Comments on: A Shot of Brandi: The Caves http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/ News, Muse and Reviews Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Patricia & Christina Goodwin http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-7733 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:23:21 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-7733 Hey, John! Hello from Marbleyhead! We sure miss you here! It's just not as happy and vibrant! St. John's is lucky! Congrats on your success in Paradise! Write to us, if you ever come in from the sun & sea! Love, Patricia & Christina Hey, John!
Hello from Marbleyhead! We sure miss you here! It’s just not as happy and vibrant! St. John’s is lucky! Congrats on your success in Paradise! Write to us, if you ever come in from the sun & sea!
Love,
Patricia & Christina

]]> by: Joanne Colella http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5083 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:55:29 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5083 Capt.Brandi: Beth forwarded the "Brandi Glass". Loved it. Joanne Capt.Brandi:

Beth forwarded the “Brandi Glass”. Loved it.

Joanne

]]> by: Beth http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5055 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:08:04 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5055 Capt. Jack, Love the shot of Brandi another adventure on the palmabella! Capt. Jack,

Love the shot of Brandi another adventure on the palmabella!

]]> by: Gromit http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5036 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:27:09 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5036 Love this segment-- well done. Funny that someone else mentioned the fish thing, but when I saw that I was a bit put off as well. It might be fun for the tourists but it really is irresponsible wildlife management. I can only imagine that the authorities might issue a hefty fine if they saw this first hand. The captain and the boat are fantastic- but leave the fish gimmicks for Vegas. Love this segment– well done. Funny that someone else mentioned the fish thing, but when I saw that I was a bit put off as well. It might be fun for the tourists but it really is irresponsible wildlife management. I can only imagine that the authorities might issue a hefty fine if they saw this first hand. The captain and the boat are fantastic- but leave the fish gimmicks for Vegas.

]]> by: Pam http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5035 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:29:20 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5035 I've been anxiously awaiting the next shot of Brandi, and it doesn't disappoint. Great job, Captain. Keep on telling your stories and entertaining us! I’ve been anxiously awaiting the next shot of Brandi, and it doesn’t disappoint. Great job, Captain. Keep on telling your stories and entertaining us!

]]> by: promoguy http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5019 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:33:23 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5019 Dang it!!!! And all this time I thought it was Catalina Island. Dang it!!!! And all this time I thought it was Catalina Island.

]]> by: Bart & Sue http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5018 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:48:36 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5018 John, Glad to see you're doing well and you seem to be enjoying yourself. We haven't seen you in awhile and you're looking good. Holten sent me your latest video, it usually comes from your USA agent, Cousin Joanne! To all the detractors of your speech. Most people don't know or care that coral polyps are animals and not vegetables. What does matter is that massive amounts of coral around the world are being bleached(killed) by changes in water temperature and polution. Also who gives a crap which island was in a great work of fiction, don't OVERTHINK wine, fiction, women, life etc... Bart P.S. EAGLES were 23 point underdogs, losing by 3 pts was like a win!! Kicked ass on the spread, should have bet the over. John,

Glad to see you’re doing well and you seem to be enjoying yourself. We haven’t seen you in awhile and you’re looking good. Holten sent me your latest video, it usually comes from your USA agent, Cousin Joanne!
To all the detractors of your speech. Most people don’t know or care that coral polyps are animals and not vegetables. What does matter is that massive amounts of coral around the world are being bleached(killed) by changes in water temperature and polution. Also who gives a crap which island was in a great work of fiction, don’t OVERTHINK wine, fiction, women, life etc…

Bart

P.S. EAGLES were 23 point underdogs, losing by 3 pts was like a win!! Kicked ass on the spread, should have bet the over.

]]> by: Chicago Steve http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5017 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:21:21 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5017 Keep 'em coming! Love the stories. It's great the way you're covering the island from so many different angles. Not to get too PBS, but how about some oral history from the islands older residents --I know it's been done in books, but why not video? Keep ‘em coming! Love the stories. It’s great the way you’re covering the island from so many different angles. Not to get too PBS, but how about some oral history from the islands older residents –I know it’s been done in books, but why not video?

]]> by: Xislandgirl http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5015 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:56:39 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5015 Quoted from Wikipedia Actual geography There are a number of islands which could be the real-life inspiration for Skeleton Island. One story goes that a mariner uncle had told the young Stevenson tales of his travels to Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands, thus this could mean Norman Island was an indirect inspiration for the book.[7] Nearby Norman Island is a Dead Man's Chest Island, which Stevenson found in a book by Charles Kingsley. Stevenson said "Treasure Island came out of Kingsley's At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies (1871); where I got the 'Dead Man's Chest' - that was the seed".[8][9] If it was "the seed" for Skeleton Island, the phrase "dead man's chest", the novel in general, or all, remains unclear. Other contenders are the small islands in Queen Street Gardens in Edinburgh, as "Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Heriot Row and it is thought that the wee pond he could see from his bedroom window in Queen Street Gardens provided the inspiration for Treasure Island".[10] It very well could have been Norman Island or it could have been somewhere else. I am sure that the folks in Edinburg tell a similar story. Quoted from Wikipedia

Actual geography
There are a number of islands which could be the real-life inspiration for Skeleton Island. One story goes that a mariner uncle had told the young Stevenson tales of his travels to Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands, thus this could mean Norman Island was an indirect inspiration for the book.[7] Nearby Norman Island is a Dead Man’s Chest Island, which Stevenson found in a book by Charles Kingsley. Stevenson said “Treasure Island came out of Kingsley’s At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies (1871); where I got the ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ - that was the seed”.[8][9] If it was “the seed” for Skeleton Island, the phrase “dead man’s chest”, the novel in general, or all, remains unclear. Other contenders are the small islands in Queen Street Gardens in Edinburgh, as “Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Heriot Row and it is thought that the wee pond he could see from his bedroom window in Queen Street Gardens provided the inspiration for Treasure Island”.[10]

It very well could have been Norman Island or it could have been somewhere else. I am sure that the folks in Edinburg tell a similar story.

]]> by: Bigcheeze http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5014 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:51:20 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5014 I'd rather believe that Norman was Stevenson's inspiration for Trasure Island. The Virgins are a treasure to behold. I hope Brandi tells of when Blackbeard was thrown overboard and he swam around the ship seven times before the sharks got him...all while being headless too. Great Installment...Norman Isl is special I’d rather believe that Norman was Stevenson’s inspiration for Trasure Island. The Virgins are a treasure to behold. I hope Brandi tells of when Blackbeard was thrown overboard and he swam around the ship seven times before the sharks got him…all while being headless too.

Great Installment…Norman Isl is special

]]> by: B&J in VA http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5013 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:50:53 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5013 Thanks for a little clip of fun in the islands. I've never been to the caves and enjoyed the video. Since our next trip is 5 months away, (and some of those are cold months!) I'll take a glimpse of the islands any time. Thanks for a little clip of fun in the islands. I’ve never been to the caves and enjoyed the video. Since our next trip is 5 months away, (and some of those are cold months!) I’ll take a glimpse of the islands any time.

]]> by: Holten Brandi http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5011 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:29:18 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/11/26/a-shot-of-brandi-the-caves/#comment-5011 Hey Bro, To know you is to love you as only a brother can. I don't care about the authenticity of the tale but "dug" the delivery. You are a master of discourse and a magnet for attention. I believed every word of it and only wished it lasted longer. You got me hook, line and sinker. Your success, well deserved, is wonderful and should be cherished by you.... The best of luck! Holten ps. The Pats gave us something to think about last night in the Philly game. Hey Bro,

To know you is to love you as only a brother can. I don’t care about the authenticity of the tale but “dug” the delivery.

You are a master of discourse and a magnet for attention. I believed every word of it and only wished it lasted longer. You got me hook, line and sinker.

Your success, well deserved, is wonderful and should be cherished by you….

The best of luck!

Holten

ps. The Pats gave us something to think about last night in the Philly game.

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