tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post7975035298090050715..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: Far Tortola?seana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88920382240388265122009-08-25T06:33:13.174-07:002009-08-25T06:33:13.174-07:00Adrian, I was kind of counting on you to say somet...Adrian, I was kind of counting on you to say something along the lines of "When I visited Tortola, I remember bribing one of the locals to show me Blackbeard's watery grave. Once we got there, he pulled out an enormous old Spanish pistol. I thought he was going to shoot me, but it turned out he was just offering it up for sale." <br /><br />Oh, well, my Tortola visiting friend is due back this week. She is usually good for a harrowing tale or two.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-5465734824360392442009-08-25T02:15:01.792-07:002009-08-25T02:15:01.792-07:00I always liked The Far Tortugas. Such a romantic p...I always liked The Far Tortugas. Such a romantic place, but probably not so great. <br /><br />I once visited Stornaway in the Outer Hebrides mainly because of the name. It is, alas, a complete shithole.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-62794594998376205282009-08-19T09:26:00.385-07:002009-08-19T09:26:00.385-07:00Oh dear. This explains so much.Oh dear. This explains so much.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-73243178923806485132009-08-19T07:07:11.096-07:002009-08-19T07:07:11.096-07:00According to a "Discover who you were in your...According to a "Discover who you were in your past life" summer game, in 1694 I was a cattle farmer in the Virgin Islands. <br />Apparently I was too focused on material goods and earthly pleasures, and my family suffered from it.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-27050500814424362302009-08-16T09:02:59.976-07:002009-08-16T09:02:59.976-07:00Thanks for dropping by, Nazish. Did you find your ...Thanks for dropping by, Nazish. Did you find your way here through Sucharita's wonderful blog?<br /><br />Yes, our access to information these days is incredible. I think even those of us who lived in the days before this possibility take it for granted most of the time. I somehow doubt that all this knowledge actually makes us any wiser though.<br /><br />People do seem to be impressed with the idea of four blogs but it really isn't difficult. They are just slots for different kinds of things. Someone with one blog would probably just update it more frequently than I do.<br /><br />As to being up to date, well, I am at the moment, but I let all of them slide at times. Friends are kind enough to read this, but it's not like there's any true external pressure for posts.<br /><br />But this is an excellent place to share a fact that I just read in Harper's index of facts this month. The estimated percentage of all blogs in the world that have not been updated in the last four months?<br /><br />94.<br /><br />That should make most people reading here feel very good about their own productivity.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-67343308718971940192009-08-16T02:09:58.795-07:002009-08-16T02:09:58.795-07:00Oh never heard of an island called Tortola!!! Than...Oh never heard of an island called Tortola!!! Thanks to Google its makes it so easy to even know about these islands instead of following the Columbus n D Gama way..lol :)!!<br /><br />Nice BLOGS...m amazed as how can u handle 4 blogs alone n keep each of them up to date. Hats off mam!!! U really have a keenness n hunger for knowledge!!!<br /><br />take care!!!NRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987719285041286082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-70854225145580485502009-08-15T07:20:56.633-07:002009-08-15T07:20:56.633-07:00I'm assuming you don't actually have to go...I'm assuming you don't actually have to go to a tax haven in order to benefit from it, but I have to admit that I've never had enough income to shelter to be bothered to find out.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-2175814870965689242009-08-15T00:30:45.794-07:002009-08-15T00:30:45.794-07:00Good diving is to be had there, too. I think one o...Good diving is to be had there, too. I think one of my friends once spent a vacation there, and he was involved in no financial shenanigans that I know of.<br /><br />As for <i>Far Tortola</i>, I challenge anyone to say it ten times fast without laughing, especially if stoned at the time.<br />=================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-91214686328327564812009-08-14T17:32:51.487-07:002009-08-14T17:32:51.487-07:00Brian, I only have season two available to me, so ...Brian, I only have season two available to me, so that's all I'm catching up on. It all seems a bit different from the one episode I saw at my cousin's last summer. Although I knew it was a bit of a soap, everyone seems a bit more tortured than I'd have expected. <br /><br />So, you're a lawyer--what do you know about why a certain place gets allowed to be a tax haven?seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-58782097679811976552009-08-14T17:27:55.604-07:002009-08-14T17:27:55.604-07:00I think the food sounding names are a coincidence,...I think the food sounding names are a coincidence, Sucharita, but I'll bet that island cultures are somehow conducive to tax havens. Maybe it's just because they are small enough to easily write advantageous law.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-73024858996544217302009-08-14T16:09:47.395-07:002009-08-14T16:09:47.395-07:00Never heard of this island, either. Thanks for the...Never heard of this island, either. Thanks for the geography lesson.<br /><br />But why are all tax-havens small, remote and have names that sound edible? (Tortola - tortilla; Monaco - In India, Monaco is a popular salty biscuit).Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-32700109936908116222009-08-14T08:29:15.903-07:002009-08-14T08:29:15.903-07:00Nice post, good research. I too had no idea where...Nice post, good research. I too had no idea where this place.<br /><br />Speaking of Mad Men, the wife and I are behind too. We have all of Season 2 to watch still. We had high hopes of Netflixing the second season so we could start watching the show as it airs. Ah well.Brian O'Rourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372815069471434698noreply@blogger.com