Old time Jamaica

[sistactry]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nunya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Den wi did have de special [censored] we mi likkle sista use to siddung pan an wait fi mi drag har all ova.

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only u nunya, this still a crack me up,

[St_Bess]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nunya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ah so? I'm inclined to think it was Genie floor polish... Which one was cheaper? And came in a margarine like tub? </div></div>

Cardinal floor polish came before Genie. You guys remember how the floor polish red up your foot bottom when you walk on the floor without your slippers. You know that coconut brush used to shine the floor was a good work out; nobaddy was fat in the '50's and 60's. Good way to get some exercise.

[Nunya]

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So it was definitely Genie then. I remember the plastic tub... I even remember the smell... thanks!

Now, was electrolux before hoover??? I'm thinking that our floor polisher was a hoover, but I can't be sure... All I remember is that it was the most awkward thing to use... if wi neva careful, de dyam ting ooda tek wi an fling wi so... a pere fight wi did haffi a fight wi di sitn fi control ie...

[sistactry]

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Nunya - no man, Electrolux come out fuss, long time before Hoover

st bess - yes maam, dat deh polish cudda red up everyting it touch....ur knee and ur foot,

[makabush]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
these are not jamaican maroons but misquita Indians imported from Honduras and regular black policeman. </div></div>

I understand the need to appear knowledgeable about all things historical, but these are indeed maroons from Moore Town used in suppressing the rebellion. In fact, they captured Bogle.

You can read about it here: Accounts and Chapters of the House of Commons Page 150

[Nunya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nunya - no man, Electrolux come out fuss, long time before Hoover
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I was a child of the 70s-80s. So wi prolly had the hoover. Hope mi memba fi ask mama when mi talk to har later...

[Dr.Dudd]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nunya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So it was definitely Genie then. I remember the plastic tub... I even remember the smell... thanks!

Now, was electrolux before hoover??? I'm thinking that our floor polisher was a hoover, but I can't be sure... All I remember is that it was the most awkward thing to use... if wi neva careful, de dyam ting ooda tek wi an fling wi so... a pere fight wi did haffi a fight wi di sitn fi control ie... </div></div>electrolux was not before hoover but was wsy more expensive than hoover. Hoiver use ti mske vacuums while electrolux make floor polisher then.Electrolux was made in Sweden by the same company that use to make kerosene refrigerators. The actually invented the processs tgat use heat to create ice without a compressor.

[sistactry]

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ok

so me come from the electrolux era
and chru u younger dan me, so u maybe come from Hoover era



all me know say de freaking ting did heavy nuh hell,
but larks, as a electric a push it, a so we use a dally wid it,

[sistactry]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">electrolux was not before hoover but was way more expensive than hoover. Hoover use ti make vacuums while electrolux make floor polisher then. Electrolux was made in Sweden by the same company that use to make kerosene refrigerators. The actually invented the processs that use heat to create ice without a compressor. </div></div>

kerosene refrigerators??

u learn something new everyday,

tanks Doc

[Nunya]

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

kerosene refrigerators??

u learn something new everyday,

tanks Doc </div></div>

Speaking of which, memba kerosene stove??? Me memba one time mi an one girl a trace, an my winning awgiment??? Gwey! Oonuu cyaa even afford fi buy four foot kerosene stove! Oonuu haffi put fi oonuu stove pon oonuu dressa!

OMG, I haven't thought of that in years!!!

[Nunya]

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Den memba when yuh did haffi go buy kerosene ile? And when yuh did haffi ful up de backle fi de stop and it neva fail splash pon yuh dress???

I bless de day wi did finally get one gas stove, jah knoa...

[Gen]

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The Governor's Coach

Photo by Thomas A. Dexter

This special rail service was offered to tourists wishing to tour the countryside of Jamaica. The coach would leave Montego Bay at 10:00 am and stops were made in districts such as, Anchovy, Catadupa and Ipswich with a lunch stop at Maggotty. After dining the Coach returned to Montego Bay. Along the journey, passengers were afforded an opportunity to learn about local crops, culture as well as have nature walks through the countryside. The Governor’s Coach was designed with the comfort of passengers in mind, with spacious legroom, movable lounge chairs as well as music all throughout the six hour train ride.

From the Postcard Collection of the National Library of Jamaica.

[sistactry]

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larks Nunya, u a bring up nightmares now,

u tink dat did bad fe bo buy it, try fe tun de bokkle upside down after u throw it in deh, and trust me, u no waan get no beating fe a spill none, and dash whey none,

[sistactry]

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me never know dat Gen, really??

[Gen]

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