11-21-2021, 01:01 PM
Petrona, who managed BlueCaveCastle, is a fine lady. While I only stayed there trice, I made it a point to visit her whenever I was in town.
I was a rare bird, who never had to send in a deposit.
Actually, the first time she didn't even have my first or last name but I was vouched for by Pirate.
That first stay was on the top floor of the tower and mist would come in so the window had to remained closed. When a storm came, it couldn't be rented.
Not to be forgotten was Fuzzy, the grounds keeper. Someone you'd want as a friend. He helped construct the place. He was force into retirement and moved to his house in the hills, with no current. I was happy to give him a crank-up radio when I saw him in town. That was too many years ago.
A friendly character. Helpful in his own right. (huh?) I had a large kitchen knife in my hand I intended to deliver elsewhere. When he saw it, in typical Jamaican speech, came the advice: "Go to prison." That's short for: Don't get caught carrying that or you'll be in jail.
Indeed, the police frowned on anyone possessing a knife. Maybe it's still true.
Elsewhere is a conversation I was tempted to join in on revolving around temptation. I remember the story.
-my event on how donated goods get sidetracked-
On one trip I brought ten sets of bed sheets for the hospital in Sav. A friend (weren't they all?) offered to deliver them for me. On a later trip I asked how that went and he admitted that they never made it to the hospital, that local families needed them more. I wasn't upset since (U can finish this sentence.) It still does not register that maybe, just maybe, he sold the sheets. We dismiss what we don't want to believe.
This tread is stand alone because I don't want to defuse great discussions. I tend to be negative because of my "Avoid the bad and your trip will be good" so I bring up the bad. I also bring up tangents such as that in the past year, the burning of the rain forest was a large as the state of Conn.
Plus trivia I learned such as the "Pig war (1640)" on Staten Island, NY happened when the Dutch ruler of the land covered up the theft of Indian owned pigs by white settlers by blaming a different Indian tribe. (the 2 tribes had a battle.) Later it got worse when a peace treaty was to be discussed and all the Indians in attendence were killed while they slept. (Whiskey war, 1642.) URL on request but I know no one wants it.
The only story taught us was Manhatten Island was purchased for $27.
So when someone says that was interesting NOT, ....
I was a rare bird, who never had to send in a deposit.
Actually, the first time she didn't even have my first or last name but I was vouched for by Pirate.
That first stay was on the top floor of the tower and mist would come in so the window had to remained closed. When a storm came, it couldn't be rented.
Not to be forgotten was Fuzzy, the grounds keeper. Someone you'd want as a friend. He helped construct the place. He was force into retirement and moved to his house in the hills, with no current. I was happy to give him a crank-up radio when I saw him in town. That was too many years ago.
A friendly character. Helpful in his own right. (huh?) I had a large kitchen knife in my hand I intended to deliver elsewhere. When he saw it, in typical Jamaican speech, came the advice: "Go to prison." That's short for: Don't get caught carrying that or you'll be in jail.
Indeed, the police frowned on anyone possessing a knife. Maybe it's still true.
Elsewhere is a conversation I was tempted to join in on revolving around temptation. I remember the story.
-my event on how donated goods get sidetracked-
On one trip I brought ten sets of bed sheets for the hospital in Sav. A friend (weren't they all?) offered to deliver them for me. On a later trip I asked how that went and he admitted that they never made it to the hospital, that local families needed them more. I wasn't upset since (U can finish this sentence.) It still does not register that maybe, just maybe, he sold the sheets. We dismiss what we don't want to believe.
This tread is stand alone because I don't want to defuse great discussions. I tend to be negative because of my "Avoid the bad and your trip will be good" so I bring up the bad. I also bring up tangents such as that in the past year, the burning of the rain forest was a large as the state of Conn.
Plus trivia I learned such as the "Pig war (1640)" on Staten Island, NY happened when the Dutch ruler of the land covered up the theft of Indian owned pigs by white settlers by blaming a different Indian tribe. (the 2 tribes had a battle.) Later it got worse when a peace treaty was to be discussed and all the Indians in attendence were killed while they slept. (Whiskey war, 1642.) URL on request but I know no one wants it.
The only story taught us was Manhatten Island was purchased for $27.
So when someone says that was interesting NOT, ....