FULL MOON OVER MAU'I

YUCKY FULL MOON

Usually the rising and setting of a full moon is breathe taking.

Not tonight!

Cloud cover obscured everything.

This is as good as it got.

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SURVEY

Everytime a passenger gets in my cab I always ask "where ya'll from?" It's a great "ice breaker".

Here are the results of tonight:

1 - New York, New York, USA

2 - USMC on leave from Iraq

3 - Palm Springs, California, USA

4 - London, United Kingdom

5 - Island of Moloka'i, Mau'i County, Hawai'i, USA

6 - Kama'aina

7 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA

8 - Wales, United Kingdom (He did tell me the city name but it must have been 30 letters long. Welsh must be as hard to understand as Hawai'ian)

9 - Kama'aina

10 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

11 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

12 - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
and Edmondton, Alberta, Canada
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NOT A PLEASANT SIGHT

Gas has gone up over the weekend

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CANCELLED FLIGHT

Air Canada cancelled their "redeye" last night (which kinda skewed the survey). All the night shift drivers but one had logged off. The last remaining driver was headed for the barn when I started getting calls from The Grand. Both PBX operators called at the same time. I needed to pick up three sets of guests from the airport and return them to The Grand. I advised the other driver that I needed his assistance and we both "high-tailed it" to OGG. We had a 2-pax, a 3-pax and a 4-pax waiting for us.

Then the phone really started ringing as the other 280 passengers also wanted a cab. Geez!

I called La Bella, the 24/7 cab company in central Mau'i, and advised them of what had happened and they sent their 2 night cabs to the airport. They also started calling in dayshift drivers early.

Eventually everyone was accommodated. And a mediocre night was rescued.
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WAITING

What you can't see is that her gentleman companion is "passed out" on the grass perimeter of the Foodland parking in front of "one-nine". Spread-eagled and supine. She is patiently waiting for a friend to pick them up, literally true for "sleepyhead".


That's Royal Cab #18 in the background.
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BTW

Kama'aina (kah-mah-eye-nah) is the term to describe residents of Hawai'i who are not of Hawai'ian blood.

If you live in Texas you can call yourself "Texan".
If you live in California you can call yourself "Californian".
But only native Hawai'ians can call themselves "Hawai'ian" in Hawai'i.
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Later.....

Wil
=8^))
"Let's all be careful out there!"