By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #800) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 1:43 pm: |
I was astounded & amazed to see that some idiot is allowing Lilly's Ice Cream & Coffee to start a business on Klein Bonaire.
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By Peter Dobson / Den Laman unit F (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #209) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 1:44 pm: |
April first joke?!!
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By Menno (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #392) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:04 pm: |
I heard it is going to be a LOVERS one......
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By R.A.... (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #17395) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:10 pm: |
I am really really hoping this is not true!
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #801) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:12 pm: |
It is a bit early for April Fools, here is the link......http://bonairereporter.com/
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10202) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:13 pm: |
Oh no...I hope this is their twisted idea of an early April Fools.
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #802) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:16 pm: |
The press release was on March 28th so if it is an April Fool joke, it was three days early. I have tried to ring George at The Reporter to find out.
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10203) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:18 pm: |
The opening date is scheduled for April 1. I've sent off a message to the Reporter as well. I'm really hoping this is someone's sick idea of a joke.
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #803) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:22 pm: |
Jeanine.
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6437) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:30 pm: |
The logistics seem impossible...is there any source for electricity on Klein? I'm going with April Fool...
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10204) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:31 pm: |
I don't know Anthony. I'm sitting here torn between shooting off emails to my contacts at some of the international wildlife organizations and waiting to see if this place really opens (but taking action then would be too late). Someone should be able to see a building on Klein if there is one. If I were on island right now, I would head up Seru Largo and look for myself.
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10205) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:32 pm: |
Sorry...that should be Antony.
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6438) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:35 pm: |
Tribs, I thought of that, but....24 hours a day, at the cost of Bonaire's fuel? seems prohibitive...
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #804) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:35 pm: |
I really hope that it is a joke. I guess that the best way to get someone with an April Fool gag is to do it in another month!
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By Freddie...........someoneisstillawizeass (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #15772) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:38 pm: |
George plays an April Fools trick every year...Look back in old issues...... I am sure building or having a concession stand on klein would go against every thing that Bonaire stands for....It could also be a boat that brings over ice cream and soda.. we don't know for sure. but in the mean time I am believeing it is a joke and poor George is probably sorry at this point that he put it in there,.....
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10206) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:40 pm: |
CB...it wouldn't have to be 24 hours a day. I've seen setups like this in other areas. Someone erects a "building" then only stocks it during business hours. They would need to transport supplies daily, but that is nothing considering how close Klein is to Bonaire. If I hadn't stumbled upon these little huts in other countries, I would dismiss it completely - but I have seen them else where on hiking trails, so I know it can be done.
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By Bas Noij -- www.vipdiving.com -- (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #649) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:43 pm: |
Come on guys...how realistic do you all think it is to have a copy of their store in Kralendijk built between now and April 1st?? April fools jokes don't get much more obvious than this!
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By Menno (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #393) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:44 pm: |
poor because you fell for it or poor because you don't like icecream??
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By Jeanine (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10207) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:47 pm: |
Neither.
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #805) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:47 pm: |
Bas it is looking as though you are right.
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By Mickey McCarthy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #930) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:50 pm: |
I,d say it was an April Fools, joke and it worked perfectly(:-)
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #806) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 2:53 pm: |
It's a good job that I held off from Emailing the Governor..............Or is it?
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By Bart Snelder (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #127) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 3:04 pm: |
Hey Antony, when you do mail the governor, tell him Lilly's sucks and that KB should go with Ben & Jerry's.....HA!!!
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By Barbara "CB" Gibson (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6439) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 3:43 pm: |
April Fool's Jokes are always good ones when you play them, not so much when you receive them, yes?
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #807) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 3:57 pm: |
Well, although not confirmed, it looks as though George & Laura got me good!
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By Ruth van Tilburg (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1597) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:00 pm: |
ROTFLMAO!
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By Bob RE/MAX Bonaire www.bonairehomes.com (BonaireTalker - Post #82) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:26 pm: |
I heard they were putting a KFC out on Klein Bonaire too! Oh yeah, and a RE/MAX Office to sell nesting lots to the sea turtles on Klein........................
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By KOB (LBR32) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #558) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:30 pm: |
I was hoping to put my "Klein's Best" hot dog stand right next to Lilly's !!
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By Gail T.*********** (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #5077) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 5:27 pm: |
I was thinking what a great business it would be to supply the port-a-potties at $1 per use!
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3290) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 6:14 pm: |
The opening date is the key. Considering Bonaire's apparent desire to cater to the PODs I was wondering until I read that. Fortunately for AF jokes there's 'one born every minute'. Well done, G & L! :–)
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By Cecil* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8788) on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 6:23 pm: |
Tips hat to George. Perfect prank no harm except our collective hippie tree hugger alter egos having heart attacks.
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By *Tink* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2596) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 12:51 am: |
I heard it was a topless barista coffee bar...sorry guys, the baristas are actually baristos for us women...heh heh...shute! Oh well...nice to know that we still have a sense of humor...now to plot my April Fool's Plan....I think the best one on BT was years ago when Jake moved the cam from small wall and went on a dive...it was fabulous....
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #808) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 3:52 am: |
Note to Bob.
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By Susan Davis, InfoBonaire, Bon. Insider (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #499) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 5:37 am: |
One of my favorites from the past was the iceberg that was being towed down here to allow it to melt and cool down our summer water temperatures...............and oh, one cannot forget the time when all the divers' bubbles were getting trapped in the Hilma Hooker, causing it to rise off the seafloor and start moving!
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #809) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:20 am: |
Susan.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4322) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:15 am: |
I do remember a Bonaire guide book that was published 10 years ago and reported hot air ballooning on Bonaire. The info was garnered from an April fools edition. When confronted with obvious error, the publisher defended it since the read in the Reporter! I have learned "check and double check your sources. PT Barnum summed it up..there is a sucker born every minute.. I am still holding bank drafts for $1,000,000 and will give them to the first 12 of you who reply...be sure to include your bank info so I can make a direct deposit to your account
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By Mel Briscoe (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #874) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:23 am: |
Michael, don't worry about the direct deposit, just hold it for me and I'll pick it up. Happy to save you the trouble!
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By Neptune Nick (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #172) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:29 am: |
What? No consideration of putting Starbucks on Klein Bonaire???
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By Johnny "Smack" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1899) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:55 am: |
Hook. Line. Sinker.
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By Antony Bond (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #810) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:57 am: |
Johnny.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4323) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 1:40 pm: |
this is the://www.bonairepros.com/blog/bonaire-news/charlie-sheen-to-buy-klein-bonaire-for-bonaire-resort-development/ latest..thanks to Andy Repetto
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By Lloyd H (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #655) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 1:58 pm: |
Well done !
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By R.A.... (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #17397) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 2:38 pm: |
HAHAHAHAHA!
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By *Tink* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2601) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 3:08 pm: |
Michael, thanks for the laugh...lmdaorofloling...
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By Just little ole me with a (*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6340) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:31 pm: |
Forget the Charlie Sheen stuff..but look at the BT2 first threads and it does mention the ice cream.
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By Grunt (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1253) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:31 pm: |
Nice to see Charlie Sheen AS the joke.
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By Bas Noij -- www.vipdiving.com -- (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #650) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 9:29 pm: |
How do I get on to BT2???
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By KIV ~ Kobi in Virginia (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14992) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 10:04 pm: |
This is BT2. Everything is different on my end. Hope it's the same for you, Bas?
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By *Tink* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2606) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:03 pm: |
Well, as a mod, I'd love to know how to get to BT2 as well! LOL! All my links and bookmarks are gone....tap tap tap...
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By *Tink* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2607) on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:06 pm: |
I guess since I've been laptop less, and really sick for a year, I've been banned. I asked the mods and coowners for the new link...but...nada...zip...zilch...I fell so left out...sniff sniff...lol...
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