Just a silly little TR - Run Away!!

[pkondz]

Yeah, how unfair was that? We had Ginger and Mary Ann, the girls had Thurston, the Professor, Gilligan and Skipper,,,,,man, they got the raw end of that deal.
We used to play a game, who would you rather,,,,,and then come up with two choices, and you had to pick one,,,, which led to such intelligent options like,,,,,Rodney Dangerfield or one of the little flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz.

Do I have to choose?

 

[pkondz]

Ten years ago, cool,,, they don't remember Joey anymore.

Ha! Joke's on you. I said 'doing' not 'doin'.

Uh uh, by now I'm already in a fetal position sucking my thumb.

It was close. The thumb was already on the way...

you were actually thinking they were going to make you send the youngun's on by themselves, weren't you? C'mon, admit it, weren't you?
geesh

Actually, I thought they might send Elle out on her own. Seems to me that I recall she asked how old Elle was, so I'm not sure, but she might've been thinking about it.

yep, I guess that's how you would split up 4 people.
can I say Geesh again?

No you may not.
4 people split up
1+1+1+1
1+2+1
2+2
1+3
so there.

Poor Lovey and Thurston.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer couple.

Um, ok, yep, that's exactly where mymind would be centered on by that time,,,,""""OMG, THE HAIRSPRAY!!!""""

True. I just felt so dumb. I put the bag on the conveyor before taking out the hairspray... then did it again!!

See? if you would have given me a call ahead of time, I'd have come over and helped entertain you and your daughter until boarding time, couple manhattans, slip ya a few vikes, some quick Disney horror stories,,,, and you daughter would never look at you without great respect in her eyes from that point on.

You're right! The perfect time to invite you to Winnipeg is when we're not here! Good idea.

From all the times you would say how tired you are when commenting on my reports, I keep picturing you as Rowan Atkinson from Rat Race, falling asleep from narcolepsy,,,in a companion restroom,,, at the shoeshine box wearing your Nike's....

Maybe if I could fall asleep in those places, maybe I wouldn't be so darn tired all the time...

I grab the bags, run them over to the bag eating machine again and send them packing. (Sorry. Couldn’t resist.)

Try

Nah

Ok, I'll send you some hairspray!

Hear that Elle? Nebo's sending you some hairspray... now you can stop bugging me for the stuff... start bugging him!

But you didn't finish.
We did see you coming in from the NW, it was about 2:15 on a United 357 Airbus. Being that you both were in the middle seat I had to stand on the lawn chair to see you inside, but I did wave,,,and just then a huge chunk of green ice came crashing down on the top of my Charbroil gas grill and scared the crap out of me so I went back inside instead. You didn't have anything to do with that, did you?

Oh, gosh no, Nebo. I wouldn`t dream of sending you an...

icy BM.

Oh how I hope others read that.... I`ve never had such a perfect set up.

Are we back to the Eminen thing? Or have we moved on to Mickey Roarke now? Never mind, I don't know what I'm talking about either.

You were busy fantasizing about barbequeing with Kim Basinger

Barbequeing? Barbequing? BBQing.

Wow, I misjudged you. Dead bacterium and cultures,,,, yeccchhhy. Youj're probably a wizard with formaldadyde and Petri dishes, and I don't mean Rob. So what do you set the Bunson Burner at for a Tombstone Pizza?

I already told you I never watched that show... and at this point I decided that beggers couldn't be choosers...

but oh, how I wanted a good burger right about then.

Well we alllll, shine, on,

On and on and on on and on

I had no idea that song was called Instant Karma. Like the song, just didn't know the title... go figure.

Yep, always handy to have a lot of stones ready and near a plane, makes me feell better. Is de-planing planes like what you do to shrimp? And if a plane crashes and you get all those little red lines running through it, is that from not de-planing it first?

Yes. And here's a properly de-planed plane:

And can I stop soon?

Please do.... please.

From what I've just been going through, that is EXACTLY what I was expecting. And then I gthought that you were on the ball, and at the last moment you did the 'OL matador, "El Toro" , holding the fictitious blanket off to your side and at the last second jumped to the side, letting your daughter slam to the terminal concrete on her face, but you remaining unscathed!

Oh, I thought it all right. In a split second my mind was like, "Oh, no! Step aside! But she's your daughter, what if she gets hurt? She's young! She'll heal! But she's young, she'll cry. Oh...CRAP!!! <wham>

Oh, that's too bad. And once again, wer are parralleling our lives and thoughts again.

Hmmm.... that sounds ominous.

Great chapter Ponzi, man, you just covered a TON of all the reasons I hate to fly, but you made it.

Thanks... and just barely made it.

I definately believe that we could have a lot of fun spending a week or so at the same resort,,,, yep, lots of fun, and we'd need Buzz to be there as well, for recording purposes. Hmm, maybe not her, now that she likes you better.

I wonder. We're both rather loquacious in print, but in real life? Hmmmm..... But it would be fun to find out, wouldn't it?

You know when we're going again. Hint. Hint.

 

[pkondz]

Great update Ponz!

Thanks!

Sorry you didn't make it to Pearl Harbor. One of my grandpa's friends spent some time there in December of '41. He said it's not a place he would visit over and over, so maybe you didn't miss much.

December '41???? His friend was there during the attack?

$100 breakfast? Were there characters? Sounds a lot like Disney!

No characters. Just frustrated waiters and recalcitrant birds.

What beautiful scenery! I love the self-portrait that you shared. I don't mean to be rude, but have you seen a doctor about the funny shape of you head? You're officially like the neighbor on Home Improvement.

Can't wait for the next update!

Everything I know, I learned from Wilson... the neighbor, not the ball.

Ponzi!!! I knew you looked familiar! You were a star in a video game I played a few years ago!! Why didn't you tell us you were famous!?

That's hillarious! It looks vaguely familiar but I can't place it. Where's it from?

Aww, Nebo, you know I like you! You and Pkondz keep the DIS a fun place to be!

I'm just the Robin to Nebo's Batman, or the Watson to his Holmes.

 

[pkondz]

So So sorry - don't shoot me for being awol for the past 10 days... It was the whole graduation, cooking and baking and decorating for the graduation party (and why the h--- was it my job to decorate, anyway), and then having multiple grandchildren over to watch movies and play on the slip n slide this weekend. We got the deed done. I'm totally exhausted.
Now I'm back and trying to catch up.

Don't ever feel that you have to apologize for having a full and rich life. Sounds like you had your hands full, but a house full of happines.

I'm here. really I am. sorry, the sucky thing about trying to s t r e t c h a trip out as long as possible is, when you get back you end up working a whole bunch of days in a row!! so we got back wed. night, and Iworked thursday and every day since, will have a day off a week from today, next sunday... but! I'm definitely reading and enjoying!!!

Welcome back Smidgy!! And I hear you... I HEAR you about the going back to work thing.

loved the views of oAHU!! BEAUTIFUL!!! and thanks for the macadamia nuts (yeah, nebo shares )

You're welcome. And he better have shared, the package was addressed to both of you!

your shadow is really very creepy, though. thanks for the nightmares!!!

My previous address was on Elm street.

So not only did Nebo get a postcard with ponzi's real name.....he also got nuts!!!

Guess we know who's ponzi's favorite is.

Two things...
1. I usually don't correct people's grammar (I make enough mistakes on my own), but... you wrote, "he (Nebo) also got nuts!!!" the correct grammar would be, "he's also nuts!!!"
2. I did (sort of) invite anyone who wanted a postcard to PM me... nobody did. (Oh, stop jumping up and down Thumper_Man... I know, I know!)

Ponzi, I think I remember that frog joke from my dad who also likes to tell groaners.

Never met the man but I like him already.

I see you like to have fun with Photoshop and your photo is hilarious. If you haven't already discovered the "You Suck at Photoshop", series I think you would enjoy it.

Never seen it before. Watched the first one, it was great! Thanks for that.

 

[pkondz]

I've got just a few more shout outs to take care of... but I'm calling it a night. But not before I share this:

First batch of cookies done. Today I made the S'mores bars.

OMG, just a little bit rich? Sort of like the Pope is a little bit Catholic?
But, oh boy... were they good. Here's a pic...

C U tomorrow!

 

[orangecats2]

OK, so, can I have a postcard?

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Most people picture me with more panache.

Funny. I pictured you with more hair.

 

[pkondz]

I'm still plodding along at the speed of TTA,,, i read 3 pages, then fall back two more, so If I mention something that somebody already has,,,tuff

No problem. We'll wait here for ya.

Roger!
"Huh?"

We have clearance, Clarence.
Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?


Ok, I'm gonna look extremely vein now, expecially since my original thought was wrong. Hold it,,, VAIN,,, yeah,, that's it, don't want to be de-veined in the middle of being de-planed.

De-planed! De-planed!.... Welcome to Fantasy Disney

Anyway, the entire Jeffrey thing had me flummoxed, I saw a Bill Cosby ref. but no, his brother was Russel,,,"with whom he slept with.
So, in my own little world of vanity and Nebo, I recalled a story of a little 4 year old boy running amok on our plane, and then once wiping his hands on a poor unsuspecting girl at a morning bus stop after he was eating an icecream bar.
He wiped his hands on her bare legs,,, then on the bus, he went for my legs/shorts, but I kept him at bay with the "GLARE". The only difference was,,,, this kid's name was Jimmy. So, feel free to slam me at will, but it made sense cuz Ponzi said he never read the old reports, so that fit.

So what you're saying is you gave the "GLARE" and you had a throbbing vein?

Isn't it great how funny BC could be without attacking yoyu with swear words?

Ever seen Eddy Murphy Delirious? Also, very little swearing, close to being completely clean... okay the f word 230 times and the s word 171 times... but close... real close.

Halfway from where?
O'Hare? Winnepig? Last rest area?
Is there a little buoy floating on the surface you have to find that marks it? maybe a drive through McDonalds?

They had to close the drive through. Planes were making big splashes when they pulled up and making the fries soggy.


And then you get all the way to Oahu and find they left out the fries!
Smidgy would have that pilot turn the plane right around this instant and go back for them,,,," They are NOT getting away with it!" Think Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2.

Nah. Who wants soggy fries?

Yes, very catchy, 3/4 time, Bflat, key of sarcasm

Yes, sometimes the sarcasm falls flat.

there were code browns on Waikiki Beach?

No, but you'll be introduced to an interesting character there later on.

Actually, I can picture myself being totally intimidated on the first trip there,,, I'm so used to being in control now at Disney, in Hawaii I'd be running around trying to fit it all in one day,,, curious to see how you handle it.

I had so much info that I had to stop myself at one point and just say, "enough".

 

[pkondz]

OK, so, can I have a postcard?

Absolutely! PM me your address and the next time I'm in Hawaii (in 15 years or so... ) I'll drop you a line.

Funny. I pictured you with more hair.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

 

[mmeb144]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....cookies!

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....cookies!

Yesssss. It's almost 3:00 in the afternoon. I want a cookie.... one of THOSE cookies. The longer I stare at them, the more I want one. Now, I'm so desperate I would settle for a zebra dome... well, maybe not that desperate.

 

[shan23877]

Everything I know, I learned from Wilson... the neighbor, not the ball.

yes, my grandpa's friend was on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He told lots of stories about it. He was one interesting guy. He also did crazy dog impressions and could throw his voice. Probably unrelated.

 

[bankr63]

So I told my BFF yesterday about the cookie recipe frenzie here

This was the response:

cookie recipies lead to cookies lead to eating cookies
lead to obesity lead to health effects lead to a drag on our economy
leads to bankruptcies, economic chaos, social unrest
leads to riots in the streets, cities in flames, and governments oiverthrown by coups de tat
anarchy, chaos, and yes, the end of civilization as we know it
and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!

Well, not my fault specifically, I didn't start it, I think this is the collective YOU, LOL

Anarchy and Chaos!?! Is that when all us Canadians stop apologizing to each other for absolutely everything?

Sorry (there I go apologizing again!) no cookie recipes from me. The only cookies I know are Girl Guide cookies. Don't know how to make them. Have often wondered how hard it must be to get all those girl guides to step into the food processor tho....

 

[Thumper_Man]

So I told my BFF yesterday about the cookie recipe frenzie here

This was the response:

recipies lead to cookies lead to eating cookies
lead to obesity lead to health effects lead to a drag on our economy
leads to bankruptcies, economic chaos, social unrest
leads to riots in the streets, cities in flames, and governments oiverthrown by coups de tat
anarchy, chaos, and yes, the end of civilization as we know it
and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!

Well, not my fault specifically, I didn't start it, I think this is the collective YOU, LOL

At least we'll all die enjoying cookies. Life is short, enjoy your cookies.

 

[nebo]

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from nebo:

But you didn't finish.
We did see you coming in from the NW, it was about 2:15 on a United 357 Airbus. Being that you both were in the middle seat I had to stand on the lawn chair to see you inside, but I did wave,,,and just then a huge chunk of green ice came crashing down on the top of my Charbroil gas grill and scared the crap out of me so I went back inside instead. You didn't have anything to do with that, did you? end
from ponzi:

Oh, gosh no, Nebo. I wouldn`t dream of sending you an...

icy BM.

Oh how I hope others read that.... I`ve never had such a perfect set up.

Yep, that right there is a perfect set up, and Ponzi grabbed it and ran with it, well played!

 

[Kgroo]

Grrrrr!!!! I can't get the quote thing to work right on my I pad . Yes I did have a huge crush on Tom Selleck at that time . Probably a little creepy though since I was just turning 18 and he was definitely much older than that.

 

[pkondz]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....cookies!

Mmmm Hmmmm.....

Yesssss. It's almost 3:00 in the afternoon. I want a cookie.... one of THOSE cookies. The longer I stare at them, the more I want one. Now, I'm so desperate I would settle for a zebra dome... well, maybe not that desperate.

WHADYA MEAN DESPERATE?????

yes, my grandpa's friend was on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He told lots of stories about it. He was one interesting guy. He also did crazy dog impressions and could throw his voice. Probably unrelated.

I think they call that "shell shock".

Anarchy and Chaos!?! Is that when all us Canadians stop apologizing to each other for absolutely everything?

Never! Sorry.

Sorry (there I go apologizing again!) no cookie recipes from me. The only cookies I know are Girl Guide cookies. Don't know how to make them. Have often wondered how hard it must be to get all those girl guides to step into the food processor tho....

They just tell 'em it's for a badge, and in they go.

At least we'll all die enjoying cookies. Life is short, enjoy your cookies.

After reading what Melvin (bankr63) had to say, I think I'm going to lose mine.

 

[pkondz]

Grrrrr!!!! I can't get the quote thing to work right on my I pad . Yes I did have a huge crush on Tom Selleck at that time . Probably a little creepy though since I was just turning 18 and he was definitely much older than that.

Nah. Not creepy. They didn't have untalented boy bands to lust over back then.

 

[nebo]

Ponzi!!! I knew you looked familiar! You were a star in a video game I played a few years ago!! Why didn't you tell us you were famous!?


Thoughts pending:

Two pearl or not to pearl... part 1

Okay! It’s our first full day in Hawaii and we’ve got places to go! People to see! Things to do!

Were you not paying attention??? We just travelled for 21 straight hours!!! Do you really think we’re going to get up at 5 flipping a.m. ????

No! We did not get up at 5am.
We did not go to Pearl Harbor.

sorry, I saw that being set up in the first couple words,,, no rush, for you have "all the time in the world" to get there.

I am still waiting for a chance to get there.

Just make sure you push the TM back outside the temple before you leave next time, so we can have "Wilbur" making those snide comments like I just did up above.
( I lost everybody on that one, didn't I?)
but for some reason, I have the feeling that Ponzi, you are with me everystep of the way in this visit to obscurity.

So what did we do? We slept in. It was great. I think I might’ve been the first one up around 8am or so. Doesn’t sound like much, I know, but don’t forget that’s 1pm Winnipeg time. Eventually the rest of the family started to stir and we decided to head out for some breakfast. We wandered over to the Rainbow Lanai restaurant which was in the resort complex.

strangely, as our vacations devolved into just the two of us,,, breakfasts are now rare, usually just a room snack or something, at least for me, I'm just not that hungry in the morn. Makes fior a lot cheaper trip, too, but you can't do that when you have kids with.



In other words, expensive.

Never been to Hawaii, but I'm under the impression that all food is similar to Disney type prices,,,, correct?

I must admit, I’m not used to paying $100 for breakfast, so that was a nice change. Really lets you know you’re on vacation in Hawaii you know?
Here’s a shot of the rugrats taken while we waited for our mugging… I mean, for our table to be ready.

You got yourself some good looking kids there my friend, lotsa luck,,, as Bill would say,,, Long overalls, long overalls.



And I realised that in the first pano view from our Lanai, I pointed out stuff but it was hard to see. Here’s the partial ocean view we had (zoomed in, we weren't that close. Maybe 30 yards from the edge of the beach?)

Ok, Hawaii is by the equator, right? Shouldn't that be the flatest part of our world there? Where the water doesn't go clockwise down the drain, or counter clockwise down, it just kind of sits there cuz it's all so flat?
So why in your picture of the seashore selling seashells, (see "she" and "by"), does everything look like it's falling over on an angle?

And penguins

Ok, I don't picture penguins in Hawaii,,, are those real?
Or is April when the Arctic Tour Groups show up? Did one of them have a little flag on a stick?

But I didn’t mention the parrots or turtles did I?

I prefer the turtles,,, never gotten turtle droppings on my windshield before..

One morning, I was up and around and stumbled on this group doing stretches in preparation for hula lessons.

Yeah, so? One afternoon at the Calypso Pool at Music I stumbled onto a group doing HULA HOOP lessons,, and well,,, it wasn't,,,, oh, never mind.

Right. Back to breakfast. It was a buffet breakfast and was quite good. Sorry no food porn pics for you picky food porn pic preferers. Mostly it was your standard fare: Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, etc. There was a made to order omelette station and guava and pineapple juice in addition to the staple orange juice.

isn't guava the excrement from bats that covers the bottom of cave floors,,,,?

The best part of breakfast was that it was open air, as are much of Hawaiian buildings. Birds were flying in and out looking for scraps and hand outs. I watched this one bird stare down the waiter who was trying to surreptitiously shoo it off an unoccupied chair at a table he’d just delivered food to. The waiter won eventually, but it was a close one. Then again, after the waiter had gotten rid of the bird, he left… and two more birds took up station at the table. So I guess really the birds won that war even though they’d lost the previous battle.

Be honest, wouldn't you give anything to have a BB gun and nobody around?



After breakfast we headed out. We had an afternoon excursion booked and that one we would not miss.

Pillows? That would be on Smidgy's itinerary, for sure.

Besides, it was already paid for.

Yeah, I'm still in it....

We were going to head up the Windward (East) coast and I wanted to stop at a couple of places along the way.

The drive up was amazing. What can I say? Oahu is a beautiful place. I tried to get Ruby to take some pictures as we drove… but I’m the one who usually takes the pics. I handed her the camera and would point out something and say, “Wow! That’s beautiful! Take a picture!”

And she would dutifully snap a great picture.

Ummmm.... no. It was more like this:
Me: “Wow! That’s beautiful! Take a picture!”
Ruby: “What? Where? You want a picture? Hang on I don’t have the camera on. Okay. Got it turned on now.”
Me: “That’s okay. It’s a couple of miles behind us now.”
Ruby: “Sorry, I wasn’t ready.”
Me: “That’s okay. Hey! Here’s another great view! Take a picture of this!”
Ruby: “What? Over there? Okay. Oh, wait. I turned the camera off. I have to turn it back on. Okay, oops. Wrong button. Okay, ready!”
Me: “Never mind, we passed it.”
Ruby: “Sorry.”
Me: “Can you take a picture of that?”
Ruby: “I’ll try. Just let me get the camera and turn it on. Hang on. Oh I put it on playback. Okay, I’m ready now.”

All I can say is, Holy Cow, wow, I thought I,,,and leave it at that.




Eventually, we came up to our first stop. It was a small tourist stop that I’d heard good things about from a tripadvisor reviewer. The place is called Tropical Farms and it supposedly is a place that grows and sells macadamia nuts. When we got there, there were two or three tour busses in the parking lot and maybe a handful of cars as well. I can’t say for sure whether they do grow the nuts there or not but they certainly had more of a selection than I saw anywhere else. You can buy the ubiquitous chocolate covered macadamia nuts everywhere. But there were some here that I never saw anywhere else.

They had tasting samples on either side of this room. Nebo, this is where I bought the bag of macadamia nuts. There were a couple other rooms with coffee sampling and knickknacks.

Yes, to all of you, Ponzi got me a bag of Macedamia nuts. Without reading them, I opened the bag and brought some up by Diane at the computer, i still didn't have any, mind you.
Ten minutes later I heard,,,,"HOLY Sh,,," "Have you tried any yet?"

Then, I did, still without reading tthe bag, closely.

the first ones are very tasty, then you need to leave them alone for awhile,,,, only,,, I didn't,,,, I had a handful!

Of onion and garlic roasted macedamia nuts!
I like onions.
I like garlic.

WOWOW!

I now threaten her with the ones that are left:
"You take that back or I'll eat some right before bed!"

Which brings me to this little story. One of my faves.

A frog hops into a bank and asks to speak to somebody about a loan. He is directed to the desk of Mrs. Patricia Black, loan officer. The frog asks Mrs. Black for a loan of $1 million dollars for swamp improvement and tadpole care. Mrs. Black naturally asks the frog if he has any collateral. The frog pulls out a small statue and carefully places it on the desk. Mrs. Black immediately refuses to provide the funds. The frog, undeterred, demands to speak with the bank manager. Mrs. Black calls over Mr. White who takes one look at the frog and the little statue and immediately approves the loan. Mrs. Black is flabbergasted and demands an explanation. Replies Mr. White….

“It’s a knickknack Patty Black, give the frog a loan.”


Ahhh….. that felt good.

Yes, when something like that finally erupts out of you, most patients say the same thing.


BTW, this is the view from the Tropical Farms parking lot. Not too shabby, eh?

So, you're saying this is the "parking Lot's " view?
sniff, I'm touched.

So here you go. The moment you’ve all been waiting for!






wait for it!




Still waiting? You guys are getting desperate! Oh, okay. Here.

What?
Geez you people are not easy to please.

Moving on.

Ok, obviously Freddie comes to everyone's mind, but I'm not sure if C'persmom,,,,(hey, what's your name again? Angela? is not on a wrong track,,,,
your picture looks surprisingly like the very first time you see Indy, in "Raiders of the Temple of the Crusaders with the Crystal Skulls"

After we munched (and bought) macadamia nuts, we continued up the coast a bit more. There’s an iconic island that is fairly well known even to people who’ve never been.
An ironic, iconic island.

It shows up on touristy type books etc.
An iconic, moronic, ironic, island.





Here’s Chinaman’s hat on a monkey.

And here’s Chinaman’s hat on a monkey riding a dog.

Was it right about here that thos OTHER macedamia nuts you bought started kicking in?
And when may I be expecting those in the mail?

We stopped here and had our first chance to see what the ocean was like. We wandered down to the beach and…. Nice. Warm. Just begging to be swum in. Swum? Is that even a word? Begging to be swimmed in? Whatever, it was nice. When you live in Canada and your lake temp is usually somewhere around the freezing mark…. It’s a big deal, okay?

After testing the ocean for doneness, we only had a short hop over to our destination, Kualoa Ranch, where I’d booked a two hour horseback tour.

What, for the monkeys?

coming up... Godzilla! or, the good the bad and the ugly.

You're not gonna leave Shorty hangin' this time, are you? Wha - wa- waaaa.

 

[pkondz]

sorry, I saw that being set up in the first couple words,,, no rush, for you have "all the time in the world" to get there.

Ok Mr. Smart guy. Why did I use two and not to? Hmmm?

Just make sure you push the TM back outside the temple before you leave next time, so we can have "Wilbur" making those snide comments like I just did up above.
( I lost everybody on that one, didn't I?)
but for some reason, I have the feeling that Ponzi, you are with me everystep of the way in this visit to obscurity.

Absolutely! I'm right there with you! I know exactly what you're talking about! You bet! Yup! Uh huh! Yessiree!


Okay, I don't have a clue. Why do I have the feeling that soon I'm going to be

strangely, as our vacations devolved into just the two of us,,, breakfasts are now rare, usually just a room snack or something, at least for me, I'm just not that hungry in the morn. Makes fior a lot cheaper trip, too, but you can't do that when you have kids with.

Actually, the rest of the trip was a muffin or some fruit. That morning was an exception 'cause we hadn't really eaten much the previous day.

Never been to Hawaii, but I'm under the impression that all food is similar to Disney type prices,,,, correct?

Yes... and no. You can definitely go broke fast if you stick to the touristy waikiki area... but I found some really good cheap places too. A bit more on that later in the TR... not this day though.

You got yourself some good looking kids there my friend, lotsa luck,,, as Bill would say,,, Long overalls, long overalls.

You know, that's not a bad idea! Oh, Elle....

Ok, Hawaii is by the equator, right? Shouldn't that be the flatest part of our world there? Where the water doesn't go clockwise down the drain, or counter clockwise down, it just kind of sits there cuz it's all so flat?
So why in your picture of the seashore selling seashells, (see "she" and "by"), does everything look like it's falling over on an angle?

Sheesh. I shouldn't have to explain elementary physics... but I will. Oahu is about 21 degrees north while Chicago is about 42 north. So as you travel north, the picture appears more tilted. For me, the picture is almost vertical. For south americans, the picture is tilted in the other direction.

See? That wasn't so hard was it?

Ok, I don't picture penguins in Hawaii,,, are those real?
Or is April when the Arctic Tour Groups show up? Did one of them have a little flag on a stick?

Yup they're real. It's the tourists who are fake.

I prefer the turtles,,, never gotten turtle droppings on my windshield before..

I agree 100%. I don't mind birds though. They're delicious!

isn't guava the excrement from bats that covers the bottom of cave floors,,,,?

Guano, you're thinking about guano... I'm clearing this up ahead of the next installment.

Of onion and garlic roasted macedamia nuts!
I like onions.
I like garlic.

WOWOW!

I now threaten her with the ones that are left:
"You take that back or I'll eat some right before bed!"

Marital ******* by macadamia

So, you're saying this is the "parking Lot's " view?



sniff, I'm touched.

I've known that for quite a while now.

your picture looks surprisingly like the very first time you see Indy, in "Raiders of the Temple of the Crusaders with the Crystal Skulls"

I'll take that. Of course you get to see Indy later.


And don't think I haven't forgotten your dare from your TR.

Was it right about here that thos OTHER macedamia nuts you bought started kicking in?
And when may I be expecting those in the mail?

You didn't get them? I made sure and put you as the sender's address.

You might get a knock on your door soon... Don't answer it.

What, for the monkeys?

Even monkeys need riding lessons.

You're not gonna leave Shorty hangin' this time, are you? Wha - wa- waaaa.

tu lee tu lee luuuu