Many houses have at least two cisterns, so you could just move the water to another cistern instead of renting a tank truck. You may want to prev...

If your children are school-aged, you will probably want to put them in a private school, which is expensive.

At your first check-in, ask them to check the bags through to STX. They'll say yes or no. Or look at the last airport code printed on the tags, and pi...

I agree that bad packaging is the biggest problem, which is not really USPS's fault. My rules of thumb are: pack so it can survive a 3 foot drop on an...

even if you insure your packages, you would have to provide the sales receipts for the items or the post office won't honor paying you the insured amo...

Insurance or tracking should keep the teefs away. I usually do both insurance and tracking. Otherwise, you'll still get the box, but possibly with som...

The USVI has lots of cockroaches, mosquitoes and centipedes. Millipedes too! They all vary by location and weather conditions (and maybe by food condi...

Cape air "dode shares". You check straight through. I think blu4u meant to say "code shares".

Medical Laboratory Technician?

It looks like the OP added STX to the subject via an Edit, after the second poster asked which island.

Most of the transit will happen at the same time everywhere on earth, although the start and end will vary by a few minutes or seconds, depending on l...

After reading this thread, and encountering two roaming (but non-aggressive) Rottweilers on my walk the other day, I decided to read up on preventing ...

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I've been very happy with Broadband VI. They're fast and reliable, customer service is responsive, and they act quickly on any occasional problems.

jefgar: Thanks for the heads up. I just discovered that my August flight from MIA to STX was canceled, and not because the airline or agent told me. I...

It looks like the cuts are only for a few months, for the peak of hurricane season. At aa.com, I see more daily flights available again starting aroun...

So many pretty colors, but no blinking text!

Here's a new twist, from www.hayneedle.com: FREE SHIPPING This does not ship to Virgin Islands, U.S. if bought before the end of the day ...

Curious mind here - so what do people DO in that "shelter"???? Apart from smoke ... I imagine that shelter from the sun is the biggest attractio...

The links to the law provided above are in PDF/graphic format, and cannot be searched. Here is a text version of the law, in case you want to search f...

Don't forget Life in the Left Lane by Emy Thomas -- a gentle and humorous overview of life on STX by a long time resident. That book changed my l...

Gas is $3.59 today at some of the stations near Plaza West, on STX.

Where is home?

The wind almost always comes from the northeeast, east or southeast. A building should have a breeze as long as there are no major obstructions to the...

Don't leave your valuables unattended in your car or on the beach. Those are prime targets for theft. Don't lock your car while it's parked, or thie...