Reach Out!

[Rob]

Johng,

I have used the pay phone that was in front of the Yacht Club. It took those TOJ (Telecommunication Of Jamaica) hard plastic cards...

That was before they became Cable & Wireless, Lime and now Flow...

In fact, I needed to set up a TOJ cellphone connection to Miami in the mid 80's to get online. That was over a decade before the Internet came to Jamaica.

The early years were fun, but a little too much on the "rustic" side. I like Negril better with clean tap water, sewage and reliable electricity.

Those Elephant Cesspool trucks were vile. For those that don't know, they were sewage system before the sewage system existed. Without them, the sewage flowed directly into the sea. Not exactly good for the environment as well as a hazard to health.

Refrigeration didn't really catch on until JPS (electric company) finally stopped blowing up anything plugged in an outlet.

Yes, I like Negril better with water and electricity...

[Accompong]

Johng,

I have used the pay phone that was in front of the Yacht Club. It took those TOJ (Telecommunication Of Jamaica) hard plastic cards...

That was before they became Cable & Wireless, Lime and now Flow...

I used it as well. In fact, I still have one of the old hard, plastic cards I carry as a souvenir when I travel. Also, sometimes it is not always who is the first to arrive at a party. Sometimes it is just a fact there wouldn't even be a party if some people had never arrived at all.

[tonyred]

I remember using the phone christmas eve 1979 . waited in line for a half hour then the operator said all lines out of country were busy went back in to yacht club and kept partying. my first trip stayed at tigress. been back 30 times or more