"You Learn Something Every Day"

[808shooter]

Try driving a rental up to a full serve gas station (rarity) and when the attendant asks you to pop open the gas filler, you open the hood, trunk, disengage the parking brake before you pull off the cover to the fuse block, readjust your driver's seat and find your lost cell phone before that gas cap pops open.:D
That is hilarious :-P the same thing happens to me when I go to Lex Brodies' on Queen Street. It's not full serve but they are so busy, they pump your gas for you.

Another trick I learned recently is to take those direct marketing pre paid postage envelopes and stick them in the mail with nothing in them. If we raise the cost of direct marketing, maybe we'd stop getting so much junk mail.

I think Andy Rooney advocated this or something.

[craigwatanabe]

That is hilarious :-P the same thing happens to me when I go to Lex Brodies' on Queen Street. It's not full serve but they are so busy, they pump your gas for you.

Another trick I learned recently is to take those direct marketing pre paid postage envelopes and stick them in the mail with nothing in them. If we raise the cost of direct marketing, maybe we'd stop getting so much junk mail.

I think Andy Rooney advocated this or something.


Better yet put that business reply card back in the mailbox with another business' address that sent you a business reply card on it as the sender.

Or put your boss' address on all the Playboy and Hustler business reply cards...you know that boss that suspended you for taking a Hawaiian Holiday on a Monday after the three day Veteran's day weekend.:eek:

[ChicagoGuy75]

"Italian Accent isn't till next month..."

Not if you're Italian, ARRRR.... :D

Or an Italian Pirate ...


What on earth is an Italian Pirate? :confused:

[Lei K]

This has to do with my Mom. Let me start off by saying she isn't very political nor does she know too much about the movements going on with Hawaiian sovereignty. She's a very mild person, too much aloha some would say, 100% non political, keeps to herself. What she knows about the issues going on and the people involved I or someone else in the family tells her.

Anyway, my husband, my Mom and I were sitting in my living room, talking story. We got on the subject of Kanaka Maoli. My husband and I start talking about Haunani-Kay Trask's book, From A Native Daughter. Upon my husband saying the name Haunani-Kay, my mother says, out of no where, "Did she go to Kamehameha?" I said, "Yeah." She asks, "How old is she?" I tell her Haunani's age. She goes, "Oh, I wen Kamehameha with her! How is she these days?" :eek:

I about died. She knows nothing of the modern day Haunani-Kay. :p

Their personalities are polar opposites. It's quite shocking for me to think of them all friendly back in the day. My mother is so passive. LOL! I'm lending her From A Native Daughter to read, to catch up on how a "KS friend" is doing. :D

[acousticlady]

Today I read this thread and learned oh so much.

I learned what a newbie I am to the whole forum thing.

I learned what the heck lol was (maybe....)

I learned that what you say here doesn't always come across in the same way it would in person. If I have came across as haughty-toity then I apologize. It was never meant that way. I am just geeky in real life.

I learned a lot more about all of you.

I learned Auntie Lynn should be put on a pedestal for her strength in overcoming so much.

I learned I am too ADD to be able to follow all the threads.

I learned that my husband is right and that I live in an ivory tower. President who?????

[Leo Lakio]

I learned that acousticlady has a cool sense of humor.

[ChicagoGuy75]

From the other threads I have read, I have learned that most of us here have a strong opionion on things and will speak our minds. That is so vital in getting to build an online community and I am enjoying everyones comments.

Keep it up.

I apologize if some of my threads seem like fire starters rather than the getting-to-know-you type of threads.

BTW-What is an Italian Pirate?

[sinjin]

BTW-What is an Italian Pirate?Christopher Columbus

[1stwahine]

What on earth is an Italian Pirate? :confused:

Just Google!!:rolleyes:

Italian Pirate
2 ounces Dark Rum
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce Falernum
Stir with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime twist.
Adapted from a recipe created by Robert Hess, 2000, and found on his web site, www.drinkboy.com

Auntie Lynn

[acousticlady]

Just Google!!:rolleyes:

Italian Pirate
2 ounces Dark Rum
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce Falernum
Stir with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime twist.
Adapted from a recipe created by Robert Hess, 2000, and found on his web site, www.drinkboy.com (http://www.drinkboy.com)

Auntie Lynn

How 'bout that - You learn something new everyday.......

[1stwahine]

Bumping this thread!

I've learned from each and everyone of YOU!;)

Mahalo, :D

Auntie Lynn

[Leo Lakio]

I've learned from each and everyone of YOU!;)
Then, for my part, I sincerely apologize...:D

[Menehune Man]

Then, for my part, I sincerely apologize...:D

Just gotta say that I think you (Leo Lakio) make me laugh the most here.
That's twice already this morning.
Tanks, eh!

[Leo Lakio]

Thanks, Jeff. That's nice to know, and very kind of you to say.

[titilejomi]

Learned of a great new site to learn languages:

http://www.trymango.com

:)

[tutusue]

One of our state birds...the construction crane...has been perched outside my 19th floor window since I bought the place earlier this year. The crane is building a nest...a 42 story building across the street. What I've enjoyed seeing is the American and Hawaiian flags flying from the back end of the crane at night, illuminated by a spotlight. It's very dramatic against the pitch black sky.

What I didn't know but recently learned from a friend is that illuminating the American flag at night is a law (http://www.flagguys.com/etiq.html#night). How did I get so many decades into my lifetime without knowing that? :o

My upcoming New Years resolution is to keep a daily journal of at least one, new thing I learned that day...something to pass along to my grandkids.

[Equant]

I learned today that I can DL the KSDL lesson streams for later (offline) viewing with the following command...

mplayer -noframedrop -dumpstream "`wget -O - 'http://ksmedia.ksbe.edu:8080/ramgen/dl/kulaiwi/high/kulaiwi01.rm?usehostname' | head -1`" -dumpfile kulaiwi01.dump -bandwidth 999999999999


Now I'll have something to do during my 6 hour layover tomorrow in MSP. *AND* the quality looks way better than when I stream it with Realplayer.

Nathan

[cyleet99]

Today I read a sports magazine for the first time; the article in ESPN caught my eye about Colt Brennan. Interesting article! I happened to be in the "necessary" room at the time. :eek: (Oops! TMI!) Guess I learned you can't tell a magazine by its cover, 'cept this cover had Colt's picture on it.

[Cnecki]

I too am a newbie here

Still don't understand IM

Found out SPAM is better without wasting money trying others

I drool everyday over the lunches and breakfasts yall share

and too wonder who the politicans are you are talking about?

Live my life through all of you Sad? No, just lucky!

Thanks everyone!

:D :p :)

[cynsaligia]

things i learned today, and it's barely 1PM:

1. if you have $10, a properly filled out application, and a picture ID like your hawaii driver license, you can get a certified copy of your birth certificate while you wait at the dept of health.

2. the line to get a birth, marriage, or death certificate is twenty times longer than to get a marriage application.

3. you can get your passport pic taken and your passport application filed at UH campus center.

4. cafe kaila is a really nummy, pleasant place for breakfast.

[kani-lehua]

today we learned how to hydrate my very sick kitty by using an iv. thank goodness it's only once a day for four days.

[hulagirl]

aw kani-lehua poor thing your kitty...

today I learned that you should always use a recipe when you cook a meal, even if you've made it a thousand times. Also, I learned that pouring salt in dishes to even out the extra sugar you dumped in doesn't work.

Next time, I'll leave the cooking to my hubby.

[kani-lehua]

oopsie, hulagirl! regarding da salt.

yeah, my furry isn't doing well and eats very little. she's still drinking water and i know you're not supposed to, but i gave her some skim milk which she liked.

[shaveice]

4. cafe kaila is a really nummy, pleasant place for breakfast.

hmmmm... does that mean your mouth goes numb after eating there?!?! :D

[hulagirl]

Today I learned that shaveice's avatar looks really really nummy.:D
I also learned that kitty cat's aren't supposed to drink milk.
Sorry about your kitty kani-lehua... :(

[cynsaligia]

4. cafe kaila is a really nummy, pleasant place for breakfast.

hmmmm... does that mean your mouth goes numb after eating there?!?! :D

Today I learned that shaveice's avatar looks really really nummy.:D

tee hee. :D

i learned this morning about gold bond medicated powder's cultish following, esp in the *ahem* netherlands (http://crankyprof.blogspot.com/2008/05/men-puzzle-me.html).

the reason i found out about this is bcs the baby version of gold bond powder has become my choice as an antiperspirant substitute. some years ago, my armpits suddenly developed an extreme dislike for antiperspirants. i switched brands many times; tried deodorants instead of antiperspirants, and even used the rock for a month--all to no avail. eric suggested cornstarch. i tried regular johnson & johnson's cornstarch initially, then switched to gold bond baby powder. it was like the clouds parted and angels started singing. i've been using it for months now and had intended to post about it on the best purchases of the day thread and decided to do some online product research beforehand--which led me to my "airmen-love-gold-bond-powder" discovery.

apparently, gold bond powder is popular with many men for its cooling, chafe-relieving, "humidity-preventing" properties. the tingling sensation (which doesn't happen with the baby powder version, so i'm unfamiliar) is seemingly addictive as well. it's been a go-to product for many in the military, as far back as the vietnam war.

gold bond seems to be capitalizing on this with its rather amusingly euphemistic "powder my 'equipment'" (http://www.powdermyequipment.com/)ads.

[Leo Lakio]

A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday.
Source (http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1935449620080719)

I never knew who Makemake was, before seeing this - I only knew the word as a lyric in the song "Kipu Kai."