and isn't Antigua one of those watering holes for the --what shall I call them
-- the "Eastern Establishment" types?

Those seedy people whose inherited money has nearly run out, identified by their
shabby dress (too cheap to send their clothes out to be cleaned) or those who
might have a cottage down on the Cape, or perhaps up on the North Shore, a by
now ramshakle summer house that they inherited from their New England forebears?

They are an example of the well-known English aphorism ...."Gutter to gutter in
three generations!"

I'm talking about those who speak with that affected Connecticut lock-jaw kind
of speech?

They might even be from Greenich.

You can hear them saying things like...

"Andrea and Chas are playing tennis today!"  ...the tone of condescension is so
creepy that you can't believe your ears!

I've never encountered any of that group who cared two hoots in hell about scuba
diving.

Their funny speech is only exceeded by being totally out of touch with the real
world.

Yes, some of them still winter for a few weeks in Antigua!

I'll be there on business and thought to bring my dive gear.  I won't
actually be on Antigua but on one of the Motu's where Rumby resort is
located - hopefully the reefs will be better.