Jonh, uou display an arrogant ignorance of boats. Bilge pumps have a separate float valve switch. Any set of wires to the bilge pump or the switch can chafe and spark if not properly insulated and wrapped with anti-chaffing. Many boats are built with a double hull, fuel leaking into the double hull would not necessarily be smelt on deck. I have been on a boat that caught fire from shorted electrical wires and it happens very fast with no warning, this boat that I was on was diesel powered and we put the fire out quickly with the fire extinguishers mounted in the right places. Sabotage is a laughable idea or so I hope. What sick mind would think it was a good idea to burn a boat load of tourists to death. I know that some Bahamians seem to hate people of other races but this would surely be a step too far?
A part of the problem is that our laws side heavily with the tenant. If you rent to a tenant who is trashing your rental unit and not paying rent you will have to jump through legal loops for months to get them out. I could invest in buying rental property tomorrow, there are some attractive deals on the real estate market right now, but I will not for this reason. I am not alone in my thinking like this and consequently there is not enough inventory and competition amongst landlords and this results in high rents and scarce properties available. To a lessor extent the labour laws protecting employees are too onerous to the employer who will only take someone the payroll if absolutely necessary. One business I know of had recently to pay $22,000.oo to terminated employee who had walked off the job and had arrived to work on time about ten times only over ten years employment. Will any other employer take on this person whilst knowing the history, I certainly would not.
As long as politician people continue to deify him while vilifying his ubp predecessors I will continue to present a contrasting view in the interests of balance. And I wonder just which of the historical facts that I presented do you take issue with? Has not LOP been credited with introducing nib? Did it not pay pensions to those who had not contributed to the fund? Did not these pension recipients feel grateful and give their political loyalty to him and his party for the rest of their lives? Has not nib been a mismanaged financial disaster from it's inception? The truth is that the actions of that first prime minister continue to be felt in the modern Bahamas and nib going broke at current levels of contributions is just one example. The present reality is due to prior actions. You stop teaching un formed children's minds that pingling was a hero who "fought" and won independence and emancipation for women, etc.. and I will happily shut up with my historical corrections.
NIB was started by the corrupt lynden Swindling as a way to give money to thousands of his diehard supporters who had reached retirement age without being clever enough to prepare a retirement plan. Free Tings kill Nassau People, as the old saying goes. We love free money and these nib funded pensions bought a generation and more of plp votes. They also made sure that nib became the mismanaged financial disaster that it is now. The best thing that I can say about the outgoing director is that she did not appear on the front pages of the local dailies patting herself on the back for spending hundreds of thousands of our investment dollars on ambulances like her predecessor, Ms, Rowena Bethel, did. Both ladies now receive ridiculously large pensions for doing the job in a way that no one in their right mind could describe as proficient.
hrysippus says...
Jonh, uou display an arrogant ignorance of boats. Bilge pumps have a separate float valve switch. Any set of wires to the bilge pump or the switch can chafe and spark if not properly insulated and wrapped with anti-chaffing. Many boats are built with a double hull, fuel leaking into the double hull would not necessarily be smelt on deck. I have been on a boat that caught fire from shorted electrical wires and it happens very fast with no warning, this boat that I was on was diesel powered and we put the fire out quickly with the fire extinguishers mounted in the right places. Sabotage is a laughable idea or so I hope. What sick mind would think it was a good idea to burn a boat load of tourists to death. I know that some Bahamians seem to hate people of other races but this would surely be a step too far?
On Exuma boat blast ‘purely an accident’
Posted 5 July 2018, 6:42 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
A part of the problem is that our laws side heavily with the tenant. If you rent to a tenant who is trashing your rental unit and not paying rent you will have to jump through legal loops for months to get them out. I could invest in buying rental property tomorrow, there are some attractive deals on the real estate market right now, but I will not for this reason. I am not alone in my thinking like this and consequently there is not enough inventory and competition amongst landlords and this results in high rents and scarce properties available.
To a lessor extent the labour laws protecting employees are too onerous to the employer who will only take someone the payroll if absolutely necessary. One business I know of had recently to pay $22,000.oo to terminated employee who had walked off the job and had arrived to work on time about ten times only over ten years employment. Will any other employer take on this person whilst knowing the history, I certainly would not.
On ‘Where are they all going to live?’: Davis demands - what now for shanty families
Posted 4 July 2018, 9:56 a.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
True this, agree will Bahalamala. The letter writer sounds like a nasty person.
On Don't believe in Ghosts
Posted 3 July 2018, 12:53 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Hey, Akbar, are you a Muslim? Just asking cos of the name.
On Art prompts row as British body backs out
Posted 3 July 2018, 12:50 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested by anti-corruption authorities and is due to be charged on Wednesday.
Hah Hah. Can we do this too please.
On Undercover agents to target VAT cheats
Posted 3 July 2018, 12:48 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Lady Poodling? Love the handle, cannot say the same for the recipient.
On Miller blasts BOB bail-out entity for selling his plaza
Posted 3 July 2018, 9:08 a.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Perhaps they were paying for it and we care about their money?
On Art prompts row as British body backs out
Posted 3 July 2018, 8:22 a.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
I enjoy your posts, TalRuffler.
On New director for National Insurance Board
Posted 2 July 2018, 1:14 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
As long as politician people continue to deify him while vilifying his ubp predecessors I will continue to present a contrasting view in the interests of balance. And I wonder just which of the historical facts that I presented do you take issue with? Has not LOP been credited with introducing nib? Did it not pay pensions to those who had not contributed to the fund? Did not these pension recipients feel grateful and give their political loyalty to him and his party for the rest of their lives? Has not nib been a mismanaged financial disaster from it's inception? The truth is that the actions of that first prime minister continue to be felt in the modern Bahamas and nib going broke at current levels of contributions is just one example. The present reality is due to prior actions. You stop teaching un formed children's minds that pingling was a hero who "fought" and won independence and emancipation for women, etc.. and I will happily shut up with my historical corrections.
On New director for National Insurance Board
Posted 2 July 2018, 11:33 a.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
NIB was started by the corrupt lynden Swindling as a way to give money to thousands of his diehard supporters who had reached retirement age without being clever enough to prepare a retirement plan. Free Tings kill Nassau People, as the old saying goes. We love free money and these nib funded pensions bought a generation and more of plp votes. They also made sure that nib became the mismanaged financial disaster that it is now. The best thing that I can say about the outgoing director is that she did not appear on the front pages of the local dailies patting herself on the back for spending hundreds of thousands of our investment dollars on ambulances like her predecessor, Ms, Rowena Bethel, did. Both ladies now receive ridiculously large pensions for doing the job in a way that no one in their right mind could describe as proficient.
On New director for National Insurance Board
Posted 2 July 2018, 8:45 a.m. Suggest removal