**on-site Trip Report ~~ [[ Monday afteroon ]]....8/29

[smith744]

Mr Smith(aka Preacher man)...You are quite the "ladies man" aren't you ??? I bet you even have a female "fan club " out there in Lucea !!!

I'm really looking forward to your building/shower project..I want to do something similiar in mi yard out in Trelawny when I go back in Nov...

YOU, mi fren are gonna LOVE-LOVE my video(s) of the project

one of the best *purchases* i've made here in Jamaica
..labor::>> Ja$2,000 ... took him 1/2 a day
supplies::>> Ja$780 ... for the cement

stay tuned for video(s) & commentary

p.s.... from time to time folks post about prices for *locals* vs. prices for *foreigners*

* sigh *

there's no such *animal*

if/when it happens, then it's time to CHANGE your *friends* or who/whom-ever you're dealing with
...RUN-away FAST from that *relationship*

:-(

[smith744]

Dear Pastor...

lol
lol
lol
lol

i listen to '.Pastor.' most nights (down here)
...and sometimes at *home* in foreign, ESPECIALLY before a trip

'.Pastor.' is PERFECT for getting ready to visit Jamaica
...that radio program will "..get your mind right.."

p.s.... the fact of the matter IS:::>> Listening to '.Dear Pastor.' SHOULD be required-listening for anyone coming to Jamaica for first-time (or any-times, too)

[smith744]

new/different topic/subject/what-ever

Sat-day,
was hanging out at Herbie's place
..trying to link with boardie-Yardie & her husband
......never met 'em even though have chatted online, and via phone, etc blah blah raa raa

while there,
met a nice Rasta-guy & his Rasta-lady-friend

lady was quiet & reserved

while her man was off chattin' with Herbie
she was off to the side near a lounge chair

i was about to sit down pon the lounger
when while pointing at some liquid spilled on the lounge-cushion, she-SAY::::>> "..Watch out ... it's wet .... you'd better ask them for a paper towel.."

i LAUGH-ed & shrieked:::>>> "..WHAT,,,,,,!!!!!@! ?????!!!! .... WHERE are YOU from...???????????????.." while laughing & laughing & laughing all the while

she was from USofA, Maryland

* sigh *

lol
lol
lol
LawdJezeezus
and i thought she was Jamaican
lol
lol
lol
she had me fooled
..but when she-say paper-towels i KNEW she was from-foreign
lol
lol
lol

[smith744]

today, i had a *plan*

a likkle this & that around Lucea & in-country
.then OFF to Negril for some video shooting and other things

BUT::>> a LOT of ".liquid sunshine." fall
..been falling all day,, off & on
......mash-up my plans

oh well
so it go

BUT::>> I was able to get another '.Route-Taxi 101.' video done
..while the '.liquid.' fall, Micheal & I sat in taxi and shot the video
.....the main topic:::>> his input on that myth that taxi-men don't wanna pick up foreigners, and that foreigners shouldn't be riding route taxis because of some blah-blah raa raa reasons,,,, reasons based on the figments of imagination

[smith744]

FREE Internet in Negril @ Public Library

check it out
it's free
and the newly renovated library is too-nice

jus' be SURE to wear a sweater
...it's cool-cool-COOL in that computer section

[smith744]

Question::>> How Come in the Ja-supermarket, they got NO scanners,
yet the cashiers KNOW all the prices on EVERY-ting in the store..??..

it blows my mind
..'cause there's NO-way in the world this could/would ever happen in my hometown Washington DC

in-foreign cashiers have *problems* WITH scanners

* sigh *

what a puzzle-ment eh na tru

[smith744]

Mr Smith(aka Preacher man)...You are quite the "ladies man" aren't you ??? I bet you even have a female "fan club " out there in Lucea !!!.

moi..??..
.. a '.ladies man..'..??..
Nooooooooooooo_Sir..!!..
:-(

tru tru waaaaaaaaay back-in-the-day i was pure-dog,
but i've given-up on my doggie-ways

here in Jamaica,
with all these pretty-pretty ladies,
i do find my self panting with my tongue hanging out,
but mi 'fraid

for example, it was jus' yesterday,
i saw a lady
..about 40-ish

she was carry-ing a 5-gallon bucket of water
...ON her head
......HOW she got that bucket on top of her head I do-not know
.........moi..??.. --- i can hardly get a bucket of water off-the ground

anyhooooooooooooooooooooo

water pon her head,
and she was walking walking
...walking UP a super-duper-STEEP STEEP steeeeeeeeeeeeeep hill
......'bout a 65-degree incline

her grace in movement
..careful movement
.......a wonderment to behold

she step
she step
she step
up
& up
up
& up
step
by step
by step

for about 75-yards to her house

* sigh *

yep
mi 'fraid

Jamaican women are *special*
i'm NOT qualified
can't manage

[smith744]

women-wise,
there ARE two ladies i've been watching from long-time

lately,
they been *speaking* to me
smiling

before they ignored me

mi no know whata-gwan

but they are the *ones*

but one has some pickneys
...mi no make a move for the next 18-years with that one

but the other-one..???..
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmm

we'll see

[smith744]

new/different topic/subject/what-ever

Sat-day,
was hanging out at Herbie's place
..trying to link with boardie-Yardie & her husband
......never met 'em even though have chatted online, and via phone, etc blah blah raa raa

while there,
met a nice Rasta-guy & his Rasta-lady-friend

lady was quiet & reserved

while her man was off chattin' with Herbie
she was off to the side near a lounge chair

i was about to sit down pon the lounger
when while pointing at some liquid spilled on the lounge-cushion, she-SAY::::>> "..Watch out ... it's wet .... you'd better ask them for a paper towel.."

i LAUGH-ed & shrieked:::>>> "..WHAT,,,,,,!!!!!@! ?????!!!! .... WHERE are YOU from...???????????????.." while laughing & laughing & laughing all the while

she was from USofA, Maryland

* sigh *

lol
lol
lol
LawdJezeezus
and i thought she was Jamaican
lol
lol
lol
she had me fooled
..but when she-say paper-towels i KNEW she was from-foreign
lol
lol
lol

[smith744]

video below is a test
..mi thinks youtube is speedier tonight

saw this today on the side of a truck
nice na tru