actually two men, one in grand bahama and one in bain town.

outspoken data commissioners do not last very long.

i wish her luck with the election.

i dropped my insurance years ago.

now there is wikipedia and i go there to see if the tests are necessary.

i just select the tests i wan to have done.

also you can buy many of these tests to do at home yourself.

their tomato sauce and tomato paste are the best. i never used to buy any other brand.

the american brand tomato paste makes the peas an rice stick.

the blackeye peas i get from sawyers because it came with no starch.

but the rainbow egg farms also closed down because of policy and duties controversy.

and , if i can recall, there was a company making dish detergent and washing powder that cannot match the duty free price of detergent because of production costs.

the imported detergent i buy stopped being imported, and a freindly supermarket cashier told me the wholesaler was pulling it off the shelf. i visited several other branches of the store and built up a stock that has lasted 3 years. it is reidiculous the price they charge for gain brand name and a robbery.

i also use vinegar or ammonia as clothes softener to save money.

neither can I.

often people know who the housebreakers are, but they happen to be the locals in your midst. people talk about who broke into the houses but keep quiet because they are members of the community.

i repeat, call crime stoppers, that way you can tell them who broke into the home without fear it is you who is telling on the neighbor's children.

work permits for teachers have always been free from as far back as i can remember, the schools only pay the application fees.

the govt school teachers do not need permits.

these things are implemented with no technology capacity on the part of the govt.

there should be an online hub where all these conditions are verified and each business is issued a pin number each month.

but then again even passports take months.

the residents of hopetown often know who the perpretators are.

call crime stoppers, it is anonymous. so your neighbour will not know who called

> Because the world will implode and be
> sucked into a black hole if he isn’t
> there as the Krazy Glue to hold
> everything together.

I am not worried. The rupture will take me and leave all behind.

will not be long now.

> 1. While we're at it, many Bahamian
> businesses are doing the same thing
> Gouging!! Want stewed fish? Stop to
> a side street (Wulff Rd) food take
> away and spend the same thing you
> would sitting down at Arawak cay! Go
> to some other restaurants owned by
> Bahamians and the servings are
> stingy! Go to a Chinese take out the
> food is reasonably priced and you
> can save some for later.

cook your own food, it is healthier, cheaper and you shorten the dreaded value-added tax chain.

> 2. Was traveling and decided to go to
> Mall at Marathon to a certain shop
> to replace a pair of Jeans. Asked
> the price, a whopping $85.00!!! I
> politely took it off and waited
> until I got to Florida where I got
> the same pair of jeans for $19.00
> plus tax...almost 4 times less!! Why
> so expensive?

you expect it to be more expensive, merchants have overhead and tax costs. i wish i could tell you to sew your own clothes, but the cost of materials would make it even more expensive. people are not stupid, they do not even bother to 'go away' anymore, they buy from amazon and use couriers, you land these same jeans for 35 dollars and that is cheaper than the extra luggage fee. Remember the avon ladies? there is no avon because it is cheaper to order from amazon, so they closed. merchants who refuse to change their business model will close in the present environment.

> 3) Hotels want you to stay home and
> enjoy vacation.. It cost more to go
> to a family island for a vacation
> than it is to go to Florida?

agin, to be expected, the hotels in the bahamas pay alot more in electricity and their costs are way higher then florida for food.