Comments on: Staff Commended After Capturing Scorpion

By: Bermuda: Vital Gem of the Sargasso Sea

Bermuda: Vital Gem of the Sargasso Sea — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:05:09 +0000

Commenter “Whistling Frog” has a brilliant and EXCRUCIATINGLY VITAL AND VALID POINT and SUGGESTION WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN TOTALLY SERIOUSLY: ➡️➡️GAS THESE INCOMING CONTAINERS ➡️➡️BEFORE THEY ARE BROUGHT ONTO THE ISLAND FROM THE SHIPS: the scorpion, the black widow spider which was found, centipedes, snakes, and all other threats to the endemic creatures and huge threats to Bermuda’s ecosystems, must be stopped BEFORE they do escape, multiply, and cause irreversible massive damage to Bermuda’s delicate and safe and vitally important ecosystems and species!

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:32:12 +0000

Mmmmmm

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:31:06 +0000

Well this is their Zodiac month.

By: micro

micro — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:06:35 +0000

Honestly not a bad idea.

By: Onion

Onion — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:43:30 +0000

See!!

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:04:17 +0000

Oh , trust me , I’ve given thought to those things before as well .
As one (ridiculous) example , if a truckload of water was priced the same per gallon as what we willingly pay for for a 3-5 gallon bottle of ‘pure water’ that’s ‘brewed’ somewhere near Devonshire Marsh a truckload of it would cost near $3000

By: sage

sage — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:53:49 +0000

Very true, but milk is more expensive, water too if bought at certain retail outlets.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:55:05 +0000

* But look at our gas (or petrol if you prefer)… prices are per litre, not gallon.*

That’s because way back when Gov’t figured out that locals would still think their gas was cheap . At today’s current $2.20 a litre when converted to Imperial gallons most people would S**t a brick if they knew it was $9.80 .

By: PBanks

PBanks — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:43:51 +0000

Bermuda’s been on metric for decades. Because of the American influence, we still tend to switch to US measurements for common use – feet and pounds or fahrenheit for example. But look at our gas (or petrol if you prefer)… prices are per litre, not gallon.

By: lol

lol — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:28:02 +0000

Bermuda is very confused when it comes to US Imperial/Metric

When it comes to the roads we use metric and construction we use Imperial…we also use imperial for weather.

By: Whistling Frog

Whistling Frog — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:22:38 +0000

There was a Black Widow, a few snakes and now a scorpion? Who know if that was a decoy for his other cousins to slip through…
We may have to start gassing these containers before being off loaded from the boat. Good way of stopping all the migrating rats too..

By: trump supporter

trump supporter — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:44:33 +0000

He must heard about the bitcoin or maryjane

By: eyes wide open

eyes wide open — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:32:24 +0000

Bermuda is a very dangerous place now,
centipedes,snakes,now a scorpion,not to mention drug dealers.

By: question

question — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:22:23 +0000

32mm is a little under and inch and a half.

By: Still Laughing

Still Laughing — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:16:53 +0000

Well, it is Scorprio season after all! All kidding aside, I’ve been stung by one of those things and it was incredibly painful. Glad it was caught and hopefully no others got away.

By: Onion

Onion — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:04:04 +0000

You and I both know that reporting on a “Scorpion over a foot long” would cause mass panic. Better to keep the size abiguous to most of us.

By: Arthur-Atlanta

Arthur-Atlanta — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:58:07 +0000

32mm long.
Hmmm..when did Bermuda switch from US/Imperial to metric measurements?