Here’s another disadvantage: Most of those other tourist destinations also have electricity. And they don’t slam tourists with an 18% “gratuity” on top of a 12% VAT just for jamming some burgers into a sack at the counter at Wendy’s.
Thank you, Nassau Tribune ... we’re happy to hear that all is well with the society horsey set in St.Tropez, France. It’s wonderful. Why, I hear they even have electricity there!
Yes, let’s re-open the nation, with the Ministry of Tourism adopting a new slogan: “More Covid, No ‘Lektricity! It’s Better in Da Bahamas! And Y’all Remember to Vacation in Place! It’s A VIP Experience!”
There has long been a shortage of nurses in the U.S., they are hiring them from all around the world — a lot of them from the Philippines. The pay is way better in Atlanta than Nassau, and it is far cheaper to live in Atlanta than Nassau.
Clamshell says...
If you’re OK with having a death rate of 10x your neighbors for a period of time in order to get the tourists back, that’s your call. Oops.
On Tourism's 'competitive disadvantage': Rivals eliminate quarantines
Posted 15 September 2020, 7:36 a.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Death rate was 10x their neighbors.
On Tourism's 'competitive disadvantage': Rivals eliminate quarantines
Posted 14 September 2020, 6:13 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Here’s another disadvantage: Most of those other tourist destinations also have electricity. And they don’t slam tourists with an 18% “gratuity” on top of a 12% VAT just for jamming some burgers into a sack at the counter at Wendy’s.
On Tourism's 'competitive disadvantage': Rivals eliminate quarantines
Posted 14 September 2020, 4:04 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Thank you, Nassau Tribune ... we’re happy to hear that all is well with the society horsey set in St.Tropez, France. It’s wonderful. Why, I hear they even have electricity there!
On Vlasov and Beaumont pull off emotional win
Posted 14 September 2020, 12:31 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Yes, let’s re-open the nation, with the Ministry of Tourism adopting a new slogan: “More Covid, No ‘Lektricity! It’s Better in Da Bahamas! And Y’all Remember to Vacation in Place! It’s A VIP Experience!”
On BPL restores power after outage on Sunday night
Posted 14 September 2020, 11:50 a.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
... oh, slam!
On BPL restores power after outage on Sunday night
Posted 14 September 2020, 11:47 a.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
There has long been a shortage of nurses in the U.S., they are hiring them from all around the world — a lot of them from the Philippines. The pay is way better in Atlanta than Nassau, and it is far cheaper to live in Atlanta than Nassau.
On Philip 'Brave' Davis returns from U.S. after COVID treatment
Posted 12 September 2020, 7:22 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
... jeezus ... but pretty much an average Friday in Nassau, eh?
On Island-wide outage after BPL engine disruption
Posted 12 September 2020, 3:51 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
Uh ... gosh, tell us what you *really* think. You forgot to mention that, on the upside, everything is ungodly expensive.
On Island-wide outage after BPL engine disruption
Posted 12 September 2020, 12:08 p.m. Suggest removal
Clamshell says...
🤣🤣🤣... literally, LMAO. Good one!
On Philip 'Brave' Davis returns from U.S. after COVID treatment
Posted 12 September 2020, 12:06 p.m. Suggest removal