On 7/8/2015 4:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 7/8/2015 12:16 PM, Acme Bully Control wrote:
>> 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...
>>
>>
>
> The big island is pretty cool - literally and figuratively. It's got
> rain and fire coming out the the earth and it's like living in old
> Hawaii. It's only a short plane ride from here.

So if you had your choice, would you visit there or Molokai?