Monday First Light

Good day, Tom and Marty and others that will check in!

Wish I was at that beach!! To hot to work over here!

what a beautiful day...
already some activity...

Good morning Diana, Marty, Tom, Stan and others that will check in....

I'm melting.....

Gooooooood morning Bonaire Talkers!

I will be here soon.......
Really nice this morning in North Texas. About 71 degrees farenheit.....margarite

Good morning all and its 74 F here in Atlanta this am.

Have some Starbucks coffee. It is the House Blend this am.

Good Morning All,

Well, I survived my move and I am so sore!!
Stan, how was your move? I think you were moving also.

John, thanks for the coffee. When is it that you will be going to Bonaire?

Kathy, thanks for sharing your pics from your trip - very nice. You and your husband make a nice couple.

Have to go back to work since I was not here on Friday. Have a wonderful day, remember to smile and a big hello to those checking later.

Good morning all! Looks like another wonderful day in paradise. Time to take some gear back to Tom, so coffee will have to be snatched up on the way. 62 more days to go, Tom! Can I start packing now?

Hi everyone. 78 degrees here at the moment, and rising. We had a huge downpour earlier, but all it has done is make it more humid. Annie B.

hey what are these?


Thanks all for your kind words of welcome last week.

good morning all. thanks Elvira, the move went well. Because it is so hot we are doing part II next weekend. Then, it should be ready. Some time off at last.....

Hi Everyone!!!

Elvira - glad to know the move went okay!!!

Janet -that appears to be the back of some blue tangs!!! We love new BTers - hope you will continue to join in the craziness!!LOL!!!

Stan - hope you finish your move!!!
Fish Flurry!!!

Well Mary, I am hooked!

For a person who has never (and may never opened her eyes under water, I am glued to the cams.

Hello everybody.....just a QUICK note to say "Hi" and let you know I am back to work.....and camming!!!!!! I will be lurking for a while until I can get caught up here But I will be reading and watching as much as possible!!!! I missed you guys!!!!!!!!!

LaDonna

Good Morning / Afternoon Everyone!!

Looks like no current right now, judging by the boats....



I was lurking yesterday - and will likely be lurking again today.....

Kathy - great photos Thanks for sharing!!

Catch up to everyone a little later

Bill

Hello everyone,

this is a quite warm day here, 30°C.
I don't want to know the temperature in my office... But, I still like it.

A message.
Who's that?

Someone is saying hi to us - can't remember who this could be - does not look like Daniel!!!

Now they are gone. Maybe, we see them in front of the cam?

Ilona - GMTA!!! I was going to post that second pic too with the same caption!!!LOL!!!

Good morning everyone...I'm back but my luggage is not...it never left Bonaire, I was told in Puerto Rico that it wasn't loaded because they decided there was already too much on board... American Airlines can't get anyone at the airport to answer the phone or respond to e-mails...it was supposedly scheduled to be sent yesterday but is now no where to be found...MAJOR BUMMER...all my new dive stuff is in the bag plus all my clothing...
if I was here, I would still have my stuff

sign

and off they are...

image{d}

and off they are...

divers gone, fishe are back..and lots..

Good Morning! Doing a bit of lurking myself today! Joel is on holidays. We are going to go away for a few days starting tomorrow afternoon, baby in tow.

Great pics! I am going out for lunch today with the ladies, all babies are home with the husbands (seems like all the men have taken holidays).

Elvira did you get my snail mail???

hahha!

somebody is fooling us!

Thought that would be a double....still no answer when I call the Bonaire airport either.....anyone have any ideas?

(Message edited by babsoleary on August 9, 2004)

there are still there

barbara: same image
good luck with your luggage!

signing off for today. too hot!!!

...can it be Daniel?

barbara: which resort did you stay? Perhaps call them and let them fix it? (don't know if they are willing, but it it worth a try!)

divers....

torsten: don't think so: look at his profile image:



mmmm, not a change

Looks like they have quite a bit of current today too..that was tough staying in front of the camera for a pic!

hmmm Stan....you may be right. The yellow face of the puppet looks different

Donkey ears

I have an ID!! The man on the right in the 10:44 is Bob Neer... aka SpongeBob! I didn't know he was there now.... he lives near me (Bob Neer, get it? lol) and we have gotten to dive together locally. He is a funny funny man!

Hi BOB !!!

rneer, was that you by the bar?

I think their sign says Hello from the Ohio Boys !

My kids will get a kick out of the scuba divers... I saved some of the pictures on a disc to take home to them to check out after school. We were all glued to the cam all weekend, I just discovered it!

Tom, now that you mention it I think Bob was the guy on the right in the "bar scene" LOL

Oh, and welcome to the boards Rhonda...another potential BT addict! Beware!

Hi Barbara. Nice to see that you arrived home safe and sound. It was good watching you on the cams, and it was good to see that you had a great time while on Bon. I am so sorry about your lost luggage, and I hope it will turn up soon. I can only suggest that you keep trying the phone. Annie B.

Thanks for the welcome, I am already addicted, this site is in my faves home and at work! there is also webcams for Hawaii... I'm addicted to them equally!!
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/cameras/index.htm

They are great.

Well, Rhonda, the only problem with the Honolulu ones is that they don't save the images....nice to remember our last trip by though...

Welcome to the addiction Rhonda. Annie B.

Daniel I think.

Hey, the Brazileiros are waving their flag, anyone catch that shot?

Oops, there they go....

Melissa

I know, I like to people watch. Maybe one night if I can manage to stay up late enough I can watch the sunset in Hawaii. I always miss it here, by the time I get home from work, cook dinner, clean kitchen, clean kids (all 4), get ready for the next day it's already been dark for 2 hours!!! As you could guess that with 4 kids, I don't travel much. We did theme parks all summer, it's great living near all of Floridas attractions!! Atleast my kids will have something to tell all their old friends and new alike!

I think it's Daniel! Hope he remembers to clean the cam with all that excitement going on. lol

Rhonda, welcome to Bonaire Talk! ;)

Welcome Rhonda
I will be a neighbor in a month. Moving from New York to Spruce Creek in Summefield. Hopefully, then in May/05 to Bonaire for 10 days.

Best of luck on this site

Marty

Hey all
Looks like Daniel kept his word and cleaned the webcam. GREAT WORK DANIEL!!!

Marty

Barbara, I will help you with your bags if I can. I am an airline employee(not AA)and may be able to, at least, get the ball rolling. Send me a personal message with as much info as you feel comfortable with and I will try my best. I am off work til Wednesday night so the sooner, the better. Know that I will/would never share your info with anyone other than the airline/s involved. The choice is entirely yours. I'll understand if you decline.

Smack
P.S. Been down that road last Feb.

Actually, I think Bob and his fellow Ohioan cleaned the cam......

Good Afternoon / Evening All

Rhonda.... Welcome to the Asylum!!!

Looks like a quiet day on the beach......



..... but judging by all of your posts, it has been hectic underwater!!

I'm off again ..... too many chores, too little time.
Later

Bill

Barbara!!! WELCOME BACK!!!! Sorry to hear that about your luggage!!! So is Alison totally hooked on diving now!?!?!?

WELCOME RHONDA!!! We love new BTers!!!

Kelly - I think you are correct about Spongebob - too bad you did not know he was going to be on Bon - you would have hid in his suitacase!!!LOL!!!

Hi Daniel - I hope that you find my bathing cap!!!

Thanks so much John for offering to help...an e-mail is on it's way to you...

Got it, Barbara. If you can send me your departure date, flight itinerary with final destination, and maybe if you feel comfortable a contact# that will help. I have begun the search. I'll call you if I find anything and keep trying til it is resolved

Okay John will do, wasn't sure what else you needed...

It's a small world... I work for a company that subs work from Spruce Creek in Summerfield!!

Hey I forgot to ask if anyone has seen seaturtles, or sharks or dolphins swim by... let me know please.

Rhonda, you might want to post that under another topic, maybe under Diving, since the WebCams thread is generally used for only posting webcam images and the resulting conversation concerning those posts... just letting you know since you're a newbie!

[We're all guilty of it...]

Divers coming out now

Divers!!! Don't know what they are up to!!!

some strange mating ritual underwater dance perhaps??

Just showing off their buoyancy (SP??????) skills???

WEll
Great job to Daniel OR Ohio Boys

Good news...at least better than earlier...I was just called by AA who claims my luggage is in SF and on it's way here...got a call from John "Smack" too...maybe his calls from another airline made AA think they'd better buck up! Anyway, I will believe it when I see them...thanks everyone for your positive thoughts and especially to John for his call! BT'ers ROCK!
I think I recognize these two! LOL

On the divers above, I have a feeling they were playing like Larry and I did. : ) Both of us stayed upside down for what seemed like forever, but the camera only caught us swirling out of the positions, so it just looks like, "what they heck?!"
lol

BTW the whole time we were there there were tarpon, a snook, the spotted eagle ray, and some huge (I mean really huge) yellowtailed something or other hanging around the wreck. Suprised they haven't been caught more often. Also, Picasso seems to lie on top of the cam alot. Even got a pic of him just lying there. : )

Barbara! Glad you're getting your luggage back! I had just read today's thread and thought that had to be awful! Hey, maybe they'll give you some kind of apology, as in free airfare. ; )

my gosh lotsa fish!


(Message edited by janetv3 on August 9, 2004)

trying again

Good Evening! Had Buffett for lunch, it was a great time. Barbara, sorry to hear about your luggage. Welcome Rhonda! Awesome diver pics today!

Eileen would that be a "Cheeseburger in Paradise" for lunch?? LOL glad you had a nice lunch... Barb by this time I hope you have your stuff!!! I hate it when your luggage makes a world tour without you... Welcome Rhonda {must be a song there somewhere..} perhaps you can Help Me Rhonda in CC...heheheheee..sorry I had to do it...
Sponge Bob you made it...have a wonderful vacation...
Kathy nice to see you again..
have a wonderful evening all...

Hey Jake!!! what is the best thing to clean the cams with?? a wash cloth?? a scraper of sorts {ie credit card??}

With a finger, finger nail, or very soft cloth. Anything else will scratch the filter, as I've learned.
Wish I could go and do it, but I'm still in L.A. all this week (in a conference room at the L.A. convention center right now attending a session on Bayesian Learning - wireless Internet is great when it works ;-) ).

Jake

thanks Jake!! good luck with the course..

A couple of Daniel lightened up

Hey Jake...when I was cleaning the cam I noticed the filter was tied on with zip ties and that the lens was exposed to water around it. I started to go back and cut the zip ties off, remove the filter and clean the lens (with finger) and zip tie the filter back on. Then I got lazy (selfish) and went to Klein instead.

Sorry, Kelly. I'll do my best to keep on the subject. Good night all! Sleep well.

Smack

Barbara, Do not talk John "Smack" up too much. His head swells, making him unbearable to be around:-{)}

Welcome home!

Smack, If you are so good, why did it take us three days to get our luggage last Feb? There, that will reduce the swelling;-{)}

Kelly, Just realized you were posting that it was Bob at about the same moment I was. Could it be that IMTA?

HAHA Tom...Hey to you and I can't wait to see you both on the cams..... P.S. Bongos makes a good lemonade too...

LOL Freddie! We had Chinese Food .

Bubba, I'm not that good. Just sympathetic to others problems. If I had a phone that wasn't $20/min in Bon, I'd have been all over it, like hair on a gorilla. 61 days to go.:D

Man, I missed ALL the excitment today!!! waaa!!! Spongebob...HI!!!! I got to meet him when I was in Ahia visiting Cactus Flower! And nice to see that Daniel made it and is diving!!!

Wally,

Yes - you were supposed to clean between the magenta filter and camera body :-)

I forgot to show Kelly where my handy dandy ReefCam cleaning kit (with replacement tie wraps) is located at the new house, so she wasn't able to tell you... :-(

Jake

As I said earlier, GREAT JOB DANIEL