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Baboontyme

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  1. I made it. It was horrible beyond words. Stunning, even after looking at everything online and on the news.
  2. Update bc I'm sitting in a parking lot on the highway back into town. They are letting residents and hotel guests with reservations back into town you retrieve their things starting at noon. Family is on their flight Phoenix bound. Sw rebooked me at 4 but I'm not going to make it I don't think. The adventures continue. I hate to be a burden on these folks but I think getting our shit myself is probably less of one than having to have someone box everything up and ship it.
  3. Awful. We are fine. I assume those sleeping in the airport were unable to find a hotel. We've been in an Airbnb in Kihei the past two nights. The host worked with me, very compassionate. Family is on a noon flight, I am on a 2 pm. Not expecting any hiccups but who knows. The resort says they will pack up our things and ship them to us at no cost when it is safe to go back and they have power. Got some cash for my wife and I was able to add my Amex on her phone to Google Pay.
  4. I've got a business platinum on me, they set me up with a one time PIN for a cash advance. Should be good, I will also give her some CC numbers. Thanks surly. On another note remembered my car keys are in my fucking bag at the resort, as well. Booked a ride and guess we will be driving back to DTW on Sunday if I can find my spares! Oh well we are not dead or homeless. Sick to my stomach looking at pictures.
  5. Yeah we are an Android fam. She has a Galaxy. Thought about that, it does have NFC.
  6. Cash advance on the Amex you mean? My bank card and 10 other cards are back at the resort. Good to know, I can give her a couple of numbers from cards I have stored on my phone.
  7. I have a question and my brain hurts so I'm posting it here. Don't want to hijack the other thread. We are flying out tomorrow, connecting overnight in Phoenix before a Delta flight home on Saturday. They had to split us up 3 and 1. Wife will take the kids. She only has an ID. I have I think $150 cash and an Amex. Assuming we won't be able to get our stuff before then what are my options to get her some credit or a safety net for traveling until we can meet up in Phoenix. I will give her the cash obviously.
  8. That is fucking devastating. Good lord. I will post some pictures and videos at some point from our vantage. I would have never guessed in a million years that the fires we were watching from the car could have caused that kind of damage. The wind was insane and it was obvious some structures on the South end of town were going to be affected but it just did not look like the kind of blaze that was going to level the entire town. Man oh man. I even had a video of us in the car waiting for the road to open kind of making fun of our predicament. Deleted and frankly ashamed. @Hank_Hill please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you or the local community out before Friday other than just getting out of your hair ASAP. RIP to those who were lost.
  9. We good. Do not worry about us...but thank you.
  10. We had our big summer vacation last year in Captiva. I need to stop going on vacations. Sorry Hank. Got a condo in Kihei. I'm going on 40 hours without a wink of sleep. Just awful. Family at breakfast in front of us this morning at Zippy's in Kahului talking about how they lost everything including a house that has been in the family for 60 years. So sad.
  11. If Gucci were open that would mean the Pint and Cork I'm staring at would be open and I would be drinking myself to sleep instead of typing on my phone with my arms inside my t shirt. Oh well, no complaints, I didn't lose anything other than a chill night at the resort and the chance to do the R2H before we go home. Obviously I planned it for our last day.
  12. Really? We were parked pretty close to the road closure for about 3 hours and could see the fire pretty closely. It looked to me like it was pretty well contained to the south end of town and pushing towards the water. Like maybe around Shaw St and South looking at the map. I hope the rumors are not true. We are at Wailea. I ain't sleepin tonight that's for sure. Chasing lizards and cockroaches away from the kids. I heard Kihei was also evacuated.
  13. We are trapped. Sleeping in an outdoor mall. Hope Hank and the other residents have not lost anything.
  14. Ironically enough the condo I am staying in for the next 5 days has all Bosch appliances in the kitchen. They kinda look and feel cheap to me? I haven't used the dishwasher yet. Range is induction. Look at this stupid water dispenser on the refrigerator. Anyone spot the issue aside from the wrong logo on the cup?
  15. Do you share a birthday with baby jebus?
  16. I'm in Hawaii, really shouldn't be worrying about this shit but I am. I'm so frustrated with the PM on the remodel. The subs are all fantastic but he is full of shit. Just be honest and communicate with me man. Tell me why you can't get the plumbing roughed in. He has alluded 3x to delays being caused by the inability to make a draw against the loan with the CU. Bullshit. Talk to your ex wife who runs the accounting in your office. We had this straightened out a month ago but apparently you never asked her about it and decided to delay services instead. This project was 3.5 years in inception and I have been adamant the entire time the interior work needs to happen in summer due to school considerations in re to my wife and kids. Yet they didn't start tearing the kitchen out until 7/6 (done the next day) and it has sat idle since. I told him 3 months ago we were going to HI for 2 weeks and gave him dates yet the house has been sitting untouched for a week since we left. I sent him a Karen email that was entirely fair. Fucking frustrated.
  17. That seems to be a common theme I'm reading here. I am taking solace in the fact that I'm guessing most of you all with that complaint live in Texas? That may be a feature and not a bug for us in Michigan.
  18. Take it from someone who has lived in TX and now regularly shops at a brand spanking new Kroger Marketplace 1/2 mile from my house. It ain't worth it. Kroger blows. The only redeeming quality they had was the 5-6x annual .99/lb pork butt but that is now 1.69 or something post Covid. Go to HEB or as someone said about Costco. Rest easy knowing you are paying more for better meat and a better overall shopping experience and company.
  19. I mean i can't really blame you but you didn't read the rules. It's a 1k weight even weight cap so this is 4 250 lb lions (lioness' I presume?) V. 2 500 lb tigers. I think I've got the tigers. I had the chimps over the jags as well in a close one. I also had the golden eagles over the jags. The scouting report said those things attack from the air so fast that the beak is equivalent to a gunshot. I'm not sure how many beasts in this bracket could survive that.
  20. Flew in from Phoenix today. Have only been here 6 hours and haven't gone anywhere but the resort grounds and the Honua Kai next door. We are blown away. Kids already calling it their favorite trip. We are simple Midwestern folk but we've had some fun trips. The landscape is just surreal.
  21. The Bosch ranges get crap reviews. The dishwashers they have like 8 of Consumer Reports top 10.
  22. Respectfully I disagree. You moron. Kidding but felt like a good opportunity to take an anonymous online shot at someone. Here is how I see this battle taking place. Each cougar retreats to a corner as far away as possible from the action. The pack descends upon one of the cougars from every angle. The cougar feigns and crouches and bluffs once it is cornered trying to convince itself it is the predator and not the prey. The wolves drive the cougar off of its spot using their hunting technique. They aren't quite engaging enough for the cougar to attack, it knows it is in for a battle so it keeps retreating and trying to scare the wolves off. Meanwhile its 3 buddies are off napping and eating lasagna. Eventually the wolves wear down the cougar and it has to fight. It is exhausted. It maybe takes out one of the wolves tops. Wolves don't get tired man. They will do this shit over and over to each of the remaining cougars. Those pumas don't know teamwork. I need to revisit the bracket but I heard 3 333 lb Silverbacks took on 25 40 lb wolverines today.
  23. Reading good things about the range but not the dishwashers and refrigerators for Frigidaire. Seem to recall people having issues with LG refrigerators but they are consistently rated they highest on CR. Good LG dishwasher on there for a good price that compares well to their top overall. Anyone have any feedback on LG refrigerators?
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