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Pupule
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 Posted - 02/19/2007 : 6:45:22 PM
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Hard for me to believe but Taropatch.net turned 5 years old on 2/10/07. When I started this site, I thought it'd be great to have 100 registered members. Today, there are more than 1500 registered members and over 33,000 posts!
Mahalo to all of you for making this one of the best places on the Internet! Thanks for your friendships, continued aloha for the music, musicians and culture of Hawai`i.
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/19/2007 : 7:01:42 PM
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| Congratulations and a great big mahalo to YOU, Andy, for starting this terrific place for all of us to hang out, learn and talk story! |
Aloha,
John A. |
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hawaiianmusiclover06
`Olu`olu
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 01:13:13 AM
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| Mahalo nui and congratulations goes out to you Andy for making this site where we can come and share our ideas of music, making new friends, and talk story! |
Aloha Kakou, maluhia a me aloha mau loa (Hello everyone, peace and love forever) |
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
1526 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 04:03:43 AM
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Actually Andy, at my age, I can't remember a time when Taropatch didn't exist :-) As a charter member I can remember when there were only a handful of members. Lawrence was the first (apart from you), and of those who didn't drop out, Cathe was 2nd, Julie was 3rd and Jerry (jsulle)was 4th and I was 5th (too bad the other beginners dropped out). Lawrence joined on the 11th and I joined on the 20th. Then there was this bogus member called "moderator" who I think you created because you really didn't know how to proceed then.
It has been quite a ride, hasn't it?
I really do have a life, but I consider this my second home, in which so many of my friends live, too.
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 06:58:55 AM
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Looks like I was #38 right after Cindy Combs!
Mahalo, Andy. |
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islandboo
Lokahi
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 07:15:24 AM
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I was lurking from the beginning, but it took me a couple of months to get up the nerve to register. To borrow from another topic, "You know you're a charter member if you can remember when Islandboo was shy!"
Mahalo nui, Andy!!! |
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
1526 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 07:52:17 AM
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Debbie shy?!? Impossible. I'd know that laugh anywhere. And, Deb, you still have not written a Camp report. Get off your shy `okole and do it!
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islandboo
Lokahi
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 09:34:58 AM
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My `okole is still laboring under the weight of piles of laundry and catching up on bills (catching up on posts here was a priority ), but I will write one toward the end of the week! |
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
1635 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 10:26:12 AM
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Kudos, Andy. Well deserved congratualitions and thanks. My life is immeasurable richer because of the patch.
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 10:37:33 AM
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Jeeesz! Has it only been five years??  |
Mahope Kākou...
...El Lorenzo de Ondas Sonoras |
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
1526 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 11:13:14 AM
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Exactly what I meant Lawrence. Doesn't it seem as if we all have known each other since schmall kid time?
I can remember the first time Sarah and I met Andy and Lynette - in Spring 2001. Andy had posted on r.m.m.g.a (Usenet Newsgroup), asking if anyone there was going to AMC in Puna (the first one). I was hanging out there, so I responded, that we were going. Then, after a few more electronic contacts I invited them up for an afternoon and evening. I was really worried, actually sorta scared, because you don't know if you are inviting a serial killer or something off the 'net and into your living room. So, the day arrives, and so do they, and I open the door, and here is this *tall* guy (Andy is deceptively big - you kinda don't notice it, but he is) wearing a *NYPD* t-shirt. My brain goes "Oh, sh*t, are we gonna go to jail for something? How do I handle a cop?" Then, cute Lynette appears from behind him and I figure things are gonna be OK. Turned out very nicely ever after.
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 11:37:20 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Reid
I was really worried, actually sorta scared, because you don't know if you are inviting a serial killer or something off the 'net and into your living room. So, the day arrives, and so do they, and I open the door, and here is this *tall* guy (Andy is deceptively big - you kinda don't notice it, but he is) wearing a *NYPD* t-shirt.
Don't be too relieved. If I decide to change careers and go serial killer, there is still time. 
The shirt was my bad ploy to get out of a speeding ticket in case I had been stopped on the way through Connecticut. I understand that the state has generated a nice revenue stream from David Letterman's speeding tickets.
Seriously, the `ohana here has been so kind... from delicious meals at Reid and Sarah's to shopping with Kevin Brown in Wailuku to Don Narup picking me up in California to staying at Mr. and Mrs. Chunk's house. |
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JimC
Lokahi
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2007 : 06:08:13 AM
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| congratulations and thank you Andy. I'm with Raymond, finding Taropatch has enriched my life and connectted me with some wonderful freinds |
Jim
http://www.ohanahulasupply.com
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Pops
Lokahi
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2007 : 5:46:54 PM
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Congratulations, and thanks, Andy, for your hard work and efforts. You've given a lot a people a lot of happiness. Mahalo!
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sandman
Lokahi
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2007 : 8:40:03 PM
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Mahalo to all. I've learned a lot.
Sandy |
Leap into the boundless and make it your home.
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2007 : 11:58:57 AM
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| Ditto all. What a great resource and community! I've met great folks here and encourage others interested in the music and culture to check in. Thanks for making a difference! |
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