br1k
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Joined: August 21, 2009 4:20 am
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Re: GERS / Seaborne Loan

deleted, better answer below.

15 years ago
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Re: UVI @ STT or @ STX?

STT is evidently the more lively of the two islands, or so they say. All I know is that the campus on STT is in a great location with a very nice...

15 years ago
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Re: COMPUTER HOOK-UP

Many times the problem with Innovative is not their service but their infrastructure -- i.e., since you are relying on wireline, if the wires are in p...

15 years ago
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Re: COMPUTER HOOK-UP

Dave, sounds like we are in the same boat then 🙂 Well, may be if we keep calling. I called tuesday, thursday and today. Will repeat on Monday, then w...

15 years ago
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Re: COMPUTER HOOK-UP

I am on STT and work from home. I have both BroadbandVI and Innovative DSL, for backup and to double the bandwidth. BroadbandVI provides a dece...

15 years ago
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Re: Night snorkel

Secret harbor and sapphire both seem like they'd be nice - but I thought hotels wouldn't let me go there and hang on a beach at night?

15 years ago
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Re: Night snorkel

I know Homer - I went diving with him a little while ago. That's nice but I really like doing it on my own - I was hoping to find a place where I can...

15 years ago
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Re: 2010 VI Holidays, all 23 of them

In a town of 50 thousand up in Maine most services are provided by someone else. Social security by feds, roads - mostly by state, elecricity - by pri...

15 years ago
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Re: 2010 VI Holidays, all 23 of them

Actually 12000 jobs is a lot more than 10% if you consider population of working age (and out of that take only those who are able and willing to work...

15 years ago
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Re: 2010 VI Holidays, all 23 of them

the benefits are not particularly special, any government job in DC (and in most states) come with similar benefits and, often, more paid time off (es...

15 years ago
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Re: 2010 VI Holidays, all 23 of them

Not to bad. Does anyone know how much paid time off do the local government employees get?

15 years ago
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Re: Cost of living / Monthly budget for family of 3

As someone who lived in Fla. Keys and here (STT) I can say that this place is quite a bit more expensive. It is indeed a personal question - some peop...

15 years ago
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Re: Can we bring a horse to St Thomas?

I know of a person who has moved a horse to STT. Presumably this was very stressful to the horse, but he's (it's?) doing better now. There is a smal...

15 years ago
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Re: Canadian wanted to move to St Thomas w/ US citizen

(USVI) St. Thomas is part of United States, certainly for the purposes of immigration law. As such, you would need the same thing you'd need to have t...

15 years ago
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Re: thinking about getting an underwater camera, any suggestions?

yes, thats exactly what it is. it is a clear case specifically made for a certain digital camera model. there are a number of manufacturers of these o...

15 years ago
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Re: thinking about getting an underwater camera, any suggestions?

I use small nikon with underwater housing. It is good to something like 100 ft, and the benefit is of a decent camera. Fantasea makes a number of diff...

15 years ago
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Re: The "Biden Family" Arrives

All I have is the photo of the plane 🙂 I think he's pretty well protected and Water Island isn't exactly accessible to most here.

15 years ago
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Re: Moving to the island.

Here is what it looks like:

15 years ago
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Re: Moving to the island.

I got all the way down to the beach, didn't drive onto the actual beach of course. The road is actually better than the one to Nettljeberg or Car...

15 years ago
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Re: Moving to the island.

I drove down to Stumpy bay today. The surf looks amazing - I took a few photos but they don't really convey it well. On the way back my jeep got stuck...

15 years ago
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Re: Which Is better for living St. Croix or St. Thomas???

That's exactly my point - people get to used to a good thing and start complaining about what would have been considered at most a minor inconvenience...

15 years ago
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Re: Which Is better for living St. Croix or St. Thomas???

I don't think anyone that ever lived in a place with real traffic (like Wash. DC or New York) would dare to call what happens on STT "traffic". That's...

15 years ago
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