Grand Cayman Metblog

Every time I come around your city...

2005-12-29T13:55:00.000-08:00

For a month I meant to take a picture of the above poster at the bus stop on the four-way stop in west bay only to find that they took it down. Luckily I found a picture of the same poster online here. I still don't know where this campaign originated and I can't make out the bottom line of the poster.

In any form, it's still brilliant.

Bucket of Poo

2005-12-29T13:33:00.000-08:00

The following is a photo from the Cayman Netnews Online:

What is the purpose of putting up horrible quality black and white images? Are they saving hard drive and bandwidth? Are they trying to drive people to buy the paper? That would be a sad marketing strategy.

On the bright side, one could imagine a great headline for the photo above...

Doing the Snake

2005-12-12T05:47:00.000-08:00

Heard on the beach next to Royal Palms:

"Do you want to be included on the (insert prestigious law firm) party pics list and see (name withheld) doing the snake on the dance floor in a puddle of beer and piss?"

With the Christmas party season in full swing, you might want to think twice about being "that guy".

A Lack of Creativity

2005-12-09T09:12:00.000-08:00

So you have issues about traffic problems? Get creative.

I'll give you two good examples.

In the UK, Oxford resident Ted Dowan got creative:
"A campaign is under way to lower speed limits to 20mph in urban areas, but what's going to make drivers slow down? A bossy road sign, a hump in the road or a three-piece suite parked in the road?"

In the US, New Orleans residents threw a birthday party for a year-old pot hole that had yet to be fixed.

At a RCIP community meeting, a resident said: "I have been hearing this for the lasts ten or fifteen years," said one resident. "You would think that the West Bay Police Station is in Grenada. Why not just have an officer on Monday and Wednesday, or any two days. That way, the word will spread," that officers are there to prosecute.

Ten to fifteen years for a speeding solution? Are the RCIP ignoring major problem or is this a case where outrage simply outweighs the actual hazard?

Think of the case outlined by economist Steven D. Levitt in his book Freakonomics where he shows that having a swimming pool in your backyard is statisically more dangerous for children than owning a handgun. Is and should the RCIP be focused on other things regarding crime on the island?

From personal experience and as noted in other media reports, it's excruciatingly hard to find crime statistics for the island. I can't even get the listed RCIP website to come up currently. If there were easily available statistics, one might come to the same conclusion: With over a decade of complaining and citizens taking no action on their own, it relatively can't be a very important issue.

Metroblogging Cayman

2005-12-07T17:08:00.000-08:00

Even before I stopped writing on Metroblogging New Orleans, I was anticipating gathering enough people to start a Caribbean Metroblogging faction but couldn't drum up enough interest.

Fine.

I'll do it myself.

If you're serious about blogging in the Caribbean and want to follow the Metroblogging concept, go to the Metroblogging site and apply for a position and mention my name. Soon come. Soon come.