Good morning every body,
No new thread opened yet ? So, let's go.
This is my last day of work, I thought this day would never happen, then I rest four days :o)
Don't forget to observe Mars tonight, the red planet has never been so close from Earth since 100 years.
Anyone joining for a coffee ?

Hi Martine, I have been watching Mars lately too. Really neat!

I'm just popping in to wish everyone a great day!

Hi Eileen and Martine, way beyond coffee time here. Didn't have time to watch the cams this morning!
This evening I'm gonna catch up with it....
Have a nice day and ... Later (as our youth constantly is saying.)

YOooo yooo , "granny vd Wollenberg" wassup?

Later

sjossss(OG)

Hello to anyone still on line - Where are the sunrise pics!?!?!?
here is a fish tail from the archives

Hi there to all,

As I'll visit Bonaire for the first time in the (very) near future I was scavenging the net for information. This is how I found the Webcam place and BonaireTalk.

I was reading your comments and looking at the nice pictures for the last few days, but today I thought it was time for my first contribution (it's slow at the office at the moment, already tryín' to get in that Caribbean tempo).

I wouldn't want you to miss these fish:




Bye from Zappacat

Good morning Zappacat!!! WELCOME
Nice catches!!!
When are you going to Bonaire!?!?
Nice pic of golden beach

Hi Mary,

Actually I am leaving on Monday! And I cant wait till then...

Thnx to the webcam and you guys i've seen my first 'virtual sunsets' on bonaire, and i'm very anxious to see the real stuff!

Just two more days at the office as this day is nearly over. I think I'll survive these 16 hours or 960 minutes with BonaireTalk.

Zappacat

O yeah,

Sorry for the double post, I had to figure out how this board works

Z

"zappa",
welcome on BT.
let me be the first to say : "we are not jealous , not,not,not , "

Don't forget to wave at the cams; will you be the "dancing fool " or has your alias nothing to do with Frank Zappa?


Hey forget about the double posts , if you checked us out you would have seen it happens all the time

sjossss
image{boats}

talk about a dumb mistake: \ !!!



sjosssss

Jos - even those Experienced BT'ers screw up every once and a while!!!
Boat has been there since 10:18 - I want to see some divers - but that is only wishful thinking!!!

Zappa - don't worry about the double posts!!! I am jealous that you will be there on Monday!!!

Hi sjosss (that immediately sounds like debiteuren /crediteuren),

I’ll wave at the camera, we plan to do a dive there! So watch me do the ‘dancing fool’ bit.

And yes it’s all about Frank Zappa and my cat. I’m convinced my cat is a reincarnation off this great man And I got pictures to proof it!

Grtz,

Zappacat

PS I knew about the double posts just kiddin', I've seen the 'quintuplet' post!

Welcome Zappacat!

Diver leg...

Thought it was about time I showed my face in here today. Been gardening. Welcome zappacat, good captures there for your first time post. Annie B.

So just how did you all miss this pretty lady.

Hi Annie B. - Can't belive that Jos let that one slip - he usually is the first to spot them.
Been quiet today and I have been busy trying to work.

Welcome Zappa. Another Dutchie .
I'm of course not jealous, although I'm almost going on vacation as well....

Thanks... Jos (about the granny-thing).

Yes, boys, whats that all about. Annie B noticed the pretty girl sooner then you guys did???

I'm ready to leave work and... tonight I actually have time to watch the sunsets.... Yeahhh.

LATER...

Good morning everyone! Another busy day here and I see there has been very little cam action...welcome zappa...will check back later! Have fun!

Annie , Mary and Diana ;

I'll let you in on a little secret , the automatic babe-ALERT I have installed at my computer only works when there is a lot of "Blond" in the picture ;-)
( and I do have to work sometimes )

sjosss
sja sja sja , sjo stond ik vanmorgen op de tram te wachten , enneuh ...

LOL Jos. Does the alert system still activate if there is a blonde guy at the gate. Annie B.

Jake and Bas coming home.

swim by...

Annie B,
Nope , finetuned it not to work on boys ( unless accompanied by blond girls ofcourse)
look : its the navy!!!!

hey Jos - what kind of ship is that!?!?!
here is some nice wave action

Mary, a big one...(you can go ahead and slap me now)

Looks like they are synchronized swimmers!!!

Okay Cynde LOL - I have got to stop asking stupid questions!!! I was guessing that Jos may know more than his comment about the navy.

Mary. Only if the boat's crew are all blonde wrens. Annie B.

Good one Annie B!!!!

Cynde ????

And you are in the CG???

shame on you !

Annie B,

some time ago a dutch navy vessel was saluted by another dutch navy vessel : some odd 10 "wrens" did the double barrel salute
Was quit a riot in the parliament back then .


Mary , by the size and shape of the boat I guessed it was a navy boat, coastguard patrolling.
If you look at he ppicture in "large " you can see a big mounted gun thing on the back.

back to work, .....

Thanks Jos - couldn't see the gun on the back!!!

Jos, I'm only in the CG Auxiliary (volunteer)...and I'm just getting started with crew school...boats come later I think

Upon close examination with my crummy home monitor...I think it is a barge maybe...???

Yup, methinks it is a barge too. Annie B.

Where is Martine tonight. Is she Mars gazing? I can see a new bright star in the sky tonight.

Captured Grendel from the archives.

Not much action at the cams today, beside the navy vessel and Grendel... Wonder what he is looking at. Maybe a blonde to test Jos system???

Hi Diana. Satchmo just came swimming by.

Hi Annie B, also looking at mars this evening??
Maybe it can be watched at the beach cams....

Some starting sunsets

It's a bit cloudy here at the moment. Doubt whether we shall see anything here.

Is it a shadow around the mouth end??

Another fishy one.

Looks like she (or he) experimented with make-up

Here it's also cloudy, but I think I saw mars yesterday evening when going home from the manege. (horseback riding school)

I'm very tired, so I think a go to bed... Hopefully someone will post the sequel of the sunsets

Sleep well with sweet dreams!!

I think I just saw Mars. You can't miss it, it is so bright. It looked reddish in colour and I am sure I saw a red ring on the outer edge, and a very bright patch at the bottom. I wish we had set my son's telescope up now. Annie B.

posting these together as I keep locking up here. Either gotta reboot or delete files. Sheesh!!

Good Evening, Been a busy day today for me, the assistant super is gone for the rest of the week so guess who is filling in! Me! Anyway Hello and Good Evening everyone! Welcome Zappacat!!

See you in the morning everyone!

Good night Diana and Eileen. I shall not be far behind you methinks. Getting rather peed off with this 'puter tonight. Annie B.

I think this is Linda coming home in the dark.

The sunsets are not so colourful tonight.

That's it. I am off to bed myself now. Hope everyone sleeps well. Especially Martine. I wish you a snore free night Martine. I expect you are still Mars gazing. Can't wait to hear about what you saw. BTW, it does shine as bright as the moon. Annie B.

Hi all,
Jean Paul picked me up at the airport and we are just returning from our astronomy club. We welcomed around 300 people, plus TV channel 2. Mars observing was absolutely amazing, and we connected a large telescope on a video projector and showed Mars on the building wall to the People. Mars should clearly appear on the south cam at the end of the night. Jake, will you try to make some pics ? This is the moment, such a brilliant Mars will happen again in about 5000 years :o)
I think the boat is the coast guard which regularly visits Bonaire.
I am so excited, I do not feel sleepy. Is there still anybody lurking ?

Hi Martine, I just got back from the market. It is still day here, I am hoping that we don't get a cloud cover and we can pull the telescope out and look at Mars! Your evening with the club and news station sounds exciting

Martine. Are you still there. I had to frig with the 'puter as it is playing me up tonight. Still. what's new. Annie B.

Hi Martine,

We went out this morning about 6 am, and walked around the cul-de-sac looking in all directions, but couldn't see anything in Central Florida. It was so hazy we couldn't even see stars anywhere. I guess I'll just have to rely on the newspaper!

So do we know roughly what time it will be visible on Bon. I am getting into trouble here for becoming nocturnal. LOL. Annie b.

Yes Annie, I am still there. Cynde, just fix your telescope tonight, you won't regret it. We could so easily see the " Y " shape ( Sirtis Major ) and the south pole. Just watch South-East, but you can't miss it, it is sooo bright. It will remain brilliant quite a few days Gail, so you may see it tomorrow, but today it is at its closest point from Earth.
Definitely don't feel sleepy.

Martine. I told Trev that I could see a very brilliant white light at the bottom of the planet. He doesn't believe me. It was the brightest area. Annie B.

I don't know exactly Annie, I am not on Bonaire, but Mars is better visible from the lower latitudes ( lucky Jake ) because it is higher in the sky, nearly at the vertical ? I think it should be visible on the cam when it sinks on the western side, around 3 or 4 AM Bonaire time. This is my feeling.

Annie, this is normal, you saw the South Pole covered with ice. I am sending you a pic we took tonight, check your email.
Oh my God, the puter is sooo slow suddenly.

Martine. I have been having trouble getting here all night due to it beeing sooooooo slow. I am checking my emails now. Annie b.

Nice waves and sunset Annie! I'm betting Martine is asleep by now? Or reading the other threads...someday soon I BETTER be getting a longer Bonaire break at work! See you all tomorrow, even if you are off line!

Martine. Nothing arrived here yet. I fear it is stuck in cyberspace. I will have to check it out in the morning. I have to go to sleep now for sure. Annie B.

Goodnight Barbara. I am going to sleep now too. I fear I have lost Martine. Sweet dreams. Annie B.

Message sent Annie ! I had trouble to post it due to sloooow puter. It seems ok now.
Well Gal, I think you are right and we must to go to sleep. 3.30 AM here.
Hi Barb, nice to hear from you, but this will also be a good night message.
Nighty night.

Oh my gosh! Martine, so late for you, so I am glad you are going to get some sleep! And you too, Annie! Such night owls! Goodnight!

Martine. Finally got the email which is absolutely awesome. Thank you. I knew I was right in seeing that polar cap. I shall look out for you on the news. I really gotta sleep now Martine. Night night. Annie b.

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Barbara, I am not feeling asleep ! I can see Mars just facing south now, and I am able to take some pics from dining room window :o)

Barbara. I know we are up very very late, but you only get to see Mars once in a lifetime if you are very lucky. Annie B.

Annie, still there ? Has my email reached you ?

Martine. I cannot see it any more, we have some clouds now. I am really really going to bed now. I hope your pictures come out ok. I bid you a good night, and shall see you tomorrow. Sleep well. Annie b.

Yes Martine. I got your email. I cannot find the words to describe it. It's just out of this world. No pun intended there. Night night Annie B.

Oops, sorry Annie, I didn't see your former message. Nighty night my dear friend.
Barb ( my dear friend too ) I think I will follow Annie cause I think it is wiser to go to bed now.
Nearly 4 AM, and I bet a "nice" friend will phone at 8 AM...
So, see you all not tomorrow, but...later !
Sweet dreams all and be relaxed : Martians will not invade our planet :o)

Annie, it's cloudy too here, so this is a good reason to go to bed :o)