White people with dreads.

[mountaingal]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">it seems though that DeeDee is more concerned due to his fiance having dreadlocks...I have never heard of a white person with locks being more targeted or harrassed than any other white person. </div></div>

it'd be interesting to know what horror stories he's heard, and from whom, and whether the horror had more to do with &quot;white people&quot; or &quot;white people with dreadlocks.&quot; what would it take for him to overcome the negative stories he's heard, i wonder?

[loops]

Re: White people with dreads.

don't you worry mountaingall...i'm helping him out PRIVATELY...and i bet he and she go...and have a GREAT time...sans harassment, about the dreads at least.

[Bandana]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loops</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i couldn't agree more...and you seem to be looking for the worst in this poster.

just answer his damn question.

oh never mind....i'll be the kind one today. you go read your bible. </div></div>






lawd...





I would also be interested in hearing what the &quot;horror stories&quot; were...


And mi wonder when Loops lock she hair an become PM expert on white people w/ dreads treatment in JA


lighten up people....



deebee, go to JA, have a good time

[loops]

Re: White people with dreads.



back at ya babes....you know some horror stories i'm not aware of?

[loops]

Re: White people with dreads.

btw...i DID stick my head out the window from Treasure Beach to Negril....and when i got there...i got no harassment at all.

[evanovitch]

Re: White people with dreads.

a year from now is a longgggg time...u should check bak closer to ur departure time...any answers u get today juss no seem relevant to wat mite be in a year...u no tink so?

[Bandana]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loops</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

back at ya babes....you know some horror stories i'm not aware of? </div></div>


happens

[Bandana]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a year from now is a longgggg time...u should check bak closer to ur departure time...any answers u get today juss no seem relevant to wat mite be in a year...u no tink so? </div></div>


That's right, a year from now <span style="text-decoration: underline">all</span> the white people could have dreads
























<span style="font-style: italic">*don't mind me today people, I am in rare form </span>

[loops]

Re: White people with dreads.

i suppose i could have picked apart his question nine ways from sunday....but it seemed more reasonable to just answer his question....despite the fact that i have no dreads...i'm just a lowly white chick who's been to Jamaica well over a dozen times now...i think i got a handle on the runnings

[mountaingal]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a year from now is a longgggg time...u should check bak closer to ur departure time...any answers u get today juss no seem relevant to wat mite be in a year...u no tink so? </div></div>

i think people getting married usually like to firm up location and dem ting deh long in advance. so, he and his girl will have to take a leap of faith and book now after weighing what horror stories they heard and any expert advice they get from this board - or they'll have to pick somewhere else.

[Bandana]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loops</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i suppose i could have picked apart his question nine ways from sunday....but it seemed more reasonable to just answer his question....despite the fact that i have no dreads...i'm just a lowly white chick who's been to Jamaica well over a dozen times now...i think i got a handle on the runnings

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I agree Loops... You have been all over the island and are a good resource for advice on visiting Jamaica.



However, I did not think that Compray picked apart his post at all...


I too agree that you get what you project, so if you go into ANYTHING thinking the worst you tend to attract it...

[evanovitch]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a year from now is a longgggg time...u should check bak closer to ur departure time...any answers u get today juss no seem relevant to wat mite be in a year...u no tink so? </div></div>

i think people getting married usually like to firm up location and dem ting deh long in advance. so, he and his girl will have to take a leap of faith and book now after weighing what horror stories they heard and any expert advice they get from this board - or they'll have to pick somewhere else.

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mi neva read whe dem getting married...mi juss read di going in a year....12months from now, airfares could be such dat di trip is prohibitive....12 months from now, Negril beach could be no more....12 months from now, my girl mite trim har locks....12 months from now, dem mite ha new interests...12 months from now, di relationship could be no more an di ? would be moot...

juss a walk bout, kick stone an tun carna

[mountaingal]

Re: White people with dreads.



shoulda explained that deebee had two threads, and this was actually the first one i responded to,where he asked about getting married:

http://www.jamaicans.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=958003#Post958003

all u say is true. the whole question of going to jamaica may be moot this time two week from now, much less one year from now.

[loops]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bandanna</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loops</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i suppose i could have picked apart his question nine ways from sunday....but it seemed more reasonable to just answer his question....despite the fact that i have no dreads...i'm just a lowly white chick who's been to Jamaica well over a dozen times now...i think i got a handle on the runnings

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I agree Loops... You have been all over the island and are a good resource for advice on visiting Jamaica.



However, I did not think that Compray picked apart his post at all...


I too agree that you get what you project, so if you go into ANYTHING thinking the worst you tend to attract it...

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i guess we can agree to disagree bandy...i've seen enough newbies get chewed up and spat out to recognize where the responses were going...but then...we can't all wear that halo of yours.

[evanovitch]

Re: White people with dreads.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

shoulda explained that deebee had two threads, and this was actually the first one i responded to,where he asked about getting married:

http://www.jamaicans.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=958003#Post958003

all u say is true. the whole question of going to jamaica may be moot this time two week from now, much less one year from now.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Airlines face losses as demand drops</span>


CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of empty seats on planes flown by U.S. airlines is rising this year despite aggressive fare sales and capacity cuts, darkening the outlook for industry earnings in the first quarter and beyond.

Airline data on March load factors, which measure how full an airplane is, showed a third consecutive month of declines and the largest drop for some carriers this year.

&quot;We're seeing some real good fare sale activity, but load factors are still dropping,&quot; said Jim Corridore, airline analyst with Standard &amp; Poor's Equity Research. &quot;So they are not able to get their planes full right now, and that is a bad sign.&quot;

The airline industry has been battered since last year by economic recession that has eroded travel budgets. Carriers have fought back with sweeping capacity cuts and fare sales designed to generate spring and summer travel.

<span style="font-style: italic">But March traffic data show that despite carriers' best efforts to stoke demand</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">the decline in load factors is accelerating.</span>

Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N), the world's largest carrier, saw its March load factor drop 4.4 percentage points to 80.5 percent, following a 2.7 point dip in February. The carrier's capacity was down 7.9 percent in the month.

AMR Corp's (AMR.N) American Airlines saw its load factor slump 4.8 points to 79.2 percent as capacity fell 5.6 percent. In February, the carrier's load factor declined 2.9 points.

IMPACT ON EARNINGS

Declining load factors will hurt first-quarter results, which airlines will begin posting next week, said Morningstar equity analyst Basili Alukos.

&quot;It's such a high fixed-cost business. So basically you have the same cost per flight,&quot; Alukos said. &quot;They're having fewer people in the planes, so it means you're going to have way lower earnings.&quot;

Analysts expect losses from top carriers in the first quarter, according to Reuters Knowledge. The consensus forecast for Delta calls for a $1-per-share loss. AMR is seen losing $1.48 per share, while the loss at UAL Corp (UAUA.O), parent of United, is estimated at $4.49 per share.

Alukos noted, however, that a year-to-year drop in the price of jet fuel will offset some of the damage done by falling travel demand. The price of a barrel of oil, which influences the price of fuel, fell 50 percent from the end of the first quarter of 2008 to the end of the first quarter of 2009.

But fuel prices did rise 14 percent rise from January through March 2009, mitigating some of airlines' accounting losses from fuel hedge write-offs, Alukos said.

Carriers wrote down millions of dollars in losses in the second half of 2008 as oil plummeted 75 percent, diminishing the value of their fuel hedges. Hedge losses will continue to factor into first-quarter earnings. UAL has said it expects to see an $80 million loss related to its hedges.

Airlines shares were broadly weaker during the first quarter. The Amex airline index .XAL shed 35 percent, compared with the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index .SPX, which lost about 7 percent in the quarter.