BRRRRR! FOR MAU'I

ITS COLD

Been getting into the upper 50's and low 60's. Okay, stop laughing. Remember there are no heaters in our houses and no insulation of any kind in the structures. The brisk winds we've been having finally calmed down and very few people own a coat, jacket, sweater or even a long sleeved shirt. I could normally raise the cab's temp but that only works when you actually have engine running. Its was so slow last night, that it was chilly just sitting and waiting for the phone to ring. I had dispatch duty last night and more cabs than we needed. The two lingering day drivers were gone by 9:00 PM. One night driver bailed at 11:30 PM and another at 12:30 AM. By 1:45 AM it was just me. The phone actually rang once during the dog-watch and added an additional $6.20 to a very paltry meter.

Had a concierge from one of the resorts in the cab and he said that his resort was booked solid but the guests weren't interested in leaving the property. Their "group" was providing all the meals and "things-to-do" right there. Heard that our day-shift is busy but these folks aren't venturing out after sunset. Do you think I can be adopted by a family from Somalia? Maybe a North Korean family will send me a CARE package? I do know that since the first of December, I have won the UK Lottery over 500 times and I've lost count of the riches that would come my way if I assisted the various people in Nigeria transfer monies out of their country.

Life is on the lean side.

6 fares / 92 miles / 1st quarter $100 bracket

It is so nice to have my internet connection back up. I'll admit it, I AM an addict.

Here are the remainder of the pics of Haleakala from Maui Action Photos: Mahalo, Van.









Get past lunch, today, and its all downhill to the weekend.

Mahalo

Aloha

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Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

AYE, CAP'N

THAR BE INTERNET HERE

Just woke up, crossed my finger and powered up the ol' HP

EUREKA!!

I'll be back tomorrow morning after work.

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My friend Van (Maui Action Photos) made a trip to the top of the mountain a couple of months ago and I was cleaning up his image file in the PC while I was "off-line" and came across these, and some more tomorrow, that I had overlooked.








I want to thank everyone for the patience.

Mahalo

Aloha

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

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Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

Cable coming on Tuesday. Will be off-line til then. Sent via cell phone. Wil

Still no internet. May be bad modem. Landlord working on getting it fixed. Sent via cell. Wil

Internet down, again. Will post when back up. Sent via cell. Wil.

TURNS OUT THAT...

FRIDAY WAS ANOTHER BAD SHIFT

So, I didn't miss out on anything. Luckily, Saturday was a decent night.

Logged on and was assigned first up in Kihei and within 10 minutes I had my first job of the night. Followed by one that took me into Wailea and then another which took me back into Kihei. In fact, I had 6 runs logged before 9:00 PM. Not half shabby. Waited around through most of the 9 o'clock hour before the 7th, which took me from Urgent Care, in Kihei, to MMMC (hospital) across the island. Returned them to their Kihei hotel about 2 ½ hours later. A couple of male flight attendents from San Francisco. We told jokes both directions. I expressed the opinion that I enjoyed "clean" jokes on the outbound leg and that was the ground rule we used on the return leg. No dirty jokes permitted. Lets face it, dirty jokes are easy but a clean joke takes some thinking.

13 fares / 130 miles / 4th quarter $100 bracket

Last night I looked like George Burns at 95 when I was moving around. Every muscle and joint begging me to cash in my chips and go back to bed. I plan to sleep almost the entire weekend away and drag my ass back to work on Tuesday night. Only one item on my agenda for the next 2 days, doing some laundry.

Yawn, I should have tomorrow's post up shortly after midnight, in my time zone (UTC-10). I have some rants & raves enlightened opinions to express about this REAL ID that DHS is demanding the States enact.

Enjoy your weekend.

Mahalo

Aloha

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Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

MIND OVER MATTER...

AND MATTER WON

When I awoke at 1:30 PM, I was iffy about going in. It was Friday and would probably be the best night of the week. Had a bite, fell back to sleep on the sofa and awoke at 6:00 PM. That was it. Every muscle protested and there was obviously NOT going to be a night of "fun 'n' games". Called off and went back to bed. Thats one problem we in the service industry are subject to. Even though I live in one of the healthiest places on the face of the Earth, being couped up in a cab with people from all over the world, with their cold and flu germs, makes me susceptible to every bug going around. Each year my endurance/resistance level seems to be less than the year before. The benefits of age.

We have had something going around, a few other drivers have taken off recently, also.

Another good nights sleep and I'll be back in the trenches tonight.

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JACK SPARROW, NOT!




For more details on the above video, just stop by here. The "backstory" is interesting.

Thanks to Cerbeus At The Gate

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And people think cops don't have a sense of humor.

I love sarcasm. Especially "cop" sarcasm:

16. 'You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through.'

15. 'Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while.'

14. 'If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document.'

13. 'If you run, you'll only go to jail tired.'

12. 'Can you run faster than 1350 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you.'

11. 'You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?'

10. 'Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?'

9. 'Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket.'

8. 'The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?'

7. 'Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop.'

6. 'Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven.'

5. 'In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC.'

4. 'And just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?'

3. 'No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can.'

2. 'I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail.'

AND THE WINNER IS....

1. 'You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here.

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Y'all have a wonderful weekend. I'll be back tomorrow, the internet gods willing.

Mahalo

Aloha

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

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Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"