TO ME THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO JOE, THE FIRST IS THE SMARTLY DRESSED GENTLEMAN IN A SUIT, THE ONE WHO LAUGHED AND JOKED WITH EVERYONE, WHO ENJOYED A GOOD CHIN WAG PUTTING THE WORLD TO RIGHTS…. THE ONE WHO AFTER A FEW OF SANDRA’S EXTRA LARGE MEASURES OF WRAY & NEPHEW (AND MAYBE A FEW DRAGON STOUTS LATER) GAVE EVERYONE HALF HIS AGE A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY BUSTING HIS SUPER COOL MOVES ON THE DANCE FLOOR, OFTEN BEING ONE OF THE LAST TO LEAVE AND HAVING TO BE USHERED (OK… GENTLY SHOVED!!) INTO THE BACK OF THE AWAITING CAR. THE SECOND IS THE JOE DRESSED IN HIS HOLY VESTS AND HIS HAND-ME-DOWN SHORTS POTTERING AROUND AT HOME GETTING HIS BREAKFAST READY IN TRUE JAMIACAN STYLE SO NOT ACTUALLY GETTING AROUND TO EATING IT UNTIL 14:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.....THE JOE THAT NEVER TOOK HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY WHO LAUGHED AT HIS OWN MISHAPS, LIKE FORGETTING HOW TO COOK RICE. I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT EVENING WHEN ME & CLIVE GOT THAT PHONE CALL, IT STILL MAKES ME CHUCKLE, THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT CAME FROM THE END OF THE PHONE WHEN CLIVE EXPLAINED THE RATIO PORTIONS “1X CUP OF RICE TO 2X CUPS OF WATER, BRING TO THE BOIL AND THEN SIMMER FOR 12 MINUTES ONLY, COVER WITH FOIL AND JUST LEAVE ALONE”. AFTER THE LONG PAUSE, ALL I COULD HEAR WAS HIS DEEP LAUGH AND HIM SAYING “OH… I’VE HAD MINE BOILING FOR 45 MINUTES AND I WAS WONDERING WHY I’VE GOT AN OVERFLOWING POT OF RICE THAT COULD LAST ME A WHOLE MONTH!!”…. I AWAYS DID FORGET TO ASK WHAT HE DID WITH IT ALL EITHER WAY YOU FOUND JOE, HE HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE & WELCOMING HUG FOR EVERYONE. HE LOVED A JOKE AND ALWAYS MADE PEOPLE LAUGH… THAT’S THE JOE WE WILL ALL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER AND LOVE XX .