OT: Hawaii ** Dawg Teeth and Gums

[Guest guest]

Hey Nancy,

 

> Hi Butch,

> Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, my brother spent 3 or 4 years there in the 70's.

 

We were there at the same time .. my tour was 72-75.

 

> Wanted to go every year, but the kids were young, I could never find

> the extra time or money back then.

 

Truth is .. flying to Hawaii is pretty cheap. Living there as a tourist

is not cheap. But dis ol kuntry haule boy learned how to speaka de kine

whilst in Hawaii. ;-p

 

> He always said it would cost hardly anything, and I could see Hawaii

> like it really was.

 

True it is .. for a native damn near everything there is cheap or free.

I had a 12 month vegetable garden .. harvested bananas weekly from my

own backyard and those who didn't have them in their yard could find the

trees all over the island. We harvested guava and passion fruit and

avocado and coconuts free .. harvested fish and crab free .. could take

a bus around the island for a quarter back then. I rode quarter horses

in the mountains of the North Shore cause I got down with the locals and

was good friends with Graf Shintaku, owner/operator of Green Growers of

Hawaii .. in Hauula. Took the deep-sea fishing boats for $80 a half day

with 8 of us paying $10 a head and drawing lots for who took the first

seat when a line went down .. almost without exception we all got to sit

4-5-6 or more times .. and came back with dozens and dozens and dozens

of mahimahi and ono and wahoo and aku and this and that which we would

have the first mate fillet for around 5 cents a pound on the way back.

 

So .. visiting someone who lives there is damn cheap .. and living in

Hawaii is damn cheap too even though rents are unbelievably high .. so

are the salaries.

 

> Know Your Smiling

> Nancy

> scents1

 

Yes'm .. best I can .. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

[Guest guest]

Good Morning,

Sure wish would get our mail in order.

 

Hey Nancy,

 

> Hi Butch,

> Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, my brother spent 3 or 4 years there in

the 70's.

 

We were there at the same time .. my tour was 72-75.

>>> Think he stayed until 76, then went to Fort Lewis, Wa. I did get there 2

years in a row. First year I went, I drove back with him, then flew home. Its

a beautiful trip. He stopped at ever think I could see except Yellowstone was

closed both times.

We didn't sleep much, he made those gates 30 minutes before he would be AOL.

The next year I flew out there, we drove home, started going a different way,

but the climbed back up the Mt Rushmore. It was a nice trip.

 

> Wanted to go every year, but the kids were young, I could never

find the extra time or money back then.

 

Truth is .. flying to Hawaii is pretty cheap. Living there as a tourist

is not cheap. But dis ol kuntry haule boy learned how to speaka de

kine whilst in Hawaii. ;-p

>>> Yes my brother knew the locals, thats why he could do stuff so cheap.

Even though I'm scared to death of water, I taught him to swim when he was

young.

So he did a lot of scuba diving.

 

> He always said it would cost hardly anything, and I could see

Hawaii like it really was.

 

True it is .. for a native damn near everything there is cheap or free.

I had a 12 month vegetable garden .. harvested bananas weekly from my

own backyard and those who didn't have them in their yard could find

the trees all over the island. We harvested guava and passion fruit and

avocado and coconuts free .. harvested fish and crab free .. could

take a bus around the island for a quarter back then. I rode quarter

horsesin the mountains of the North Shore cause I got down with the locals

and was good friends with Graf Shintaku, owner/operator of Green Growers

of Hawaii .. in Hauula. Took the deep-sea fishing boats for $80 a half

day with 8 of us paying $10 a head and drawing lots for who took the

first seat when a line went down .. almost without exception we all got to

sit 4-5-6 or more times .. and came back with dozens and dozens and

dozens of mahimahi and ono and wahoo and aku and this and that which we

would have the first mate fillet for around 5 cents a pound on the way back.

>>>He lived on base, knowing him back then he probably didn't garden, or maybe

that where he became interested in it. He would tell me about the beautiful

beaches the tourest done see. I know he found the locals bars and resturants.

The Swede in Him.

Plus he is half Danish. LOL

 

So .. visiting someone who lives there is damn cheap .. and living in

Hawaii is damn cheap too even though rents are unbelievably high ..

so are the salaries.

>>>Probably like a lot of our states.

> Know Your Smiling

> Nancy

> scents1

 

Yes'm .. best I can .. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

*Smiling* Nancy

 

 

scents1