Tampa Taxi Shots

Explaining to the camera what I had just witnessed I watched the solar eclipse from Clearwater, Florida today. I was home recovering from walking Pneumonia. Believe me, I am sick. I slept most of the night and morning so I had the energy to go outside. I am glad I did. We did not get a totality but it was 91% coverage. Let me tell you, that last 10% is hugh. It never did get as dark as I thought it would get but I did get a good view with a pair of welders glasses. Starting to get dark out here This event had a historical connection for me because I was able to film the total eclipse of March 7, 1970. What is sad is I can't find any films of that eclipse on YouTube. I guess its sad to think I am that old. I am sick, however. I do need to recover. The welding glasses I was using

NOTICE NO CALLS ON THE BOARD DURING THE PIRATE INVASION! This is an image of my tablet at around noon on Gasparilla day 2017. It was a clear board. In years past, there would have been 1,500,000,000 calls on the board. The business is gone. There is not anything more I can say about that. I used to blame the HCPTC for taking no action to stop a gypsy cab operation. They were compromised early in the process of negotiations, and with the billions behind Uber, is that a surprise? The only mystery now is why do so many drivers continue to work for a leasing operation. There are no real perks to that anymore. The airport will soon be open season. When that happens, you won't be able to find a taxi in this town anymore. I did pick up a couple south of Gandy who told me the reason they called United Cab was they did not want to pay 10x surge. A 10 dollar fare would now be over 100 bucks. Apparently many were willing to pay that instead of getting into a taxi. Its over fo...

View from my living room I am watching the INFOWARS.COM Nightly News. Why? The network news channels are owned by corporations with agendas that dictate what is broadcast. Donald Trump says thay are LIARS! That is correct. I have had it with the horse shit and propaganda. Alex Jones is self promoted and is in bed with nobody.(who's Bill Clinton in bed with? Hillary?) Anyone with a brain cell knows they are being jerked around. Your mind is being jerked around.

Chet Yorton began lifting weights after he was badly injured in a car accident as a teenager. He only had two dumbbells to work with, and no information on how to do it. He essentially invented the push/pull split. He eventually defeated Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Mr. Universe contest in London. Just shows that things can lead in other directions if you just do what you love. You can see this was when JFK was president. Great results were obtained without drugs or Smoothie King. posted from Bloggeroid

The United States government is finally coloring our paper money. Other countries already do that. In my job I have to make change fast and I can't afford to cheat myself. Also, I think this may be an anti-counterfeiting measure. Anyway, I like the new money. I just wish I saw mote $100 bills!

I am honored to be a guest speaker at the Stacy Brown Jr Skunk Ape conference in September. The 2014 Florida Skunk Ape conference tickets are now on sale!!! It will be held in Orlando Florida on September 19th-20th at the Embassy inn & suites Jamaican court. Speakers will include Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Lyle Blackburn, Stacy Brown Jr., David Lauer, Robert Robinson, Bill Brock and Tim Fasano. Tickets are $50 and will include a meet and greet Friday the 19th from 7:30 to 10:30. That also includes 15% off your stay at the hotel. Conference starts Saturday the 20th at 9 a.m. and will go thru 8 p.m. go to www.TheSasquatchHunters.com for more info and to purchase tickets!!!

Most people don't know that the outdoor scenes in the Tarzan movies were filmed in Florida. North of Tampa is the Silver River where in 1932 the first Tarzan movie starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'sullivan as Tarzan and Jane was filmed. Florida was a natural setting because the jungle terrain is similar to that found in Africa. Plus, the nice climate allows the actors to wear skimpy outfits. The weather was great and the watter was warm (at the time of filming alligators were an endangered species - today those waters are infested with gators) and in one scene they both swam naked in the Silver River. Unfortunately, the year this move was filmed was when they came out with the motion picture rating code and the nude scenes had to be cut. The current DVD release has the scenes added in. Believe me, if I had Johnny's body, I would go naked too. I'm straight; don't worry. I was his age once. Pasco County Florida to this day is the nudist capital of the...