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Not sure if this was posted here before, but some very good nuggets here
An added level of respect.

In reply to Da-Vincy

She's an interesting lady.

In reply to Walco

Interesting indeed, do you know her background, she indicated her dad is graduate of Lodge.

i have listened to her on tbe radio and watched her on tv. When i lived in bim . I am suprised that a woman with her upper middle class background is so down to earth and i love when she breaks out the bajanisms lol when she talks

In reply to tc1

Her father graduated from from Lodge School in 1957 I think. Dr. Oscar Jordan ... who died from cancer about 6 or 7 years ago. He was a Barbados Scholar.

The closest I got to being a Barbados Scholar was when one of my teachers wrote in my report book that I could be a Barbados Scholar if I applied myself

In reply to Walco

Nice, Walco.

I have a story that could be considered similar.

We were given assignment to write composition/essay on the topic, "My Ambition". Being an a$$, I decided not to write anything.

When I was asked the whereabouts of my composition, I promptly responded that I couldn't write anything because I didn't have any ambition.

In reply to Walco

Thanks , and from all account you did that. I think Sandi was a Barbados Scholar that same year.

In reply to Drapsey

Your story reminds of a calypso song in Barbados about former Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford. The name of the song and its chorus were "These are the good things that Sandi did." The calypsonian would start the song by saying "These are the good things that Sandi did" and then stand silent on stage while the music played. He would repeat "These are the good things that Sandi did" each time it was time for the chorus and then stand silent again. This was repeated about 3 or 4 times until the song ended.

Apparently this calypsonian did not think Sandi did any good things as Prime Minister

In reply to tc1

I tried man

In reply to Walco

So happy that you appreciated my story.

A little more on it ...

After that incident every time I met up with the teacher, Mrs. Reid, she asked, "Yuh get ambition yet?".