He was talking here about it and he finally did it.   

Is that our Druggie for real? Big up to him, awesome.

Drugb congrats me thinks you mentioned on GNI you will swim the Demerara River.

I wish Nuff could see this. 

I just did a half tri in june and a 1.2 mile swim took me almost 40 mins and I had on a wet suit and salt water!  I think that fellow had to have ate a lot of beans to give him buoyancy and air to turn on as turbo jets to get across a mile in 24 mins.

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

Leonora posted:

I wish Nuff could see this. 

Music!!!!

Stormborn posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

Sounded like an angry housewife.

Congratulations to Druggie.

The man always back his mouth with his deeds.

None of us can forget when he put a thrashing on crack head Nuff. 

Congrats to Druggie and Stormy. Btw, we weren't updated on the dude who swam the mighty Essequibo.

ksazma posted:

Congrats to Druggie and Stormy. Btw, we weren't updated on the dude who swam the mighty Essequibo.

He did it a few weeks ago.

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....swims-the-essequibo/

Congratulations and all the best.

Swimming is the toughest athletic sport I ever participated in.  Running and riding did not test my lungs like swimming. Congratulations to Drugb and hope you continue to keep yourself in good health.  

Congrats Druggie!!!

If that is Druggie, congrats to him!

Congrats to the brother. Valued PPP wisdom and intelligence has nurtured him into a Champion.

Ohhh stop it with the PPP shyte. What did they do put squibs up his ass to blow him across fast? Just read and enjoy what the guy did on his own.

Mars posted:

ksazma posted:

Congrats to Druggie and Stormy. Btw, we weren't updated on the dude who swam the mighty Essequibo.

He did it a few weeks ago.

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....swims-the-essequibo/

Cool. Thanks.

I hope the did not deny him access to the newly built pool.

cain posted:

Ohhh stop it with the PPP shyte. What did they do put squibs up his ass to blow him across fast? Just read and enjoy what the guy did on his own.

The man swam 1 mile across the river and suddenly he's a champion. Not to take anything away from him but it's not like he swam 100 miles. A 64 year old woman did that from Cuba to Miami. Now that's an accomplishment.

When I was a kid there was a guy they called Bruk-up because his legs were crippled by polio. He swam across the Demerara on a regular basis. His exploits are mentioned at this link - http://www.stabroeknews.com/20...demerara-ferry-days/

Finally, there was a week-end swim group that gathered at Robb Street stelling that took that plunge towards the hoop. Included in that group was a man from Kitty Village know as 'Bruk-Up' who some say was a polio victim and one who rode his ladies bike with crutches. He was among the frequent swimmers who made that salt water crossing.

Bruk-up had such a reputation for swimming the Demerara that there was a story going around that he stole a bunch of plantains at the market and swam to Vreed-en-Hoop with it on his back.

Brukup was a bad tiefman who rode a P50 and hung out a lot at the cinemas, he might have even been hanging around with Rohee the goat.

We still give Druggie props for doing his swim,he aright with that in my books but I'll still give him $hit when he deserves it.

cain posted:

Brukup was a bad tiefman who rode a P50 and hung out a lot at the cinemas, he might have even been hanging around with Rohee the goat.

We still give Druggie props for doing his swim,he aright with that in my books but I'll still give him $hit when he deserves it.

Yep, that's him. He rode a P50 and was a well known gangster. He was a very good swimmer.

Try to swim just 400 yards and you will find out how difficult it is do. Most of you here can barely swim across a trench.

Stormborn posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

D2 ,

Why do you say the  Demerara River is dirty?

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Try to swim just 400 yards and you will find out how difficult it is do. Most of you here can barely swim across a trench.

I agree with you.

Mars does swim in his bath tub

Chief posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Try to swim just 400 yards and you will find out how difficult it is do. Most of you here can barely swim across a trench.

I agree with you.

Mars does swim in his bath tub

I'm not one of those old decrepit fat people like you clowns. I have an Olympic sized pool in my community and a heated pool in the backyard. I swim all the time. My uncle ran a water polo club at Luckhoo Pool so I've been swimming properly since I was a kid. I could easily go into training and swim a mile if I had the time. You fools are behaving like the man just broke a world record. A 70 year old man just swam the Essequibo, which is much longer, a few weeks ago. People do triathlon training every weekend where they swim more than a mile, ride 25 miles and run six more. There are two guys who frequent my community pool who are serious triathlon competitors. But Guyanese people are like neva see come fuh see. Imagine a man swam a mile in the river and the newspapers show up to run an article. Bruk-up with his polio legs use to do that on a regular basis when I was a kid.

Chief posted:

Stormborn posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

D2 ,

Why do you say the  Demerara River is dirty?

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....s-sitting-on-sewage/

In Georgetown, the main sewage system dumps into the Demerara River. 

Have you ever wondered why those Kurass in the river by the Stabroek wharf have yellow mouths like Gilbakka? 

Oh rass ah hope Druggie didn't swallow. Now we got another call name for him...yellowmouth, Nahhh jes kiddin'

We gotta find a close up of him and we gotta get a pic of our own Gilly an see if he got yellow lipstick

All you leave Druggie alone. Me and the man does clash on politics but he is a good athlethe.

Give credit where it is due.

True dat chief.

Gilbakka salutes Drugb. He just proved he is physically fit like Stormborn and Mars. Yes, we disagree on political matters, but we must take pride in the fact that a GNI member swam across the Demerara River. 

Gilbakka posted:

Gilbakka salutes Drugb. He just proved he is physically fit like Stormborn and Mars. Yes, we disagree on political matters, but we must take pride in the fact that a GNI member swam across the Demerara River. 

Cobra and Nehru fit to drink rum  and talk fart.

cain posted:

We gotta find a close up of him and we gotta get a pic of our own Gilly an see if he got yellow lipstick

The mouth doesn't define Gilly. Here's what counts:

I hear the man was a few hundred feet from the bank and he seh he cant mek it he tired. So he swim back to the otherside

Bossman making nice joke deh tarasss, hehe

Congrats Drugb. GNI is proud of you.

I heard that Storm is also very athletic, hope he can make us proud too.

Hope Mitwah Bhai cuts and paste this article.

That Rugbeer is an iron strong koolie. He probably eat wheaties for breakfast.

yuji22 posted:

Congrats Drugb. GNI is proud of you.

I heard that Storm is also very athletic, hope he can make us proud too.

Hope Mitwah Bhai cuts and paste this article.

i am not an athlete. I am live a healthy lifestyle according to how best I can do what I want to do ie mountain biking, adventure races and every other year a half tri. I struggle with weight. At five six; fifteen pounds overweight pushes me beyond a healthy BMI max. I am presently 160 and that is deemed over weight. I  cannot get to the ideal weight because of my natural build.  I was as low as 150 but that makes me look gaunt and it takes a lot to get there and stay there. I like where I am at because I feel fine and strong and I can do the things I do easily. In any event, I am no athlete. I just live healthy and active.

Storm could you swim all the rivers and bike like that Iron koolie.

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Stormborn posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

Sounded like an angry housewife.

You probably have too much of an angry housewife at home so that analogy falls our of your mind easily. My sympathies.

Chief posted:

Stormborn posted:

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

KN failed to mention that he has been cracking the whip on Stormy for the last year over the poor performance of the APNU/AFC gov't. 

I am on vacation so I will spare you a good cussing...me gane!!!

D2 ,

Why do you say the  Demerara River is dirty?

because it is the receptacle for our unprocessed sewage. We have no sewage processing plant. The bacterial level at the mouth of river is always high and especially at low tide as the back flow comes in.

Chief jus found out why the taste of dem cackabelly he used to ketch there, was so nice.

Stormborn posted:

I just did a half tri in june and a 1.2 mile swim took me almost 40 mins and I had on a wet suit and salt water!  I think that fellow had to have ate a lot of beans to give him buoyancy and air to turn on as turbo jets to get across a mile in 24 mins.

Salt water gets u a faster swim added to that, a wet suit. How come u so slow man or you trying to say Druggie stopped by Lance Armstrong for dinner the previous night? Then again could have something to do with the yellow water.