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Tropical vacation? .... guess you must be going to Europe this summer
Negative tower, have a nice place on the Kohala Coast on the big island. Swap the bike for the Seadoo, done. Now there is an active volcano over the hill, but it gives it that prehistoric perspective and I’m sure everyone here can agree that I’m a bit of a caveman so it works
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I was trying to make a climate change joke
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Some things get 'lost in translation' on this forum :'D
I just got up, I wasn’t going to be anywhere near getting that LOL
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One of my favorite spots on Earth. My dad has a place in Mauna Kea. I prefer the more local thing, Hawì is such a cool, spot. Too hot, go left a mile and find a rain forest. Want sun, go right a mile. Diving right off the beach northwest coast there is pretty good too. I love that whole island.
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Grew up in Honolulu, that place went nuts and Maui was gaining. When it came time to return and get a place, we just flew to Kona and started driving. Waimea was too far inland and Kona proper was a bit riff raff. Wife wanted to get a condo by the resorts but we ended up finding a great place in Kohala Ranch just elevated enough to keep the heat down. Kona isn’t far, they have a Costco and my favorite restaurant Huggos.
Hawi is great. It for the most part survived Covid. There is a little Airport (Upolu) right on the water outside of Hawi. Great skydiving and we fly ultralights out of there. Welcome anytime my friend. Great place
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ENDODOCs then for the forum summer event!!
We don’t lock doors so come on out.
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The great reset apparently! Not sure it's going to be All that great for a lot of people. And i think it is coming faster than expected
Well and why is that? I didn’t know any better and put my hand on a hot stove. Once. How many repetitive glaring examples do people need before they cease to do what hasn’t yielded the results they wanted in life. None of this is new, with some planning and the willingness to get off their ass and make some changes, the ones that end up in the not so fortunate category would have faired a lot better.
Entertainment, is probably the most destructive. Do you really have your .... tight enough that you can devote time to mindless entertainment? For most of this country, the answer is a definitive, no. If your not where you want to be financially and you’re spending time and money on entertainment, then I’m sorry, but you just don’t care to make changes. We have a house full of TVs, I’m pretty sure I don’t know how to turn them on. Every spare moment is spent learning something that I can apply to further my interest, on physical fitness or helping others who show the initiative but just need a push. Other than that, I’m sleeping, eating or banging the wife.
I love interviewing people who have figured things out. I’m a sponge for exemplary individual who never had an envelope in the first place. I don’t know everyone here but there are a few real ass kickers right here on this forum. People who are offended at the notion of a person with a title telling them what to do, people who do what they want, when they want without boundaries. They all got their by doing the same thing, not accepting what was given, and working smart to achieve what they wanted. Not too late to make some changes but you’re going to have to give up some worthless luxuries and get to work.
Entertainment, is probably the most destructive. Do you really have your .... tight enough that you can devote time to mindless entertainment? For most of this country, the answer is a definitive, no. If your not where you want to be financially and you’re spending time and money on entertainment, then I’m sorry, but you just don’t care to make changes. We have a house full of TVs, I’m pretty sure I don’t know how to turn them on. Every spare moment is spent learning something that I can apply to further my interest, on physical fitness or helping others who show the initiative but just need a push. Other than that, I’m sleeping, eating or banging the wife.
I love interviewing people who have figured things out. I’m a sponge for exemplary individual who never had an envelope in the first place. I don’t know everyone here but there are a few real ass kickers right here on this forum. People who are offended at the notion of a person with a title telling them what to do, people who do what they want, when they want without boundaries. They all got their by doing the same thing, not accepting what was given, and working smart to achieve what they wanted. Not too late to make some changes but you’re going to have to give up some worthless luxuries and get to work.
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I can't say I'm super successful but just 6-7 years ago or so, I was choosing between electricity or water and looking for something I can sell to make food money. Bad choices as a young adult led to nights of drinking old ketchup for sustenance and filling up my bathtub before the landlord could shut the water off so I could at least do dishes. Every day was a fight to keep a roof over my head.
I guess the point is, I've taken a trip to the bottom and survived it. Now I'm older, armed with more knowledge, a network of peers, a host of certifications, a cache of weapons with the skill to use them, and the bottom no longer scares me. Bring on this great reset or whatever it is. It won't be a fun time for me, won't be spending it drinking martinis on the beach, but I will endure like I always have.
On another note, my mother in law bought a condo on O'ahu that should be complete in the next year or so, so maybe I'll be dropping by for drinks at some point Endo. Got room to land a chopper?
I guess the point is, I've taken a trip to the bottom and survived it. Now I'm older, armed with more knowledge, a network of peers, a host of certifications, a cache of weapons with the skill to use them, and the bottom no longer scares me. Bring on this great reset or whatever it is. It won't be a fun time for me, won't be spending it drinking martinis on the beach, but I will endure like I always have.
On another note, my mother in law bought a condo on O'ahu that should be complete in the next year or so, so maybe I'll be dropping by for drinks at some point Endo. Got room to land a chopper?
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At one point in my life I was homeless.
Sleeping in a Walmart parking lot in a 79 Trans Am with bad plates and no blower motor. The heat didn't work when you were stopped and we're talking November, December and January circa 1996.
My first apartment after was split with three dudes. We'd buy a bag of potatoes because I could nuke one and with a little salt and pepper "donated" from the local Denny's. It made a passable meal.
As a non-practicing Roman Catholic/former runner, I know how to suffer in silence. What I learned is that I needed a skill or something similar to make me valuable. You need a skill or a trade or something to make you marketable and in demand.
Sleeping in a Walmart parking lot in a 79 Trans Am with bad plates and no blower motor. The heat didn't work when you were stopped and we're talking November, December and January circa 1996.
My first apartment after was split with three dudes. We'd buy a bag of potatoes because I could nuke one and with a little salt and pepper "donated" from the local Denny's. It made a passable meal.
As a non-practicing Roman Catholic/former runner, I know how to suffer in silence. What I learned is that I needed a skill or something similar to make me valuable. You need a skill or a trade or something to make you marketable and in demand.
Always welcome sir. Funny you say that. When we we’re looking at property on the big island we stopped in at a small land development office in Hawi which is about an hour north of Kona. Somewhat Jokingly, I asked about a helipad. The lady looked at me like it was an alien and went into a long winded dissertation about sacred land, noise etc. it was actually kind of scary. That’s when I haphazardly discovered the little airport on the water. I’m hoping they put up some sort of hanger space there. That would be ideal.
Oahu is great man, you’ll like it. We just got back from there. Hadn’t been to Oahu in a while. We play tourist for a week. Good times.
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Here in Australia we are big on trades that are licensed they pay reasonable $40-50 p hour, if it wasn't for my electrical license I would be homeless too after a medical episode being out of work for 6months.
Mining here and trades, the pay skyrockets to $70/$80 p hour 12hr days on wages not a contractor.
Don't know how anyone can survive on the minimum wage in USA.
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HAHaaa! Parts of this should be put to music. Epic manifesto. Right on.
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This is a common misconception. The minimum wage is not intended to permanently support a skilled adult worker. It’s an entry vehicle intended to offer unskilled workers (generally adolescents) an entry level wage and an opportunity to enter the workforce while learning a skill or finishing their education.
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Electricians and miners aren’t paid minimum wage in the US. I don’t even think fast food workers are anymore either. If someone is trying to support themselves with a full time minimum wage job…if full time minimum wage jobs even exist…they have epically failed.
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