** on-site Trip Report ~~ Thursday ... 09/17/15

[smith744]

Good Good Afternoon
to all you fellow-boardies
who are up-yonder der
IN-foreign

** sniff sniff sob sob **

to bad you ain't HERE..!!!..

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me laugh 'cause
YOU have NO excuse(s)
for NOT being here, TOO

'tis easy::>>> just:::>>> Book,,,, Pack,,,, & Gooooooooooooooooooooo...
arguement DONE..!!..

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a likkle this & that,
plus me tired
&
beaten
d
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n by the heat & humidy

plus,
it rained
a LOT yesterday early-eveing
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
youi-all KNOW how I HATE that '''...liquid sunshine...''

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
is it still called liquid-sunshine, when the sun goes down...???...
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

early-early
this morning
when i went outside for a likkle tinkle-tinkle
i looked up

Wow..!!
sky pretty
stars stars and more stars.
...BIG starts
...BRIGHT starts

first-time
this trip seeing that
..been overcast on other nights

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this gonna be a quick post
wanna/gonna go to town to get some lunch,
and
a few things for my next few days

had a nice veggie lunch
yesterday
@ my favorite eating place::::the 7th DayAventist restaurant
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food there is so nice,,,
...a person can't eat but so much goat, chicken, pig, fish, etc
no matter how good it tastes

my architect-buddy
reminded me
of the horrendous diabetics thing-y
dem got down here
....been that way for loooooooooooooong time

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a weird disease been going around

Nobody told me
or i missed the memo

but i *learned* this morning
from neighbors
that for the past year,
there's been some kinda mosquito born
disease going around :::: folks die-ing,,, getting sick-sick, etc etc.
...folks with HIV/Aides REALLY suffered (i.e., died big-time)

how come nobody has mentioned this..???..
Ja-TouristBoard didn't tell me/you/us, na tru

oh well
so it goes

diseased called something like:::>>> Chicken gummama ... me mashin' up the Patois thing-y, with the spelling,,, sorry



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architect-buddy
gave me his business card
JUST in case
:-)



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yesterday morning
from 7am 'til 10am
watch landlord,
the main-masonary guy
and 4-youths
do the final things
on decking [[ i.e., cement top ]]]
of the newest/latest bathroom

as usual,
'twas fun, interesting, educational, instructive, mind-opening, etc etc
to watch these guys do their thing ... work their Ja-magic

Yep Yep......there was a likkle rum & ganja involved.
NOT by me,,of course,,, but by them

sorry no video
....i was too-engrossed in the watching

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2-things of importance....Today...

Number #1 ...... 3 youths got shot & killed last night
just down the road

..me went down to the crime scene this morning,
along with most of the neighborhood

more 'bout this later...sorry,,, no videos


Number #2 ....... Landlord said:::>>> ''''...GO ahead & build, your likkle board room/house...''''

:-)

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long-story...short version::::>>>> I DIDn't wanna do it, but I had to play my ''..Ace-card...'''

my Ace-card::>>> *threaten* to go to his momma, for approval

'member me tell you:::>>> ALL-ways have a plan-B, C, D, E, F & G <<<< especially in-Jamaica

MORE on this later

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likkle bit
soon come back,,,, after lunch,,, probably tonight

[sandman66]

That sickness is old news. For such a Jamaican veteran I'm surprised you wouldnt have heard about it.

[Markospoon]

Yes, like sandman66 said.
It has been around for a year.

[captaind & Linston]

Yes man. Chick V long gone

Cap

[murph]

Awesome news about getting the okay to build!

Its so much fun building your own retreat. So many options and its all up to you... how Cr@zY do you want to get with it? Every little detail it up to you- just how you want it- from the tiles to the door hinges- around every turn is pure imagination...

have fun

[smith744]

That sickness is old news. t.

that may be so,
but
TODAY
one of my lady-neighbors
say she has it NOW..

and she and others told me
it AIN'T over YET..!!

in short/in brief
dem-SAY, which is the scary part,
is that this disease aggravates any existing health issue that a person may have

For such a Jamaican veteran I'm surprised you wouldnt have heard about it.

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i'm sooooooooooooo glad you '''said''' that:::

'cause it reminds me of something-something
me think about/consider all the time
over and over and over again

i CONSTANTly remind myself that I am NOT Jamaican

I AM ALL-ways a tourist...a foreigner ... a visitor .... a novice ... a rookie .... etc etc.

I NEVER ever miss-lead myself into thinking otherwise ... NEVER ever..!!!..
....that would be the BIGGEST mistake i could/would EVER make on my Ja-journey

in MY opinion::::>>>> IF me NO bred, born AND raised here, from womb, to pickney, to teenage-hood, to adult-hood, THEN me no know nutin'.

BUT,
i do know people,
and
how people do what they do

deep down:::::: people the same the world over ,,,, with THAT knowledge, me do just-fine here in Jamaica







...to be continued...

[Rob]

that may be so,
but
TODAY
one of my lady-neighbors
say she has it NOW..

and she and others told me
it AIN'T over YET..!!

in short/in brief
dem-SAY, which is the scary part,
is that this disease aggravates any existing health issue that a person may have...

If your lady-neighbor seriously thinks she has Chikungunya, please have her and any others be tested. This is very important. Since the symptoms are similar to a flu, high fever, severe joint pains, backache, headache, muscle pain and rash, many people think they have it when they simply have a bad flu, especially if you have a weakened immune system.

Last year at its peak in October in Kingston, the doctor offices were so full with non-chikungunya patients being tested that steps were taken to ease the burden. Being so over crowded, the government allowed government employees to not have to submit a doctor's note for missing work. Needless to say, many of the government offices were running with "skeleton crews" although the bars and restaurants were still filled with patrons. We were in Kingston at the time. (grin)

The Ministry of Health has intensified its surveillance system to allow quick detection of cases, trained its staff islandwide, strengthened its vector control programme and initiated communication with key partners and stakeholders in executing a multi-sectoral approach to preventing and controlling Chikungunya.

The last new cases reported by the Ministry of Health were in February. Since the contagious stage is limited in time (about 1 week), the mosquito needs to bite a contagious person to spread the virus. It would appear that no one on the island is currently contagious so the virus cannot be spread. The last confirmed cases we know about in Negril were back in the first week of Februrary.

If anyone you know thinks they have it, please advice them to be tested. Although deaths are rare, it does exacerbate previously injured areas such as healed broken bones and arthritis. Those most at risk are infants, the elderly, women in an advanced stage of pregnancy, persons with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension and weakened immune symptoms. Make sure they take pain killers to reduce the fever and pain. However, only Paracetamol pain killers should be used. DO NOT TAKE pain killers such as aspirin, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory drugs. They can call the Toll Free line, 1-888- ONE LOVE ( 1-888-663-5683) or contact your Parish Health Department, for more information.

And of course use mosquito spray and the coils at night....

As you can see below, this is a world wide issue. Countries and territories where locally contracted chikungunya cases have been reported:
AFRICA
Benin
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Nigeria
Republic of Congo
Reunion
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe
EUROPE
Italy
France
OCEANIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS
American Samoa
Federal States of Micronesia
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
ASIA
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Maldives
Myanmar (Burma)
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor
Vietnam
Yemen
AMERICAS
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Colombia
Costa Rica
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Puerto Rico
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Martin
Sint Maarten
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States
US Virgin Islands
Venezuela

[smith744]

Wow Wow Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..!!

Rob,
YOU ARE the man..!!..

so glad you posted that,
'cause i was going to get her some
asprin, etc.

* whew *

WILL chat to her,
'bout taking this thing seriously-er
and getting checked out


her
&
others

[smith744]

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..to be continued..

[smith744]

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MORE soon-come
this evening/night
[[[ fingers crossed ]]]

had some data-pack *issues*
earlier
..but me *think*
them fixed now..

plus,
laptop was acting *funny*,
so::>> you-all pray for me/us/the-laptop
so can post more trip report stuff

...likkle more..