Smile and have some Starbucks coffee!

A day closer to a new home for the cams. The new location for the reef cam looks great to me. I dived the site last October, but we missed the wreck.

Good Morning John,
Thanks for the coffee. How can I get The "Starbucks" imported here ?
I am quite busy with some ( a lot ) home work to do, and I missed the sunrise :o(
Have a nice day !

Martine, you are about to be covered with Starbucks coffee shops. Their move to Paris is soon.

There is already one franchise store in Paris. Just look it up and give it a visit.

Hi John Hi Martine Hi Everyone

I can send you some Starbucks coffee beans, Martine the next time I go in to Manchester city centre. Don't know when that will be, but can do that for ya

off to specialist dentist. wish me luck byyyeeee

Hi everyone. Now that we are without the reef cam I get to clean the house. Oh woopie do, how joyful (not). Good luck at the dentist Jenni. Annie B.

Hi Jenni, Hi Annie,
Thanks God, you aren't crossed with me ( France won UK yesterday for European soccer cup ) :o)
Can't wait Holland vs France cause the whole Bonaire and the dutchies will be against me :o(
( Hmmm, don't forget we are the champs of the World and Europe, hee, hee )
Yes Annie, you are right, home work can be done quietly now...
Very quiet on the cams today...

Jenni, thanks for the Starbucks offer and good luck with your dentist. I wish he is quite handsome, it heps sometimes :o)

Hi John, Martine, Jennie and Annie!!!
Jenni - good luck at the dentist!!!
Martine - how are you feeling!?!?!?

I had to catch up on the shutting down of the reef cam - very busy weekend - on Sunday spent 12 hours going to Charlotte NC to put my oldest son on a plane to Munich!!!! His first time flying alone and first time flying out of the country!!!

Jake - I love the new location for the reef cam - Kelly and I already have that spot planned out for a dive - that hopefully we will have video taped!!!

Annie how are you feeling these days!?!?!?

Ha ha, Martine. I don't normally watch football but I did last night. Our boys really sucked in the closing minutes didn't they.

Mary. I am a lot better than I was thank you. I am still running on high, but not at danger levels any more. Annie B.

Dive boat is here just to torment us all. LOL.

VISITORS !
(above and below... Unfortunately, we won't see them downunder).
Just preparing a "sauce" for tonight dinner :o)

OMG ! Where are my manners, HI MARY :o)

Hi all.

Martine football ??? What football ??? Is there football this week???

MAry: Do you know something we don't know ??? Sending your oldest son to Munich ( "Home of the Oktober Beer Feasts" )

Work to be done

sjosss

good day!
Just came back home, have a few minutes. Saw this bird on the beach cam
and visitors

Hello, Hello Everyone (this way I don't miss any)

Had a great weekend very busy at the conference and lots of fun - 216 women, can't u imagine!!!

Martine, and how are you doing? Hope each day is better for you.

Annie, hope ur doing well.

Eileen, I am sure the baptism went well. Look forward to pics. Quinn is growing fast!!

SOCCER - love soccer specially European soccer. Who won between Holland and France? I specially enjoy watching Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy. I am glued to the TV when the World Cup is around.

Mary, is your son going with an exchange program to Germany? It is going to be an experience for him. I hope he enjoys it.

I hope all of you have a wonderful week. Talk to you later. Elvira

Elvira - 216 women at one conference!!! WOW!!! Re you still sane!?!?!?

My hubby's parents are from Germany - he is the first born the US in his familY!!! Alex is staying with his great aunt who live right over the German border in Austria. He will be gone for 6 weeks!!!

Jos - he is 15 and yes he is allowed to drink beer there with his aunt and uncle!!! That does not hold much interest to him though - what holds his interest is the topless swimmers at the beaches!!! The norm there - not the norm here!!!LOL!!!

Hello, everyone....wow did I miss a big weekend....so sad to not see the reef cam this morning! but the new location looks amazing! VERY busy day today....I hope to check in again before I go home!


LaDonna

Good afternoon everyone,

It's a wonderful day by the looks of things. I can't wait to see what the new location looks like for the webcam. Does anyone have any info on the house dive at the new location?

Jake: Are you having the pedestal the reefcam was on moved? If so, could it be closer to the drop-off?

KM

Mary, so lucky of your son to go and spent time with family, specially at his age - it is an experience. Austria, that is one the places I want to go visit.

Hi LaDonna, hope your day goes smooth.

Kevin,
The wreck can be found easily if you head straight out from the dock to about 60ft. There is not a lot of live coral in that area, but if you turn right and head north you will come to a much better area of the reef. I did many dives from the beach as o'dark thirty's before breakfast, and although the coral is sparse there you can still find cool stuff like lobsters, eels, frogfish, scorpion fish, flounder. A night dive will bring out the tarpon. Be aware of the current. It can get rather strong at times. It's going to be a great site for the cam.

Only 120 more days til I get to see it in person:D

Hi John,

Maybe I missed a posting or two, is the cam going to be on, or near the wreck?
Current in Bonaire? what's that

Kevin,

You did miss a whole thread on the subject :-)

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/626/167816.html

Jake

You know me Jake. I'm still catching up. All I know is that Eden, Bongos, Wanna Dive is the new home. I'll check the thread and get up to speed.

Tanks

DUDE! What an awesome location. Woooo Hoooo !

You should be able to shim the camera mount to make up for the 15 degree slope. Be sure to leave Mr/Mrs Octopus at the old site, no more stolen red lens


I know (emphasis) that there will be a lot more to talk about once the beach cam(s) start. Claire and I will be there September 2 - 12. I'm counting the days.

It feels good to get caught up on this thread.

Kevin - I could not agree more with your description of new location for the reef cam!!!
Found Linda talking to a visitor in a truck!!!

This is the 3rd dive boat today - wonder if divers know the cam is gone - if not - what a shock to see the empty mooring!!!

What a lovely sunny day on Bonaire today!!! The sun shining on the water makes a lovely pic!!!

Mary, it sure is a lovely sunny day in Bonaire and just to think that my boyfriend is there I am here

Elvira, I would be in AGONY!!! Last summer when Kelly and I were there, and Michael was home...that's the last time I go on vacation without him!

Cynde, I am just hoping I do seem on the cams!!!! I know he is having a great time!!!! He just wanted to dive and dive and specially do night dives!!

Wahoo Kevin. We will get to see you on the reef cam at the new location.

Elvira. Sorry you are home alone. Annie B.

Looks like Mandy is about to leap into action.

Hi Annie!!!!

Cynde, I meant "hoping to see him on the cams"

And good night to all. See you in the morning!!

Hey Annie

79 days and counting. Claire and I are really excited. I have a new digital camera and a housing with strobe on the way. I plan on a total "pictures in review" of the new reefcam site once I get there, unless someone beat me to it.

I tried sending the bird photo today. let me know if it went through.

Nice afternoon

Kevin. I received the lucky picture, thanks. I have replied to your e mail which is now waiting in your spam blocker. Sounds like you are gonna have fun with that camera, and can't wait to see the results. BTW, does Claire dive too?? Annie B.

Someone waiting for Bas maybe.

You bet, she is Advanced Open Water and just got her NITROX cert last month. AHHHH NITROX, the refreshing way to dive.

So glad you got the lucky picture. I'll take care of the spamblocker. have to have it with all the viruses out there.



I wonder if there is a green flash in store for the island tonight?

Tell me about it Kevin. I am having problems at the moment. It's not a virus, it's a trojan I think, and it loves to change my IE home page. Spy Seeker is blocking it at the moment. Annie B.

Whoops. I forgot to say Kevin. Nitrox enables you to dive deeper doesn't it? Well done to Claire. Annie B.

A cloudy one tonight. Annie B.

A glimpse of the sun going down. Annie B.

Nitrox enables me to stay down longer and that air is sooooo sweet with 36% O. I used to have a head ache after every 3rd or 4th dive using straight air. Never again with Nitrox. Also being old and overweight, it is safer than air. Reduces the chance of DCS when using a conservative dive pattern.

NITROX is really intended to allow one to stay a bit longer at intermediate depths and it shortens your surface interval. Our experience is that we do have more energy after 2 dives that on air. I like it.

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Another Bonaire Beautiful sunset

oops, rookie post mistake

Well said John. No more headaches, and yes for rounder, older guys like myself it is a bit safer

twilight dive anyone?

Oh, crikey, I am never gonna understand all this. Staying down longer, yes, but what does DCS mean. I think I shall be diving to bed soon. LOL. Annie B.

Subdued sunset tonight, but still very lovely.

Good Evening, I am tired from the weekend. Played catch up today! Miss the reefcam but look forward to the new. I have sent out some Baptism pics, I probably missed a few people. Everything went well, Quinn did not cry. He did cry at the last part of the service, was hungry, hot and wet. It was a busy day for him that he slept really well at night last night!

See you all in the morning!

Eileen, going to check my mail now for the pics!

Wow, thanks for posting all those pics today everyone...too busy to peek in at work and they are making it near impossible to post there...one sunset from me and goodnight all!

Eileen~ Got the pics of Quinn's baptism. Thanks! He looks so peaceful in that last photo, the one of him sleeping in your arms.

Hello to everyone else too! Going over to the other topics to see what I've missed.