Neil
@Neil
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Joined: April 28, 2007 12:40 am
Topics: 35 / Replies: 953
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Re: Hurricane here Sunday?

Kinda surprising that the military and gov sites look like the web circa-1996. www.Stormpulse.com seems to understand that a good tracking site d...

13 years ago
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Re: PMV to St Croix - help!

I agree with everything Bombi said. 😎 Only thing to add is, "be careful" ...you ask about DISH and "is there a hospital",---and those seem lik...

13 years ago
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Re: AT&T???

Accding to their tech dept today, their "tech trouble" map shows every tower on StX "flagged" as having a problem. Indicating that the problem is...

13 years ago
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Re: Late Night Muggings at Gov't Lot in C'Sted

2 am in a near-deserted downtown parking lot. then 3 am in the same near-deserted downtown parking lot. It's awful, but I can't help but wonder...

13 years ago
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Re: Late Night Muggings at Gov't Lot in C'Sted

Two people were seen arguing in that lot the other night, and one of the arguers (a man) fired a shot in the direction of two restaurant workers who c...

13 years ago
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Re: Need some hurricane advice from experienced people.

1. Generator 2. Generator 3. Generator

13 years ago
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Re: AT&T tower still down in STX?

This still intermittent and often non-existent service is pretty sad, especially considering Irene wasn't that big a storm. Their "mea culpa" in ...

13 years ago
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Re: bring my leather furniture?

Our leather lazyboy is holding up well, though we have to WD40 the steel undercarriage and mechanism. Leather is a bit stick on most days, however, so...

13 years ago
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Re: Shark bites tourist in Puerto Rico

Soon to be reported... the swimmer had a ham sandwich.

13 years ago
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Re: Interest on tax refunds.

LAWD, I filed about the same time! (runs to mailbox)

13 years ago
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Re: Selling WAPA

another WAPA protest scheduled for 3:30pm Friday starting at Pueblo, Golden Rock with a march to the gov't house. I find it interesting that Mr. ...

13 years ago
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Re: Selling WAPA

For Sale: One used utility company in a hurricane-prone area with a 40 year old poorly maintained infrastructure and few spare parts. Diesel generat...

13 years ago
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Re: Find Cheap Gas On St Croix-Lets Post Cheap Gas Prices As We See Them

I TOO sometimes think they're "ripping us off" by squeezing another 10 cents per gallon from us. Unfortunately, I'm usually thinking this as I'm on ...

13 years ago
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Re: Direct flights to STX!!!>>>???

A few years back when my wife brought our G. Retriever down from the states, she met his planein Puerto Rico, stayed with him overnight at the Hilton ...

13 years ago
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Re: Appreciation Thread

LltoVI: Welcome! Once upon a time we had an easy move too. I find most of the people and processes around here to be rather painless, especially i...

13 years ago
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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings

We are finding most places a disappointment, to the point where we don't go out nearly as much as we used to. I am so looking forward to going to the...

13 years ago
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Re: WAPA is the worst excuse for a power company ever!

Neil, you are right that there can be an economy of scale at work. But in the case of WAPA, they have long since put the lie to that argument. ...

13 years ago
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Re: Message to VI Govt...why not try something that may benefit youth?

Guys, guys!... (and girls).... On Topic again: Creating a govt funded training program and incentive to attract "tech support business" to c...

13 years ago
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Re: WAPA is the worst excuse for a power company ever!

I don't think the problem is entirely WAPA's fault. Rather, it's the fact that they/we are small. 120,000 people on three islands in the tropics. ...

13 years ago
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Re: Opinions on WAPA

The piece that some are missing is that you can "Net Meter" any home solar or wind installation, and forgo the installation of expensive batteries. ...

13 years ago
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Re: Mosquitoes in the house

The size of the mosquito problem depends on where you live, and how you live. We had a lot bigger problem with them when we lived on the "dry" ea...

13 years ago
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Re: Message to VI Govt...why not try something that may benefit youth?

Long term, the problem with "youth" and crime on the island could be seriously dented by the promotion of birth control. I've posted it before an...

13 years ago
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Re: Message to VI Govt...why not try something that may benefit youth?

The O.P. wrote "if we build it they will come" Perhaps, ...but only if those jobs pay about $20,000 to $25,000 a year ---because that is what a "...

13 years ago
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Re: Moving to STX

Have to agree with you Neil, on that road. Now that Mahogany has been paved, it definitely qualifies as the worst on island. My wife and I always ma...

13 years ago
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Re: Moving to STX

So apparently you drive on Drunken Goat Road* too? Huh? 🙂 *Drunken Goat Road is the name for the abomination also known as the west end of Midl...

13 years ago
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