Been away from the Forum for awhile, but I saw this topic and had to add a couple things. For great beach sandwiches, try Schooner Bay market - just East of Christiansted. They have a good bakery too! And those guys in the parking lot, have them wash your car (cheap) and they will also watch your ca...

We buy water too, but I'm thinking that the cistern water can't be all that bad. After all, if rubbing your eyes can transfer cold germs, then if there was real nasties in the water, they would 'get you' while showering, or brushing teeth, or washing hands. Maybe there are some things in it, but I c...

If we don't want people to think it was a random act of violence, why don't we assume the motive was armed robbery, as mentioned in the article? That would solve both (random = scary, drugs = insult) problems.

They could have known each other if the murderer knew where he lived..... If people already know it was a patron of the bar, perhaps the police wil actually catch the guy this time.

I am SO jealous! All these years I've been hoping to see a shark or at least a big barracuda.... I've even gone way out where the water gets so deep you can't see the bottom - nothin'. I guess my point is that 'they' could be anywhere, or nowhere. Just one bit of advice: You should remind Mom not to...

When we go, we try to cut back on what we brought before. Last time, we finally got down to two backpacks, and two even smaller bags for our snorkling stuff. All of that fit into the space under the seats. And at the end of the week, we still had clothes we didn't wear. So next time, we're gonna try...

Just be assertive - it works. Tell them in a firm voice that "this is carry-on and I am keeping it with me." No other explanation required.

No votes for Blind Betty's?? It used to be on all the tables at Skinney's, Pineapple Pizzaz is my personal fav.

A few years ago we somehow wound up with the little Vitara. Maybe the newer ones are better, but that poor little thing had no power. Had to downshift into first gear to make it up most of the hills on the East End. And then it just barely made it. Then we found the "Power Button' on the dash. ...

That's just sickeningly stupid. Is anyone out there really worried about AlQueda staging an attack on St John or Tortola? If the great Homeland (Fatherland?) Security wants to do something, they ought to clean up the gang problems in our own cities. I'm not worried at all about somebody over in AbuD...

Best time for the beaches is early. Get to any one before 8:00 am and they'll have it all to themselves.

Soxfan - I just had to reply to your example of Obama / Neville Chamberlin. When Chamberlin went to talk to Adolf, Germany was already attacking other countries. Which country is/was Iran attacking? The only war they've had in the last few decades was the one where the US backed Iraq/Saddam in attac...

CG - I agree 100%. How about this: if you could build or buy a house on STX for 25% of the cost on STJ, would you?

IMHO, this has gone WAY beyond normal 'Democrat vs Republican' politics. The people that are ruining this great country do not care which party we belong to. We have been let down by our business and political leaders from BOTH parties. For me, it's gonna be a tough choice as I don't trust either si...

The only time we saw an Eagle Ray was when we were just getting to our dinghy at Crabby's. It came to the surface not 2 feet away from us, waved 'Hello' and disappeared just as fast. Motored all over Hurrican Hole and never saw another one...