TNN 35
Hello folks … (deep voice).. this is TNN…. So ah singin’ Maria, girl ah love yuh so bad….Maria, if yuh leave meh now go be hard… ((Lord Blackie) background music)
SUCKIN' SALT.....
Boy, dem fellas good!… Nah, dey dam good!… De lates’ breakin’ news which of course has Trinidad bacchanal attached…. some company buildin’ ah desalination plant down Point Lisas to provide fresh water to de industries and WASA goin’ to buy de water back from dem an’ den sell it to de industries or something so… some kinda tie-up scenario.
Anyway some people say dat a plant half de size in B’dos cost more dan five times less, so how come we plant costin’ so much ($120M)? De fellas say dat B’dos water dat dey usin’ not as salty, so it less expensive, an’ de story continues, back an’ fort’ like ah lawn tennis match…man eh know who tuh believe.
A couple t’ings de Cobra want tuh address… when we had about 3 industries dong Pt. Lisas we didn’t have ah problem, but yuh know we style…de more de merrier, so now we have bout 13 industries dong dey in de space of ah few years… Yuh didn’t t’ink dat as yuh was givin’ people permission tuh build, dat maybe, JUST MAYBE, dey woulda want more water and yuh shoulda start tuh upgrade de water system tuh accommodate? Nooooo, dey start leavin’ people without water tuh give de industries…
Now de population in South lookin’ skinny, because dey dehydrated and is only now yuh lookin’ tuh build ah $120 M plant to convert salt water into fresh water. De big man at WASA say it go cost too much to upgrade de system because is 20 or more years dat no maintenance was done so it have more holes dan ah politician story in de water mains (an’ why it wasn’t maintained? Yuh does make chilren an’ den leave dem at de side of de road, eh? Same principle, yuh doh have tuh be ah genius…).
An’ to put ah l’il spice in de cake, he say de company buildin’
de plant wit’ dey own money so we lucky… but ent we have tuh buy de water from
dem, yuh t’ink dey go sell it so dat dey eh go make an profit…? Umm?
Yuh feel dey dotish an’ like we so much? And by de way,
alyuh ever intend tuh fix dem mains?… because even if we have water tuh supply people it still have tuh
pass somewhere tuh reach dem, ent? Which to
me bring we back tuh to stage 1, but I eh no engineer….
But of course de Cobra checkin’ ah nex’ embarassin’ angle; we have 65 inches, at least, of rainfall, an’ we still cyah get enough water? Wha’ happen, dis is ah state ah camels or wat? We have water till we hospital getting’ water from de drains, yuh doh even have tuh step out yuh house in rainy season, water comin’ tuh meet yuh in yuh bedroom… an’ we cyah seem tuh manage tuh get de water tuh people….? Trinidad buyin’ water is like Saudi Arabia buyin’ oil or de Sahara buyin’ sand….
An’ of course at de end of de process of “desal” dey sendin’ brine solution into de Gulf of Paria,
which go alter de whole water body, ….dem poor fish go be bade dong in salt…
but at least we go have ah source of protein….. yeah man…Saltfish!
HELLO, HELLO.....?
Well, look at my crosses….. our telephone company seems to be a little too busy these days….. seems like the company made a big profit an’ de workers say since it was on dem back dat de company make profit, den is only fair dey get ah chance tuh share in de profits… De company say No! so all of ah sudden de main cable connectin’ North to South get cut (how ah ordinary fella go just miraculously cut ah main cable at ah particular point, how dey know dat is de North/South lead?) .... So if yuh mudder, aunt, granny or nennen sick or comin’ in on ah flight, yuh cyah call…too bad, an’ if yuh lose business because yuh cyah contact yuh clients …toooo bad… Ah mean, de workers have ah right to determine who an’ wen yuh could call, we doh pay for de service, dey doin’ we ah favor, ent?
Den Friday, suddenly one setta fumes in the Main Exchange have workers vomitin’ an goin’ tuh hospital, an’ jus so again it happen on Monday…. De union man say he eh know nothin’ ‘bout dat (naturally! He eh want tuh make ah serious jail!), but it just coincidence dat it happenin’ now when de workers demandin’ money…. an’ he eh say he condemn de actions yet, eh… he jus’ eh know nothin’….
Now de demands of de workers would be fair except for one t’ing.. we spend close to $1B dollars to reorganise de company before it turn ah profit, so of course once we make back we billion dollars, dey could feel free tuh demand profits, but NOT before! Yuh see wey ah comin’ from…? Dat 1Billion dollars was taxpayers money, so wen yuh pay dem back, only den yuh could ask tuh see yuh profit sharin’, but apparently dat eh run t’rough dey head… like dey lines crossed… We busy makin’ back de money we spend, so when dey call we, tell dem we go forward de profits until dat time…….
PAK IT IN....?
Well alyuh see we WI team havin’ ah little problem…yeah, we losin’ matches…. In de las’ match against India only de young boy, Powell stan’ up again, de res’ ah dem make de usual contribution…. No married fellas on dat side, yuh only seeing single figures….
Powell and he 76 was Powerless tuh save dem…. so we lose de series tuh India, who had rested 3 players because of injury…
Now we gone an’ lorse de firs’ match tuh Pakistan, but de hurtful part is dat dem fellas give away 43 extras, yes 43 extras… Jus’ now man go start tuh say money pass….!
All dese years yuh playin’ an’ yuh have problems keeping ah ball on de cricket pitch… it remind meh of dem Trinidad footballers, could never put ah ball in de net, but nobody know football like dem (though ah mus’ gi de fellas credit, eh, dey win de las’ 8 games dey play, so rally ‘round de TnT Football Team!).
De West Indies come like dey playin’ Russian Roulette… if dey hit yuh, yuh dead, but dey more likely tuh miss…. Somebody make ah comment about (P)Adams bein’ out ah form… Leh we ask when las’ he was in form…. an’ Captain Laro, if he eh start makin’ some runs quick, dey go have tuh name de team de WI Titantic.. because we sinkin’ tuh new depths….
Ah hope dem fellas come round for de next two matches an’ doh expect poor l’il Powell an’ Walsh tuh carry all de load… one is ah greenhorn an’ de odder ah ole faithful warhorse…. So come on fellas, yuh eh in Canada tuh sightsee, put yuh head dong an’ keep ah straight bat an’ remember tuh keep yuh WIT (West Indies Team) about yuh…..
That’s all for dis week folks,
have ah good weekend an’ ah hope alyuh out dey in New York eh get flood out wit’ storm weather. TNN
also sends greetings to we people in Bahamas who get ah touch ah Floyd. Stay up, we
right wit’ yuh! An’ further afield in Turkey and Athens wit’
de earthquake, doh let yuh head fall, mankind mus’ survive… ah gone, Peace…….
Cobra’s Note: Hey Egypt, ah try
tuh e mail yuh an’ yuh mail bounce back…! Wha’ goin’ on
wit’ yuh system….? Ah go try again dis
week. Tanks for de write-in….
Doh ray me fah so... la ti doh….
pan playin’ music anywhere yuh go….(background music,Terror ..alyuh eh know
nothin’ eh..?)
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