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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kelly (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5898) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:28 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

The last thread really got me to thinking of how wonderful BT has been for so many of us.

What has BT done for you??

For me... well lots and lots. Made great friends, of course...

But what stands out in my mind is the BT shower that I had when we adopted Riley. In fact I still can't think about it without crying !
Riley is a gift from God (or whomever, if God offends you) and having all those presents for him was one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

Thanks, BT, for all you've done for me and for my family. BT rocks!

Happy Holidays, friends.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By LaDonna * (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3643) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:33 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has given me friends.....friends beyond my wildest imagination! Friends that are more important to me than anything in this world!

Thanks BT!!

And Happy Holidays!!!!

LaDonna

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kelly (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5900) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:38 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

And LaDonna was quite instrumental in my BT shower... ;)

Love ya girl !

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By RA. aka Agent 99(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3412) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:41 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has given me the gift of meeting people who I would never have met.
It has given me strength when I was weak,
and caring gentle hugs when I needed them.
BT has given me the ability to "see" things from others perspective.
And last but not least, more laughs in a single day than most people have in a year!

Thank you everyone! And best of all, all my treasures didn't cost a dime. :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By pat murphy (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1686) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:53 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

kelly, you and la donna were in a shower on bonaire? oh wait, that's not what you meant.

see? BT gave me a chance to meet a lot of you, make a lot of friends, and gives me an outlet for my insanity.

and BT has worked as a matchmaker for my granddaughters (right kelly? right riley?)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By *Linda* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3553) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 9:53 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

The web cam brought me to Bonaire Talk, and for the longest time I didn't know there were other threads. It wasn't until I posted a picture not from the web cams on the web cam thread that I was told about CC.

I lurked for quite a while and finally got brave enough to chat. Now I have friends I never would have met otherwise. We've laughed together and cried together. Some day I hope to meet more of you and possibly go dive with you.

You all are special.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11181) on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 10:21 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

oh boy this is a tough one......
bt has given me support when no one else has been there for me or sometimes cared.....a place to vent or play and an extended family that you have no idea what it means to me.. when J asked me to join and be a mod. I said "I will" for better of for worse and we have seen both on this board.. I have cried because things have gone wrong and I have cried because things have gone right. When I needed support for myself I came to you and you all were there.. something's you just can't express to a spouse or a family member but you can say freely to others that you don't know personally but love unconditionally..
I have met some of you and cherish every moment spent with you. Those of you that I haven't met personally I will, it will just take some time but it is on my "bucket list" Kelly , Kobi, RA Tara, Timmy, PATRICK,just to name a couple but the list grows every day!!!
I had the great pleasure to meet and scare the heck out of Cynde,and also Jerry,Tom,Seb,Mare, and Martin and Angela this past year.. to me that is a banner year if ever there was one.. I have shared my home and lives with Rusty, Barbara Leary and Alison, and Jerry and Louise and Caymus.. I met twice Bob "the geezer" Liguori, actually he was the first , I was warned not to trust internet people!!!!..yeah right!!!
Cecil and Sue were one of the first I met as well. Glen Reem, and others at that First BT mini meet at Georges Hot dog place in MA..
Debbie B and I have scubaed together and had dinner together , and of course my neighbor whom I love like a sister Judy and her wonderful husband Les, they are part of my hometown family.. this is all because of BT.. I am sure there are others that I have missed.. like Cuddles Peggisue and Ladonna and SSG Elvira..Anne Phelan has opened up her heart and home to me, Brian and Sue, do you remember the round about?? I still laugh!!! Annie P.. you and I shared a lot of happy hours over the years..Eileen you have always been there to share your children with me and everyone else, I would love to have you as a daughter.. it seems that whereever I look on BT I have a friend and that is a good feeling for sure..
What has BT done for me??? Everything and anything that I have asked or needed it to do..it is as simple as that and that is why I love you all...thank you all very much for being part of MY family.... you are in my heart more than you realize,, Happy Holidays to you all..

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8042) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 12:39 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

GDLW riblet, chicklet, my purple thong diving buddy, you made me cry.

RA and Freddie said it best. I happened on BT when browsing through Scuba Diving magazine...cool...boy, did it interupt a lot of my work.

The people I remember first, in those days (2000) before I got brave enough to post were Cecil, HAZEL, and Linda Richter. I would ask questions about fish, Linda was always ready with the answer. The, there was watching Grendel, blijke, Goldie, Bas, Yana, and Jake, saying hi to folks and accepting packages at the front door.

when i finally had the glitters to post, I asked about the "hooker"...and i swear, it was kismet...CECIL was the one to answer..and wouldn't ya know it? we have the same birthday.

I feel so BLESSED with all the BTers I have finally met in person (OK freddie, ours could have NOT taken 10 years off of my life....LOL), and the one's I have met and know virtually through BT...and hope to meet in person someday.

BT SAVED me when my mother was dying in Puerto Rico...BT WAS my lifeline...had it not been for all of you, I highly doubt I would be sane (ok, more sane, less sane, ya know). You were THERE for me every day, and gave in ways that are bringing tears. Elvira, who came through with Rafa...a true Angel they both are.

When I have lost grandparents, great uncles, colleagues, friends, cats, dogs, you have been there with kind loving words....

With the instant grandkids, birth of grandchildren, marriage of kids, etc....BT is there to share in the joy as well.

I know of NO other internet "chat" site that has the power of BT...kind, loving, caring, people that will go out on a limb to help someone they have never met in "person."

Ya wanna know something on my bucket list? I wanna meet Eileen, Joel, Quinn, Riker and Keddlebug and watch the Northern Lights. I truly believe there is a reason that Quinnman came into this world the same day my mother left it....

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By elaine sculley (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #602) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:23 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

hi gang
i am a baby compared to all of you. i had the opportunity to meet ra in bonaire but unfortunately it was at the end of her vacation. my son and husband took ur advice and had sail board lessons. they needed more wind but said they would try it again. loved it
cb u gave myself and daughter a wonderful day at the aquarium. thank u againnnnnnnnn. i hope at some point there will be a cal mini meet. would make it a point to be there.
to all east coasters i am part of u also born and bred on in northern jersy.
i appreciate everyones advice on any questions i have asked
love ur patience and caring ways.
it would be fabulous if someday we could all meet in one central place for a biggy meet.
thank u one and all for the laughter, caring, and valuable information u all contribute.
happy holidays to all
elaine

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - Please make the s**w go away! (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13563) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:17 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Where do I begin...

I have made amazing friends. There have been days where I have been so down (I don't show it often) because I am not sure if I am doing things right at home, and then I just start reading some of the posts, and I laugh and feel better.

I am happy to have met many of you, Mary, Superturtle and then everyone at the NE BT Mini meet! Tom :-) BT is in all of our kidlets scrapbook!

The one thing though that stands out for me, is how wonderful you have all been to my kids. The BT Baby Shower, I go back and look at that thread all the time. I have kept all the items from all of you, cards, sweaters, you name it that could be kept. You have 'seen' me move twice and have 'seen' my kids being born, celebrated their bdays, and now have 'seen' one go to school.

Cynde, you are making me cry, in a good way. We all want to get down there and meet you too. Your mom has a special page in Quinn's 1st year album. :-) The blanket has been used so much for all the kids, take home blanket, Baptisms everything. (Riker left his 'mark' on it LOL!) I hope Quinn will use it when his time for having kids comes.

I just want to say Thank-you to everyone, I am so happy to have 'stumbled' upon the webcams 6 1/2 years ago and then discover the boards. I had no idea then how important BT has become in my life. (Joel asks me every morning, how are your BT friends :-).)

I love all of you and want to send out hugs and Lots of Happy Wishes for Christmas!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Cecil* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7118) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 7:08 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has not done much for me other than finding my lost brothers and sisters.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Donna (CC) in the Poconos (*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3183) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 9:13 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

When Amanda was on Bonaire last Fall and I began to check out the webcams daily, I never thought is would lead to an amazing circle of friends who I cannot imagine going through life without. I posted the first time on a whim and have been swept into this wonderful world called BT. We have had our ups and downs and tensions and disagreements, but this is an amazing group of wonderful, warm, caring people. I truly believe that Bonaire and BT are meant to be a part of my life.

You are all a beautiful blessing and I love you all and hope to meet each of you in person one day. Thanks for welcoming me into your BT family...I cannot express how much it means to me!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Krispi *naughty***oh Christopher!! (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4428) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 9:30 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Well, I have not been here for very long but I can honestly say BT has made a huge mark in my life.

You all are such wonderful, caring people and I look forward to catching up with you all when I am away.

I laugh to myself over the weekend when I think of the funny things you all do.

I miss you guys when I can't get on here for a while and wonder what you all are up to.

The love and support that comes from this wonderful group of friends is so special to me.
I hope I can reciprocate the encouragement and strength that flows through BT.

Thank you all so much for accepting me into your family!
I hope you all have a wonderful and safe and WARM Christmas!!hug

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pegi Sue, PegiPie******************* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7874) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 10:40 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

I don't even know where to start on what BT has done for me. Every time I try to think of what I want to say here, I start crying. Yall are amazing people. I've never had friends like this. I have learned that I am never alone. When I need someone to talk to, I can come here. When I need to laugh, I can come here. When I am going thru hard times, you all are here.

You have helped me and my mother thru a very hard time. And brought us laughter when we were going thru it. I'd get on here and start reading to Mom and we could laugh for a while. I thank you all for being with us, so much.

I have gotten phone calls from so many of you. Just to see how I am, or just to talk. Always when I needed it most. I can always depend on you.

Then there are the MiniMeets where I have been lucky enough to meet so many of you. It's like getting to see family again. There's so much love. And it's not like meeting someone for the first time, it's so comfortable. I can't wait to meet EVERYONE!! And see those I've already met, again. And I know I will:-)

When I don't think I can take anymore, and I am scared and lonely, you all have helped me. I have gifts that I cherish, from many of you, because that's what BT does. You are never alone.

I can never express my appreciation for all that you all have done for me. You are the most wonderful people I've ever known, or could have even imagined. You are truly friends and the greatest gifts to me. I love you all.

I hope that I can "pay it forward" in a way that would be worthy of the people I have met on BT.

I will probably think of something else I should have said here, because there is so much. But I think yall get the idea...I kinda like you!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian* * * * (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4226) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 11:08 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has helped share problems and made me laugh and cry. I have met a few of you regular posters , Jake, Linda, Freddie and George (I still remember the roundabout was it thirty times around), Seb and Mare, La Donna and Mara and Cynde to name a few, Jerry and I just missed meeting up as we had too many dives and not enough time. Maybe next time we will look forward to meeting more of you in Bonaire. Sorry if I forgot anyone.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****BlueHarley**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2764) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 11:34 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Tried typing the words more than 20 times just can't find the right ones.





 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pegi Sue, PegiPie******************* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7877) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 11:49 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

BH, I'm listening to the song now and that could not be any more fitting, coming from you...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****BlueHarley**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2765) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 12:11 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

What has BT done for me?

Draft number 26

Where are the words……crap….so inadequate!

Some folks interpret kindness for weakness some see it for what it is, and for what we are. Some of us still search for pieces of others that help makes us who we are. We take a piece of this person and a piece of that person mix it with who we are and see what comes out. The hardest thing sometimes is to give back as much as you get.

Kids always had a special place for me so things like Kelly & Steve getting Riley made my heart warm I still admire them for that…and can always count on Jerry to have my back...so many things that those on BT shared with me and helped me to challenge myself to make a difference. Just too many things from so many of you and I think most of you do not realize all you done.

I have always more or less been a loaner when it came to real friends not many get close other than family…..well you folks changed that….you make a difference to me everyday and I am glad to call you my friends.

I hope I make you smile, I hope I can make you think, I hope I can be your friend.
I can’t promise to fix problems but, I will always be there to listen.

Most Of All Thank You!!!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By B-B-B-eck-k-k-k-k-eeeee (it's c-c-c-old) (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2095) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 1:07 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Wow... not sure I can add to this in a way that hasn't already been said, but I'll try.

BT has given me support when I was down, losing my dad and my 2 precious dogs all in a 18 month span was tough. You all were there for me and there are a few who contacted me off the board when my dad was failing and will always hold a very special place in my heart (CB, BH :-))

BT gave me one of the best friends I would never have met otherwise - Tribs :-) Luv ya girl!!!

I can always count on BT for a laugh or virtual hug.

I, too, was warned about "internet people" and that it was probably just a big "sex ring". LMDAO... if only those people could experience this. It's not your run of the mill chatroom, this is different, it's special, it's real in a way that other internet communitites I've seen aren't.

I've been lucky enough to meet a few of you and I'm hoping to increase the numbers in 2009. :-)

Thank all of you, true friends that you are!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By *****Patrick with sharks on Bonaire***** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3541) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 2:20 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

WHERE DO I BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE TO ALL MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By **Barbara* *"CB"* *Gibson** (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2423) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 2:59 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

You mean besides the obvious?????

I've met people on BT I'd never meet otherwise, people very different in outlook and lifestyle than I, and I've grown to respect them and their opinions.

After the big fight on BT last spring, when everybody dusted themselves(me included) off and came back to the board, I felt it was kind of a point of growth for me, to accept everyone as they are and to feel that same acceptance. I'm kind of a stand-offish person, so it was good for me....

I'm going out and do something foolish and callow now to make up for being serious and honest here.....

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14573) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 3:12 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post



What has BT done for you?

1. Caused me to have to see a therapists three time a week.

2. How to make use of old coffee cans.

3. Invented BOB.

4. Got me to join the NRA

5. With so many women posting, I now get hot flash's.

OK, jokes aside.
There is a very special bond between all of us. We are friends, family. There is no question that CC is a part of my life. Being one of the older guys I have seen the power of BT first hand, many times. This is a gift my friends, we need to keep it going for as long as we can.
Now I'm going back under my desk, it's sake there.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By **Barbara* *"CB"* *Gibson** (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2424) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 3:16 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Jerry, don't forget that the HELLO KITTY FAIRY found you through BT!!!!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14575) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 3:21 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

See #1 in above post.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11190) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 3:56 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS NOT A SEX RING??

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1602) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 4:01 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Since I just came out from under a rock and began posting again, I like this thread. I began chatting with the founder of the board ten years ago, helped the first community get established, and I've ridden this ride more or less ever since. I feel like I was part of the Keep it Real effort on BT. We are real people, not cartoons hiding behind antisocial internet activity. That's how come we continue to meet in person with no ill-effects! :-) Yay! Parties, mini-meets, world travels, work parties for the cams, births, marriages, deaths, all that stuff!

And without a doubt, my vacations on Bonaire have been deeply enlivened by BTers. Every year! And my circle of friends has been enriched for all time. You are all treasures! :-) :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pegi Sue, PegiPie******************* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7884) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:01 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Niki, you've been here THAT long and I told YOU to join the WebCams!!!HA HA HA HA HA at me!!!!

it's ok patrick, we'll still give you the numbers to call on Saturday nights!:-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By **Barbara* *"CB"* *Gibson** (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2425) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:37 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Freddie, yeah, jeez, I've been waiting all this time to join the inner circle and......nothing? Crab Balls!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11191) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:46 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

better than clean bowling balls Barb,,,,,

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1604) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:59 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Freddie, where are your as$terisks? LOL :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11194) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:04 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I am a mod i erase them lol
nice to see you here Nicki we have missed you!!

(Message edited by scubahb on December 19, 2008)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By pat murphy (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1692) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:10 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

i have met so many great people on here and through here....kelly and steve, brian and shannon, cynde, jake and linda, gibi, chet and jean, sandy, marge and ernie, constance and lee, tara and guy and tara's wonderful parents, pegi sue (ok..you just showed up at our door last year but i still knew who you were), david and april, mara, jenni stansfield, and more and more and more. i was going to say i've forgotten to mention a few but i know i've forgotten dozens and dozens. sorry.

i got a lot of support last year when i had my experience with "the worst bt poster ever".

everybody knows how exciting it is to go to bonaire....but knowing we'll be seeing other BT'ers there makes it even better.

i remember our first time to gibi's years ago..at his restaurant, before his house. wish i could remember everybody who was there that night. we used to go to jessie armacost's fish ID talks at the old inn on tuesdays then rush to gibi's restaurant for the BT dinner.

it's been great....this is a really great group...we know how to put the fun in dysfunctional.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1605) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Sorry for the absence. But I had a lot more time for my life when I ignored BT! ~~~ What has it done for me? Taught me about computer addiction!! LOL!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Quick Tribs, obviously not quick enough. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7126) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:47 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I've been watching this thread and thinking...how do I respond? BT has given me much sadness (watching all of you go through painful things and wanting to help when I couldn't) and much happiness and just a little bit of pain. It is very much a family, so this is what should happen. I've made some wonderful friends, been hurt by a few, but overall I wouldn't leave BT for anything. This is a very unique forum and I believe that those of us who stay do so because we have found a pretty special bond. I love meeting other BTers and like Freddie (and many others), I have a to-do list of visiting those who I have not met. I also want the opportunity hang out more with those who I have met.

I have learned and hopefully grown from knowing all of you. And from the bottom of my heart, I hope I do get to meet all of you and spend some quality time together. Life is too short to not have great friends (excellent wine is a good thing too!).

Happy holidays to all of you and thanks for letting me be a part of this.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - on Santa's naughty list - AGAIN (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13577) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:57 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Tribs, TO is only 90 min away... Sawyer :-) To Do List for '09...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - on Santa's naughty list - AGAIN (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13578) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 6:58 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

That just didn't come out right...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Quick Tribs, obviously not quick enough. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7127) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 7:05 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Ah...Sawyer....yummy!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kathy Hall (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11603) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 7:29 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

In other years BT has been a great place for me. But this year too many sorrows in my own life keep me from the fun I read so much about here. But I hope one day it will be good for me again, so I'm still here. Reading what you all write everyday is a kick when I get home. :-) I was a "webcam girl", and when we lost the u/w cams I tried to transition here, but I work all day and can't play around much. Doesn't mean I don't love you all!

Cheers to a new year, and another year of BT. xx

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By RA. aka Agent 99(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3414) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 8:15 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I'm with Freddie!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS NOT A SEX RING????

But these guys showed up and said Tom and Jerry sent them and then we.........ahhh, I think I better go lie down, I think I've got the vapors.(something my mother said but never knew what it meant, it seems to fit here!)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11197) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 8:18 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Consumtion is kinda like that too RA that is what my grandmother died of back in the '20's and I don't think it was because she was eaten alive...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By RA. aka Agent 99(*) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3415) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 8:28 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Freddie, STOP, LMDAO. Not that your grandmother died but, you know....

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5587) on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 9:04 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT was/is something stumbled upon that has now turned into a path.
Many friends, many turns...hopefully!!!! many many more years with all of you!
"Tanks for the memories"!!! (sung to the tune of....)


 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By YucatanPat (Sand$ Condo) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #289) on Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 12:49 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

I started looking into diving Bonaire around 2002 and lurked on BT on and off for several years. It was the direct flight from Newark, NJ that got us to go to Bonaire and it was the good people on this site that helped me start planning my first trip/honeymoon back in early 2007. In the summer of 2007 I had that honeymoon with my best friend, dive buddy and now wife, made all the better by kind words of advice from the many people on BT. Bonaire is now a huge part of our lives, and my wife just signed up with a BT screen name yesterday. I would think her first post is coming soon.....

I belong to several message boards, none are like BT. Stay well BT'rs and happy holidays.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roy ***(140 DTG) cya at Lac Bay May 10th (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2713) on Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 7:54 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has made me SMILE a lot more than normal :-):-)

Made some great friends all over the world, my first Mini-meet was with Freddie - A 3min. quickie at Hannover Airport !!! :-):-) no nothing to do with a Ring!!

I'll no longer be a Bonaire Virgin as of May 10th 2009, I am so looking forward to meeting PegiSue, Kobi and Jeanine... get ready for some HUGGIN' :-):-) no nothing to do with a Ring!!

I love Y'all :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Goodwin (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #434) on Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 11:17 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Without BT I may not have been in a position to secure an assistant manager's position at the newly opened/remodled KFC on Bonaire.

And the icing on the cake is being Cynde's supervisor.....

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8060) on Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 3:34 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Dave, dream on buddy! muuuahahahahahahah! i am going to bribe ruth to make me a manager, AND her personal assistant....tee hee...my hat is coming in the mail soon I think. If not, I just may need to go to Bonaire and pick it up myself:-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Goodwin (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #436) on Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 6:17 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Could you imagine being Ruth's personal assistant? That would be the job from "heck"...

How in the world would you carry around all those meds?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8067) on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 1:24 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Dave, hadn't thought about that...ok, you can have the assistants job...ok?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By T-Shirt Divers John and Sue (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #712) on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 6:32 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Good topic, Kelly!
Friends, info, fun, something to look forward to, and I like looking @ the cams.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Superturtle (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3250) on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 11:34 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I saw this thread late last night..... well - early this morning, Bonaire Time.
I read all of the posts, and then re-read all of the posts. But, it was too late for me to even try to write anything other than gibberish, but I'm awake now!!

What has BT done for ME?? Well, let's see....

It allowed me to give a geography lesson - "You live in the same Province thingie, so you must be sort of close" (???) Well - as it turned out I was close, and so the plot for a BT Baby Shower was hatched, And Mrs. T. and I got to meet Eileen and Joel, and have all sorts of fun!!!

Then, my world fell apart. I had questions, but no answers - just worries and fears. I opened my soul to some of the people on BT, and I got my answers, and my fears were much reduced, and Mrs. T. became the recipient of a Plant!! For all of this I thank all of you, for whether you were part of all of this or are just newly arrived into the BT Family, you are all now a part of one Very LARGE, Caring and Compassionate FAMILY!! A Family I am very proud to say I belong to!! I must pass on a very special Thank You to those who were able to give me the most help at that darkest of times. No names - just my sincere thanks.

I (we) have met a number of fellow Bonaire Talkers, and it has been our privilege to see you in person!

BT Has given me the strength of purpose, and the knowledge of compassion to be able to openly say,
"My Mrs. T. is now a 3 Year Survivor, and it is my honour and privilege to be her Caregiver"!!!

Thank all of you for being the Family you have become!!!

Bill

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom C. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #8955) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:11 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Kelly, been thinking of all the positive this lil community has given me since you started this thread. There are too many good things to list, for sure.

Happy Holidays

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8089) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:06 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

ST...I have tears...you did give me a geography lesson...LOL!

I just thought about something else, remember the t-shirt for Rusty that went around the world? Although, I think Rusty's smelled better than Bob in the end:-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8090) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:12 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

wow, look what i found!
Rusty's Plant Surprise

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - on Santa's naughty list - AGAIN (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13606) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:15 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I was just expecting Quinn when I signed that shirt. Rusty - we miss you!

We miss you Superturtle!!! Hugs to you and Mrs. T!!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8091) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:15 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT Baby Shower in a Box

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ****Tink**** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8092) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:18 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Kelly's (and Steve and Riley's) BT shower in a box

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom C. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #8965) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:36 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Um Tink, a skunk's butt would have smelled better than Bob did in the end. I was so happy to be able to throw that thing on Jerry's floor back in September.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - on Santa's naughty list - AGAIN (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13607) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:51 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I still look at all those threads.

hugshugshugshugs

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eileen - on Santa's naughty list - AGAIN (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13608) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:55 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

And I still have kept all the decorations and the kids play with some of the plastic fishy things in the sandbox!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kelly (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5903) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 4:52 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Awwww thanks Cynde.... I just read through all those threads again and my dang mascara is running now ! I can't believe Riley's shower was two years ago, time sure is flying by !

I can't remember now who sent the "Where is Baby's Mommy?" book, but we STILL read that, it's in heavy rotation ! He loves lifting the flaps and reads it with me now. **sob**

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom C. (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #8970) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 5:30 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

OMG, THE CRYING TWINS ARE BACK, ON THE BOARDS, AT THE SAME TIME:-)XOXO

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14649) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 7:59 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Just walk away Tom, just walk away.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Faith M. Senie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #657) on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:06 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

I'm not on BT all that often these days, and Dan's hardly ever on, but when we are on, it's really cool to see what came of that conversation on Jake & Linda's back deck all those years ago, where we were talking about the concept of "wouldn't it be wild if someone were to put in an underwater webcam here?" and then realized "ya know, WE could do that..." It's been wonderful to see the entire community of folks that have come together because of it! I've known families that don't support each other as much as this crew. And yes, like families, there have been some rough times and some ruffled feathers, but then you see folks come together to help out when someone is in trouble or hurting or needs the support, or to share the joys over good news... wonderful!

So I'd say that BT has given me a renewed faith in humanity... :-)

Faith

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1616) on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:06 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi Faith, and Hi to Dan, too!
And isn't it great how many more web cams we have... :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14660) on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 9:46 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Merry Christmas Faith and Dan.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #720) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 3:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Five years ago BT provided me with a pin up picture for my bedroom wall. Mercifully, I downloaded it before you changed your profile pic to something far less erotic, Meryl. Your blowing a kiss beside the Richter front gate ranks right up there with the best shots of Marilyn Monroe holding her skirt down, in my humble but besotted opinion.
Marcia insists that she's suffered it for 5 years now & it has to come down. ... I don't think so! :-)
BTW ... any birthday greetings tomorrow will, of course, be gratefully received. (won't be many more years before I'll start getting telegrams from the Queen!)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Cecil* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7128) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 5:10 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Andy, Andy, Andy, AKA Mr. Fancy Pants how the he11 are you? Drinking to much, I hope. Nice to hear from you. I do miss your sense of humor, there's something about you limeys that makes me LOL out loud (it could just be your looks, your food, your sports, your money, your island, he11 it could be a bunch of things, so never mind).

Let me be the first.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDY!!!!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #721) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 5:35 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Cecil?? Not the same Cecil I remember surely? Not the Cecil who figured he'd been severely wasted as a submariner, & in a fairer life, would currently be basking in the limelight that befits a professional photographer?
Oh, I see .... the very same, eh?
Your attitude seems bolder than I remember ... maybe you've risen a station or two through the BT ranks during my regrettable absence?
But whatever, Cec ... it's good to hear from you.
Tell me ... is there likely to be anybody else I remember still alive?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1617) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 5:43 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Andy, nice to see your words! Plus have a narly natal day...
Code nicknames seem to have taken over. ;-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Cecil* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7130) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 7:19 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Well there's Niki who's back in the fold. Cynde will probably check in shortly. Meryl still around occasionally. I'm sure there's a few that I missed. As far as getting uppity yeah I can do that. I'm kind-of the old guy around here but still way back in post counts compared to some of the newer folks. To much a lurker which lined up with my next career choice, dirty old man. I still working on my leering.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11225) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 7:57 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

ANDY Happy Birthday Mate!!! how is the dog poop business?? We have missed you so much now that Jerry is a Moderator it has been tough here.. Hugs to you and your lovely Marcia!! Merry Christmas and WELCOME BACK!!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11226) on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 8:11 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

just for you ANDY!!!
ANDY BIKINI

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By DARLENE IN MA (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2605) on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:24 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

BT has been a wonderful part of my life since it's beginning. I have made many wonderful friends that share my same passion for Bonaire and life in general. There is always some one here to help share your joys, acomplishments,laughs and sorrows. When we lost our daughter Katie at the young age of 22, you were all there for us. I didn't post, I didn't talk, but I was able to go by the computer and read all the beautiful words of comfort that my extended family had posted. Your comments and prayers helped to carry us through the most difficult time of our lives and we are truly grateful.
On the lighter side, I travel to Bonaire solo every year and I use the word solo and not alone because I am never alone!:-)And it is because of all the wonderful friends that I have met on this board and the friends that I continue to meet from this board, as well as the friends on island, that I am not alone! My husband never worries about me because he knows that there are friends there for me! I will never forget the trip that I was stranded in Bonaire during September 11th! Jake (Linda was in the states at the time for her knee issues) opened up his home and family to me and my two dive friends for a dinner that I deemed to be Thanksgiving Dinner! Being around his children and tripping over the dogs while getting things ready just brought a touch of home while not be able to get to our own families! I also broke my knee there that trip and friends from island were at the hospital before I even saw the doctors!!! To this day, I don't even know how they knew I was there!! I had more autographs on my cast from Bonaire that I would of had if I was home!! I saved the cast!! :-)I look forward to all the mini-meets that I am able to attend and the friends that you meet for the first time aren't strangers either! You already know them from this board and it is so awesome when you finally see them in person!
Life changes and I don't have much time for BT but I try to keep an eye on the board and you are all always in my heart!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By DARLENE IN MA (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2606) on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:35 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Oh! I forgot!! I learn things too!!!! :-) Anything from as important as the environment down to posting a picture!! Or even purchasing new gear or a camera.I am not very technical and whenever I need a new camera, I always ask Cecil!! Your gonna love the Olympus 1010! :-)The end!! I promise!! Gratitude just happens to be one of my favorite topics!!!! It keeps me in line! :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #724) on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 6:36 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Never did know when to place the final "stop" did you Freddie? At the end of your first post would've been good. Well, for me, anyway.
But you've got me curious now ... Jerry, the Moderator you mention ... he/she is to be trodden around carefully?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11229) on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 9:17 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

well Andy for your information I am a moderator as well.. Jerry was the bad boy from long ago,,,,It is nice to see you back again..

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5619) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 12:28 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Still haven't lost your story telling ability I see...
Happy Birthday Mr. President!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #725) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 3:08 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Meryl dear ... you're not mistaking me for Obama, are you? (or worse still ... Bush!) It's taken several years for me to sit comfortably with the Lord Keely mantle. I don't think that I'm ready to assume Presidency yet. That said ... I probably couldn't do a much worse job than the current tenant, right?
Good to have you running along side us at last, anyway Meryl. I knew you'd catch up eventually. It was never your gray matter that had me hooked. :-)
Freddie a Moderator?! Whatever's been happening here? Next you'll be telling me that Martin has a full head of hair! Surely not?
Dr Alzheimer still refuses to tell me who Jerry was, Freddie. It's a worry. Sure, I remember the aggressive rants that a few of us bad boys (& girls) used to share before slinking off to lick our wounds & attempt to restore a little of our battered reputations, but I can't remember a Jerry. Ah well, I guess I'll have days like this more frequently as the grim reaper sharpens his scythe beside me, eh?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14692) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 3:49 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Andy, don't knock yourself silly trying to remember me. We were active at different points on BT. I also used many names back then.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5620) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 4:45 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Andy this is what I was referring to in response to your Marilyn Monroe comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SLSlSmW74

It does take me a bit to catch up...but are you telling me after all these years you didn't love me for my mind?!
And what's this about the grim reaper? There are many more poops to scoop so don't get any ideas! You may need to have an eye exam though...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11234) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 5:01 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

WARNING!! do not repeat DO NOT go to the "Car thief thread" to reminisce.. I had to reboot twice but I was laughing so hard it didn't really matter... Fancy Pants stay around awhile and play with us .. please.. I am sure that Meryl will show you her.....















aviary............

(Message edited by scubahb on December 27, 2008)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5621) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 5:06 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Is there a sticker on my back that I'm not aware of?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Freddie (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11236) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 5:52 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

no of course not Meryl!! we love you don't ya worry gal! {we just want Andy to stay around for a bit!}

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5622) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 6:39 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

still reading the Car thief thread!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #727) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 7:33 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I'm not going to look.. it might all kick off again! I just remember how exasperated I was at the time that I couldn't get Jake to enter into the spirit of the thing. As I recall ... I had him looking down, godlike, from a fluffy white cloud & was willing him to reach out & pluck us all from our watery predicament. But he had more sense. Good fun though, wasn't it?
Jerry, I'm ashamed of myself. I've just been looking at your profile pic hoping that it'd jog my memory. It didn't help. But it was good to see that we're from similar stock ... it often takes three people to hold me up too!
Ah, now I understand, Meryl. I watched the clip. She's good. But I still reckon you've got the edge. Probably wisest not to push your luck though ... I think I'd hold back a while on the "love me for my mind" query.
Aside from all this ... was there a mutiny? Have Jake & the other iron fisted Moderators of old been made to walk the plank? I was once severely reprimanded & threatened with banishment from these pages for less suggestive comments than the one above aired by Moderator Freddie!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5623) on Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 11:01 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

"a small sticky pool of ectoplasm to remember him by." Great stuff on that thread! (just to pull one quote out of the muck!)

There was no mutiny Andy(I really don't know the details that spawned the split)..just a parting of Bonaire talk and Bonaire web cams. But it seems to be working just about the same as six years ago!

Six years since that thread and I still have no life!? I will take the advice and accept the shallowness of your friendship. :-)




 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #728) on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 4:52 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Good girl. You know it makes sense.
For some reason I can't seem to stop myself singing the famous pig song, written by Clarke Van Ness (another bl**dy Dutchman I shouldn't wonder) ...

'Twas an evening in October, I'll confess I wasn't sober,
I was carting home a load with manly pride,
When my feet began to stutter and I fell into the gutter,
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
Then I lay there in the gutter and my heart was all a-flutter,
Till a lady, passing by, did chance to say:
"You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses,"
Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.

Walked away, walked away,
He was really too particular to stay.
"You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses,"
Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.

Then I heard a gentle mooing, it was like a pigeon cooing,
As a home returning cow stopped in her stride,
And her eyes were big and gentle; her expression sentimental,
As she curtsied low and sat down by my side.
Then I saw her eyelids flutter and a tear fell in the gutter,
As the owner of the cow did loudly say:
"Leave that brute this moment, Sonja, or your milk will curdle on ya,"
Then the cow got up and slowly walked away.

Walked away, walked away,
She was really too particular to stay.
"Leave that brute this moment, Sonja, or your milk will curdle on ya,"
Then the cow got up and slowly walked away.

Then the moon began to shine in that old gutter I reclined in,
Thinking of the weakness of the human race,
When a dog sat down beside me, and I thought he came to chide me,
Till he gently licked the stubble on my face.
In the gutter, still reclining, I began "Sweet Adeline-ing,"
While the dog raised up his head to loudly bay;
Then his mistress said, "Come, Fido, that disgusting man may bite you,"
Then the dog got up and slowly walked away.

Walked away, walked away,
He was really too particular to stay.
Then his mistress said, "Come, Fido, that disgusting man may bite you,"
Then the dog got up and slowly walked away.

Down the street there came a clatter, and a gentle pitter-patter,
As a pair of goats along the gutter ran;
And it seemed that Billy knew me, for he quickly drew up to me,
While his wife munched on an empty sardine can.
Then again my pulse did flutter, and my heart was soft as butter;
Till the Nanny goat, unto her mate, did say:
"William dear, your social status don't include men such as that is,"
Then the goat got up and slowly walked away.

Walked away, walked away,
He was really too particular to stay.
"William dear, your social status don't include men such as that is,"
Then the goat got up and slowly walked away.

Then I started in to mutter and I rose up from the gutter,
Then I sadly went about my lonely way;
I was weary, sick and busted; I was really quite disgusted,
And I vowed to sign the pledge that very day.
For each humble, lowly creature, a great lesson he can teach ya,
Like the one learned while I in the gutter lay;
In the tavern, do not tarry, when you've got all you can carry,
But take up your load and slowly walk away.

Walk away, walk away,
For the "Horrors" is an awful price to pay,
In the tavern, do not tarry, when you've got all you can carry,
But take up your load and slowly walk away.

Now lately I've been thinking that I will quit my drinking.
I'm going to leave off whiskey, beer and grog,
For there's no consolation, but only aggravation,
You can't even find friendship with a hog.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5625) on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 5:34 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I never heard that one before...not sure where it fits in...but nice.

Of course I have a favorite verse:

"Then I heard a gentle mooing, it was like a pigeon cooing,
As a home returning cow stopped in her stride,
And her eyes were big and gentle; her expression sentimental,
As she curtsied low and sat down by my side.
Then I saw her eyelids flutter and a tear fell in the gutter,
As the owner of the cow did loudly say:
"Leave that brute this moment, Sonja, or your milk will curdle on ya,"
Then the cow got up and slowly walked away. "

Is this diddy your swan song? Please say it isn't so.....

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #731) on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 1:39 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Of course not. Whatever gave you that idea?
Hell, I might even pluck up the courage to dangle a toe beyond the comforting, nursery like walls of "Community Chat" soon.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #732) on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 1:49 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

I hit the "post" button too soon. I've just noticed your latest pic.
You've still got it. :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Meryl Virga (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5627) on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:26 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

At a distance anything can look good!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Yo MO - Too much work - too little time (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4545) on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 4:59 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I'd more say what hasn't BT done for me.

I have met so many people, made so many friends, been humored and humbled - hugged and held - touched to the point of tears - and I just couldn't imagine a place any better than this.

It's so hard to describe that it is almost not even worth it. I just know that if I need to vent, laugh, cry, feel special or give of myself I can do it right here.

Thank you to everyone on BT. And to borrow a line from Jerry Maguire "You complete me".

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Keely (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #734) on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 7:16 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Blimey!! I think it's time I started dangling that toe!

 


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