I understand why he is supported by Birdie. My daughter came home from one of his classes
saying that he must have been a diehard PLP . In the class he taught political science in The
Bahamas for the years 1967-1992 and after 2002 as he deemed the Ingraham Administration
foolishness,calling 1992-2002," The Yap Yap Years".

Thanks Tal,if he were here he would surely appreciate the comments.I do so on his behalf.

@Well_mudda,you have plenty company with that insight. I tell all who would listen ,that in
twenty years,when Bahamians travel to the U.S., Canada ,etc, with surnames like,Ferguson,
Thompson,Johnson,Rolle,Russell etc, residents of those countries would be surprised at our
nationality ,because they would say that Bahamian names do not sound like that.

On the issue of the future of conch in the Bahamas, when i was a youngster many, many,moons
ago, my late father was a blacksmith,who made and sold conch hooks to The Iron Mongery,a
store that was located downtown Bay Street.Fishermen came to buy these hooks, to which a pole approximately twenty feet in length was attached.With those poles they would 'hook' a boatload of conch,never having to go into the water,as some of them could hardly swim.
They got all the conch that their 40' sailboat could carry at a maximum water depth of twenty
feet.

Spot on Joe !

One and the same Terry

Every person whom i have seen parked in a space clearly designated for handicap persons,
whom i have known personally, all have a similar trait,they have all been described as being
selfish by acquaintances.It may deter some of them if an additional sign were posted indicating
a fine of $500 for being illegally parked there.

Since it is a rhyme, i will do mine.
I'm a poet , who doesn't know it.
Brother, what you said is true,
but only 'til 1972.

I do not understand why Mr. Roberts was doing this . Doesn't he know that he is a white man?
Who does he think he is, Frankie Wilson or Bradley Roberts?

I have read this article, which is about conch poisoning, i cannot see how so many of you
inject politics into this. the crux of the matter is that Dr. Sands is saying that the washing of the
conch in or with fresh water will eliminate the bacteria that is causing the poisoning and that
patrons should insist on it or not purchase the conch. Simple as that.

I read somewhere that the vote in the House of Assembly on independence was unanimous,
which meant that Pop voted for it.So if he was against it initially,as were many other
Bahamians, of all colour i might add, then it shows his love of country, since he saw that was
the way it was going, he was prepared to go along and give it his best shot to make it work.
We must remember that Sir Milo approached him about starting a bank that would give black
Bahamians a"fairer shake" than the others big banks at the time and so Pop started
Commonwealth Bank, offering Sir Milo shares in it, which made their two families the biggest
shareholders.I do not think that Sir Milo was the only one that he could have asked to join him
but that was Pop.
A late friend from Exuma told me that his father had died, owing Pop a lot of money ,which
made his mother a "nervous wreck",because she had no way of repaying it.Pop came to the
funeral, offered his condolences and afterwards came to their house ,sat down in the living,
pulled out a handful of receipts and said",Mrs. Ferguson , you know your husband owed me a
lot of money",then after tearing them up,he again said,"Your husband is gone and so are the bills,don't let anyone come to you and say that i sent them to collect some money from you!"
He said that after consoling his mother who was still crying , Pop told her that she knew how to contact him if she needed anything, wished them well and left for Nassau.