In search of Smith

It was one one of those dreary mornings.
Grey and cloudy.

Holmes was seated in his favorite chair, next to the fireplace, smoking his pipe
and totally absorbed in what he was reading.

"What do you make of this Watson", he said.

He handed me the front page of the Negril Daily paper.
it read:
"The mysterious disappearance of Master Smith"
Mr. Smith, a known traveler and word beater, has not been seen or heard of in the last month.

My, quite intriguing," I replied

Fancy a ride to the country, Watson?

"I would be honored, Holmes" I replied.
Excellent, we'll start straight off. "Mrs. Hudson!!"

We soon found ourselves in a Hansom (taxi) ,flying down the road at break neck speed.
Faster, faster driver, not a moment to lose!

The game is a foot!!:)

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Originally Posted by Markospoon

word beater

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Ha! Ha!

He guilty of Murder in the First Degree of the English Language!

Peace and Guidance

Love it lol. Hope you find him. I miss reading his posts and hearing his tales and his perspective of Jamaica

Mr. Smith- come out, come out, wherever you are! At least post a video or two!

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Originally Posted by Markospoon

It was one one of those dreary mornings.
Grey and cloudy.

Holmes was seated in his favorite chair, next to the fireplace, smoking his pipe
and totally absorbed in what he was reading.

"What do you make of this Watson", he said.

He handed me the front page of the Negril Daily paper.
it read:
"The mysterious disappearance of Master Smith"
Mr. Smith, a known traveler and word beater, has not been seen or heard of in the last month.

My, quite intriguing," I replied

Fancy a ride to the country, Watson?

"I would be honored, Holmes" I replied.
Excellent, we'll start straight off. "Mrs. Hudson!!"

We soon found ourselves in a Hansom (taxi) ,flying down the road at break neck speed.
Faster, faster driver, not a moment to lose!

The game is a foot!!:)

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am intrigued.....nice read.

As Smith himself would say....hold on.
I let him know he is being summoned, LOL.

love it Markospoon~~

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Originally Posted by Accompong

Ha! Ha!

He guilty of Murder in the First Degree of the English Language!

Peace and Guidance

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lol
lol
LOL

moi..??
:-(
a ''murder-er''....???...

* sigh *
* sigh *
* SIGH *

yep yep
'Tis true-true-TRUE :::: England and USofA and Jamaican English ain't my four-tay [sp?]
.....in fact, i'm not even good-with e-bonics either/neither

* sigh *

:-(

my dear boardie-'spoon ::: i'm here
am ok
bu$y bu$y bu$y

i HAVE been peekin' at your trip-report posts
...nice stuff ---- per-usual

your contribution so-nice, that you got me tempted to make a quickie short-short trip
ummmmmmmmm
maybe for Heros' Day
...never been der for Heros' Day

ummmmmmmmm
do you's *think* they'll make Rob a ''Hero'' ...??..
..he sure-do deserve it, na tru

ummmmmmmmm
then again,
maybe go down for the early-December Marathon
.....but NOT in shape
.........maybe-do the 1/2-marathon :::: or a ten-K

ummm
do they have a 10-K that day..??..
..how much it co$t, to run..??
.....anybody know..??


i do miss being on the board
...miss it a lot -- for my Jamaica-fix

but,
you won't believe how many Jamaicans are in my ''circle'' here in-foreign :::::: along with folks from the other-islands, and the MotherLand [i.e., Africa]

dem Africans are pure-Jamaican, in so-so-many ways


ummmmmmmmm
did i 'say' that proper-ly..??..

correction:::>>> dem Jamaicans are pure-African

no biggie
they all good :::: just different tribes / clans :::::: cousins all

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Originally Posted by BaileysMom

At least post a video or two!

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oh-kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

..stay tuned..

there was a recent post about the Jamaican Christmas cake::::

i've got a series of videos,
take a couple years ago,
when my Lucea-mentor
gave me instrucions
and
demonstrated how-to make it

ummmmmmmmm
gotta hunt thru my old emails,
'cause she also sent me a typed-up recipe, etc.

stay tuned

gotta stitch the videos together and up-load 'em
....hopefully WILL post by Monday lunch-time

* sigh *

my my my ::::: that Ja-Christmas cake is sooooooooooooo nice.

** sniff sniff **

can smell it NOW
as i type

ummmmmmmmmmm
should call her ::::: to 'see' if she got some left-overs around her house :::: that cake will last for years ----- a LOT of alcohol in it

lemme stop :::::: am now drooling all-over myself

soon-come back

p.s... 'spoon,,, i was in Chicago-area [i.e. Broadview] over LaborDay weekend

wanted to link ya, but _____ _____ ____

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Originally Posted by smith744

my dear boardie-'spoon :::
your contribution so-nice, that
you got me tempted
to make a quickie short-short trip

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a question:::>>> isn't it now
kinda-sorta a rainy-season
right now
in Jamaica
...???...

rainy-ness
means the rivers and falls are gushing gushing gushing
.
.
.
below
one of my videos

as Minnie Riperton would-sing:::>>> '''... BACK down memory lane la la la ..''


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBgSIZUWZw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFVTdFGf_Hs
.
.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

should i ''book, pack & GO'''

ummmmmmmmmmmmm

trying to hold-off until the GoPro 6
is released
........'cause i got 'plans' ,,,, for my next-trip ..... nuff-nuff video-plans

:-)

ummmmmmmmmm
betta go vote early, TOO
.
ummmmmmm
which reminds me :::: how's my sweetie-pie Portia doing these-days..??..
...dunno who i love more :::: Gladys, Nina or Portia

love your "bathing" video . . .

Smith!!,
My main man, good to hear from you.

It was nice to "re-live" those moments with you in the stream/river.
Yeah, when I was there just early September, Nuff rain mon.:rolleyes:

Question: Is that place/stream/river, where you had the wash-up, close to
where you instructed me to go on the trip to Lucea?

Remember, you said get out the Taxi in Lucea, walk to the Hardware store, then catch a private taxi ride up into the hills of Lucea?

So, if it was rainy time, I would have seen those falls?
That is so cool, chillin and getting a bath at same time.
Love it Man.

One day, perhaps I will be lucky enough to experience that like you.

Good to hear from you brother.:)

So, you were in Broadview over Labor day weekend?
That is when I was in Jamaica.

Like 2 ships passing in the night, we just missed each other.
No worries mate, soon come.

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Originally Posted by Markospoon

Question: Is that place/stream/river, where you had the wash-up, close to
where you instructed me to go on the trip to Lucea?

Remember, you said get out the Taxi in Lucea, walk to the Hardware store, then catch a private taxi ride up into the hills of Lucea?

So, if it was rainy time, I would have seen those falls?)

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yep
yep
yeip

btw ~~~ i bet your Ja-lady KNOWS of some-place[?] in or around or close-by Negril, where there's some kinda water-fall, or a nice rushing river, that you can have a similar ''experience''

if she too-young to-know, check with the old-older-folks

the-way Jamaica is with dem no-water-*issues*, my-gut tells me there're free & *natural* options [for bathing, washing clothing, etc] ::::: there's GOT to be..!!

everybody can't/don't buy water off the water-truck

in these 21st century times, folks probably don't wanna chat about the way things were done in the Ja-good 'ole days

oh
oh
ooooooh::::>>> next-time, next-reach, when the washing-powder [or liquid] runs-out:::>>> tell our Ja-lady:::>>> '''..make some ackee soap..'''

lol
lol
lol

be sure to post what she says

lol
lol
lol

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Originally Posted by smith744

yep
yep
yeip

btw ~~~ i bet your Ja-lady KNOWS of some-place[?] in or around or close-by Negril, where there's some kinda water-fall, or a nice rushing river, that you can have a similar ''experience''

if she too-young to-know, check with the old-older-folks

the-way Jamaica is with dem no-water-*issues*, my-gut tells me there're free & *natural* options [for bathing, washing clothing, etc] ::::: there's GOT to be..!!

everybody can't/don't buy water off the water-truck

in these 21st century times, folks probably don't wanna chat about the way things were done in the Ja-good 'ole days

oh
oh
ooooooh::::>>> next-time, next-reach, when the washing-powder [or liquid] runs-out:::>>> tell our Ja-lady:::>>> '''..make some ackee soap..'''

lol
lol
lol

be sure to post what she says

lol
lol
lol

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Just dig up a yucca root, smash it up real good in some water, strain out the pulp and you have a decent natural body wash. It works, I've done it when camping/hiking.

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Originally Posted by TAH

a yucca root,
and you have a decent natural body wash. .

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Wow..!!..

now THAT is some info i can USE..!!..

:-)

thank you thank you thank you