When do you become not a Newbie?

[suzengrace]

Hmmm. you may no longer be a newbie-but will always be seen (for the most part and from the Jam locals) as an outsider-even if you been coming there your whole life on long term vacations... But not sure when you could officially take down the title of Newbie??? Traveling out into the country and staying at a place less traveled (not any of the big cities-major tourist destination) that would probably be one way-and Brasi's ways as well (esp the set-up at the bar and learning that buying a stranger/aquaintance a drink just aint worth it most the time) Your really catching on Brasi (LOL)

[northcoast]

I've found, from observation, that even Yardies not born in an area that they choose to move to are considered "outsiders'...."ya nuh born here"

[captaind]

My son Linston has returned home after 15 Yrs in America ....

A newbie ???? ....said he felt that way for a bit......

[Marko]

dunno.......but some of us are always goin to be newbies........
right Bnewb.......lol

Cool Runnings, Marko

[smith744]

not a newbie,
when you appreciate the importance of being able to effectively do the '.Chicken Dance.'
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My son Linston has returned home after 15 Yrs in America ....
A newbie ???? ....said he felt that way for a bit......

Once upon a time,
i had to photograph a wedding for a Lucea/Ja-buddy

his-bride,
then-living for long-time in Canada,
return-ing to her Ja-homeland to get married, told me (paraphrased):::>>> "..Bill..... I'm a person without a country ..... Not welcomed in Canada, and looked-upon as a foreigner in Jamaica.."

[HuskerJohn]

You're no longer a newbie when a Jamaican refers to you and your friends as Raggamuffings.

[suzengrace]

The chicken dance ..LOL...and then doing it when its pouring down rain with all that Mud!!! I despise doing that dance-no matter how well I do it Mud still finds it way in.. What kind of chicken dance do you call that Smith when its raining buckets and the yard full of mud??? (LOL)

[Bossman]

You're no longer a newbie when you recognize those that are. Don't need to parasail and snorkel in the same day. Don't need to get wasted and lose some or all of your money. Don't need to run out of money on day three of a seven day vacation. Don't need to go horseback riding on the beach. Don't need to go to Rick's with the rest of the newbies. Don't need to rent a scooter and come back with roadrash and a story to tell. Don't need to say yah mon to everybody you talk to. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Let it come to you, because it will.

Soon come can't come soon enough!

[M&G Montreal]

When "Yah, mon" is a regular part of your vocabulary

When you sit quietly when you hear a travel ad for Jamaica and they say "Once you go, you know" and you say to yourself "Yah, mon".
When you plan your next trip on the plane home
When you plan your next trip 2 months before you board the plane to leave for the upcoming one
When Jamaican Customs says "welcome back"
When you step off the plane and it pretty much feels like home

When all your friends, who know you love Jamaica, bring you to a local Jamaican resto and tell you this is the BEST Jamaican food, and it you know it's not!

When your heart tells you this is your place in the sun.

(#1 sign: When you join the Negril Message board because you need to know what's happening at home!)

So ... all that said, welcome to the club, Old Timer!

[Tom Hudson]

For me, when you spend all day at the wharf in MoBay clearing barrels. For yourself.