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UpperWestside

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  1. People were so calm. I walked the three miles or so from Pearl Ridge over to the Wal-Mart (only place open to pick up a few things) before getting an Uber back home as the bus system was not up and running again yet. Honest to God if this was out on Long Island I feel like some Italian guys would’ve done something dumb in this situation. Were it Texas and the Gulf of Mexico I think someone may have yelled out “Hold my Lone Star!” and done something even dumber.
  2. So far, so good. The early warning and preparedness of Hawaiians for stuff like this is impressive. When I say it is genuinely cool to see residents of a state trust and listen to the government on things like this it is legitimately refreshing. More states could stand to be this organized and working as a team to help its citizens.
  3. Thank you my man. Yes I could go for a nice 12 pack of Diet Coke right about now @Orale
  4. That shopping center/mall on Pearl Ridge. It‘s more than high enough to be a really safe distance from things. I go over to that area on a regular basis.
  5. Traffic near Pearl Harbor has thinned out. I think by seven I should be up on the ridge. Best two posts in here. I’m still laughing.
  6. Absolutely. Things are just things. You don’t get a 2nd chance with destructive forces of nature like this. We passed by where I live just now. I’m on the 3rd floor there (really four with an upstairs), but I’m staying on the bus to get higher. With Schofield helping to get people higher I think we should be okay.
  7. Glad you got up there. Traffic is still dense here. I feel like I am high up enough right now, but again a wave can do immense damage as you well know. After reading the book The Wave several years ago I will never take the amazing Pacific ocean that I love, lightly.
  8. Judging by how fast this bus is going in this traffic I could probably just walk up to The Punchbowl instead, but we’ll see if it starts to thin out well before the first wave hits.
  9. The low lying grocery stores are being told to empty. People still walked in like it’s no big deal. This is the Target attached to Ala Moana. I was down there today at B&N reading amd whatnot. Seeing people not have an appropriate fear for Mother Nature and the power of water is frustrating at best. I at least got on the A bus before it filled as O know it empties up on Pearl Ridge. Some of these people need to just walk north at the very least to higher ground.
  10. Good to see you two check-in. I am going up to higher ground at Pearl Ridge. I live down near the old Dole Cannery and I see how it gets there just for heavy storms, much less this.
  11. These people not getting out of the water on Waikiki are nuts.
  12. Something told me not to head to the beach today on the North Shore. It’s what I usually do on a day off.
  13. Had two warnings in the last hour for a possible/probable tsunami that would hit Hanalei over on Kauai around 7:10 HST.
  14. F Cancer. Great ballplayer from when I was a kid. Chicago Cubs teammates, opponents remember Ryne Sandberg - ESPN
  15. His actions following the sinking of his PT boat should have gotten him a MoH.
  16. When this guy kicks the bucket he moves to the front of the line on the grave pissing tour. Jesus tapdancing Christ that is one of the most horrific things I have ever seen someone say. He needs to be thrown under the jail.
  17. For starters I'd let Jasmine Crockett do more of the talking for the Democrats. The woman that verbally destroyed MTG, wore a hat that said "F Donald Trump" with the whole word and continually eviscerates the cult in Congressional hearings seems like someone you might want to hand a bullhorn to when you have to start to deprogram 80 million clowns. Trying to say things nicely won't work anymore than attempting to talk the average German out of supporting Hitler in the 30's or, for a better comparison, the Italian populace and its support of Il Duce for almost two decades. Release the hounds and tell decorum to sit this one out.
  18. Self-reflection has been something I have done a great deal more of the last five years and change. One thing that I have always had issues with is noise. The earliest memory of a noise related incident was my brother and I playing when I was maybe 3 or so. We were playing and my dad was attempting to watch a movie that had alligators in it if memory serves correct. He was never loud, but he yelled. It shut me down. I had to switch jobs today not because I did not enjoy the work or because of the people (they were really cool), but solely because the noise and environment was overwhelming me and causing excess stimulation. If any of you have ever felt burnt out at times this has been a life-long issue and at times can derail things for me in life. Had I known I was on the spectrum as a child I would likely have received help and guidance on this. Mostly I just navigate this issue myself. Sometimes good and sometimes not so much. I get burned out mentally and emotionally much quicker than y’all ever will. Recognizing it though, even later in life as an adult, does provide me peace of mind knowing when too much stimulation is just TOO MUCH. Sometimes when I explain this people attempt to be kind by saying they feel like that too. It’s not the same, but I get the sentiment of wanting to be nice. I feel like autism provides me a whole bunch of good, but this would be something in the con column.
  19. Round Rock Donuts was the only one that I've ever really, really loved.
  20. I'm glad for him being able to beat cancer and get back to coaching. I'm glad he told everyone to go get checked out, especially calling out African-American men for not wanting to go to the doctor. His words, to paraphrase, "If I didn't get checked out for one thing they wouldn't have found the other and we'd be having a whole different celebration right now."
  21. Reading the article would give an answer to this comment.
  22. That's beautiful man. You like to use the term "good egg". Well, you and the people you know are a whole good carton of them. Tell that man he's doing God's work and there are people on the internet that he does not know that think what he's doing is pretty awesome.
  23. These people…Hoo boy! We’ve got a dictator stealing millions and millions of dollars of our money and they decide to try to force AOC to pay more for a dress she rented four years ago. I want the House Democrats to form a new committee when they have control of things and have it called the committee on morals, social media and internet related ethics. First thing to investigate is Mike Johnson’s computer to see what VPN he is using to view porn. Might as well make a complete spectacle out of that cowardly little person. Right after that they can investigate Jim Jordan for the Ohio State wrestling abuse.
  24. On my mom’s side of the family there were Scottish ancestors. Her mom’s family came over from Scotland in 1640 or so if memory serves correct. One of them founded Wofford College. I think that @Ghost of LL would find that humorous and he knows why. All of those wonderful Scottish insults of TFG sit well with me.
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