billion during the three months of the year.”
Now we all knew that the money was not going into thin air. Somebody had to be getting fatter pockets. Now when working people have to wonder how they are going to budget so that they can afford gas and these big companies are getting fatter pocket something is definitely wrong. Instead of looking at the small gas stations from price gouging we really need to take a look at those higher up in the big offices and see what they may be doing to increase gas prices at the consumer level.
The Pinellas Suncoast Trasit Authority,PSTA, and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority , HARTline, have seen a large increase of bus riders since gas prices have risen to such high levels.   There are several bus routes available in each county.  Both Transit agencies offer the monthly bus passes that may become cheaper than driving to work.
The drought continues in Tampa. It has become so serious that the city council are considering limiting the watering of lawns to just once a week. Currently, watering is restricted to only two times a week.
If you drive around Tampa you just see these pitiful looking lawns. I can not wait for the regular rains to come back to Tampa Bay. It seems that, in the last few years, the only time that we get rain is when a hurricane or a tropical storm moves through the area. I’m sure I am speaking for everyone in Tampa Bay when I say that we have had enough of the those nasty Hurricanes.
I am currently researching ways to keep my yard from looking like a desert without violating watering restrictions. I have seen yards that have been coverted completely to concrete and other yards covered completely with mulch. My mind is not leaning toward any of those ideas yet.
Many plants that require low watering are available, but I have not heard of any grass that requires only one week of watering. If you here of any let me know
Governor Jeb Bush wants to make it less financially burdonsome for children of illegal immigrants to attend college. Currrently, children of illegal immigrants must pay out-of-state tuition. These students have lived in Florida for a long time and have graduated from Florida high schools.
If you don’t follow the hockey world and have not had the television then I just wanted to let you know that the Tampa Bay Lightning have made it to the playoffs. They have won the second game of the playoff series , beating the Ottawa Senators 4-3.
Don’t think I’m completely disgusting. Let me explain. Today we went to the MOSI Kids In Charge. It was fun. The girls loved it. What really got me was all the little exhibits about poop, doo-doo, poo poo, whatever you want to call it. It was fake and they did explain the science behind it but I was like ewe….
Years ago I would not have reacted like that. Well, that just through me for a loop. The fact that I was disgusted by fake poop was telling me I am getting old. How did it happen? You tell me. Maybe it has to do with the fact that have had to change poopy diapers. I don’t know at this point.
What I know is I do not want to become one of those people that are still stuck in the decade of their teens; I also don’t want to have the personality of an ancient-year-old. I did make-up “ancient-year-old”. That means that the mind is still working. As long as the minds working there is hope.
Next time I go to MOSI I will smile and face the poop.