40 years later

[Nick]

Piggymon. That Chalice brings back some memories. When I first reached Mrs. Rubies after taking de bus from Montego, My friend and traveling buddy Pete the Freak went out looking for revolutionaries and returned with these Rasta guys. well it was dark and with no electricity then on Red Ground we lit a hurricane lamp, a mosquito coil and the Rasta guys broke out the chalice. There seemed to be a competition to see who could make the largest cloud and then inhale it. Thank God there were no cars back then because I ended up earning my nick name for that reach, "The guy who slept in the road all night long" Oh and BTW that Photo of Paul is priceless. You might want to send him a copy. I wish I would have brought a camera back then, but when you are young you never figgure that things will change.

[original spanky]

paul mccartney- we heard they were at the sundowner when we were there in 74. Piggymon think that was when u saw them ?

[Piggymon]

1974 sounds about right, OS. I had been going to Negril for a while, actually every chance I could get, but the beach was still mostly wild and unclaimed.

[Piggymon]

Piggymon. That Chalice brings back some memories. When I first reached Mrs. Rubies after taking de bus from Montego, My friend and traveling buddy Pete the Freak went out looking for revolutionaries and returned with these Rasta guys. well it was dark and with no electricity then on Red Ground we lit a hurricane lamp, a mosquito coil and the Rasta guys broke out the chalice. There seemed to be a competition to see who could make the largest cloud and then inhale it. Thank God there were no cars back then because I ended up earning my nick name for that reach, "The guy who slept in the road all night long"

I remember lighting one or two of those mosquito coils and sliding them under my bed before I went out on the town so that the mosquitoes would be suppressed by the time I staggered home after a night of drinking rum and cokes. It seems like they were made in China or Hong Kong. I seem to remember a picture of a fish on the box.

I must have forgotten to light them up one night, because I woke up with a bunch of mosquito bites, all on them on the tops of my feet, in the middle of the night. The itching was driving me crazy and I didn't have anything for bites. Then I remembered that I had a stash of coke and how it was good at making things numb. I wet a finger, dipped it into the blow, and rubbed it over the bites. Worked like a charm and I was back asleep in no time.

[Piggymon]

Hey all you 70s Negril folks, here is a novel set in Negril in the early 70s - it'll stimulate memories and perhaps inspire you all to start writing your stories - it's all great stuff! I took my experiences and created a fictional novel - it was fun to write, lots of great experiences to draw from - we all have them, especially the 70ers!
Francis Oliver Lynn (Fren-mon): Island Odyssey Ghetto Flowers in Paradise

PAPER BACK
https://www.createspace.com/4258190
E-BOOK
http://www.amazon.com/ISLAND-ODYSSEY.../dp/B005TVG54A

I read the entire thing in one sitting and I must say that the book really captures the essence of the times.