By bob Wood (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 5:55 pm: |
Today, I barely missed injury at Windsock. I was riding my bike toward Kralendijk when the KLM jet took off this afternoon. The blast when the jet went full throttle created a dust storm which blinded me and threw me into the road. Fortunately, no one was behind me and the car coming toward me was able to stop before it hit me. I was not injured, but I could have been killed.
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By MBZ aka JimmyChooWho aka R.A. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #16018) on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 6:52 pm: |
I will tell you once I was riding a bike past the airport and the same exact thing happened but no jet in sight, it was strictly the wind whipping that caused it. I don't doubt the jet wash made the impact worse for you but the wind alone can do that. My husband said I looked like I got caught in a mini tornado!
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #640) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:10 am: |
Bob.
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2902) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:52 am: |
Bob..Firstly I'm glad you did not sustain any serious bodily injury outside of your pride being diminished somewhat. But, what do you propose to rectify the problem which you perceive? Planes take off in one direction, against the wind.
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By Will Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #229) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:44 am: |
I time my exits from Windsock with departures specifically for the blow-dry.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4072) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 8:39 am: |
I was the person who tried to explain to Mr. Wood that it had little to do with the Jet Wash and that there were high wind warnings for the last three days with 30 plus knots predicted. Mr Wood is a very rude person and hung up on me in mid sentence when I tried to explain that no one would take him seriously and for the past 12 years there has been no incidents of any problems. I am sorry but Mr Brown is one of those who give us Americans bad names (does ugly American sound familiar) trying to blame his poor control of his bike on KLM rather than the wind. I have had my SUV almost blown off the road passing the end of the runway when there are no planes! As for Mr Brown taking me to task, I think folks know me well enough that I am willing to help all reasonable folks but his rudeness by hanging up on me (something I find very offensive) has shown me he is not a reasonable person. If he wants to apologize he can call me at 701-2281 By the way, Antony, if he had not hung up, I would have told him the same or therabouts..cheers my friend.
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By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #25385) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:06 am: |
With the runway being flat, having no obstructions to block the wind, it's easy to understand that wind sock is going to be very windy. With the lack of rain, strong wind gusts, it's a dust cloud for sure.
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By KIV ~ Kobi in Virginia (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14056) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:31 am: |
Antony, the next beer is on me when we ever meet
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #642) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:52 am: |
Hey Kobi. Don't we already have a date in my hot tub? lol.
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By *Skipper Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2400) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:27 am: |
Antony, you hit the nail on the head when you said: The litigious culture that has grown in the USA and spread to Europe has crippled business and stopped people from being accountable for their own actions.
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By Will Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #231) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 11:35 am: |
Umm...I can control my bike pretty well. Thanks for the vote of confidence though.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4073) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 12:49 pm: |
I should have said Mr. Wood... oops...
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #374) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:13 pm: |
"There doesn't always have to be someone accountable." Vince
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By Bart Snelder (BonaireTalker - Post #71) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:11 pm: |
Actually there were signs all over the fence, BUT......... The fence is being replaced, and, I am sure,so too are the signs. What is funny to me is that those planes are pretty close to the fence. They don't just start the engines from that position and TAKE OFF, TJAKKAAAAA! They are already running and there is no mistaking that. A tad of caution while one is just about underneath the tail pipe seems logic to anyone older than embryonic stage, what? God I would have laughed my ass off, should I have seen it, and then help the guy back on his bike, snickering that is
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #377) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:14 pm: |
Bart, I like you, lol
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By *Skipper Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2404) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:16 pm: |
Lol Bart, I just had the visual...had it been me on the bike I would have had to laugh at myself after I dusted myself off haha
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By Lloyd Haskell (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #510) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:23 pm: |
"I was not injured but I could of been killed."
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4776) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:26 pm: |
Snort, snort....Lisa, "suck it up" is our household motto....one of them at least....
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2673) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:29 pm: |
i was riding my bike in the wind yesterday too. a piece of gravel flew up and hit my sunglasses. i haven't noticed it yet but i'm sure there is a scratch there. somebody (else) must pay for the sunglasses.
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4778) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:01 pm: |
Pat, prayers and healing thoughts for your sunglasses....
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2904) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:08 pm: |
Something tells me we may not hear anything further from Bob the biker..
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By Hutch and His Mom (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #9685) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:16 pm: |
CB...
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4074) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 5:33 pm: |
Golly gee....the truth is that when I spoke with Mr. Wood yesterday, it was all I could do to keep from laughing my @@#$%$ off at his plight. I think it is time that we give him the benefit of the doubt and call a truce..now if he is a gentleman an posts a reply, then I will be impressed. I do know he was trying to get an appointment to talk to the governor..would like to be a fly on the wall if he does get the appointment..
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By Marcel O'toole (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #386) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:41 pm: |
"and then
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By Freddie.....I want warm weather again... (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13990) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:45 pm: |
Welcome back Marcel....... I knew there would be someone coming out today..
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By MBZ aka JimmyChooWho aka R.A. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #16031) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:46 pm: |
I have to tell you my hubby was laughing his a$$ off when it happened to me, he compared it to the wicked witch of the west in the Wizard of Oz! Hmmmmm, what's he trying to tell me???
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By Freddie.....I want warm weather again... (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13991) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:47 pm: |
Gotta love the hit and run type............ egad
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6369) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:47 pm: |
Prayers up!!! haaaaaa
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By MBZ aka JimmyChooWho aka R.A. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #16035) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 8:53 pm: |
Kelly, STOP IT!! LMAO
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By *Skipper Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2406) on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 8:57 pm: |
Pat please keel us posted on the sunglasses...sending healing vibes their way.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6371) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 8:42 am: |
RA, I WAS going to start a new thread for him....
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By *Skipper Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2409) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:38 am: |
Kelly, please do. I'm sure Pat could really use the support....what a horrible thing to happen on your vacation to Bonaire....tragic...
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #644) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:49 am: |
I was thinking of suing the makers of Polar following terrible headaches that I suffered the morning after drinking that demon brew.
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2674) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:11 am: |
thanks so much, everybody. i did ride this morning and the sunglasses seem fine. still, the psychological trauma of even thinking they might have been scratched was devastating...surely i can get some money from someone for that.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6379) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:23 am: |
Pat, I am trained in victim advocacy. Please call me. You don't have to suffer alone, and above all, remember that it was NOT your fault. You are the victim.
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2675) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:41 am: |
thanks kelly, i knew i could count on you. i'll bet you'd even offer to come down here and counsel me wouldn't you? what a generous person you are.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6380) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:49 am: |
I would absolutely be there in a flash for a counseling session.
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By Eric M. "CamMan" (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #554) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:10 pm: |
Cracks me up that this dude did not have the guts to reply after posting that idiocy. Of course, he didn't have the guts to finish his conversation with Michael either. And we all know what a big meanie he is!
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By Lloyd Haskell (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #511) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:21 pm: |
The scary part is these personality types go around dropping frivolous lawsuits against every thing and everyone THEY don't like . As ridiculous as it is they can stress normal innocent folks out for months or years with their litigation.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6383) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:35 pm: |
Lloyd, I think you sue Pachi.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6384) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:37 pm: |
I think he'll come back on BT, call us all a bunch of morons, then be done. In which case we will all collectively laugh, say, well we ARE kind of moronic, and move on about our daily business.
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By Lloyd Haskell (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #512) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:57 pm: |
Hmmm , Pachi , yeah , its all his fault , that *+&!@#"-&6% is gonna pay $$$$$$$
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6385) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:10 pm: |
It's okay, Lloyd. You are among friends here. We will love you, dengue or not. Just no kissing on the lips.
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By Lloyd Haskell (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #513) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:18 pm: |
Oh I am all better now !
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By *Skipper Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2413) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:40 pm: |
Kelly you ARE on a roll today...you go for that third mountain dew? LmAo
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6389) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:48 pm: |
nahhh just finishing up #2
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By Ann Phelan - www.bonairecaribbean.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4128) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 1:52 pm: |
can you imagine how many hits it would have gotten if the video was posted on youtube?
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6391) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 2:03 pm: |
omg, if you consider how hard I laugh just picturing it, I cannot imagine seeing it 'live'. How fun to have been on the plane, looking out the window with tears in your eyes as you leave the island you love so much... then see some jackass fall off his bike. Seriously, that there is just funny stuff, I don't care who ya are !
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By BarbieRuth******Ken's forever love (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3880) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 2:20 pm: |
Pat...we'll be down there soon and although I can offer no counsel, I can offer consoling...we can have a special moment of silence for the sunglasses if you would like!
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2676) on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 7:23 am: |
thanks everybody...this is making the pain so much less. still, i might have to drown my sorrows in a polar..or two...or six
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6394) on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 8:58 am: |
I even pulled up this thread last night at home and read it to Steve! (not 'cause he can't read though...lol)
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By barbel Heusinkveld (BonaireTalker - Post #17) on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:21 am: |
This was the funniest tread ever, LOL!!!!!!!
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #378) on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 3:57 pm: |
Artie Johnson; he was the little guy on Laugh In. God, what a funny show that was.
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By Eric M. "CamMan" (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #583) on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 4:10 pm: |
Oh where oh whe-er has the O-P gone, oh where oh whe-er can he be?
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #379) on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:40 am: |
{image}bike
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #380) on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:41 am: |
oh forget it. I can not post photos
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By jennifer Munn (BonaireTalker - Post #25) on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 12:57 pm: |
I have been gone for a little while---but with an upcoming trip to Bonaire, I have resumed my lurking---and I have to say you people have gotten a lot funnier!!! Thanks!
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4801) on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:17 pm: |
Short bus funny.....
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By Grunt (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1045) on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:37 pm: |
!!!THREAD HIJACK!!!
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By anne schissel (BonaireTalker - Post #22) on Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 10:48 am: |
who will compensate me for my lack of time in the water because of the damn jellies, my vacation is ruined ! my trip insurance from continental won't cover my time out of water ! Mayhap Stinapa? or I could schedule an appointment with the gov? woe, woe , woe is me !!!
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By DIVER DEBBI (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #642) on Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 11:02 am: |
one of the " fun " and free activities on Bonaire is to await the KLM plane at the airport...park right at the Donkey Sanctuary road and have that huge jet plane land right over your head...quite an adrenaline rush for sure...it did'nt put my eye out ...my sympathies
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By Trevor Naylor (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #189) on Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 12:55 pm: |
Yesterday my son in law stood on one of the concrete benches at Donkey Beach to photograph the KLM taking off. The thrust from the jets blew him off the bench.
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7184) on Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 5:20 pm: |
Has anyone seen the flick "PUSHING TIN"? Check out the force of the jet wash when you park your body on the runway! LOL.
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By anne schissel (BonaireTalker - Post #23) on Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2:31 pm: |
I should and do apologize for my addition to this tread, funny as it may seem to some the tread itself has become somewhat vicious. my apologies, Mr Wood, were it the strong wing gusts, jet blasts or a combination of the two,I'm so sorry that you suffered injuries on this wonderful island,and I'm sorry that I have stooped so low as to have compounded them.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4080) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:02 pm: |
Anne...Mr Wood was not injured! See the first sentence of his post
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By SCUBAchef (BonaireTalker - Post #87) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:59 pm: |
Maybe this should be a new location for a WebCam?
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #399) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 1:02 pm: |
Sorry, I'm trying to be remorseful, but I keep snickering, lol.
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By Eric M. "CamMan" (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #731) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 1:06 pm: |
Lisa, I'm with you. I'm so happy to see this thread resurrected! I hate forum drama EXCEPT when some pompous jerk barges in for a one post rant and then runs away like the chicken legs he is (which is probably why the wind blew him off of his bike). Anything he gets he deserves (and I'm a pretty nice guy myself.)
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By Bart Snelder (BonaireTalker - Post #72) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 5:43 pm: |
Here is the deal. I don't mean to ridicule Mr Wood. On the contrary, it might have been very scary to him. It might have been very scary to me. But then again, the situation is very very funny. Hompedie hompedie ( a noise produced by satisfied, humming people clueless of their surroundings), I am struggling against the wind, but enjoying myself........ I am just about under the tail pipe of a MD 11 the third largest passenger wide body jet in the world and in service today. Hompedie hompedie....... I am enjoying myself and I don't pay attention to the fact there is smoke coming out of the three engines. Hompedie hompedie... I don't notice the immense heat, and I don't notice the tremendous noise....
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2921) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 6:14 pm: |
Anne..from my point of view, whatever perceived "viciousness" (and I really don't see any, just good natured humor) you think some posters were guilty of, IMHO it was probably well deserved. I for one am tired of the "woe is me, I'm a victim" mentality which has become so prevalent in the U.S. society .
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By Lloyd Haskell (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #518) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 6:23 pm: |
Mr Wood provided hundreds of man hours in entertainment . Hats off to him . Slap stick humour is always a hit , as long as no one gets hurt.
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By lisa z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #402) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 8:03 pm: |
I agree Lloyd.
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By MBZ aka JimmyChooWho aka R.A. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #16110) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 10:01 pm: |
Anne, he claimed he wasn't injured. If the man was hurt and didn't post in such an odd manner it would not have been funny and no one would have laughed. Most of us are pretty darn decent people and Michael is a class act citizen, the guy must have really pushed his buttons for him to have said what he did. Anyway...he never has responded so he either thinks we are a bunch of babbling idiots or realized just how silly his post sounded. Peace!
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By Grunt (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1060) on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 11:10 pm: |
Anyway...he never has responded so he either thinks we are a bunch of babbling idiots or realized just how silly his post sounded.
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By Kelly(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6421) on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 8:44 am: |
In the infamous words of Bill Engvall ~~ "Here's your sign."
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By Eric M. "CamMan" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1137) on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:11 am: |
I miss this thread. It was so much fun!
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By Robert J. Patch (BonaireTalker - Post #11) on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 5:45 pm: |
All this dumping on Mr. Wood is entirely out of order. In fact, I owe him a debt of gratitude for suggesting what I should do. You see, two weeks ago I was biking along the top of a dike in Holland (the dirt kind of dike, that is) with two of my sons, when the wind blew me over four times. After the fourth time, my sons confiscated my bike and marched me back to the nearest town. Needless to say, I'm suing Holland for building that dike; and to show my appreciation to Mr. Wood for pointing out the right way to go, I promise to split with him 50-50 all my winnings from that suit.
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2739) on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 6:28 pm: |
robert, we all owe mr. wood a debt of gratitude. his "it's gotta be someone's fault" attitude has provided us with hours of enjoyment over the last few months. we've been back in the states for almost two months now (i almost said we've been home for two months but i consider bonaire as much of our home as here in the states) and i love going over the old threads that i first read last winter.
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By Eric M. "CamMan" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1150) on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:10 pm: |
Whew! When I read that first line (two posts up) I thought another fight was brewing. Just for the record, I hate the consternation that builds up on this board sometimes. I'm sure that surprises some people but it's true.
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3017) on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 1:28 pm: |
Truth be told unfortunately it's the American way..(Yes, I'm quite jaded).
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4112) on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 8:56 am: |
Alas, we don't have MR. Wood to kick around any more. I do know he was aware of the entertainment he provided many BT readers and when he returns next year, we are having outriggers installed on his bike free of charge!
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By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #26784) on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:05 am: |
I think we should rename that section of the road around windsock "The Bob Woods Bike Path"
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By Clare Centanni (BonaireTalker - Post #29) on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 9:53 am: |
LMAO @ Bob Woods Bike Path. I love it!
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5170) on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 11:42 am: |
I'll have the sign made out of scrap from Eric's Big Deck, and install it on my next trip...
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By pat murphy (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2741) on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 9:43 am: |
"Bob Woods Crash Pad"????
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