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MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK or NFLRUPUNUNISTYLEBefore I start this tale let me clarify a few terms used, and explain what little I know about North American Football. Football—game similar to English...
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Article 23
BRAZILIAN BAR B QUEOnce again we join the circus in Lethem.Heritage days celebration has ended, and by all reports was a success, one famous or infamous (depending on which side of the family you talk...
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Hallelujah, Jumbies, and Prize fightsIn the last episode you’ll remember we had left several famous people stranded with the Red Cross.I am happy to report, yes they did get the vehicle out of the...
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Article 21
Moon FeverThe moon really doesn’t have to be totally full for crazy things to begin to happen, although the very ultimate in Moon Fever occurs when the moon is at its fullest splendor.Full Moon week 1...
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Look to the night skyWhat started as a personal log or tongue in cheek look at life here in the Rupununi has over the months more or less become an expected edition to be read by everyone who knows of...
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Article 19
RrrrrrrrrrrrrING The Rupununi callingAt last it would appear that the Rupununi will ring in a new year with the sound of cell phones echoing across the savannah.Picture if you will every termite mound...
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HOW HIGH’S THE WATER AND WHERE or WHERE IS PUSSYAh yes it’s the rainy season again, dusty dog fights have now turned to mud wrestling, bicycles are now equipped with pontoons, large floating logs...
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SHEFISHS AND THE RASTAAfter a 45 min ride, straddle a gas drum; I landed at Gunns airstrip.There standing along the strip is a motley group, which includes what has to be half of the village, Dwayne...
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“ST O P, don’t run over the anteater”After seeing in the new year with a good case of Malaria, surviving another birthday, and the first full moon of the year, I figured why not go for broke and...
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Welcome the new year?2006What can I say, I’ve never been a holiday person, I’m more than willing to just ignore the whole thing and hope to hell it’s over with quickly.Well this year or should I say...
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They Took Who to the Station?What with the 100yr floods of last month,Kabora-sandfly season in full swing, and the return of an XXX-PCV, the Rupununi is spinning true to form.So this episode will start...
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Article 13
Shefishs rides againWhen in the course of human events it becomes necessary to etc. etc. it escapes me at this moment who wrote the above or in what exact context it was used.Seems if memory serves...
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Article 12
OLE TASSO, CURRIED LIZARD, ANDWINCH A DEAD MANAh yes, it is that time again, come join me in one last grand adventure for this year.After having left good ole Manly at Dadanawa Ranch for a couple of...
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Article 11
April May June and maybe July who knows !!!!!Yes, I am only too aware that it has been too long, but the spin being what it is, I feel damn lucky not to have been flung off into space.So here we go,...
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Satan and his gang alive and well in the RupununiDate line: July 23After returning home from Sand Creek for some much needed rest I was treated to record rainfall again, flood waters to rose higher...
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Newbies and Office doors
Ah yes, it’s September again, the rain has finally starting to ease off a bit, and of course the influx of whities or as they prefer to be called, Volunteers, is in full swing.These range from middle...
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Office Politics
As with any office from time to time inter-departmental conflicts arise and are usually resolved peacefully.Such was not the case only days after the final touches were put on the new thatch roof of...
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She-Fishes
SHE-FISHESBeing born in an era when little girls were expected to play only with dolls, have tea parties, wear dresses and act like a little lady proved to hinder my early development only...
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Slimy Slippers & $20 bills
Even though it is suppose to be the beginning of the dry season,we still have occasional downpours of rain at the most inopportune times.This bit of humor was related to me by some of the new...
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