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Halcyon Bush

Simon — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:37:03 +0000

Halcyon Bush is the very good Post Mistress on Utila in Honduras.

She has a great name, a wonderfully happy demeanor and is an excellent representative of the endangered Post Office.

In March I and a few of the codger divers bought all of her postcard stamps and enjoyed getting to know her and her friend the judge.

You can see the group photo here

Utila Photos 2

Simon — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:43:15 +0000

I borrowed underwater photographs from other people and put together this group of representative pictures. Click here to see 49 photos on Flickr

Simon at the cleaning station

Photo by Ray P.

The fish were varied but not abundant. There were eels and lobsters and octopi. And one of my contributing photographers took a close up of a Garden Eel.

Garden Eel

Utila Photos 1

Simon — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:15:14 +0000

I have posted a group of photos of the land part of the Codger dive trip to Utila on Flickr. Click Here to See the Album.

The closest we got to a whale shark.

The Deep Blue Resort exceeded expectations. The town of Utila was past the end of the road, rustic and exotic.

The Codger Ten.

The Codgers were, as usual, exceptionally simpatico travel companions. Lets go to Fiji next year. See 47 Photos

Democrats and Republicans

Simon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:04:18 +0000

I spent a bit of time at airports getting home from Utila. On one leg of the flight my friend Henry L. talked himself into “Executivo Classe” and another person in our traveling group worried that they would be bumped out if Henry were given a seat. Henry, a life long Democrat, commented that this showed:

“The difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats think that first class is infinitely expandable and Republicans know better.”

Hat Stiffener

Simon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:17:28 +0000

A nice stiff baseball cap is every mans dream. On our trip to the Philippines last year we inadvertently came across the formula for a hat stiffening spray. We then created a name and marketing campaign for the product. It is called

Aussie Rules Hat Stiffener

The tag line is:

“Stiffer is Better”

And the spokesperson is:

A very hot Australian Womens Surfing Champion

If you want to try marketing this idea contact me and I’ll license the secret formula to you.

Utila In Situ

Simon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:21 +0000

A sunset across the lagoon.

The Deep Blue Resort from the dive boat.

Really a nice place to dive and stay

The Big Bamboo

Simon — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:34:12 +0000

In 2004 eight Codger Divers went to Grand Cayman. After a hard day of diving we would go to the Big Bamboo Brew Pub, watch the cruise ships sail out of the harbor and drink a few beers. Then we would make Andy drive us home in the Maruti. Weston Robba, the son of Codger Harte Robba, was recently in the Caymans and has reported that the Big Bamboo is no more. Fortunately I saved one of the collectible plastic beer mugs:

It is now a very valuable artifact of the time before the hurricane. I will donate the cup to the Codger Divers Museum for a valuable tax deduction the next time I have any taxable earnings. I went back and found some of my old photos and built a memorial album on Flickr. It was easier than I thought. See Big Bamboo Pictures Here

2004 teaser photo

Bill and Michael

Simon — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:11:08 +0000

Hurricane Bill struck the coast of Florida last weekend so Codger Diver Michael F. went out paddle boarding. Why ask why. Magi Foster-Grube took this great picture of him styling on an 8′ swell.

Nice photo Magi

Jerry Found

Simon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:21:16 +0000

I feel like Columbo. “One more Philippine post….” I’d lost Jerry, our dive-master’s, email address and had to track him down using my CIA techniques. Don’t worry no water-boarding was used in the making of this post. btw Why is it that some people think that water-boarding is wrong but snowboarding is okay?

Jerry is in my estimation the worlds best dive-master and a very good guy. I am using this picture of him as my computer wallpaper. This is a perfect illustration of his style. He is in the background directing an amazing production.

And as one final addition to the Philippines dive trip a small album of the land photos he took.

Including this rare Simon and Howard drinking photo:

Plants that Swim

Simon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:27:08 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I posted a bunch of photos of Crinoids.

I know you didn’t believe that they were in fact animals and could swim. So watch this video and see the proof. If you want to save a bit of time go to the two and a half minute mark on the video.

The video was taken by Rainer Otto one of the good people we got to know during the Codger Divers trip to the Philippines. See more of Rainer’s photos and videos here.