Paradise Driver

Monday, March 19, 2007

CELTIC WOMAN

A NEW JOURNEY
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I am a devoted fan of Celtic music. Last night I was able to catch a PBS special featuring this wonderful group of lasses. It was their second concert on our viewer supported public broadcast TV network.

There is something about this genre that really appeals to me. A resonance within my soul. Intellectually, I can see/hear where the roots of early American country & western music derives from it. The American clog dancing is similar to the Irish step dance. The style of playing a fiddle has direct ties back to Eire.

But the Irish form of all this is the parent and is distinctively different, and better, from it's American counterpart.

These beautiful ladies are touring the States right now and if you can wrangle a way to attend one of their shows, you will not be disappointed.

US TOUR DATES

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Other than that, I didn't do much else but sleep and surf the web for more images for THE PICTURE GALLERY.

I am sorry that I really have nothing of interest to post today. Maybe tomorrow will produce something of interest.

Thanks for coming by.

ALOHA!

THE PICTURE GALLERY

MOLOKA'I

Old Gate
Pu'u o Hoku Ranch

Horses
Near
Puko'o Lagoon

Murphy's Beach
Or
Jaycees Park

Ancient Hawa'ian Fishpond

Entrance
Puko'o Lagoon

Walkway On The West Side Of Puko'o Lagoon

Channel On The West Side Of The Puko'o Lagoon

Kanaha Rock And Moku+Ho'oniki Bird Sanctuary

Moloka'i Coastline

Honouli Malo'o Bay

Kamehameha V Highway
(SR 450)
Pohakuloa (Rock) Point

Kamehameha V Highway
(SR 450)
East Of Sandy Beach

Northwest Maui
From
Kamehameha V Highway

Looking West From
West Rock Wall At Puko'o

Pohakuloa Point
(Rock Point)

Rocky Roadside
Kamehameha V Highway
Mile Marker 20

Maui
In The Distance

Sandy Beach

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"Let's all be careful out there!"

Sunday, March 18, 2007

THANK YOU ST. PADDY

FOR ALL THE GREEN

Like all the other cabbies who have posted about last night, it was very active.

Both Images From The "Triangle"

The night started rather rough, with 5 10-13's (no load - no show) in a row. 2 of them wasted 30 minutes of my time, each, since they were from The Grand. On The Grand time calls, we are dispatched 15 minutes prior to the scheduled pickup (in case they come out early) and have to wait until 15 minutes past the scheduled pickup before we can call 10-13. So that was one hour of the night wasted.

The "professor" was dispatching and it was obvious that he was way out of his league. Over 100 times he told us to hold our radio traffic because he couldn't listen to the phone and the radio at the same time. I noticed that a lot of my 10-13's were given when he was next up and then he would get a great run. I called him out about it over the radio. It wasn't going to happen. This was about 9:00pm when all the cabs were still on, Art was monitoring and not one person corrected me. Because everyone knows about his shenanigans. I later told him that he was the most incompetent dispatcher of the fleet. He thinks I am picking on him. Actually, I am being gentle. About a 3 on a harshness scale of 1-10.

One of our "regulars" was in Lahaina last night. He rides with all of us but prefers it when I can pick him up. He called dispatch and asked for me to come to Lahaina and return a female friend to Kihei. Of course, the "Professor" tried to dissuade him from requesting me and offered his service instead. It didn't work, the "regular" wanted me. Found out about this when I made the pickup.

~ Amy ~
My Lahaina Trip

As might be expected, the fights at the "Triangle" started in earnest after midnight. And not just brief scuffles but brawls involving between 10-50 people at once. Somewhere between 4 to 6 people were Tazered during the night. Saw one of them occur. I like Tazers. Kewl! Oh, if you should ever be unfortunate enough to be with someone who gets Tazered, don't reach out and try pulling him away. Unless you really, really want to know what he is going through at that moment.

Drove 160 miles and had 19 runs. I haven't totaled my trip sheet yet, but I know I made money.

I end this week more exhausted than usual but also more satisfied than I have been in a long time.

See y'all tomorrow.

Mahalo

Aloha!

THE PICTURE GALLERY

MOLOKA'I

Map Of The East End Of The Island Of Moloka'I
(Part Of Maui County)