PAGING GILBAKKA:
Wha going on wid yuh canal people dem ?
* Anyway, Life really short. Suh Lemme enjoy the minimum 5 decades the "creator" has in store for me.
Rev
Boy, Canal #2 Polder is my birthplace. My navel string/placenta was buried in a big yard where my maternal grandfather lived. He was the village overseer from the early 1940s up to 1967.
I was born at Canal but me mumma man was from Uitvlugt, which is where I grew up. I spent many unforgettable school vacations at Canal #2.
It used to be a beautiful and peaceful village with a clean and clear 7-mile-long canal that abounded with big hassar, houri, yarrow and patwa. Coffee, oranges, cashews, avocados, cassava, plantain, jamoon...all those things flourished there. The people of Canal #2 were healthy and strong and smart too. I believe they still are. Great folks.
Please do not draw the wrong conclusion from Chameli's relative's passing. People die everywhere.
My condolence is hereby offered to Chameli.
Gil,
Did you ever fish the canal? I bet the fishing was good. Cast net or hook?