Jules
Jules
@Jules
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Joined: January 21, 2006 5:34 pm
Topics: 30 / Replies: 511
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Re: interesting 1920s view of the USVI

Exit Zero, I thought the author meant "...an ancestry devoted to leisurely..." as sarcasm.

15 years ago
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Re: interesting 1920s view of the USVI

Thanks for the heads-up on this old book. I read the chapter on the USVI. Absolutely fascinating!

15 years ago
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Re: V Islanders opinion of tourists and their impact ???

I love tourists and I want them all to fall in love with the VI. I want them to come back. I want them to tell their friends what a great place this...

15 years ago
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Re: Glass Tile on STT

Found one of the suppliers I used: I think they mailed the samples directly to me. When I placed the full order I had it sent to Miami Tropi...

15 years ago
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Re: Glass Tile on STT

FL Barrier Islander-- we must've been typing at the same time. the Floor Factory is in Sub Base, near WAPA.

15 years ago
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Re: Glass Tile on STT

Floor Factory carries some of the Bisazza tile line, or they did a year or two ago when I last looked. I recently remodeled and installed a few h...

15 years ago
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Re: Import Tax on Appliances ?

Hmmm, looks like Home Click is not doing well. I just browsed their site and there's hardly any content when you click on categories. They used to h...

15 years ago
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Re: Import Tax on Appliances ?

I bought most of my appliances and fixtures from Home Click and Ira Woods. Bought local when possible (not often possible). Interiors at...

15 years ago
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Re: Import Tax on Appliances ?

Oh, and as to your original question, I think that the tax for non US made goods is 6%. I recall paying a total of 10% in customs/duty/excise/whateve...

15 years ago
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Re: Import Tax on Appliances ?

Yay! Have fun with your remodeling! Which island are you on?

15 years ago
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Re: Import Tax on Appliances ?

Are you SURE that Bosch is not made in the US? Seems like I called they company and the one I bought was made in North Carolina or thereabouts. ...

15 years ago
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Re: Atheism in the USVI

That is FASCINATING! Thanks for the info. I've heard some really strange things about Mormon beliefs. One of these days I'll have to do some readin...

15 years ago
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Re: Atheism in the USVI

dntw8up, I'm scratching my head over this: "...and Mormons even convert non-Mormons many years after the non-believers have died." Huh?

15 years ago
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Re: Who lotta shakin' on Crown Mtn.

Huh, that's odd. The USGS site changed the data on that little quake. Lowered the intensity and slightly changed the location. I have not seen them...

15 years ago
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Re: Who lotta shakin' on Crown Mtn.

I felt a little somethin' on the north side but haven't checked the USGS yet-- usually takes a half hour or so for the stats to appear. From my house...

15 years ago
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Re: Work/business in USVI...

Jefe, It sounds like you have a variety of talents and ideas. You can probably work out a life for yourself here. C'mon down and try it on for ...

15 years ago
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Re: Sailors Defuse Bomb Planted on St. Croix Sailboat

Holy cow. Really? Looks like that news blurb was posted today as a USN's press release. Wonder when it happened?

15 years ago
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Re: Atheism in the USVI

Rotor, that's an excellent question. Here's something else that annoys me, tangentially related. Ornate, grandiose, exorbitantly expensive churc...

15 years ago
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Re: Hookah Bar!!

A hookah bar with plain ol' tobacco? Agree with dntw8up. That business plan was surely conceived while stoned. Even as a gimmick it will flop. ...

15 years ago
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Re: Relocating to STT this fall

$5000 is probably not enough. Use search function for more details. Will you have graduated when you move here? Do you plan to work here? If s...

15 years ago
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Re: Online shopping: Who will ship to the VI (without costing an arm and a leg)

$55, $130 for a Sleep Number bed? Un freakin believable! I just got a quote to ship a little laptop computer from the states, UPS > $210. I gue...

15 years ago
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Re: renting

Bettyboop, From your prior thread I take it that you haven't decided which island... I recommend St. Thomas 🙂 Without getting into a ...

15 years ago
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Re: MUST READ article - living here has become even more dangerous

My perception is that a certain contingency of people in the VI do not like tourists, do not want tourists, and wish that the tourists would go away. ...

15 years ago
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