IT SNOWED YESTERDAY

ATOP MAUNA KEA

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$46.80

That is what the three runs I had all night metered out to.

• 7:05 pm - logged on-duty
• 8:10 pm - Prince to The Grand
• 2:45 am - "Triangle" to far north Kihei
• 4:15 am - north-central Kihei to Maui Meadows
• 4:30 am - parked ONE-NINE and went home. Already had 2 day cabs on-duty

It looks as if we had a fatal traffic incident last night. Tina saw a demolished motorcycle on the shoulder of the road, just south of Kaonoulu/Pi'ilani. MPD blocked all southbound Pi'ilani traffic for about 5 hours. The road is typically only closed that long if the accident is fatal. They have to get a Medical Examiner on-scene, from Honolulu, before the body can be removed.

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Didn't miss a damn thing by not going out on Sunday night. None of the night drivers metered $100 and Monday night was even slower. Obviously, Tuesday was just as bad.

I was really pissed when I got into ONE-NINE last night. The gas tank was only 1/8 full. Since the company pays for the gas I wasn't losing money but its just the irritant of the situation.

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Interesting new fact I caught on the news. BBC-TV, BBC-24 and CNN all have video of their reporters standing in front of Tower #7 at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Each service's reporter was reading from a gov't press release stating that Tower #7 had just collapsed. As I said, they were standing with a non-collaosed Tower #7 in the background of their video as they made this report. Tower #7 collapsed about 20-minutes later.

Strange.

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

KAUA'I

Hanapepe Valley Lookout

"Jurassic Park Falls"
Manawaiopuna Falls
Hanapepe Valley

Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji
Hanapepe

Menehune Ditch
Near The Waimea Swinging Bridge

Polihale Beach

Red Earth Shirts
For Sale In Waimea

Russian Fort Elisabeth
State Historical Park

Russian Fort Elisabeth
State Historical Park
Feral Cat

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"Let's all be careful out there!"

YOU KNOW,

SOME DAYS JUST START OUT WORSE THAN OTHERS

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, last week.


"Let's all be careful out there!"

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT

I AM GOING TO EAT THE WHOLE THING


When I saw this at a friend's blog, I broke up laughing. That pretzel is filled with chocolate and covered in candy sprinkles. Thank you Miss Muppet (and Mum and Dad) for providing such a wonderful sliver of time.

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"SURE! COME ON DOWN!"

Picked up Judy from work and we went car shopping for her. She had called several places during the week and two had caught her interest. Off to a dealer over in Kahului, in response to an "on-line" website for this dealer. She had filled out a credit application and stated what her automotive and financial requirements were. In just a couple of minutes after pressing SEND, her phone rang. The company has dealerships on all the major islands and her call was from the Honolulu headquarter. After confirming the facts he told her that they would be able to accommodate her "needs" and set an appointment to meet a sales rep at their Mau'i location. We were in and out of there in 5 minutes. The local guys were very nice and professional. Judy restated her requirements and everything the "voice" from Honolulu had said was incorrect. By the time we got back to Kihei, her second choice had closed for the day. Dinner wasn't fancy tonight. We did some shopping at Safeway and then ordered some pizza delivery when we got to her place.

As usual, we watched HEROES, best episode yet, and visited. Catching up with what had occurred this past week in our lives.

I showed her the pic above and she cracked up too.

Well, back to work tomorrow night. I've got my fingers (and toes, eyes, lips, legs, arms) crossed for a really good week.

Mahalo for dropping in.

See you tomorrow. Same channel, variable time.

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

KAUA'I

Family Of Chickens At The Waimea Canyon Lookout

Nene Crossing At The Kalalau Lookout

Pihea Trail
Beginning At The Pu'u O Kila Lookout

Pu'u Hinahina Viewpoint
Waimea Canyon

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"Let's all be careful out there!"

A DIFFERENT VIEW

OF MAU'I

Veronica Varekova

Yamila Diazrahi

The 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated - The Swimsuit Edition is out.
Just click images to see more. A couple of the photo sequences were shot on Mau'i.

Oh, in some images you'll see a sign that says "clothing optional". There are no such signs on Mau'i.

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I awoke about 7:00 pm, so no extra shift for me this time around. Tired is tired.

Have a great day and stop back by tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting.

ALOHA!

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

KAUA'I

Kalalau Valley
As Seen From The Kalalau Lookout
Na Pali Coast

Koke'e Museum
Koke'e State Park
Na Pali Coast

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"Let's all be careful out there!"