First, congrats to Deb and Tom. The wedding ceremony went as planned and everybody seemed to have a good time. Tom swooped up Debs on his great white steed and wisked her away to forever!
Now my occasional rant! The world seems crazy sometimes. The Milwaukee Sewer District (MDS) put out a warning to the residents of Milwaukee that they should limit their flushes of the toilet and minimize showers and baths because the big rains last week were flooding the sewer treatment plant and they were discharging raw sewage into Lake Michigan. So people tightened their bladders and smelled stinky because they didn't bathe. Anything to help the cause. And then (this is the crazy part), the city of Milwaukee sent out crews to flush out fire hydrants dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of additional water into the sewer treatment plant. Here's my question! Couldn't flushing the hydrants wait for a few days? Some little old lady took the water conservation very seriously (so seriously her back teeth were floating from not going to the bathroom) while at the same time the City is being cavalier and dumping all this fresh water into the system. Come on folks! Maybe it is just me!
Then the State Attorney General brings formal charges against BP (British Petroleum) gas stations. Actually there were two stations affected in northern Wisconsin. The charge was for changing gas prices on the sign twice within 47 minutes. Apparently there is a law that says a station can't change prices more than once in a 24 hour period. Whoooo! Naughty, naughty BP. The potential fine is $200 per station. I bet BP is shaking in their boots. $200! I bet that will keep them for ever making that mistake again. I think the fine for jaywalking is bigger? Maybe it just me!
And then, there is this CPI (Consumer Price Index) measured by the government. It has evolved into two numbers. Last month the CPI was up something like .6% (7.2% annually) but the "core CPI" which takes out food and energy was only up .2% (2.4% annually). They conclude that inflation is under control if you take out food and energy. I don't know about you, but I eat every day, drive every day and pay the same $3.00 per gallon of gas that you do. How can you ignor food and energy costs? Come on! Nobody seems to question the real total CPI increases! Maybe it is just me!
I'll stop the rant. There are things happening every day that just seem to be non-sensical in nature. Think about it! Or is it just me?
Love,
Dad