**OFF-site Trip Report ~~ Aug 2011 ~~ Part #6 of several

[smith744]

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1...running socks ... called '..BalEga.." ... made in SouthAfrica... do a google for more info

2...Ponciana tee-shirt::: a likkle *story*

one day while walking around Lucea-town,
i saw a lady
...i looked pon her face
ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
WHERE i know her from...???..
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

she smiled
and said, "..How you doing blah blah raa raa.."

mi-SAY:::>> "..WHERE i know you from..??.."

"..From THERE.." as she pointed at my Poinciana tee-shirt

folks always asking me, how long i've been going to Jamaica
...i can't remember
:-(
remember::>> i'm old with a pea-brain, and a very feeble mind.

anyhoooooooooo.....

i DO remember that I started @ Poinciana
...in a time-share-arrangement

excited,
i asked the lady,
WHEN did they change the name to BeachesNegril/SandyBay etc...??..

around 1996 or 98-ish, she said

soooooooooooooooo

that means i've been fooling around in Jamaica since 'bout 1995-ish, or there-abouts

anyhooooooooooo.....

about that lady::::>> when i met her at the resort,
she worked in the gift shop
..at the time, 'twas *obvious* she was a new-employee

me being me,
all-ways got a kick out of *playing* with the staff members

once in a while, i'd eat in the resort's staff dining room, with the staff

they had good/better food in there
..at the time they had their own special cook/chef,
who prepared *real* Jamaican good
....food they didn't serve to the guests
.......the staff (back-then) didn't like the resort-for-guest food

anyhoooooooooooooooooo

i would give her ---the gift shop lady---- a hard time,
because she'd always be out of post card stamps
....i use to send out 100's of postcards to my photo-clients back in the States.

one day,
i saw some cute match books,
with the Poinciana logo pon dem

mi-SAY:::>> "..lemme have some matches, please.."
she-SAY::>> "..US $1.00 per book.."

:-(

i flipped
went beserk

she, was flustered,
being a new-employee,
not knowing what to do or say to the mad-tourist

i set her at ease,
that it was OK..... no biggie
..but i DID not pay for dem matches

later,
somehow(?)
i did get a book of matches

:-)

anyhoooooooooo...

'twas a treat seeing and chatting with her,
after all those many years.

interestingly::> she looked the same (almost),
aged in appearance, by about 3-years

dunno HOW/WHY Ja-folks don't seem to age,
like we foreigners do

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3.....new green fishnet mariner tee-shirt --- cost 'bout Ja $200

4....new white mariners ---- cost Ja $100
question:::>> how come those white mariners cost so much up-yonder-here in good 'ole USofA ... i saw some the other day::::>> US $7.00 each

:-(

4....".liquid flatulence." ---- as most KNOW,
in Jamaica/Negril/etc,
it's a GOOD-idea to ALL-ways have some toilet tissue, in your pocket, purse, bag, whatever ....... just in case.

usually,
i follow this *rule*,
even when i go jogging.

this trip,
too-many times, i didn't follow the *rule*

2-3 times,
while jogging/running,
Nature called
...correction:::>> Nature SCREAM-ed

i had no paper
:-(

sooooooooooooo,
i scurried into the bushes,

look-ed around

and hope-ed & prayed that the big-leaf(s),
that i *used* wouldn't cause me any itch-ing or bump-ing problems

i've gotten pretty good,
at selecting a *proper* leaf,
and the use thereof,
in lieu of toilet tissue

anyhooooooooooooooooooooo

the following are a few around Negril videos...
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:-(

didn't get to see MissAngie this trip

:-(

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more videos, soon come

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[smith744]

reminder..
these videos were recently taken,
end of August 2011


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[smith744]

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as you can hear,
in video above,
i had an *interesting-exchange* with a guy @ Coconut International
lol
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dem so *funny* sometimes over-so in-Negril
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in short,
the guy was *supposed-ly* vexed 'cause i was taking pictures

we, he & I, had a likkle back-&-forth banter-ing

he pulled-out his cellphone,
as if calling somebody(?) to complain

so,
to *play-along*,
i pulled out MY cellphone

"..Hello .... Bruce ..... there's this guy over here in Negril, @ Coconut International, giving me a hard time .......... huh huh ???? ....... I've got to call SistaP..???..."

the guy
and another-guy there
and I
all had a good laugh

and i carried-on,
and continued my beach-walk

* sigh *

just ignore dem people,
who wanna mess wit ya

they harmless...
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that's all folks,
for this thread

any questions..??..

[Vince]

-more smith videos!!!!-Thanks for making my day go by better

[captaind]

Hey Smith,

Miss G and I helped Barry to go to school when he was a pickney. Miss Gloria's was our first beach hangout when we moved from Kingston to Westmoreland.

We saw him last year for the first time in 25 years. He was always a good kid.

Cap

[irieworld]

can't wait to get home from work--and hope my internet is working so I can check the vids. Gotta love sheets Top and Bottom like the Waldourf. Wonder if we should tell Barry to paint over the "u"

[negrilaholic]

Thank you for sharing your videos, it made my day. I remember well that alley by bar-b-barn..when I stayed at Coral Seas Garden in july '07, used that alley to cut through to the beach.

[poolguywindsor]

Nice job Smith! Enjoyed watching the video,s

[Big_frank]

I almost want to go in late August.
Nice and peaceful.