On 7/8/2015 4:12 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 7/8/2015 11:19 AM, Acme Bully Control wrote:
>> On 7/8/2015 3:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 7/8/2015 10:01 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:22:18 -1000, dsi1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> Don't feel bad, Hawaii's economy is still heavily agri based, can't
>>>> drive into California without passing through the Agri inspection
>>>> stations.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Our main source of money is from tourism. Instead of planting cane and
>>> pineapple we plant planned communities. The master plan is to move
>>> people out of Honolulu and into all those plantation areas.
>>
>>
>> Oooh...sound sort of like bucolic social engineering.
>>
>> Is it working?
>
> The Ewa plain of Oahu is a hot, dry, place. OTOH, with photovoltaic
> cells and battery storage, you'll always be able to make your own
> electricity. It has not succeeded in reducing traffic congestion in
> Honolulu but my guess is that in twenty years, it's gonna be a happening
> place!


Lol, hope so!

The reverse of what China's trying.

Of course you could sen them all to the big island...