> On May 15, 3:32 am, Meta gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 14 May, 16:36, realitytrucker gmail.com> wrote:

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>>> On May 14, 11:28 am, Meta gmail.com> wrote:

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>>>> On May 14, 4:46 am, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector"
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>>>>>> On 13 May, 12:35, richard newsguy.com> wrote:

>>>>>>> Well after 57 years I have finally set foot in Hawaii!
>>>>>>> The flight in was totally boring all the way. Once I arrived in Honolulu
>>>>>>> I half
>>>>>>> expected to be greeted by half naked native girls handing out lei's. Well
>>>>>>> apparently that practice isn't happening these days. At least not at
>>>>>>> night
>>>>>>> anyway.

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>>>>>> The missionaries took care of that back in the 1800's.  My daughter
>>>>>> can't even wear an attracive dress to school, God forbid a boy might
>>>>>> look at her and have impure thoughts!  Horrors!  I think if you want
>>>>>> to be greeted by naked ladies you might want to try Bangkok (hence the
>>>>>> name) or Manilla - I hear they come fairly cheap there.

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>>>>>>> It cost me another $35 for a taxi ride to the hotel. Being near midnight
>>>>>>> for me
>>>>>>> I did manage to stay up a little longer to help get acclimated to the
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> difference. You do have to cross 3 time zones. So far I haven't done much
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> tomorrow I'll go see a few things.

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>>>>>>> Maybe the next time I come out here they'll have that damn bridge built.

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>>>>>> What bridge is that?

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>>>>>>> Y'all know what Aloha means right?
>>>>>>> Maholo means "thank you".

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>>>>>> You mean "Mahalo".  And don't forget, Kane is the word for man, and
>>>>>> Wahine is the word for woman.  It comes in handy.

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>>>>> Many Hawaiians are of Japanese descent.  Make sure you greet them properly;
>>>>> the phrase is "watasha-baka-da."- Hide quoted text -

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>>>> Actually, Hawaiians are immigrants of the Polynesian islands,
>>>> specifically, the Marquesas Islands (400 A.D) and Tahiti ( 9th or 10th
>>>> C.).  The Japanese didn't arrive until much later - 1868-1924, to work
>>>> as laborers on the plantations.  In Hawaii, the only people considered
>>>> to be Hawaiian are of the orginal Hawaiian descent.  The rest of us
>>>> are immigrants.  My parents immigrated here in 1961 from California,
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>>> Lived on Guam for 5 years so I know the term but maybe you should
>>> explain to the rest of them what a haole is.

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>> Hadn't realized they used that term in Guam, being that it's a
>> Hawaiian word.  It means foreign, or foreigner.  The word is used to
>> refer to a "white" person.  It can either be used as an insult or a
>> fact, depending on *how* it's used.  In junior high school the last
>> day of school before summer was called "kill haole day".  My mother
>> always made me go to school, anway.  I was scared to death, but no one
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> They used a few Hawaiian terms there.  Haole being the most
> prominent.  I was there from 66 to 71.  My brother still lives there.
> It was hell being the new white kid in Jr High back then.  You'd get
> your ass kicked by the locals and the other haoles (military brats)
> were too chickenshit to help you. I fought back, tho, and earned thier
> respect.