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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 10/30/2008 : 03:52:49 AM
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| Jack lives about 6-7 miles from me, we both live on hills (Jack lives a few blocks away from the highest place in the Seattle city limits). I always have goodies on hand so that I can read a book and play guitar in comfort. |
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islandboo
Lokahi
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2008 : 11:26:16 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Yikes, Debbie. Don't you live Indiana? The bad weather comes through Indiana before it gets to Cleveland. And don't be a wimp -- if the de Silva `ohana and Ale`a come from Hawai`i, you can tough it out. Don't forget, once you get here, the hotel is toasty warm.
True, but do they come slipping and sliding across 80/90 in a 14 year old Saturn that handles like a snow saucer?
Perhaps I will see if I can scrape together the money for a plane flight somehow - can you send me the registration details, or Michelleʻs email?
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2008 : 12:36:02 PM
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| Debbie and anyone else interested - I have posted particulars under camps/workshops thread. Anyone who wants to fly in, let me know and Paul and I will trek across town to the airport to pick you up and will deliver you back when you want to leave lovely Cleveland. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
1260 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2008 : 1:12:40 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Now I know why I dream of Hawai`i when the weather gets cold and gray in Cleveland. It snowed today. Nothing stuck on the ground, but it makes me grumpy no matter. Then when the light snow was pau, it rained down hard ice balls hard enough to scare my popoki from the noise of it hitting the windows.
Sheesh. It is going to be a looong winter.
Lucky you live Hawai`i.
There are some good things about the winter though: When you're anuanu you can come into da hale and warm yourself by the fireplace if you have one. You can go skiing, tubing, sledding, make snowmen, etc. And one of the best things for me is having hot chocolate after being out in the cold for a while. Mmmmmmmmmm! |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2008 : 1:56:07 PM
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| I am wearing my negative hat today -- fireplace is most dangerous says my fireman friend. Most homes are not built properly to safely make a fire in the fireplace if it is a wood burner. We have one and when we bought the house, I thought it was so romantic and cozy. After cleaning da buggah for a few times, I go change my mind. And den one day we have guests over for a murder mystery party and had a fire going for ambiance. Da liner of da fireplace when come crashing down insai da chimney and go make da damper ting kalunk closed. Had for pay one Italian concrete guy to rebuil;d da fireplace. Den no can ski, tube, sled, snowmen, etc. on accounta too much arthritis. No can drink hot chocolate, too many fats and carbs for a diabetic. Best thing is can sit inside cozy and warm, watch the birds at the bird feeder and be happy if I no have to go out. But today for trick or treating was about 60 degrees. Big difference a couple of days make. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2008 : 2:43:21 PM
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| Sorry about your fireplace, Wanda. Ours is gas.....flip the switch, it's on, flip it back, it's off. We only use it a few times each year for ambiance, like you said! The furnace keeps the house warm enough. |
Aloha,
John A. |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2008 : 6:14:18 PM
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http://www.taropatch.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=9
This is the link to the post about this February's Hula Workshop in Cleveland. Feb is a miserable time to be in Cleveland,(or in most areas on the Great Lakes) but a WHOLE GOOGLEY-GOB of ALOHA blows in with the workshop. Googley-gob is sorta like 'choke'.
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2008 : 10:17:40 AM
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Snow can be good...especially if it's a "dry" snow!
Really...There are as many types of snow as there are types of Hawaiian rain.
Our colorado snow, except in spring, (or after a wet and relatively warm Pacific front) which give us some heavy, wet snow... is often light and in the high country ski zones is magnificent 'champagne" powder...lots of air...
also, not only is the snow often dryer...the air is dryer, and on a sunny day in the 20's with NO WIND, and our rarified, low-humidity Mountain air... one can ski in light, shirt sleave clothing...
Good snow repellent gear can also make coping easier...
But driving with ignorant drivers on icy roads does make me think of moving the ski-condo to Big Island...
If I use cheap spring skis, I don't mind the rocks, as long as they aren't moving and red.
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2008 : 12:40:28 PM
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I think winter is for young people. See how much `Alika likes winter? She's young and has not yet my constant companion, Arthur Aitiss.
And Gordon - dry snow is no different than what they say in Vegas about "dry heat". Ha-ha. My oven is dry heat, too, but it sho'nuff bakes da chicken. When yer hot, yer hot, and when yer not, yer not.
Hallowee is over, now official Christmas shopping time! Woo-hoo! |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2008 : 2:46:28 PM
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| Wanda, I guess next big event for Christmas shoppers would be Black Friday......should be interesting this year with all the retailers hurting from the sluggish economy. |
Aloha,
John A. |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2008 : 5:18:49 PM
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While it is the old, cliche joke,
The humidity and density of air at our higher altitudes ABSOLUTELY makes a difference.
I've been in Houston and other coastal climates when it's 20 degrees (above), and I was never more miserable.
Plus wind and wind chill.
Sitting on the sunny apres ski deck (with beverage) on a sunny, windless mountain day at 8,000 ft. and 35 to 50 degrees is "toasty warm"...
So we sit outside and listen to island music soaking up rays...but slack key is difficult to find at apres ski...usually it's reggae or other tourist music...
Anyway,
But there are times the weather is excessively harsh, and miseable here, but it's rare these years to have more than a few days without sunshine and some daytime warmth...still,...but when it socks in for a week in February... I definitely long for beach time and the Hawaiian or Southern Winds....we're not mad. |
Edited by - Kapila Kane on 11/02/2008 5:27:37 PM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2008 : 01:45:00 AM
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I probably would like winter more if I had forced myself to like doing something in the snow such as `Alika suggested, skiing, etc. -- some kind of outdoor stuff. The things I like least about winter are: gray, gray, gray, gray, gray, until at least April. Rarely any sun from November until April. When it does snow, the snow is white only for a very short while. Then it is gray. Then when they plow the ugly stuff, it piles up at the edges of parking lots in shopping centers and is there until at least April. And then, there is driving in the snow. Scares the bejeebers out of me. Some days when I worked downtown in the Federal Building, it would take me two hours to drive 18 miles. By time I got home, I would practically have to peel my fingers away from the steering wheel, I had been holding on to it so tightly. One of the best things for me was when I started having cards with front wheel drive. What a widderence that made. And then, as, there is the heavy wet snow and the wind, wind, wind. Downtown by the Federla Building, they would have to put ropes along the walkway so people could hold on to them so as to not get blown away. And then when we would cross the street in front of the building, we would all lock arms together before crossing (many times, complete strangers) so we could have enought weight and strength so as to not get blown over. There are times when my purse would be blowing straight out at a 90 degree angle or more from my body! Then they moved our agency out of the Federal Bldg. to an ex-Nike missile site right on the lake. I mean right ON the lake. The front yard of the property was the lakeshore. We learned the first winter there not to park our cards facing north because the grilles would be so full of frozen snow and ice that many cards would not start.
I am sure that seasonal affective disorder is rampant here in this area. That is why when we first went to Hawai`i in late January, you can imagine how we felt, escaping the grayness. It was like landing in Oz. Colors once again. And the fragrances, flowers and the sea. Onaona. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
1799 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2008 : 04:53:54 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
The things I like least about winter are: gray, gray, gray, gray, gray
I am sure that seasonal affective disorder is rampant here in this area.
And then when we would cross the street in front of the building, we would all lock arms together before crossing (many times, complete strangers) so we could have enought weight and strength so as to not get blown over.
For a second deyah I thought you was Momi talking about Seattle TPers leaving one bar aftah kanikapila. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2008 : 05:50:29 AM
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I get one daughter coming your way, Momi and you Seattle guys. I cannot believe, though, that people go to see the show. Lucky for my daughter, they do, but. What the heck does ice have to do with High School Musical?
Any kind, intelligent young men 26-30 yrs. old, single, got good job, don't mind a hillbilly mother-in-law?
Wenatchee, WA 30 Oct - 2 Nov
Everett, WA 5 Nov - 9 Nov
Seattle, WA 12 Nov - 16 Nov
Spokane, WA 19 Nov - 23 Nov
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2008 : 12:52:27 PM
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| Well, the fact that I ski helps me through the grey days here in Seattle. I have had 3 operations on my right knee and one on the left, and I have arthritis in both. One of the main mantras of arthritis is "move it or lose it". As I understand it, ostoarthritis manifests itself by crystalization of the synovial fluid, which lubricates the joint. Is you move, the joint heats up, and the crystals dissolve. So, even though it's painful to get started, I feel so much better the next day. As an examlple, I was dancing at our "Louisianathon" yesterday. When I left, my knees were killing me, but today they really feel good. In flat area like Cleveland, cross country skiing is good, escpecially cardovacularly - it's great exercise, and you can spend more time looking around rather than at the next mogul. |
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