On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:49:50 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 7/7/2015 8:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/7/2015 4:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 7/7/2015 8:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 3:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dsi1, please ttop talking about the "mainland" as if Hawaii is not
>>>>>> part
>>>>>> of the USA. It is. Maybe you should venture out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've always heard of the continental 48 states referred to as
>>>>> "mainland". The culture is much different that what we have. How
>>>>> would you differentiate? We talk about southern states, left coast,
>>>>> northern, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Agree. Alaska has many differences as well. I had a friend from Hawaii
>>>> and she had to learn to adjust to the foods that we had here.
>>>
>>> What you probably don't know is that eBay won't sell a lot of stuff to
>>> Hawaii or Alaska. I have no idea why. We get treated like we're
>>> Nigerians!
>>
>> I wonder why!
>
>It's the latest craze - let's screw Hawaii and Alaska. It's like
>everybody is jumping on the bandwagon on this one. I've even had sellers
>in China refusing sales to us poor islanders. That's the breaks.

Living in Hawaii I'd think you'd know... they can't afford any six
legged hitch hikers, and Alaska's wild life has to be protected from
diseases... many vermin arrive in foods and packaging materials.