I GUESS I may be getting just a teeny-weeny bit old, because I can remember when it was considered
rude to whistle in front of adults, the biggest bad words pickney used to cuss were ‘blouse and skirt’,'rahtid’ and ‘blow-wow’; and slackness was talking big bwoy stories.
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I am probably not so young anymore, I guess, because I can remember when people used to charter JOS bus to go to outing at Gunboat beach. And the beach dem was clean! And bad boys were the ones riding skate, and playing marbles and racing board horse in the gutter water after rain... I remember when children were afraid of Johnkunnu - now even police fraid a pickney, ’cause pickney a shotta!
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Call me archaic, but I remember when school children never had such a wide range of colourfully creative
chemical concoctions and toxic adventures to choose from such as sweets and snacks. For example, I saw one
recently marked cheese tricks and when you read the fine print carefully, you realized that the ingredients did not include any cheese - so-so tricks!
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But I suppose it must be old age, because I also remember that children used to eat jackfruit, juneplum, naseberry, guinep, hogplum and tinkin toe; we used to relish treats like bustamante-backbone, drops, gizzada, toto, cut-cake and grater-cake. MEN USED TO DANCE WITH WOMEN after asking if they could have this dance!!
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I must be clearly approaching dinosaur status, because I can vividly recall a period when independence time meant street dance on every corner, and we never had to import carnival to have revelling in the streets, and float parades were magnificent. I must have come from them dark ages, but I remember when man used to go party to dance with woman, not to “par wid man”, and women never had to walk naked to get attention.
“Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2008″
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But I am not quite ready for the rocking chair and adult diapers just yet. No papa! Still, I remember when Rasta was a lifestyle. Now dreadlocks is a hairstyle. I remember
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 Apr 02 2010
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Queen knights Jamaica’s governor general at Buckingham Palace yesterday
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Published: Saturday | June 13, 2009
Jamaica’s Governor General, Sir Patrick Linton Allen, who was knighted yesterday by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is urging Jamaicans living abroad to support his ‘I believe’ campaign.
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Jun 13 2009
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Packing nation’s hopes, Obama rides to D.C.
President-elect embarks on final leg of inaugural journey via vintage train
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President-elect Barack Obama waves as he makes his way onto the stage to address the crowd at City Hall/War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore on Saturday.
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ABOARD THE INAUGURAL EXPRESS - Tracking Abraham Lincoln’s historic path to Washington, President-elect Barack Obama launched a four-day inaugural celebration Saturday before thousands of chilled but cheering onlookers from Philadelphia to the nation’s capital. He promised to bring the country “a new Declaration of Independence” — free from small thinking, prejudice and bigotry.
Obama invoked a grand heritage of American giants as he appealed “not to our easy instincts but to our better angels,” an echo of Lincoln’s first inaugural address. He took note of the enormous challenges that lie ahead and promised to act with “fierce urgency,” a phrase often used by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jan 17 2009
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Many years ago I found a short story about Mahatma Gandhi that I have
gone back to several times. It has given me hope and courage. Even if
you are not one to pray, I think you will discover that it is useful.
We remember Gandhi as a leader in India’s struggle for independence.
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that he brought the British
Empire to its knees without firing a shot. He was a small man of
great courage. His non-violent resistance was fraught with danger and
the cause eventually claimed his life.
Gandhi once spoke about the source of his courage. He related a story
about an incident that occurred in South Africa. There was a law
directed expressly against Indians in South Africa that he had gone
there to oppose. His ship was met by a hostile mob that had come with
the announced intention of lynching him. Gandhi was advised to stay
on board for his own physical safety. But he went ashore nevertheless.
When later asked why he made such a dangerous decision, he explained,
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Jul 21 2008
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