06-17-2016, 11:53 AM
okay, flashback to 1972 Negril... I realize that a good majority of you were possibly not even born by then. It was a nice time in Negril in those days. Anyhow, there was this one guy Michael, who I didn't realize whatsoever that he was gay, but one of the guys vacationing from their work on the Alaskan pipeline told me that Michael "creeped him out". I was very young so quite a bit of things probably just went over my head. In 1972 a one or two week vacation wasn 't even in the picture, most people there stayed minimally for six weeks, with most staying 3-6 months or even longer.
Well, evidently Michael was sighted having "homosexual relations" on the beach. I swear to God, the army came.... THE ARMY!!! and arrested him and deported him. The only two people who might have been around then might have been CaptainD & oldtimer, though I think Oldtimer was on the other side of the island. CaptainD, this was a good three years before I was hanging at Elvira's place when Ruthie was staying there. Through these years I forget Ruthie's husbands name, who for sure had a distinctive "Ochi" accent.
Anyhow, I can still picture Michael, I wasn't around the day the army came and got him -- at least not right there on the beach that day but the word spread FAST!!
Well, evidently Michael was sighted having "homosexual relations" on the beach. I swear to God, the army came.... THE ARMY!!! and arrested him and deported him. The only two people who might have been around then might have been CaptainD & oldtimer, though I think Oldtimer was on the other side of the island. CaptainD, this was a good three years before I was hanging at Elvira's place when Ruthie was staying there. Through these years I forget Ruthie's husbands name, who for sure had a distinctive "Ochi" accent.
Anyhow, I can still picture Michael, I wasn't around the day the army came and got him -- at least not right there on the beach that day but the word spread FAST!!