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Joined: March 3, 2005 1:49 am
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Topics: 125 / Replies: 2905
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Re: Moving Advice Needed

Hello Suzzanne, You might go through your things and decide what you would want to move with and what your husband can sell or give away or leave...

22 years ago
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Re: Tax Benefits

Hello David, What do you mean? (We pay federal income tax and property tax... no sales tax and we aren't a state so no state tax.) --Is...

22 years ago
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Re: Starting a business in St. Thomas

Hello Kevin, Your best bet for the licensing address requirements would be to call licensing and ask the specific questions you have. They have a...

22 years ago
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Re: Steve is here and done

Hello Steve, Congrats!! Wonderful report and you got all your "to do" things done quickly!! Thanks for sharing, with your permission I will add i...

22 years ago
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Re: JOB

Hello Kevin, You will find work in restaurants; November-December are good months, beginning of season. Aug-Oct are slow... but this is more refl...

22 years ago
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Re: My Per-Move Experience

Hello Tara, There are non-seasonal jobs to be had. You can look in the classifeds. Sometimes the office jobs take a little more looking, meeting,...

22 years ago
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Re: STX to GCA

Hello J. Sorry to hear your company is going under but congrats. on the job offer and pay increase.... and the oppurtunity to experience another ...

22 years ago
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Re: Personal Tax

Thanks Jim for the suggestion. Steve N., we have a What to Expect Section on this site, can I put your information there and would you be interes...

22 years ago
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Re: Hess/Hovensa Refinery

HelloTim, Try calling a few more times so that you know exactly who to send your resume to; so you have a contact person to follow up with and ta...

22 years ago
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Re: Back from STX

Hello Janet, Thank you for sharing. What happened with the job interview - this might be worth mentioning. I mean if a company asked you to come ...

22 years ago
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Re: teaching in STX or STT

Hello Candace, Welcome to the Board. You found the right place to took with other perspective movers and residents. I don't know the retirem...

22 years ago
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Re: My Per-Move Experience

Hello MLogan, Sounds like your research and planning paid off with a very productive pre-move trip!! Glad to hear you were able to network with s...

22 years ago
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Re: Goodbye and Thanks

Hello STT, I would be interested in your thoughts on island living and perhaps the reasons if they are maybe related to the islands themselves ra...

22 years ago
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Re: Conflicting Advice

Hello Janelle, Of the things you listed I would say that fights with stray cats or neighborhood cats, then dogs if neighbors have them and let th...

22 years ago
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Re: bugs

Hello, I have seen both the large and the small variety on St. Thomas. Maybe I should have pictures taken and added to our fauna section und...

22 years ago
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Re: Bees...?!

Hello Onika, Two of my family members kept bees so I grew up around them... we got stung so many times my siblings and cousins were just about im...

22 years ago
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Re: Grad school

Hello Bridget, The University of the Virgin Islands has two campuses, one on St. Thomas and one on St. Croix. They have graduate programs. Visit ...

22 years ago
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Re: daycares & private schools

Hello, There are several good daycares on St. Thomas that come to mind Little People's Learning Center and The Open Classroom are two (I can't re...

22 years ago
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Re: Deliver boxes to post office

Hello Folks, Speaking for St. Thomas. There are in fact carriers that deliver mail to residential areas and to businesses. So delivery is possiab...

22 years ago
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Re: Drivers Liscense

Repost from Author: Linda J Date: 05-28-04 14:56 If you have a current, valid license from the states you can get a VI License.

22 years ago
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Re: bugs

Hello L. Seymour, Scorpions are not a common thing to see here. If you encounter them it will likely be in the garden, under rocks and even then ...

22 years ago
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Re: Teresa's Husband View of STT

Onika; are you for real? Haven't noticed. I have seen a few small birds in the mall itself flying around. --Islander

22 years ago
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Re: just bought one way tickets

Hello Josh, August-September are the slowest months of off season... if you are aiming for finding work in tourist driven markets like restaurant...

22 years ago
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Re: Back from St. Croix

Hello Ryann, Thanks for the review. Getting around St. Croix without a car is a pain; its a big island and public transporation is not adequate. ...

22 years ago
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Re: Offshore Living

Hello Kyle, Rather then spending a day tackling getting your drivers license spend a day down at the marinas; try talking to folks there about bo...

22 years ago
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