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GlennA said:
In contrast, us "low rent folks" stay in accomodations that were built by local labor

Actually Glenn, there were some great Op-Eds in the Beacon written by Bailey Penn (from East End Tortola) recalling the construction of Little Dix which included lots of names of BVIslanders and exactly what they did during the construction phase. Bailey is about 65 and a real character. He went to the US and joined the USNavy, I believe, serving on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Viet Nam. His navy trade was electrician, and he worked as one for many years in the US after getting out of the service. He eventually returned to the BVI. I first employed him in '99 for some work, and have known him since. He has a very low opinion of the BVI work ethic (at least in the trades), and would continually say that his fellow Tortola electricians wouldn't last a minute in the US!