USVI-On-Line

Hugo, I don't know you, but you are certainly informative and entertaining. I'm glad you post on this forum.

Hugo is actually one of our renaissance men - horticulturalist, editorialist, constitutionalist, advocate, not to mention humble! If Hugo says it's a fact, it's a fact. Thanks for educating me (again!), Hugo.

peace.... bert

YIKES...this is what comes of choosing a user name in a hurry. While I certainly don't want too much speculation about my secret identity, I must proclaim that I am NOT the Coral Bay resident that Bert logically assumed from my use of that name (I was actually thinking of the hurricane). I apologize to all real Hugos!!!!

Hugo's last post on this thread reads like an attorney, and I'm too new to STJ to know who Bert's referring to. The only Hugo I know is a hurricane, and I didn't know him personally. So, every time I see one of his posts, that's what I think of. But, he's obviously knowledgeable about STJ history. Hope you're recording it all somewhere other than here, Hugo.

I thought hurricane too

My apologies, Hugo. You write just like the other Hugo (you know Hugo!) and seem to have your facts just as straight, too. And yes, I remember that other Hugo as well!

peace.... bert

I also really appreciate the contributions from longtime residents with long memories----whoever they may be.

While there 7/10-7/24, we heard about a machete wielding older gentleman. He lives above Sweet Plaintains. A tourist eating at Sweet Plaintains parked his rental car blocking his driveway. When the gentleman came to tell the guy to move his car, the guy got an attitude and words were exchanged. We heard the rental car got the raw end of the deal - the machete took off the driver's side mirror. The plant lady at Skinny's was trimming bushes outside and said the gentleman did not like tourists! I'm glad I didn't hear the story before our dinner at Sweet Plaintains!

Thanks for the warm welcome! I have been just a lurker on this forum until now. You will see me over on some of the other forums (one of them made me a destination expert for some reason )
You will definately see a lot more people with machetes that are NOT threatening, but you will see some that are. I know that there is increasing frustration for the "native" virgin islanders who seem to be losing more land, and have to deal with a government that seems to be a lot more for the people who visit their island than the people who actually live on it. I can understand their frustration....I really don't know anyone who likes people walking through their property without permission. And I certainly get a little PO'ed when people block my driveway. Not saying I would start swinging a machete around though!

stjohnjulie wrote:Machetes are our most basic garden tool. It's kind of the "catch all". I have several, including: "The good one" which is sharp and good for mowing the lawn, "the big one" which is used for cutting down trees, "the crappy one" which I get to use because I haven't mastered the art of it all.

stjohnjulie, I love the image of you practicing with the crappy machete so that you move up to the good one. Ninja visions.... dances with machetes.

Cheers, RickG

Pia, we heard from the plant lady trimming bushes at Skinny's when we were there one day for lunch. I don't know where she got her info but I thought since she lives in the area she knew the scoop. I'm glad to know that this man doesn't live above Sweet Plantains because it is our favorite restaurant and we frequent it every trip. Sorry if I passed on a location that is false!

RickG, if you see ME with a machete, it is cause for fear. The crappy machete is the one that I bought and managed to mess up trying to cut GRASS...yes, I can put a chip in the blade by doing nothing more then bending some grass.