Many will have read of the acts of violence perpetrated recently and wonder at such conduct.
Believing that the pen is mightier than the sword, I write to lay my own grouse before you and this relates to the manner of drilling of deep wells.
One would think that there would be some regulation governing this relatively simple operation or at least that good neighbourliness would dictate that the operation would be carried out without inconveniencing one’s neighbours. This does not appear to be the case in Cayman, at least not in my neighbourhood.
You would think that it would be a simple matter to dig a temporary catchment trench or pit to take off the water that is thrown up in the drilling process but even when drilling eight wells on a one acre patch over several days the thought of containing one’s own water from being a nuisance to your neighbour is plainly too much for some; be it due to arrogance or ignorance, or incompetence, or meanness or malice, or some combination of the above, or possibly all of the above, I cannot tell, as I know not the mind of man.
However, I take some solace and amusement from the fact that when my little wife emerges from her salt-shocked garden and approaches, large, grown men ‘scarper’.
In times past a similar intrusion into my peace was sought to be compensated by the delivery of a bunch of flowers. May I implore the malefactor to do his penance elsewhere. I wish it were possible to state my plea more bluntly.
John Stafford
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