Tuesday, May 6, 2008

CUC Rate Increase and a Silver Lining


"As the constituents of Bradlandia already are aware, the month of May has officially been declared National "No Hot Water or Air-Con" Month. While there have been some rumblings of an election recount, his royal highness Bradinthesand reminded the good people of Bradlandia that he is the king and thereby his rule is not subject to voting processes."

Actually, last month I thought of creating National "No Hot Water or Air-Con" Month for May because I wanted to see just how low I could get my utility bill to drop. Turns out, it's a smart thing I did because the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation doubled this month's power rates.

Talk about timing!

So now it's all about ceiling fans and cold showers. So far, so good! And I have a built-in escape clause because my apartment has a generator. In the event of a power outage, I am free to crank on the hot water heater and use the air conditioning because they aren't on the meter when the generator is running. Brilliant!

If you're looking for more details, both the the Saipan Tribune and the Marianas Variety reported that the CUC is raising its rates something fierce. I hope it doesn't get too hot this month...

Silver Lining?

I guess that's just one of the prices to pay for living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hey, it's not that I want to pay the power rates, but it sure beats breathing in smog, sitting in traffic jams, shoveling driveways, road rage, wacko street people, drive-by shootings and Bill O'Reilly.

There's a lot of things in this world I can stand, but Bill O'Reilly isn't one of them. Maybe the Silver Lining to the CUC and Bill O'Reilly is that I won't have the money to afford cable with these new rates!

14 comments:

KAP said...

Hey, I never would have learned about you porn without O'Reilly.

Funny how he can slam something while giving it publicity and inflating his ratings.

Tamara said...

LMSAO @ KAP...you saw that one too huh?? ha ha ha ha

bradinthesand said...

i've never heard of youporn, kap. crap, now i have to check it out. seeing how i have some spare time right now...

bradinthesand said...

and tamara, you should be ashamed of yourself...


lol.

KAP said...

See? You can't stay informed w/o O'Reilly.

For the record, I only visited once, by accident. I was repelled and only read the comments.

Tamara said...

Actually, I'm just using the site for research.



lol

bradinthesand said...

if that counts as research i need to sign up for that class at nmc...

The Saipan Blogger アンジェロ・ビラゴメズ said...

There's a youporn.com? That's awesome!

Bruce A. Bateman said...

Now you just need to get rid of the most repugnant of your bad habits, Brad. Eating.

Think of the money you will save.

Already you are saving by not bathing, adding to that growing aroma by keeping your apartment hot and steamy with no aircon. Now if you can just cut out the eating habit you could then cut expenses to zero since you would not need the apartment at all.

What think you, oh King?

Signed :
A faithful subject of Bradlandia

bradinthesand said...

the eating thing will be hard to kick since i'm not a fan of anorexia. now bulimia on the other hand...

Anonymous said...

Just eat at Porky's regularly and the Bulimia thing should come easy!

bradinthesand said...

mean but funny, and i'm always in for the cheap laugh. actually, their food is quite good. i've been there a few times and wasn't disappointed.

Saipan Kat said...

that cold shower should do you some good after checking out youporn...

glend558 said...

More power outages...Keep Brad clean...