Do we need a different title other than that???

Been MIA, busy getting everything ready!!! I am getting somewhere though!

Went to the school open house last night! Kristi, I thought of you... never mind construction guys, the police officers there last night... drool... They were there to take info for police record checks for those volunteering. I will be volunteering Mondays. Quinn is doing well. He loves it! The teacher is great, I really enjoy talking to her. Some of the moms there are great to talk to as well. Some definitely want to get to know other moms and others not. To each their own right?

Now that I completely killed the start of the thread...

I hope everyone is safe from Ike and hope everyone is well!

GOOD MORNING EILEEN AND ALL YOU OTHER LADIES OUT THERE LURKING AND ALSO TOM AND JERRY!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD MORNING PATRICK!!!

Good Friday Morning Eileen and PATRICK..

Eileen...glad you had a good experience...this is the beginning of a whole new adventure for all of you! I KNOW you will enjoy it!

Hope everyone is safe and happy. No exciting weekend plans here...

Hugs to all who need or want them!

I just heard some horrible predictions about the hurricane in Texas...prayers for those in it's path!!!!!

Mood Friday Morning all. Some people are comparing Ike to the Great Storm in 1900. Killed like 6000 folks. Fingers and toes crossed they are wrong. Big Hugs and prayers for all.

Good Morning EVERYONE!!!

Eileen, good thing they have the police for checking everyone out...but we may need some pics to check THEM out!!!!

Yes, Ike is going to be pretty bad. That worries me...I say that Tiffany moves further NW, lots and lots further!!!! Eileen, you're pretty far N, leave the light on for her!!!

i founddddddddddddddddddddddd the chat Pegie Sue.
Sorry for posting there, I'm not stupid, i'm only slow at this time. hahaha.

Happy Friday ya'll! I'm worried about Ike as well. Lots of good thoughts for those in that area of the country.

Eileen, how could you kill a thread talking about cute cops????

HI Ricardo!!! Glad you found us over here!! Lots of silliness goes on here. Not many of us are from Bonaire, but a few are. We are from all over!! And this is where we play!!!

Good Morning all those here! Welcome Ricardo!

Had I know there were good looking Cops there last night, I would have brought my camera! Unfortunately they were not frisking anyone... I get to pick up my report at the station in 2 wks... Eye candy .

Apparently in Rome the men are not shy in letting women know they are attractive - here's hopin' LOL! (Yes Joel and I have been joking about all this...)

Eileen....the men in Rome are very open! Planned to be gropped or grinded upon. The first time it happened to me I was not a happy person. LOL!

Good Morning and Happy Friday Everyone!!

Hope you all have a great Friday. I'll do my best to make mine the best.

Debbie, Your daughter will be fine since she and her boyfriend are way out of town. I'll pray for their safety, too.

Eileen, I agree with PS that you should take pictures of those policemen. Nothing wrong with looking.

HI PATRICK!!! Good to see you pop in more often. Are you feeling better?

Welcome Ricardo! Are you from Brazil?

Tribs! You were "ground"? Did you get his number.

OH, I looked!! LOL!!!

Rome will be interesting then!!!

Tribs - not happy about grinding...must have been an old one - just kidding.

Eileen - sounds like school is going to be a good thing for you and Quinn. I wonder about those not wanting to make friends - wonder if they are like - been there, done that - can I go home now.

Welcome Ricardo - no silliness here...I have NO idea what PegiSue is talking about.

PS - good to see you. It's a full caffeine morning for me...and those are RARE. It's usually half de-caf half regular. Heck, my coffee gal asked me if I wanted a shot of espresso in there as well...ummm - nope, all regular is more than enough for me.

Good morning Debbie - we'll be praying for Tiffany. I'm sure she'll be safe.

morning Patrick - hehehe

Good morning Linda - you snuck in on me.

Good morning Donna - I say you make some exciting plans for the weekend. Any festivals around? Maybe go geocaching and get more familiar with that camera. Take some more outdoor photos.

See, I told you I would try to make today a good one.


Hi Yo Mo

Morning Everyone. Here is some webcams of Galveston. The downtown one (the Strand) is where Tiffany works. Not all are current, but some of them are: http://www.gcoem.org/content/view/31/146/
I am very nervous with this Ike over here, hope Tiffany is inland enough! Not good for those there.

Wanted to give a special Thanks! to Pat Egger and her husband who have again offered their home to Tiffany is she needs it. She may need to go further inland and if that happens, I am so very grateful to them for their generous offer. BT'rs are so wonderful, I can't tell ya how nice it has been talking to her yesterday and I am sure we will be in touch as long as power is still on.

Hi linda.
I'm from Brazil, on monday a friend show me a web site and say "We need do dive there". And i found the cams, and now the chat.
I live in Caxias do Sul, Rio grande do Sul.
In South of Brazil, on Winter the temperature here is 0°C and on Summer is 30°C. Is a very beauty region, but so cold. And Where are you from people and Linda?
P.S. My English still badddd.

Hi Debbie B....prayers for Tiffany. Thanks for sharing the cam link.

Hi Ricardo. Alot of US citizens here. I'm from the northeastern part of the USA...originally New Jersey, now Pennsylvania...the Pocono Mountain area to be specific...that probably doesn't mean anything to you, hmmmm...maybe I'll find some links/pics later..

off to take Mom to the doctor this morning (and since that's where I work, double ugh!!)

Hi Donna, i now where are you from, Google Earth is great.

Hi, Ricardo,
Your English is good!
I'm from Florida and it is usually hot here.

You are correct. You and your friends need to go diving at Bonaire. It has beautiful reefs, the people are very nice and the island is very interesting.

Donna.

sorry but "now" is "Know".

Ricardo, if you click on our names, above our posts, you will see information about us (our profile). I never knew it got cold in Brazil!! See, I'm learning things!! Hmmm, do you know anything abut computers??!!!LOL Just kidding!! I'm blonde and having some problems...I think I need to take a class, or maybe my son can tutor me!! Well, that would be a first!!!

YoMo, yes, I have my coffee. I've been feeding my small zoo and taking care of Henry. He is doing FANTASTIC today, but the day is young!!! He's a surprise every minute!!!!

Debbie, this IS a great place!!! I'm sure that Tiffany will be fine. I'm sorry if I was getting dramatic...I worry too much! At least she's out of Galveston, where they were just showing the sea wall on the Weather Channel and there were people SITTING on it!!!!! Idiots!!! LEAVE already!!!!!!

Pegi Sue, my work here is psychologist of computers. LoL.
Here Now 16°C.
Bonaire 29,8°C.
Last Day pass here a tornado too.
100Km/H winds.
So much destruction.
http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/pdf/5065859.pdf
Heve pictures on this link.

Wow - cool graphic Ricardo. I'm not a blonde but I can play one from time to time. I thought that one picture had a person in it lying down injured - then I realized that it was a manequin.

You're English is very good Ricardo. So how many languages do you speak? Portuguese of course, and English and probably Spanish.

I've been to Argentina but was not able to go to Brazil. Instead the person I needed to train came to Argentina.

And I agree - get to Bonaire - it's beautiful.

Galveston Live Feed

High Seas Swamp Seawall

www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream3

Hi guys! Welcome Ricardo!
BH, that's the link we're all watching at work right now. Scary.

Thanks BH...but for some reason the CNN link doesn't work for me I have the weather channel on and I keep watching that. There's already flooding in Galveston!! This is gonna be so bad...I hope everyone gets out and doesn't think they can just "ride out the storm" w/ a party. This is not a partying kinda storm...

Yes Yo MO, is a manequin.
I speak English and Spanish so so.
I never go to Argentina, But in summer they go to Brazil a lot.

BH, Thanks for posting that link again. My puter is taking so long to download the Galveston Web cams now...

Good morning!

Welcome Ricardo!

Bon Voyage Kathy!

Happy mothering Eileen.

T.G.I.F. to all! (Can I say that Jerry?! )
Yes Gail, that's ok. But remember we are keeping an eye on you from now on. LOL
And Debbie - my thoughts are constantly with you, and I'm holding your virtual hand until Ike is over with. We sat out a cat 3 here with Charlie. Tiffany should be fine in Houston. The coast may not fare well, but they've done a good job on the evacuation. Prayers to all in the path.

Lots of errands for me today. Hopefully some time to just chill and read too!

(Message edited by modjerry on September 12, 2008)

It is a beautiful day in Katy Tx,(75 mi. west of Galveston) The calm before the storm? We have not had a bad storm for years so have got in the wait & see mode. When they started cancelling football games I started getting busy. We always have food, water, pet food, battery TV, but beer was on list to get. Run out Thurs. to small local grocery. Do not want to go to Walmart, will be run over by cart of panic shoppers. The lines at store were to back of store. Will have to chill w/o chill, to much to do to wait. Debbie, tell Tiffany to watch TV, they are telling what to do to stay safe. It's going to be bad for 12-24hrs. You'll have our #. I know as a mom how scary this is for you, she will be OK. Those people staying in Galveston think their going to party & then expect rescuers to risk their life to save them. Crazy Texans. Sorry to the folks missing Bonaire trip, we were there two week ago, had to fly back around Gustov, were hoping to get extra days. Thanks for all the prayers & good thoughts. It's getting bad enough in Galveston the reporter are leaving!!

T.G.I.F.....wasn't that yesterday???

OK...my goodness, I will NEVER catch up

Hi everyone!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

Eileen...no pictures AGAIN!!! what will we do with you? wink, winkhaha

Debbie B...I am safe in Tennessee...tell her to GET UP HERE!!..OK, not reasonable, but I had to TRY! I am praying for her all all down there!!

Hi Ricardo..welcome to BT..We Are Family! (song going through my head)

BH..video not working for me...hmmm

OK..how is the gas situation for you all??
In east Tennessee it is not looking good. Places are running out...people are in line...last night there were potential fights that had to be broken up...can you believe it..whew...a mess

Hope you all have a great friday...and have plenty of gas...

Try

www.livenewscameras.com

At the top of the page click All Cameras
Houston 1
Dallas 1
and some others showing feeds.

haha..thanks BH...must be some incompatibility with my work puter...will get on my lap top. I opened it and IE closed down...grumpy ole' thing...hahahehe

Thanks Krispi.

PegiSue, you painting very well.
Yo MO here we drink chimarrão to stay alert, is hot. You now what is that? LoL.

ok...need moral support from my friends plz...I got this picture along with a bunch of others from an acquaintance that went to the Phillipines. This WENT ALL OVER ME!!! sorry to yell...I have emailed the photographer and asked him if they tortured cats too..am I over reacting? I don't even want to dive with these people now. I am so upset!!

is this diving? IT IS NOT!! oh..I am just beside myself..they need an education about the damage this does to coral...I am on a literature hunt. These are book smart people..I can't believe they would to this to the coral!!

chimarrão ..I will take a double Ricardo!!

deep breaths...in ....out...ok...
focus
29,29,29,29,29,29,29

hmm..he said this diver was inexperienced and having sensory overload... they are asking me to "chill out"

This is Chimarrão Krispi.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=pt-BR&q=chimarrão&btnG=Pesquisar+imagens&gbv=2

And always the coral pay for us.

Krispi, it's sad, but this type of diving (poor skills, lack of respect for the reef) takes place all over the world.

oh Ricardo..Yerba Mate...drinking it now and every day...love it
that is not what I need a double of though

Note to self....don't pi$$ off Kristi!!

I know Jerry, but when people around me do it...and blow it off...humpf!

LOL...OK...sorry...rant off

http://www.webworldcam.com/webcam-index.php?var=5445&site=http://www.portanow.com/webcam2/beachcam.htm

I don't know how to do the link thing but maybe if you copy and paste? Here are 3 cams in Galvaston. Go to webworldcam.com and there are more.

Krispi Where are you from?
You drink Hot?
You surprise me, thats great. Here we drink this every day.

I love Yerba! I drink it hot...when it gets "cool" it is still delicious!
I live in Tennessee Ricardo...I only buy my Yerba Mate' from those who grow it in the rain forest...It is grown now in other places but I will not support that...
Yerba is VERY good for you also!

I sound like a commercial huh...LOL

(Message edited by kristi_tn on September 12, 2008)

Welcome to Bonaire Talk Ricardo.
Please give our posting Policy a look.
http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/25/25.html}

Morning all! Debbie, safe thoughts to Tif, and you too Pat...very scary...

ricardo, welcome to CC, you are fitting in quite nicely...now I need to find out what you and Krispi are drinking...lol...

Krispi, I would be livid too...you go girl...sensory overload..WTF???? I say go get em...it amazes me how stupid people are. When I got mo OW and AOW...they never talked about protecting the environment...I see that bad behavoir diving here as well...people just grab, lay, and kick stuff...

Watching the weawther channel...reporter is literally in the surf...dumb dumb dumb darwin reporter...

Lots of good storm links.
I have to manage my own storm here at work, so I'll be gone for a while.
Seee Ya!

Ricardo, I think a coworker drinks that stuff...I'll have to ask her..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimarr%C3%A3o

LOL! Cynde - Darwin reporter. Hee hee.
You should be getting a package today.

Hey Jerry...do you have MSN Messenger 7.5 or higher???

thank you BC...then they act like we need to "chill" when we try to teach them WHY we protect our reef...did he need to rest when he sat on the reef? like it was a flower garden and he was posing for the pic...

Oh BC!!! Here ya go...YUM!!!
Yerba Mate'

I buy the Argentine Organic...it is wonderful

Krispi, yea, he had to *chill* on the coral? again, WTF...go get em' tiger!

Do you strain it? I'm almost positive that's what my peep drinks. Except she doesn't strain it, so it's like this green stuff...we give her grief over it...lol...

BC..I use a french press, there are small filters you can use also...some people use a gourd and spoon with mesh in it...

BH, I use AOL Messenger.

Jerry!

You are sharp Linda.

BC..it is green...even after straining...yummy

If mine is green I'm seeing a doc!

Thanks BH!! I got one going now!! Live from Houston!

I had a Yerba Matte' when I was in Argentina and got soem for my oldest brother who lives in Seattle. It wasn't really "cup of tea"... LOL!

Hmm - so what you're trying to say here Krispi is that sitting on the coral is a bad thing? I don't understand...

YW..PS.

Green? It's about lunch time ya'll....

(Message edited by kristi_tn on September 12, 2008)

OK, better...geez

In all my years of living where hurricanes hit, I have never heard warnings and talk like I am hearing about this one. These people staying to "ride it out" are not the most bouyant bouy in the Gulf!! I made a funny! But seriously, they are not too bright.

scary PS huh!!

(Message edited by kristi_tn on September 12, 2008)

OK BC...still greeen though strained...LOL

Happy Friday my favorite people!!

Are our Texan family members already bracing for Ike. He in one big mean old storm!!!!!!
Please be safe!!!!!!

It's a;ready Friday again and finally some BT time. It's bin a hectic week and I'm sure looking forward to weekend WHOOHOO

Had no time yet for catching up but you peeps are quite the buzzzzzy beezzzzzz here already

Krisisis WHAT THE H**** ARE YE DRINKIN GIRL?

Yes, Jerry. I'm sharp as a tack - I totally get your sick sense of humor.

Bettesisis...Yerba Mate girl...how ya been?

Is it like green tea?

Hi Patrick

Yerba What?

Very bussy (I always say "Bussy is good") but now, as the weekend is coming, I sure feel that I'm no 20 anymore
O well, I can always go and sit by the window and spy on the neighbors




NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! me never!!!!!!!!!! Somebody pull the plug when I doing that.

It's all good (Pegs )

It's just one more reminder that live is just a little bit more then work and work alone

Jerry, better than..check out the link above...it taste different than green tea..a bit stronger flavour...

It is a plant..not a tea...the leaves are harvested and you steep it and drink it like tea though...

Yes, Chat with Linda.
Brad has to fly back home to turn the page for us.

PegiSue, Their not having fun now, helicopters are pulling the idiots off rooftops.

I'm back from my Mom's visit to the doctor...getting old S-U-C-K-S!!!! It's also raining here now..boy am I depressed...

How did the title of today change from "Friday" to "Come chat with Linda"?????? What did I miss...

Yes, Ricardo, that's true, Google Earth is cool!

BTW, where is Kobi? Is she vacationing at a computer-less beach resort?

Does it give you energy?

What'supthere knows I could use some about now.

WOW You guys changed the topic on me!!!!

Donna, Jerry changed the title on you just for fun. Yes Kobi is vacationing at a place without internet connection.

Someone at work sent me this link. If you like white tigers check this out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-458282/The-BIG-cat-likes-getting-wet-wild.html

Pat, I read that!! Not a lot of brains left behind!! Insane people thinking that this is like a tropical storm...did you read the thing one person posted?? "Oh, I've ridden a slide at a waterpark, I'm ready!!!"LOL I think that's what people are thinking...

page 2...just to be helpful

Cool!! I looooove big cats!! My daughter (Amanda, the diver) gave me a WWF adopted Lion for my birthday!

Thanks for the info....I guess now I AM chatting with Linda! LOL

Green tea is supposed to be good for preventing cancer I think...antioxidants???

Hey I see a new name!!!!

Ricardo

Welcome at CC (another name for Cuckoo Chat)
Don't worry about your English. It can't be as bad as my "Dunglish" LOL
The bottom line is "Understanding" and you will find a lot in here

Oops next page.

Jerry, Its not a commercial product, is a plant that we use like a tea, is hot. Undertand? have a good flavou.

Thanks people for help me with Jarry(he wants to kill me).

Thanks for welcome, BOAT CHICK(you understand what is Yerba mate?) and BETTE.

Ricardo, we are now on page 2, click on Kristi's link above

I just want to make it 100 posts.

So I just got back. Welcome Ricardo!

Yep...I was grounded and it was an old guy on the bus going to the Vatican. Yuck!

Tell those morons to get off the reef! Ugh!

Back to lurking.