Guess who we ran into at the airport?
So, we’re walking through the Charlotte airport and who do we see but Capt. Morgan himself. We chat him up, although the conversation was short. (We were heading to St. Thomas. The Captain was heading to St. Croix.)
The VI Senate vote this month in favor of the big Diagio rum factory on St. Croix was 10-5. And the five votes against it were all St. Croix senators! (Including Senator Terrance “Positive” Nelson.) Good golly. It’s no wonder St. Croix is having such a tough go of it. St. Croix doesn’t even seem to want to help itself.
Good work, Gov. deJongh. That’s a businessman in the governor’s office these days and that is refreshing.
Anyway, Capt. Morgan seemed a little stiff. Think he needed a little shot of Cruzan.
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July 28th, 2008 07:09
Looks to be a good injection of jobs and money to the USVI. Not knowing anything about anything, I hope as many of the jobs go to locals as possible and that they aren’t bringing in cheap foreign labor.
Can they build something that big on anything but a “soon come” schedule though?
July 28th, 2008 08:29
That big guy may look like The Silent Type, but I hear he’s a real chatterbox after a few Captain & Cokes.
July 28th, 2008 09:36
I know that silent but deadly type …
July 28th, 2008 09:46
He’s certainly not as creepy as that Burger King character!!!!!!
Maybe we should have an On-St.John “welcome to the USVI” Party for the Captain…we can start drinking now, then the party/drinking stops once construction is completed…
200 MILLION gallons a year…how many times would that fill the Bong-Bongo swimming pool????
July 28th, 2008 13:09
Steve V, that Burger King character is seriously creepy! Even more so than Chuck-E-Cheese (nothing like a big, stuffed rat dancing around in a pizza parlor to entertain the kids).
Weren’t we supposed to be having a contest soon? I want one of those cool purses or something.
Looking forward to Wade’s Picks.
July 28th, 2008 16:30
Was I not supposed to put a thoughtful comment here?
Because I can add this: My wife plans to buy the Burger King costume. She will slip out of bed one morning and put it on while I sleep (Get your minds out of the gutter). She will then sidle back into bed and lie there waiting for me to wake up. She figures that my heart and brain will both explode at the sight of the King next to me in bed. This is how she plans to kill me.
July 28th, 2008 17:29
Rob… that’s a sad way to go…
I might start sleeping with one eye open…
If the sight of the King in bed with you isn’t enough to do you in, the cost of the psychotherapy to erase the experience could easily lead to bankruptcy..
Looks like you’re toasted either way…
July 29th, 2008 07:40
rob… I think the fact that your wife “plans to buy the Burger King costume” is in itself, grounds for divorce. Save yourself! Run while you still can!