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[oldmxrat]

Good morning crew!

 

[Evan in CA]

I lost one of my best friends yesterday. My Bahamian friend and treasurehunting partner passed away from complications due to heart surgery. We had just done our first dives hunting shipwrecks together in June of this year. We finally had our permits and lease boxes from the Bahamian government. We found 3 separate shipwrecks this summer, and were gearing up for excavation. Then there was the heart surgery....it happened fast, and it became the primary focus. We raised money for the surgery any and every way we could, and it was a challenge to raise all the funds. Finally the day came after many tests and doctors consultations. After a six hour procedure he was recovering in ICU when the lord took him. I've been devastated 💔 since yesterday morning.....I went in the ocean and cried through my snorkel all day !! A wonderful stranger let me cry on her shoulder while we sat in the shallow water !! We had such a shared love for underwater salvage !! We had so many big plans. We were so excited for the future, and now he's just gone....as quick as a lighting flash its over. I haven't slept, and im just emotionally exhausted 😪. This has really been a rough month for me. All I can say is cherish every breath, love your family and friends, and celebrate life everyday. I will never forget our time together !! I've lost a true friend and a very special person who touched everyone he came in contact with. God please bless my friend and brother Ricky Darville 🙏 hopefully there are dobloons under every cloud he flips over !! Im just in shock right now !!

My condolences Bart

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone and happy Friday

 

[releventchair]

Good morning everyone and happy Friday

Mornin Evan!

 

[pepperj]

I looked in a photo file, and at today's silver scrap price.
It's so close again in the price of gold and silver, that the scrap price is equaling the antique pricing.
I imagine that folks that have the safe deposit boxes, cupboards and China cabinet drawers will soon empty them to accommodate the $$$ in hand.
Here's a simple example of what I am referring to.
Retail price 1993

This morning. 925 scrap price.

So with a little more bump it's the same.
Silver was $3.65 US in November 1992.

 

[Red_desert]

My condolences Bart

yes

 

[Red_desert]

Had never tried using AI for creating images before. With October coming up created the spooky AI theme.

 

[ARC]

I lost one of my best friends yesterday. My Bahamian friend and treasurehunting partner passed away from complications due to heart surgery. We had just done our first dives hunting shipwrecks together in June of this year. We finally had our permits and lease boxes from the Bahamian government. We found 3 separate shipwrecks this summer, and were gearing up for excavation. Then there was the heart surgery....it happened fast, and it became the primary focus. We raised money for the surgery any and every way we could, and it was a challenge to raise all the funds. Finally the day came after many tests and doctors consultations. After a six hour procedure he was recovering in ICU when the lord took him. I've been devastated 💔 since yesterday morning.....I went in the ocean and cried through my snorkel all day !! A wonderful stranger let me cry on her shoulder while we sat in the shallow water !! We had such a shared love for underwater salvage !! We had so many big plans. We were so excited for the future, and now he's just gone....as quick as a lighting flash its over. I haven't slept, and im just emotionally exhausted 😪. This has really been a rough month for me. All I can say is cherish every breath, love your family and friends, and celebrate life everyday. I will never forget our time together !! I've lost a true friend and a very special person who touched everyone he came in contact with. God please bless my friend and brother Ricky Darville 🙏 hopefully there are dobloons under every cloud he flips over !! Im just in shock right now !!

Who Bart ? ? ? Sads ? ? ?

 

[Red_desert]

Had never tried using AI for creating images before. With October coming up created the spooky AI theme.


View attachment 2226559

Started by creating a poem

Not a String of Keywords
Yes—
details to create,
not to catalog,
not to feed the algorithm
like breadcrumbs to a blind machine.
This is not a search.
This is a breath.
A pause between the noise
where something real begins.
Not a string of keywords,
but a thread of longing—
stitched through memory,
through bruised mornings
and coffee-stained truths.
You don’t write to be found.
You write to remember.
To carve the ache into syllables
that don’t sell,
but stay.
Let the world scroll past.
Let it index your silence wrong.
You are not metadata.
You are meaning.

 

[Red_desert]

Who Bart ? ? ? Sads ? ? ?

We will try to help you get past this tragedy

 

[Bamasteve]

Condolences Bart, hate to hear that.

 

[CreekSide]

I lost one of my best friends yesterday. My Bahamian friend and treasurehunting partner passed away from complications due to heart surgery. We had just done our first dives hunting shipwrecks together in June of this year. We finally had our permits and lease boxes from the Bahamian government. We found 3 separate shipwrecks this summer, and were gearing up for excavation. Then there was the heart surgery....it happened fast, and it became the primary focus. We raised money for the surgery any and every way we could, and it was a challenge to raise all the funds. Finally the day came after many tests and doctors consultations. After a six hour procedure he was recovering in ICU when the lord took him. I've been devastated 💔 since yesterday morning.....I went in the ocean and cried through my snorkel all day !! A wonderful stranger let me cry on her shoulder while we sat in the shallow water !! We had such a shared love for underwater salvage !! We had so many big plans. We were so excited for the future, and now he's just gone....as quick as a lighting flash its over. I haven't slept, and im just emotionally exhausted 😪. This has really been a rough month for me. All I can say is cherish every breath, love your family and friends, and celebrate life everyday. I will never forget our time together !! I've lost a true friend and a very special person who touched everyone he came in contact with. God please bless my friend and brother Ricky Darville 🙏 hopefully there are dobloons under every cloud he flips over !! Im just in shock right now !!

Sorry for your loss
You just never know when it comes to heart surgery. My wife had 4 blockages and her heart actually created another valve. I was told she probably wouldn’t make it. She had emergency surgery and is still with me today. It’s been 2 years since she almost died.

 

[pepperj]

Who Bart ? ? ? Sads ? ? ?

You missed the content.

 

[pepperj]

Started by creating a poem

Not a String of Keywords
Yes—
details to create,
not to catalog,
not to feed the algorithm
like breadcrumbs to a blind machine.
This is not a search.
This is a breath.
A pause between the noise
where something real begins.
Not a string of keywords,
but a thread of longing—
stitched through memory,
through bruised mornings
and coffee-stained truths.
You don’t write to be found.
You write to remember.
To carve the ache into syllables
that don’t sell,
but stay.
Let the world scroll past.
Let it index your silence wrong.
You are not metadata.
You are meaning.

Friday is poetry day?

 

[Blak bart]

Very sorry about the loss of your good friend Bart. 🙏

Thank you sir !!💔

 

[Blak bart]

My condolences Bart

Thank you Evan

 

[Blak bart]

Who Bart ? ? ? Sads ? ? ?

No our mutal friend...Ricky Darville.

 

[Blak bart]

Condolences Bart, hate to hear that.

Thank you Steve....its been a tough month.

 

[Surf_Pirate]

I lost one of my best friends yesterday. My Bahamian friend and treasurehunting partner passed away from complications due to heart surgery. We had just done our first dives hunting shipwrecks together in June of this year. We finally had our permits and lease boxes from the Bahamian government. We found 3 separate shipwrecks this summer, and were gearing up for excavation. Then there was the heart surgery....it happened fast, and it became the primary focus. We raised money for the surgery any and every way we could, and it was a challenge to raise all the funds. Finally the day came after many tests and doctors consultations. After a six hour procedure he was recovering in ICU when the lord took him. I've been devastated 💔 since yesterday morning.....I went in the ocean and cried through my snorkel all day !! A wonderful stranger let me cry on her shoulder while we sat in the shallow water !! We had such a shared love for underwater salvage !! We had so many big plans. We were so excited for the future, and now he's just gone....as quick as a lighting flash its over. I haven't slept, and im just emotionally exhausted 😪. This has really been a rough month for me. All I can say is cherish every breath, love your family and friends, and celebrate life everyday. I will never forget our time together !! I've lost a true friend and a very special person who touched everyone he came in contact with. God please bless my friend and brother Ricky Darville 🙏 hopefully there are dobloons under every cloud he flips over !! Im just in shock right now !!

sorry to hear Bart.... Condolences brother

 

[Blak bart]

sorry to hear Bart.... Condolences brother

Thank you sir...im trying to move on...its tough !!