Barlow's Cayman

• Broadening the mind 2 days ago Travel is supposed to broaden the mind, though it doesn’t always. Most expats return home greatly changed by their exposure to foreign cultures and peoples. Even a week in someplace exotic is better than a week’s vacation taken in one’s home community, or even one’s home...
• Parrots of the Caribbean 1 week ago “Noise pollution” is a common complaint in society these days, isn’t it? Neighbours can be taken to court for rowdy parties, and for too-loud domestic arguments. Most take-offs and landings at city airports have to be scheduled outside specified hours, in order to allow residents...
• Election 2013 - changing faces 2 weeks ago The other week, 85% of Cayman’s 18,000 eligible voters voted in our first election since 2009. The 18 elected Members of our home-rule Legislative Assembly comprise nine from the spendthrift PPM, three from the wasteful UDP, and six unaffiliated and so-far uncontaminated. We were relieved to...
• The engineer and the auditor - part two 2 weeks ago Not all our breakfast meetings were productive, Gerry’s and mine. There were many subjects that just didn’t lend themselves to give-and-take exchanges. Gerry wasn’t interested in the origins of words and names: I didn’t care how nuclear plants operated or aeroplanes were...
• The engineer and the auditor - part one 3 weeks ago Every Saturday morning for the past four or five years, Gerry and I met for a buffet breakfast at one of the hotels along The Beach. For twenty bucks each, we got mental stimulation enough to last us for the whole week.He died of a heart attack the other day, so there will be no more breakfasts.We...

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