On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:21:58 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 7/8/2015 10:09 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>They're not pro-actively thinking about protecting our native species by
>creating restrictions on shipping where there is none. What company does
>such a thing? Mostly they're dumb and just following what other sellers
>are doing without rhyme or reason.

Who's dumb is you... extremely.