The "square slab" in the tidal pool

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Danno · #101 Post by **Danno** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:40 am

J.J. Walters wrote:Is it?

All I know is, this is sending me crazy.

Sam · #102 Post by **Sam** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:21 pm

Hi ConchRepublican,

Okay..got it

As an aside..to you,erock and any other Tiki Bar owners,have you seen this

page? A lot of good stuff,I'm considering buying a couple of the palms next

year.

http://www.amazuluinc.com/index.htm

erock308 · #103 Post by **erock308** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:19 am

Sam wrote:Hi ConchRepublican,

Okay..got it

As an aside..to you,erock and any other Tiki Bar owners,have you seen this

page? A lot of good stuff,I'm considering buying a couple of the palms next

year.

http://www.amazuluinc.com/index.htm

Good find, I got most of my stuff locally and from eBay, post pics when ya got it built

Higgins (aka Bondtoys) · Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:15 am

Guys, I am currently on the Island and have been spending the entire day in the tidal pool.

Weather was not brilliant, so, won't post pics yet, hopefully in the next 2 days, it will be better.

I have been asking one of the Park keepers from the picnic park 3 houses far down about the concrete slab.

He told me, that around WWII, they used that for keeping live lobsters when they had huge events going on at the estate.

He also told me, that the base is wider and had steel poles to function like a kind of prison for the lobsters.

I have been diving down, the water was only 0,8 meters deep and the concrete slab is deeper in the sand than I could dig.

But the man (who also knows Eve A.) sounded credible, he knows a lot about the history of this particular place and does everything without getting a single buck.

Have also been to Agatha's home, a very nice neighborhood!

Special thanks go to Sam, who helped me a lot for planning all this I may write a report a bit later

#105 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:24 am

Thanks Bond! A concrete lobster container, never would have guessed that!

Danno · #106 Post by **Danno** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:13 am

Wow. Thanks for the detective work, Bond.

They must have been some serious lobsters to need their own concrete prison.

Higgins (aka Bondtoys) · Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:37 pm

...maybe they wanted to keep the turtles off from the lobsters?

That local guy told me, that this kind of lobster cage can be seen on more places over the island.

And I have seen a sea turtle there yesterday.

Today: Last day in the Tidal pool, hope to come across with Mrs. A

Weather is still windy!

Danno · #108 Post by **Danno** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:08 am

...maybe they wanted to keep the turtles off from the lobsters?

Like Ninja Turtles?

I love the Honu. If you're snorkeling, some of them can come right up to you. Unforgettable.

Hope you savour your last day and that you get great weather!

Diandra · #109 Post by **Diandra** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:35 pm

Further to the mystery of the concrete slab at Robins Nest, I found an article on Magnum Mania (can't find it now) some time ago, stating that it had been a water distribution box. Maybe someone else can find this article, but it was somewhere on Magnum Mania.

Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:02 pm

File this mystery in with "Lady X" and "Higgins=Robin": INCONCLUSIVE.

Sam · #111 Post by **Sam** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:20 pm

Diandra wrote:Further to the mystery of the concrete slab at Robins Nest, I found an article on Magnum Mania (can't find it now) some time ago, stating that it had been a water distribution box. Maybe someone else can find this article, but it was somewhere on Magnum Mania.

Hi Diandra..welcome to the forum.

It's what I believe and I think the general consensus.
I don't know where it collects but the water coming off the mountain behind the estate is channeled to the ocean somewhere..I think

Diandra · #112 Post by **Diandra** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:28 pm

Thanks for your reply. My husband and I visited the tidal pool in March 2012, and I'm thinking that
the concrete slab didn't look like a cage for lobsters. Just saying.

Sam · #113 Post by **Sam** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:42 pm

Without explanation,the lobster cage didn't make sense.Not sure how you'd get them out.The other usage..gun emplacement,I would think the location is too exposed.

I knew that the Kapahulu Groin or Hump was a drain..what I didn't know was it was built by James W. Glover Ltd...

http://www.hawaiiforvisitors.com/oahu/a ... -groin.htm

Diandra · #114 Post by **Diandra** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:50 am

Sam wrote:Without explanation,the lobster cage didn't make sense.Not sure how you'd get them out.The other usage..gun emplacement,I would think the location is too exposed.

I knew that the Kapahulu Groin or Hump was a drain..what I didn't know was it was built by James W. Glover Ltd...

http://www.hawaiiforvisitors.com/oahu/a ... -groin.htm

That's interesting. We just saw an episode of Hawaii 5-0 where McGarrett and Grover had a scene
while they were sitting on a bench at the Kapahulu Groin. I wish the show would go on location at Robin's
Nest for an episode. That would be incredible for all us Magnum PI fans.

308GUY · #115 Post by **308GUY** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:45 am

Hi Diandra, welcome aboard!

Don't know a thing about the slab other than what I've read here, but the drain theory makes the most sense to me, but I'd like to see a "schematic" or design plan outlining the entire thing in order to understand exactly what all drains into it and from where.

You are another forum member I'm envious of, seeing how you've been there too!

Got any pictures from your trip you care to share?

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