The next decade....what's in store?

Heard of a murder tonight....

What? A "random" murder in peaceful Grenada?

I believe this is the fifth murder for the year. A man went to a bar in St David's parish last Friday. While he was walking home up a dark gap, some body (bodies?) held him up, took away his money and beat him to death. Of course in Jamaica, there would be some gun or knife used.

Now just last Sunday, I texted (is that a word?) my brother and sister, boasting how I had just bummed a ride from two men while walking from the airport.....

Went to the airport to weigh (same weight, but I'm bloated so it should go down in two weeks or so..), had to walk back (2.5 miles) to go see my old (literally...I think he is early 80's) landlord and was just not in the mood. So just after the soldier's base, I stuck out my thumb. A few cars ignored me, then one stopped.

When I got in, they were having a conversation about a guy they had just passed speeding, and why they have to drive so fast. "They're not rapists or murderers" I thought to myself. Got a ride to Sugar Mill roundabout and when I got out, I told them I was going to write home to say I had done this and couldn't have in Jamaica. So they said that it's safe here.

Now I hear about this tonight....I have to rethink my walking up the hill to my present abode me one with a flashlight when it dark!

Posted by yamfoot at April 5, 2006 02:07 AM