Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 7 of October 2017 No. 831
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Dear
Friends,
George
Mickiewicz commented
on Glen G. McKoy's post in Mt St Benedict Abbey Boys Int'l
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11 October 09:17
Some brothers are connected through e-mail, Whats App and perhaps
communicate also via Twitter, Snapchat, and maybe via other blogs, etc. There
is no central repository for us alumni in today's world of 24/7 live and
constant communication. Bottom line...to know what is going on requires each
one of us to communicate via the preferred channel. Know that in the past, some
have voiced concerns about using these means due to cybersecurity related
privacy issues. As for me I have been in India for about a week doing
consulting work with Tata Steel in Jamshedpur.
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11 October at 05:30
Sir Kazim Abasali & Sir George Mickiewicz, now I am back on email,
so I am having these conversations with some brothers there, but they are not
on facebook, then we have so much on Facebook, but don't share with our email brothers.
Sir Ladislao & Sir Don kept the emails going with the circulars, however
that is now limited due to el culo in vene, and the hurricane Irma, What is
happening with our local chapter? Any meetings, how are our brothers doing? Keeping the fire burning wherever we can. The
club / The Circular / The Local chapter./ Long Live The Alumni. Cheers 1944 - 2017.
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How hot is it?
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Anyhow some brothers are left out on email as we are rarely on email
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Big Happy Birthday to my big brother & friend Sir Terrence Ferreira and many more, keep making great
art. Cheers & Cheers, The Club.
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I would like to wish our brother & friend Sir Garth Mc Alpin a very Happy Birthday and many
more Cheers The Club.
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AB/MSB CIRCULARS - Don Mitchell requested several weeks ago for someone
to help Ladislao post his most recent Circulars. Don still cannot do it due to
the loss of power in Antigua caused by the hurricane. Last Circular was posted
2 months ago. In advance, thanks to anyone who can/will do it. (Don responds: It is okay, George. I can get online occasionally now to be able
to publish the Circulars. Thanks for
worrying.)
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Glen G. McKoy
Sir
Kaz, were you in contact with Sir Don on this? We had the circulars on our
Facebook site, did it disappear? Sorry, I am not on Hotmail much, confused ha
ha.
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Glen G. McKoy
Dear Abbey Boys,
Sometime has passed, since the great leader of our troop has entered
into the light. The entrance to the castle is slowly closing, only one inner
guard remains from the Dutch monks that came, and he's growing old. We are
spiritually strongly connected. However our
physical connection to the Mount is growing weak. We seek to keep and continue
our relationship. However 99.9%, of the
people who knew us up there, where we grew up, are gone. We are a lost tribe,
as the place from whence we came, is now forbidden. We continue to burn a
candle in the rain. Long Live Our Mount. Yours Truly, The Club.
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Viva El Mount y sus
dicipulos!!!
Hail to the Mount and its disciples!!
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Salvador Coscarart
That is very true what you just wrote.
One last of our teachers is still standing guiding the knights. May god
give him strength and health.
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Happy Birthday Shaun Gianetti,
Abundant blessings to you.
From all our MSB Abbey School 'Boys'
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From: David Bratt dvd_bratt@yahoo.com
Sent: September 13, 2017 5:23 PM
Very good to hear from you Don and you sound positive, great.
David
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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 1:13:31 PM GMT-4,
Don Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com> wrote:
Hi, Glen,
Good to hear from you.
A few minutes ago, I conned my way into the
C&W main office, and am logged on to one of their internet access points so
I can get my email down on my computer and do my updates of my anti-virus
software, etc. We have been relying up to now on Maggie’s Korean
schoolgirl’s hand-held toy to get onto the internet. You can’t do much
with that but read newspapers and send short messages.
Our house has only minor water damage. On
the other hand, our guest shack has had a small nuclear bomb go off in
it. It will take a lot of work (and money) to make it habitable, so don’t
plan a holiday trip to us this year. The yard is totally devastated, as
in sent back to the stone age.
While every private home suffered from minor to
major damage, the worst damage in Anguilla is to the public
infrastructure. All the public schools, the police stations, the
immigration and customs offices, the airport tower, the power station, lost
their roofs where these were not made of reinforced concrete slabs. The
worst sight is the power and telephone lines. Nearly all of them are
snapped off and were strewn across the roads (or they were for a couple of days
after the hurricane struck; they are all shoved off the road now). My
uninformed opinion is that it will be sometime next year before power is fully
restored to the island.
The people are coping well with the
crisis. There is a lot of good natured helping of each other, and the
government is doing a good job of keeping people informed on the government
radio station and various websites. A lot of aid and assistance has been
promised, but only time will tell is this is real or just superficial.
Take water: most Anguillians have a 20,000 gallon cistern, so international
offers of plane-loads of bottled water do not mean much. It tastes a
little better than cistern water, but that is all. Hopefully, Carilec
(the regional cooperative effort among the islands’ power companies where they
all come to the assistance of a stricken island) will prove more
substantial. After Hurricane Luis in 1995 it was amazing to see Grenada’s
‘Grenlec’, St Lucia’s ‘Lucelec’, St Vincent’s ‘Vinlec’, Antigua’s ‘APUA’ and
others, with their men in their national colours and operating their national
trucks brought in by ship lined up on one highway with their separate teams
working on pole after pole restoring electricity to the island. Though it
took 3 months for the entire island’s power to be restored, the main population
centers were back on stream within a month of the total destruction that Luis
brought. So, I can hope the same will happen again. The British
have promised 55 million pounds of assistance for the BVI, TCI and
Anguilla. I fear that most of that will be in placing 2,500 soldiers and
naval ships in Road Town and in TCI to control the looting there. I
understand 120 violent criminals escaped from a damaged BVI facility and are
roaming Tortola pillaging and looting. Nothing like that in
Anguilla. Just plenty of cleaning up and rebuilding.
Keep well.
Don
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From: Glen
Mckoy
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:38 AM
Everyone asking about you Sir Don. Yuh still alive? That is all I want to hear. If there is
anything we can do please inform us. Best regards to you and the wife.
Cheers Glen.
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From: idmitch idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sent: September 7, 2017 7:26 PM
Power probably not coming back until next year. Would you be able to
post Ladislao's circulars on the MSB Facebook page until internet back and I
can access blogger again?
Don
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From: Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com>
Date: 9/7/17 14:57 (GMT-04:00)
Hope you are safe, these hurricanes are getting bigger and bigger. We
must heed these warnings for our future. Cheers Sir Don.
Best regards Glen.
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From: Don Mitchell idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sent: September 4, 2017 2:49 PM
I may be out of contact for a few days after Tuesday. Below is the
latest update from my weather service.
We are not in any personal danger. Our
house is built like Fort Knox, pure reinforced concrete roofs, walls and
floors.
But, at our age, who needs the stress of putting
up hurricane shutters?
Don
UPDATE
MONDAY 10 AM - OK – this is now getting REALLY scary – as in
life-threatening. Below just sent out by Crown Weather Service:
“I Cannot
Stress Enough The Urgency Of Being Prepared For Major Hurricane Irma For Those
Of You On The Islands Of Barbuda, St. Martin, St. Maarten, Anguilla & The
British Virgin Islands – The core of at least a Category 4 hurricane is
forecast to move right over you late Tuesday night and Wednesday. This is
likely to be as a bad as or much worse than Hurricane Luis from 1995. Please
take this hurricane very seriously and prepare now for a major hurricane impact
from Tuesday night through Wednesday.”
Get ready
NOW!
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Kazim Abasali <empowerwithart@gmail.com>
Sep 13 at 2:54 PM
Don,
Thank you for the update. Thank God that Maggie and you are okay. Our
hope is that the rebuilding process by Government and agencies are swift and
you enjoy some level of normalcy as quick as can be. The stark reality, as you
shared, is that there is a great deal of damage and there are lots of factors
to get things up to speed again. Just know that we are with you in spirit. Take
care, my friend.
Kaz
P. S. What about the 'pets' in the yard? Were they secured away safely?
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:02 PM,
amickiew@att.net <amickiew@att.net> wrote:
Hey Don
Admire your positive attitude amidst the destruction and destitution
that you have described. It appears that it will take a long time to
restore those utilities that we need and take for granted in our daily
lives. Would it help you if we can ship a generator or two after the
transportation services have been restored. How is your food
situation?.....Do you have access to the medicines that you may need? Just
trying to think about how we might be able to help you for those needs that are
currently unavailable there....sorry if I am over-reaching.
Hang in there,
George
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29-05-2017 08:12:45: +1 (813) 440-0251: El dia Martes 30 de Mayo todo subirá un 40%
30-05-2017 18:42:50: M
Zavarce Arturo: Mérida en este momento
02-06-2017 16:06:58: M
Kenny Azizul: What's this
02-06-2017 16:07:38: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Thanks to Jimmy Samaroo. Garth Alexander . Yunnus Ali . Joe
Berment food to Venezuela
02-06-2017 16:10:01: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Partial list only Frank Malavar will collect in Guiria and
distribute in collaboration with Kertez Corn beef, Sausages, Sugar , Cereals
like granola grains Cooking oil,Soap,Shampoo,Toothpaste Maggie soup mix,Flour,
Red beans
Black beans,Brown sugar not white, Men deodorant, Powdered milk
02-06-2017 16:22:29: M Kenny Azizul: Winston do u mean here
02-06-2017 16:23:57: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Yes post pics ketrez will track movement on this chat. Faria
and Toddy purchased Frank.Malabar airfare to Trinidad for transporting
medicine, Aziz spoke to Joe he will receive goods and ship to Guiria, : Ok I
will talk to Kertesz
02-06-2017 16:36:54: M Kenny Azizul: Ok
02-06-2017 16:38:56: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Azizul shipment from USA to Venezuela ...We in TT have to send
via Guiria no Fed ex or cargo operating in Venezuela
02-06-2017 16:39:30: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Thanks Azizul .... Be Blessed
02-06-2017 16:43:31: M Kenny Azizul: I was told that shipments to Venezuela has been stopped for
the time being and I would really like Ladislao to get this this stuff has been
stuck in Miami at Ladislao nephew any suggestions please let Ladislao know so
he can get this stuff
02-06-2017 16:45:36: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Welcome Joe Berment it's a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela
02-06-2017 16:48:40: M Kenny Azizul: Humanitarian crisis or not we as a group go back almost 45-50
years we have a special bond And Ladislao with his personal expenses kept us
together as a group with his newsletter So That's why
02-06-2017 16:51:45: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Agreed
02-06-2017 16:51:52: M Kenny Azizul: We make those efforts
02-06-2017 16:52:43: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: This chat group should expand And focus on relief Add Dr Bratt
....kertesz sent no
02-06-2017 17:25:08: M Kenny Azizul: Hey Winston can u refresh my memory on Bratt
02-06-2017 17:32:10: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: That's Kertez classmate
02-06-2017 18:27:25: M Alexander Garth: Thanks Winston I was on a urgent call...
02-06-2017 18:29:37: Ladislao: Dr. David Bratt is a well-known pediatrician in TT.
Writes regularly in the newspaper and has
02-06-2017 18:29:42: Mt Ramsahai Winston 99: Appreciate you and Jimmy and Yunnus contributions And Joe Berment
04-06-2017 09:39:58: Ladislao: Buenos dias amigos del grupo. Alguien me pregunto ayer
sobre los diferente grupos de OLDBOYS ya que no sabia donde informarse.
En los momentos hay cuatro grupos donde recibo información en mi celular.
Este grupo MSB se creo para informar sobre la fecha de los almuerzos que
teníamos mensualmente. Y otros acontecimientos de información personal. En este
grupo están los que viven en Venezuela y podrían asistir a un almuerzo.
04-06-2017 09:40:40: Ladislao: El segundo grupo en Venezuela lo maneja arturo zavarce y
consiste de OLDBOYS y corresponsales regados por todo el país para recopilar
información de los acontecimientos dia a dia. Arturo y otros oldboys se han
esmerado en mantener la información veraz. Aqui es donde puedes enviar todo
concerniente a la lucha por la libertad y servicio público.
04-06-2017 09:41:07: Ladislao: El tercer grupo es el creado por Salvador Coscarart llamado
ABBEY BOYS, en Houston. Este grupo trata de conglomerar información
internacional y incluye a muchos Trinitarios y otros. Esta enfocado a que los
alumno se encuentren y a la ayuda humanitaria como medicina y comida a
los oldboys venezolanos en necesidad. Se buscan sponsors para los envíos.
04-06-2017 09:41:35: Ladislao: El cuarto grupo lo manejan los oldboys Trinitarios y se llama
VENEZUELA RELIEF. Este grupo es netamente humanitario y ha logrado mandar
comida, etc. De Trinidad a Guiria como medicinas a través de personas que
vuelan a Venezuela.
04-06-2017 09:42:06: Ladislao: En ningún caso se desea que se incluya material xxx y no por
lo sabroso sino porque los celulares a veces son manejados por menores de edad,
nietos y sobrinos de dueño. Hemos perdido una buena cantidad de recipientes o
colegas por esta razon. Los sucesos de nuestro país crea una cantidad muy
grande de videos y fotos. Anoche borre 1000 archivos recibidos en el mes
de mayo. La mayoría triplicados. Sabemos la importancia pero usemos los grupos
según información Se me acabo el aliento y Y todavia me falta mandar los circulares
semanales. Ayudenme
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com, if you would like to be in the circular’s
mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include.
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Photos:
14LK9709FBFCU, Fr. Cuthbert
03SC0005SCO, Miss Kitty and Salvador Coscarart
06WK0674RGA, Randal Galt
02MD0228MDO, Michael D´ornellas and son
How can we join any of the groups mentioned by Ladislao in Spanish in the WHATSAPP related section at the bottom of this circular?...thanks
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