** on-site Trip Report ~~ Saturday afternoon .. ...... 06/06

[smith744]

hey hey heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey, EVERY-body..!!..
:-)
Life is GRAND
here,
with-me
IN Jamaica

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
WHERE are YOU..!!.
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I’m sitting on the verandah
Typing typing typing
2 am

On verandah ‘cause the other night, while posting inside, with a small small lamp, a bunch of STRANGE Jamaican night-time bugs showed up …… attracted to the lamp light.
:-(
You WON’T believe..!!.
Ther some weird bugs down here in Jamaica
Dem strange AND BIG


All these likkle Ja-kids NOT in school troubles me.
I’ve been asking them, WHY you not in school, and EVERY-time the response is:::>>> NO money… . for lunch, snacks, transportation. ‘Tis so so sad …… ‘cause ALL of ‘em are soooooooooooooooo ‘’..bright..’’

Breaks your heart



I’m STILL woking on that FRESH goat … curried goat party thing-y

Remember waaaaaaaaaaay back in early 2014 when I told you about the young-lady who wanted to rent land from landlord for a sports-bar..??..
If you recall [[ long story short ]]] she didn’t rent the land, from him blah blah blah …. Check the old post for details.
HOWEVER,
This trip
I was pleasant-ly surprised to *discover* that she DID find a spot …. Just down the road/lane… and is RIGHT NOW is doing a boom-ing business.

This young-lady …’but mid to late twenties is a REAL go-getter… a make her-dreams-come-TRUE type of person. If you ever meet her you’ll unna-stand what I’m telling you.

Well,
Tonight
I caught up with her and made a proposition:::>>> SHE get the goat and work out the details, particulars, etc, and I’ll pay for what-ever:::: which will probably just the goat, peas, rice and paper plates, plastic forks.

Told her::>> ‘’..ALL I want is a plate of food, and you can do whatever you want/like with the balance of the food..’’
She and her stepfather are gonna see if we can make this happen tomorrow… Saturday.

Am ‘spose to link with her in the morning ‘bout 8 AM …..she’s gonna be at her bar working on a new room.

Sigh

A bar in-country
WITH a proper rest room
UN-believe-able

She-SAID:::>> ‘’’no big deal ….. ALL business-es should have a rest room, na tru..’’

Oh
Oh
Oh:::>>> her step father
Now,
She’s ‘bout late-20-something
Step-father is same age or slight-ly …. Very slight-ly---- older

I wanna meet her momma

Sigh

As mi-SAY:::>> things are ALL-ways complicated in Jamaica, na tru
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... to be continued
in a few minutes....

soon come back

[smith744]

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One day when I figure-out a way to *explain* things,
I GOT TO tell you’s about the family relations thing-y down here
Family structure is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay *different* from what I and probably most-foreigners consider *normal*

It is NOT unusual to find a situation where a family will take in a child that is NO-kin to ‘em … no blood relation, no nuttin’

For some reason99 ??? )))m a *peer-rant* or a guardian will not be able to or want to care for a child, and some somebody will take them in, as their own … and raise ‘em.

This Jamaican practice is mind-blow-ing,
And hey do it soooooooooooooo matter –fact-ly
Over and over again.
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While watching my landlord and a guy working on the new bathing area,
I thought, to myself::::>>> ‘’’…at the rate they’re going, they could build a one bedroom HOUSE in ‘bout 2-days..’’

Stay tuned
‘cause I KNOW you-all gonna be surprised to find out how much things cost-ed for this bath area construction project.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It JUST MIGHT be time
For ME to build a likkle something something
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Afterall,
Landlord & his mom
Repeatedly have told me:::>> ‘’’..when you ready, Bill ….. Do it..!!.. …. Right here….. over-so ….. on THAT spot…’’’

Landlord even told me where I could have my grave site
If I was so inclined.
And which direction my feet should be pointed, while I lay in my casket
Ummmmmmmmmmmm
I think it was East.
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continue-ing in a few minutes

got some NICE videos for you's

likkle bit

[captaind & Linston]

... continue-ing...
Family structure is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay *different* from what I and probably most-foreigners consider *normal*

It is NOT unusual to find a situation where a family will take in a child that is NO-kin to ‘em … no blood relation, no nuttin’

For some reason99 ??? )))m a *peer-rant* or a guardian will not be able to or want to care for a child, and some somebody will take them in, as their own … and raise ‘em.

This Jamaican practice is mind-blow-ing,
And hey do it soooooooooooooo matter –fact-ly
Over and over again.

Over the years we fed, clothed and educated about a dozen pickney. Everybody in the district knew that Miss G, Mas Captain and Miss Izel would be a refuge for a homeless pickney. Some drifted away after a bit but several are still "my boys" and Miss G's "girls" all in their 40's now

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And which direction my feet should be pointed, while I lay in my casket
Ummmmmmmmmmmm
I think it was East.[/quote}

You bet your sweet a$$ it was EAST. Very important


Regards

Cap

[smith744]

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the crab video was shot 'bout 8:30 am

* wow *

it's a SATURDAY morning,
and you won't believe all the things
that are/have gwan since sunrise

* wow *

don't know HOW *they* do it..!!..

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although a *different* price was quoted to me,
i later *learned* the ""...REAL-price..."" ::::>>> Ja$100 each

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the crabs were caught last night


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the big *pot*
they cooking in
is ACTUALLY:::>>> a *recycled* large propane gas tank ...... top cut off

Jamaica make it *work* na tru
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while fooling around with the crab guys
i link-up with the lady-shop-keeper's step-father

we close a deal
on the goat thing-y

me run back-ah-yard,
get the $$$$$$$
and
OFF he goes
to find a goat
and do what he gotta do

i tell him,
the *plan* change::::>>> i want two plates ... one for me ... one for landlord.
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flash forward from 8:30 am
'til NOW,
1 pm-ish:::::>>> goat FOUND...!!!..
:-)

purchase being made as we speak

soon:::>> will begin videos of the *process*

stay tuned

me gonna be eatin' GOOOOoooooD
tonight

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...to be continued ....

[Vince]

Sounds like the young lady is got a vision that in good making!! BIG UP TO HER!!!

[Vince]

Eat good and sleep good boss!

[smith744]

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* whew *

I NEED ''...another-Me...""
...a clone
..........not nuff time to do all i want/need/gotta do
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this has been one of the busy-est Saturdays of my life
:-(
and it's JUST 1:30pm
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told landlord i was going to-bush
to look for mangos

he told me to take one of the likkle boys with me
...found and got my 12 year old new photo assistant..
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when we left
a few other boy pickney wanted to go along

told 'em No
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...to be continued..

[smith744]

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i am NOT pleased with the quality of these videos.
....i've got to upload a low-quality, to save time
.......nevertheless, i hope you're enjoy-ing 'em
............if you wanna see the *images* better::::>>> Book, pack & GO...!!!...
and see for self
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at some point in time,
i MUST tell you about my mango hunting experience with this likkle boy
...he was awesome.....NOW i know why they call him:::>> ''''...OLD-man...''''
......this kid is something ELSE...!!!...
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likkle more

MUST go to Lucea-town
to link with my Lucea mentor
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then get back for the goat-affair.
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up & down
like goat & fowl
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likkle bit

[smith744]

Sounds like the young lady is got a vision that in good making!! BIG UP TO HER!!!

she scares me
a Jamaican-Oprah, in the making, fi SURE

[smith744]

* sigh sigh sigh SIGH *
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there's ALL-ways MORE to the story(ies) in Jamaica, na tru
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or
as Paul Harvey liked to say:::>>> ""..and NOW here's the REST of the story...""
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my landlord doesn't know about the goat-party

i asked him::>> '''... you like curry goat..??... '''

""..No, mon ...""

and then he went into this thing about man *trouble-ing* goats & donkeys

:-(

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i might become a vegetarian

but
NOT today.
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likkle more