Just in case …

WooHoo First!

Yawn…Sun’s up, almost time for bed.

Good morning, Tsaikos. Awake early as I had a sweeeet dream: that we beat FSU. Hope it comes true.

Fine. It’s your birthday. You happy?

good morning Tsaikos!

PP,
I hope there are some problems with the fire alarms Friday night at a certain hotel…just saying

Happy Birthday Chad Ikei.

Happy Birthday Kaliko Lee.

Forgot – top 20.

Happy Birthday to Chad and Kaliko.

Wonder how much Stutz is reciprocating the “Miss ya much”…PSU travels to Greeley, CO to try to get back in the W column against a similarly struggling No. Colorado team. Both teams looking for their first conference win.

Greeley…..biggest employer is the slaughter house. When you attend UNCO’s recruiting events they tell you “all the rooms are air-conditioned, so you can hardly smell anything” 👿 😯 😆

Have a great day erryboddy!

HiHo…..

so i finally google and learn about this guy.

Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς, my fellow non-karaoke singer.

Like i said previously, good news keeps coming for the warriors this week. Go Warriors!!!!!!!

Good morning everyone!

J made the 700th post last night.

Happy birthday to Chad and Kaliko!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Happy Birthday Chad and Kaliko!

I’d like to send a special shout out to all the Tiger, Warrior, and Governor alums! Oh yeah and to you too, whitey san! Wea did you grad? Are you a Saber or Bear or some such?

Congrats to al for figuring out how to make foreign text on the blog. This reconfirms my status as dumbest guy on the blog about that kind of stuff.

kalaepohaku hilltoppers 34
another red raider team 31

rainbow drive inn dogs 34
richie’s drive inn govs 31

central oahu hs 34
makaha sons 31

bishop estate academy 34
pac10 31

wahiawa botanicals 34
thelma’s boyz in the hood 31

coffee beaners 34
kohala kim chee 31

kokee canyon boys 34
still another red raiders 31

tokyo hs 34
english standards 31

whalers 34
no ka oi hs 31

and in the really big show……….

men in green 34
men in red 31

Because of you al, YOU taught me how to love like this… *sniff, sniff* Thank you… *sniff* sniff* I LOVE you man! 😆

Like your forecast, Mr. “Knows how to make up great metaphorical nick names”.

I miss Wreckineyes much.

dpk…you cheating on me?

happy birthday cyndee.

sm…sneak out and have that awesome oxtail ramen next door with a side order of kim chee.

Howzit and morning, gang!

More October birthdays? Auwrite!!

Happy birthday Chad and Kaliko!

Whew! I just pau catch up with the literally hundreds of posts after I left work yesterday….DANG!! Too funny…I love it!

And….JJ, grandpa lost his pants? O.M.G…..

good morning tsaikos looking like a very hot day with the sun burning very brightly now. also there is no hint of trades which means head for your favorite ac establishment and chill out.

two more day till tgate and warrior fball 😀

hey hey cohana what happens in LV sometime leaks out ..aka.. jj’s mandalay man lol

so wot can make it after your victoria secret model gig at the baby/fam expo?

“…feeding the Kid would bring closure… :mrgreen:”

Rajah dat! Thanks for thinking of al’s need for closure, Steve.

The center is excellente!
What’d i miss? j/k!
Have a good day Tsaikos, and yell extra loud for me at the game. I’ll be at a wedding in Phoenix (checking stats on my phone!)
By the way- here’s to RainbowCliff! That guy is all heart.

Article about how Coach Tomey might retire after this season if SJSU loses to Idaho on Saturday. SJSU is 1-3, but their losses are at USC, at Stanford, and Utah at home…none of those were unexpected losses.

Which brings us to Saturday’s affair with Idaho, the most improved team in the WAC. Two months from now, we could look back on it as the game that saved or sunk the season — and, by extension, the game that kept SJSU’s program churning forward or initiated a massive retreat.

If the Spartans lose, they would have no chance for a bowl berth but a good chance for a lousy year. They would be 1-4 with trips to Fresno State and Boise State looming. At that point, the most realistic scenario is a four-win season. Dark clouds circle. Tough questions get asked. The Spartans become a backsliding program with a 71-year-old coach entering the final year of his contract and facing a 2010 schedule that begins with Alabama, Wisconsin and Utah — all on the road.

Come January, he will have been on the job for five years and qualify for the California State University’s retirement benefits. No way does he come back in 2010 without a contract extension. But will the Spartans commit? Bowen said there have been no discussions.

al: Are you CRAZY????!! I no take stuff dat no belong to me!! Bumbay I get all kine bachi……Da sticks can stay dea…I like da kine guava from somebody’s yard so at least that way I know I had persmission fo’ take, yeah? hehehe…

cohana good so see you and the rest of the clan sometime on saturday.

wow looking at esme site and see get free massage, bring dat person to tgate so we all can get worked over bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

garret best day watching fball all day with great food was the turkey day games at the old aloha stadium. got to see good hs games then going home to a supa turkey meal that included steak, mandu, kalbe ribs, mac salad etc yummmmmm

koakane,

For me the best sports watching day was New Years Day. We would wake up early at Grandma’s house in Kula, eat the ozoni, then basically watch bowl games and EAT all day. My Mom is an excellent cook and I looked forward to that food all year!

I think we also miss these former scholarship players:

-LeMarcus Gibson
-Korey Reynolds
-Kevin Konrath

Quentin Beaver would have been a nice big D lineman to clog the hole. Chris Leatigaga hasn’t played yet either huh.

al: You funny! I going tell them YOU said go! hahaha…

I think we get good chance this weekend…gonna be tough but 9.5 points is no respect. UH is always a good home dog (USC not included) and i expect them to compete and stay close. Not saying we going win but should keep it respectable. If the D holds Fresno to under 200 yards rushing we win. If not…..good night.

What? No football tickets prize giveaway today?

PowderPuff is a cougar? Didn’t know she goes after the young guys.

meanwhile back at the farm….

it will be an exciting saturday watching the bryant “mo em down” moniz show debut. also, hopefully the jackrabbits, taylor and blount, will run wild too.

and of course there is always the tailgate. anybody bringing a kamado?
whoa that would be heaven and what with c’s guava branches. a 12lb turkey would do well yah.

Colomaohana:

Should have lots of guava in and around Hoomaluhia park (nice ones right behind the plant nursery – took pictures of em last week) … the Old Pali Road off of the lookout… down along Likelike… Aiea Heiau.

ST,

tanks for bringing up Libre; I’ve been busting my brains trying to remember the name of that whirling dervish of a scat-back who did some damage to the other teams UH played especially off of the shovel passes which I have not seen much of in the current offense; and may I say, he definitely helped open up the passing game to boot.

That’s one of the things that I think UH sorely needs to open up the passing game and to keep the defenses honest, as they say.

Catamaran lunch cruise to different islands?

SteveM,

A Na Koa cruise is a great idea and could actually raise a fair amount of money for Na Koa is done correctly! This is especially the case now that the cruise industry has been hit hard by the economy…there are some *great* deals available for people who can book a large number of rooms. The people going on the cruise could get a *significantly* discounted rate and the organizer (Na Koa) could make a fair amount of money off the top! Combine that with auctions of UH memorabilia and some casino events and Na Koa could make a good amount of money.

I’ve been organizing a family reunion cruise out of Long Beach for June, so I actually have been getting all kinds of quotes over the past 3 months. I’ll pass your suggestion and some of the information I have found on to Don Weir on Saturday. For the cruise I’m organizing I’ve been having the cruise line give each cabin a large credit in addition to the discounted rate, but for a Na Koa cruise I’d suggest that Na Koa get the money instead of giving the cabin credit.

I think the biggest loss was Brashton.

RB Libre’s petition was squashed at the UH level by Dr. Nicholson and Amanda Patterson because extreme financial harship did not pass the common sense. Not only is he a vicious pass-blocker, he is a true RB with true passion for the game, fast, powerful, and intelligence. Recently he won his first USPowerlifting Federation championship in his division (raw) squatting 501, bench 363, and deadlifting 600. God permitting, he is awaiting pro day in 2010. In my humble opinion the season is not lost, we can go to a bowl game if the team plays with the same sense of urgency and heart like Libre.

SteveM,

I guess that would depend on the charter cost. That is *really* thinking big. I was just thinking of the cruise only, but air+cruise packages of course would make more. However, Panda Travel would probably want in on that because they handle so much UH business already.

G, roger that.

mih…no forget the branches.

Fresno Bee story gives the Warriors a LOT of bulletin-board material. Only one player on the Fresno State team has a sack this season, so I don’t know how they can be this confident about their pass rush.

“Watching that game was pretty exciting because La. Tech really exposed a lot of things,” defensive end Kenny Borg said. “It’s very exciting for us to see that they’re very vulnerable to that kind of stuff, and we’re going to take advantage of it.”

Defensive line coach Will Plemons said the pass rush has improved each game and that it’s his job to make sure the Bulldogs get pressure with just their four down linemen. That is to say, without the help of a blitzing linebacker or safety, which limits pass coverage.

well, couldn’t they have done the recruiting stuff on their own sans paycheck and expense money. that would have been great for job security.

geesh. with that attitude i can’t imagine any of their staff owning their own business.

al,

Maybe get NoClueAtAll rules about visits “off the clock”

tough situation for shiloah te’o.

i suppose that is one of the things these student/athletes have to deal with. i guess there is a zero tolerance for any alcoholic beverages at a mormon church university.

wish him the best of his future endeavors.

“i guess there is a zero tolerance for any alcoholic beverages at a mormon church university.”

. . . unless you’re Jim McMahon.

Al,

Shiloah was actually on his second chance at BYU. He was punished once before and allowed to rejoin the team.

Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues.

Bad juju to lie.

Hey, who is Kaliko Lee ? What a beautiful young woman.

Yeah, there were couple posts earlier asking, “who is Kaliko Lee” still waiting for an answer. Inquiring minds wants to know…..

TYaiea:
October 8th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Aloha Tsaikos, I was waiting to post 100, but was rudely interrupted by work and Garret beat me to it. Imua Warriors!!!

TYaiea — no worry, get plenty more to attain….it used be harder to get 100 than “first”. In fact, when I was looking up the 900, 1,000, 1,100, 1,200 posters this morning, I saw your name up in that neighborhood. 🙂

BTW, here’s yesterday’s benchmarks…

FIRST — d1島
100 — jojo ®
200 — d1島
300 — LizKauai
400 — duffer (iPhone)
500 — djmitcho
600 — d1島
700 — J

SteveM, mahalo for the email to the Tsaikos. I believe in what you said. Imua Warriors.

Stephen Tsai:
October 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Kaliko Lee is our family friend. And she’s a lurker, too.
Did I mention she’s single? Where’s Jason when I make these announcements.

what about me? I am single and lonely too

SteveM,

I got to #721 last night; what was special about that count?

I received a reply to an email I sent to Mark Platte who wrote the Opinion article last Sunday which didn’t mention Stephen or Leila as contributors to the HA’s web success. This is his response:

This particular column was not about everything that appears on our Web site. It was about some of the features that are offered on the Web and a history of how far we’ve come. When you mention one blog or feature, you pretty much have to acknowledge them all and there is simply not enough space to do so. In the past three years, I have written eight columns about Stephen, his blog and the Warrior Beat. One column was entirely devoted to Stephen’s relentless pursuit of UH sports, which has been praised often. So he’s hardly been ignored.
Thanks for reading honoluluadvertiser.com
Aloha,Mark

I think I’ll wear the Estes tee to the game tonight. It could work as a dress.

oh wait, nvm. i should read the comments before posting. my q’s were already answered.

Mahalo for yesterday’s Birthday wishes – today is Split The Difference Day since DrDoc’s b’day is tomorrow. Depending upon how quickly the Wahine finish off Nevada will determine where’s we’ll celebrate; however, it looks like dinner will be at Maharani Restaaurant on S. King opposite soon-2-be-closed Star Market.

Interesting factoid: In any given year more people in the USA are born between September 1 and October 15 than any other six weeks’ chunk of time. Counting backwards nine full months puts conception dates from Thanksgiving through New Years.

Back to somewhat football-related stuff: Aloha Stadium is owned by the State of Hawai`i. There have been a number of attempts over the past couple of years to transfer ownership to UH or to modify the agreements between UH and the Stadium Authority. With the exception of the ownership transfer, many of these small steps have been initiated. There was also a failed attempt to re-structure the Authority itself, but the concept has been deferred to 2011 at the earliest..

Even given the financial constraints of the state, there is still a fairly significant amount of money in the Capital Improvements Budget to refurbish the Stadium – turf, seats, restrooms, additional railings, etc; however, until there is some adjustment in state laws concerning naming rights, the types of improvements being suggested here might not be possible if only paid for by us taxpayers.

Selling naming rights can bring in big bucks – see my earlier comments – but the laws may have to be changed first.

These are very complex issues and not something that can be decided by a couple of people over beers at Murphy’s.

I try to attend the Stadium Authority’s monthly meetings, but they’re held at the same time/date and ten miles away from another state agency’s meetings. If something is on that agenda which I have to attend as part of my day job, then I cannot go to the Authority’s meetings.

Furthermore, there are half a dozen key legislators to contact concerning how things get changed at Aloha Stadium:with respect to its relationships with UH as well as to maintenance & upgrade issues.

Unfortunately, our major legislative champion – Mark Takai -is not one of them; however, based upon my experiences working with these key people of a number of issues, they will listen and respond to logical, well-reasoned arguments.

In today’s economic climate, that means focusing on the Return On Investments over the next three to 25 years.

Another issue which will have a HUGE impact on Aloha Stadium and its revenues will be transit-oriented development. This is not a legislative/state issue but one which resides with the Hannemann Administration and his successor.

At least one of the potential Mayoral candidates plans to cancel the mass transit project if he wins the Special Election next September 18 following Mufi’s resignation in July, 2010, to run for Governor.

Four members of the Honolulu City Council will also be gone in 15 months because they are running for another office. Of the five current members whose term expires in 2012, I count only two of them who support the rail system. Two oppose it and the fifth member – a supporter – may run for Mayor which will open up his seat for still another Special Election next September 18.

Also bear in mind that the Lingle Administration – including the head of the Department of Accounting & General Services which oversees the Stadium – will be gone in 14 months.

Those of you who are really interested in improving the physical facilities for UH sports (CIP Budget) as well as increasing the $$$ spent on sports programs in the Operating Budget should ask questions during next year’s campaigns for Governor, Lt. Governor, Mayor & City Council.

You can also ask the Governor and the Mayor’s representatives at any of the 33 O`ahu Neighborhood Board meetings as to what they consider to be their administrative priorities.

IMUA WAHINE!! IMUA WARRIORS!!

Slugger:
October 8th, 2009 at 11:54 am
(J)J,
I’m just a lonely boy
Lonely and blue balls
I’m all alone
With nothing to do no make fun of me. If I wasn’t a guy, I would have nothing to play with

Slugger/(j)j, that song is from my time:
Paul Anka
(I’m just a) Lonely Boy

I’m just a lonely boy
Lonely and blue
I’m all alone with nothin’ to do
I’ve got everything you could think of
But all I want is someone to love

Someone, yes, someone to love
Someone to kiss
Someone to hold at a moment like this
I’d like to hear somebody say
‘I’ll give you my love each night and day’

Somebody, somebody, somebody
Please send her to me
I’ll make her happy
Just wait and see
I prayed so hard to the heavens above
That I might find someone to love

Hey Garrett, do you know what Teo’s first transgression was? Of course, the lying part doesn’t go over too well for me. In reply to ‘jm2375’, Teo’s drinking transgression is a result of the time we live in. At one time the drinking age WAS 18 before reactionaries decided to push it back. I had friends that drank legally for 2 years, then suddenly became “criminals” after the law changed when they chose to partake at 20 years of age. In Europe (you can correct me if I’m wrong), they introduce alcoholic beverages with family meals at an early age. It’s not such a novelty for kids there, so there isn’t any kind of “binge” drinking as there is here in the States, nor does there seem to be as many DUIs or alcoholics in evidence. Just an observation. As for Teo having to get his life straightened up, that could go for a lot of people whether they’re 19 or 60. Just as JJ & staff took a chance on Pisa, Colt & Davone, perhaps they should just do some homework on this kid to see if he’s salvageable & worthy of another chance. We all know how things worked out for the afore-mentioned trio.

The last few days I’ve heard on the radio and seen on message boards of suggestions from fans of what to name the Fresno-Hawaii rivalry.

Me, I would want to have some idea or feeling that’s inherent and indigenous to both sides and put that name on a cup or a trophy.

We know the words Aloha and Valley is significant to both sides, Hawaii and Fresno State.

So why not name the rivalry …and play for the Aloha-Valley Cup?

The design of the cup could be made from koa and redwood.

Just a thought.

Royvic, I always wondered why they have that big “V” on the bulldawgs helmets. Is it in reference to “Valley” like u just mentioned in your post? IMUA warriors….

Finally had a chance to watch Leahey and Leahey with Coach Miano.

Seems like the staff understands the task at hand.
He mentioned that they’d be in full pads for two days – yesterday and today. I thought I read somewhere that it was just one day. Either way, I hope the change in practice carries over to how they play on Saturday (remember the old adage)

Also Coach Miano mentioned a 4.25 guy “#7” but couldn’t remember his name…no #7 on the roster? 😕

d1島:
October 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Also Coach Miano mentioned a 4.25 guy “#7” but couldn’t remember his name…no #7 on the roster?

Isn’t Javonte Taylor number 7??

c/mon Ahouse, at my age memories…no can remember that good. Had to google the song and it came out in 1959, by then I was a korean war vet and married with 2 kids. Boy… time sure flies…IMUA Warriors. Yeah, re “V” googled that and it was Pat Hill who came up with the idea to put the green “V” on the helmet.

Regarding #123

The lesser crime is underage drinking, the greater crime is he was driving while being drunk. There is no excuse for that no matter what your age.

homey ℞:

October 8th, 2009 at 10:58 am
al – I have a kamado but no ways am I going to risk bringing that to the t-gate. This one is dated early Arakawa’s…no make them like this anymore.

shoots den we go your house!

royvic
i like dat
i was thinking the artichoke/pineapple bowl

garret….i heard that too. but, i didn’t want to bring it up. i figured enough already.

Did anyone suggest that the team show some support for the victims of the tsunami? I was thinking they would put some kind of decal on the helmets like the flags of the various nations affected.

Although, the other UH athletic teams are gonna be at Aloha Stadium collecting for the victims. I guess that’s a good enough gesture.

IIRC, in 2001 some of the players had “JS” on their helmets, and in ’02 some had “NJ” for Nate Jackson.

Ahhh, Arakawa’s…remember buying my Rod Carew baseball bat from there…Pan Am bag for baseball practice…that jacket with the aloha print liner and the opaque white plastic covering on the outside…Buster’s across the street where I bought my bb’s and pellets…Schwinn 10-speed english racer…thinking as a kid Buster’s daughters were good looking until I got older and thought, boy they sure look old…Waipahu theater up the street watching surf movies…what a life.

Is it fair to unleash the awesome power of the Princess against our own UH teams? Wouldn’t it be better to have the Princess play against tougher competition like um say, a men’s pro team? She’s even awesomer than them, I bet… 😆

Go Princess!
Go Wahine!

protector,

I guess I should have been like Al and not mentioned the other incident, but since you asked there reportedly was an incident in January (the weekend Manti Te’o took his recruiting trip to BYU) in addition to the DUI six or so weeks ago. From what I read Manti wasn’t involved in the violation but Shiloah was and the incident hurt BYU’s recruiting on Manti.

For the record, I believe the Honor Code violation in January involved underage drinking at an off-campus party…I’d bet that is not an uncommon thing in college campuses around the country, but it is not allowed at BYU. So, I don’t think that the January incident is a black mark on Shiloah’s record…but the recent DUI and lying to his coach face-to-face is.

Many players have been nvolved with much more serious incidents (like Pisa) and got second chances at UH and did well with their second chances. However, I do not know what Mac’s policy is and I do not know if there is interest from the player and from UH.

I was wondering about that too, Garret. There must be some good competition there.

Like others have said, UH is known for being a place that gives second chances. I think if Shiloah wants to play here, it can happen.

BTW, when do we go back to “standard time”? Getting close?

hey.. If I remember correctly, one of our bloggers is a direct relations to the owners of Arakawas. That store was a place of adventure for elementary school kid.

Lori just made an awesome dinner. Amazingly, she took $5 of ingredients and made enough food to fill up the 4 people in my family for *3* dinners.

Isn’t Javonte Taylor number 7??

Yeah, but at the time Miano was talking about Fresneck receivers.

….or could an Emergency QB be viewed as “expendable” with regard to a redshirt year?

Surf’s up for a new “Hawaii Five-O.”

CBS has given a pilot commitment to an updated version of the classic cop series, from feature scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and “CSI: NY” executive producer Peter Lenkov.

djmitcho,

Kornheiser blasted the UFL today on PTI…I think he referred to it as a “Toy League”

The center is still excellente!

No names with Hawaii after it? Yep, bound to fail as a league if that’s the case. j/k…

Isn’t it amazing what turn of events can take place? Appreciate you letting your readers know about this.

Hello, I guess this is as good of a place as any to post and let you know. I tried to subscribe to your RSS feed, but when i clicked it I got an error that said “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING” followed by other gibberish that scrolled off the screen. I had to force the page to stop loading because it locked up my browser. Just thought you might like to know.

Maybe I’m older then you, but the Wigwam Store across from Buck’s Bakery and the stadium was a kidde wonderland for me, especially before Christmas. Was kinda poor so did a lot of looking and dreamin.

#7 Devon Wylie WR 5-9, 170, Jr.

Fastest player on the team. clocked at 4.25 and 4.27 in the 40.

Listed #2 on the depth chart in the CSU-F media guide; listed # 3 in this week’s press release.
Currently #2 receiver in stats (behind Ajirotutu) with 11 catches for 188 yds.; long of 70, 2 TD’s

Oh right, JJ…..keep dreaming…..

Hahaha!!!

😳

Check that. 4.25 and 4.27 are fastest times in Bulldog history!

Buffoman — Buck’s Bakery by the stadium…yum…I still have not found anywhere that makes sweet bread like theirs…

Did I mention that the prime rib special is back at New Eagle?

re 182… the Wigwam Stores. the commercial jingles!

Speaking of the UFL, Channel 210 VS, has a game on right now.

DPK…I thought the Skyslide was in the parking lot by Gibsons…the Mapunpuna Paa Street store???

au’wryte some updates for the tgate on sat. got the beeg kope maker so there will be morning brew. must ask all who will be drinking to bring their own cup. the creamer and sugar will be provided. I should have it perking by 10 or sooner.

we will like to put the plates, spoons, forks, bowls, napkins etc on a folding table if you have one please bring it. nothing too beeg or heavy. something simple and easy.

if you need something to be cooked come by 1 so we can get it done. the earlier you come the better it is for us to do.

wigwam, bucks sweet bread, mmmmmmmmmmmm no sound familiar to me lol eh more flash backs how many of you who went private elementary school remember selling catholic herald and easter seal stickers as fund raisers back in the day bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

lattas

Tsaiko Bike Donors
bhf2 spoke with the sales rep on Saturday around 11:00 am. I read his blog posting so I went on-line and ordered the bike one hour later as shown in a previous post, paid for the bike, and was told the same as bhf2 that the bike would be shipped on Tuesday and be here no later than Friday. I received the foillowing e-mail, a phone call, and follow up e-mails today (2). I received the e-mails form the corporate office at
ship@mercantila-inc.com
I authorized shipment referenced below..

E-Mail #1
Hi DONALD,

We’re writing with an update on order number # 485077. Please do not reply to this email — it’s from an automated address.
Order Update
Today at 2:57pm PDT we processed your order and sent it to the warehouse for shipping.
What’s Next?
Your order will be scheduled for shipment by the warehouse. Usually this happens within 1 business day. We will email you with the estimated ship date as soon as this happens.

Thank you!

Best,
Mercantila Team

Post Phone Call
E-Mail #2
Hi Don,

I apologize you were mislead by our sales rep. This is not the way we wish to represent our company. Unfortunately, we can never guarantee the date of shipment on any item we sell as this is up to our warehouse and FedEx. This item cannot possibly arrive at the guaranteed date of Tuesday and all Hawaiian, Alaskan, and International shipments require us to obtain a ship quote and get approval from that customer. This is a process that extends the shipment of items beyond the promised date, in this case, of Tuesday.
I have processed the order and will do all I can to get this item to you as soon as possible. I apologize for the inconvenience in the matter and regret that you were given information which is not true in this case. We, once again, do not ever wish to represent our company this way.

Sal
Mercantila, Inc.

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#3
Hi,

We are processing your order and due to the fact that your item will be shipped outside the lower 48-United States, we have quoted an additional shipping charge of $42.65. In order to go ahead and proceed with the order, we will need your approval on the shipping charges, or, if you have an address we can use in the lower 48-States, we would be glad to update your shipping address and ship it there. Please let us know as soon as possible so we can get your order processed and shipped! Thanks, and I apologize for any inconvenience.

Regards,

Sal
Mercantila, Inc.

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bhf2, any suggestions on what do we do from here?? I will be off line for the next two days.

uncle owned a shoe repair shop on the outside of Wigwam dillingham.
used to buy 45 rpms there for 79 cents

ooops sold, not sole

Is there anyone else going to watch Leila run around besides me??

Pomai,

#752 ~ Who IS behind Rainbow Cliff? Looks like Larry Bird’s hair…

#754 ~ And the Razorback player behind Cliff?

arakawa’s
gibson’s
wigwam
gem store
buck’s bakery…….

just what are you guys talking about?????

For all you star-gazers out there tonight.. should you see a falling star.. no forget.. first wish is for our Warriors to Kick butt… Crush Fresno, Trample over their sweat laden carcasses….Prevail…and WIN… Second wish is for World Peace.

http://www.wikihow.com/Watch-the-Draconids-Meteor-Shower

buck’s bakery….sheesh. i grew up a block from buck’s bakery. you would wake up in the morning to the smell of the best sweet bread loaf in town.

and who can forget hisago’s okazuya just on the corner…..

Slugger

#752 LA Laker 5 time champion, Michael Cooper former standout guard of New Mexico Lobos

#754 Sidney Moncrief played for 11 years in the NBA he p;ayed for the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks

And Cliff had them both on the ropes!!!!!

jm2375,

I spent 6 months in Spain back in ’83. Mostly in Granada where walking and Burros made more sense than cars. But daytime drinking was the norm there. Mixing 3-6 wines, common place. The living was good and cheap… If I didn’t have a mortgage back then to come back to, I would have stayed on. Ahhh… flamenco dancers… and music. Ole!

Ah… when you look closely, so much has changed over the years. But when you step back, nothing has changed… really.

Except the 5 and 10 now stand for dollars not cents.

Wow, Idaho beat Colorado State and Nevada killed UNLV.

Does anyone know why Chris Mclaclin is not part of the broadcast of wahine volleyball on K5?

…or this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT71z0Qz1bI&NR=1

McLachlin left for Stanford where he will be an assistant mens volleyball coach this upcoming season.

Buffoman,

#222…Used to be a Kapiolani Drive In back in the day…

…and then there’s Ryan Matthews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeKBDmB-ajQ&feature=related

Ralph,

I think Ako provided the initial spark.

Ever been to Fresno?, don’t bother
surprisingly large percentage of the homes in this city have wheels

congrats to the wahines on their march to another WAC title and to cshoji’s 1000 wins.

good warm and humid evening to tsaiko country

Tried to watch the Wahine but the signal kept falling off and leaving me with a pink screen…

CONGRATS, WAHINE!!

#236 – Ralph: If I’m not mistaken Glenn Goya was the NCAA batting champ.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.

Penny-sized nuclear battery with 6x power density compared to chemical batteries is being developed by US researchers.

NASA telescope found a *huge* ring around Saturn (1 billion Earths would fit in the ring).

Tokyo researchers developed a paint that absorbs all radio signals transmitted up to 100 GHz. This could be used by homes to prevent neighbors from using their WiFi, movie theaters to prevent cell phone signals for people watching a movie (great application!), and enable hospitals to keep their patient data secure.

I wonder how many Tsaikos it would take to eat all the pies this 1,725-pound pumpkin could make…

Garret, re #51 this a.m.

The writer doesn’t know that Dick was at UCLA for 6 years or is UC in a different retirement system?

Code red in Waikiki tonight…the enemy has landed.

rasu…i spent a week in august in sunny fresno. it was an int’l bb tourney. every seat in the house was made of concrete. sort of like kaiser and moanalua hs you could fry an egg on the seat next to you. one could not cool off even well into the night when it cooled down to 108.

but are they different retirement systems or are all state employees in California in the same system?

Dave Murakami, Les’ cousin, was an outstanding hitter at Nebraska. He helped Les with the hitters for a number of years. UH needs a hitting coach for coach Trap, Keith wasn’t a hitter in college or the pros.

Being a part of Santa Clara U for 7 years and being a Caltech employee for 10 years (thanks to JPL), I can honestly state that those private schools have much, much better retirement benefits than the public Universities in California.

In a sense, UH should be called Hawaii St.

My Ph.D. advisor got an offer from Stanford while I was still studying under him at Texas. Stanford has excellent retirement benefits and the other perks like *paying his closing costs on any home he chose* were nice too.

The UC schools tend to be research institutions with active PhD programs and professors are expected to publish a lot. The Cal State schools tend to get a lower level of student, are considered more teaching institutions than research institutions, professors do not publish as much, and they tend to not have PhD programs.

UH has PhD programs, professors are expected to publish, and they get the best students in general for any University in the state. So, UH would be more appropriate than Hawaii State in this case.

Plus, I’m guessing that the only reason why Coach Tomey qualifies for retirement is because his age shortens the number of years needed for retirement. It may be something like a certain age and a certain number of continuous years of service.

If I had gone to JPL after getting my PhD (they would have paid me more than what I got as a professor) I could have retired at the half-retirement pay level after 20 years of service…when I was 39 years old! Caltech had a rule about how people needed less than 20 years if they were a certain age and the number of continuous years decreased at higher ages.

I ordered a laser printer from Amazon as well, and they’ve honored the free shipping. But some SUPER heavy objects, they won’t ship. The original laser printer I bought, I sold to my pastor, and I got a better one from Office Depot; I saw it on Amazon, but they would only ship to the contiguous U.S.

Bike Post & Na Koa Update
Bike #2 has been ordered. Na Koa has picked up shipping and mahalo for the offer TYaiea. Just wanted to let you all know how things are working these days on this project.
Hawaiian Air is still waiting for the shippers to contact them in LV to get Bike #1 here.

chopsueyboy
Uniforms are actually State property. Once declared unusable they go up to the bookstore.
If there is anything about the uniforms for sale after this season I will post it here.

Tsaikos
My apologies for not keeping all in the loop on this. We are working on developing mainland support and closer connection for Warrior Football. UH FB Alum & UH former coach Dennis Goodrich will be joining me at Trattoria Fantastica on India Street in San Diego’s Little Italy, Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30 for a hosted Italina pastry/Italian coffee gathering to discuss Warrior Support, UHAD Strategic Plan Summary, and opportunities to develop mainland chapters of Na Koa. In the area please join us.

San Jose State game I will put something together for the Bay area supporters on Game Day morning to discuss ideas and develop preliminary plans on Warrior Support. I will post here when plan comes together.

el guapo,

Coach Tomey won’t get a pension from Texas but he deserves one. I think he was just at Texas for one year, but in that year he is credited for making a huge difference for the attitude of Texas’ defense. Before Coach Tomey, Texas was always criticized about being soft on D…after he joined Texas, the D completely shed that soft label.

Many of the Texas defenders specifically credited Coach Tomey for changing the attitude of the defense when they won the national title. Without Tomey’s help, Texas might not have beaten USC for the national title, and several players pointed that out even though Tomey was at SJSU then.

Don Weir,

RE: old uniforms. The AZ Diamondbacks used to raise money for one of their charities by selling $50 tickets for a chance to win a player’s jersey. Is there anything that would prevent the UH from selling basically raffle tickets for a chance to win a used uniform jersey? One way to raise money.

T-gaters ~

Since Momo is bringing ‘pan’ lau lau…I’ll bring some kalua pig. My HS pal (Tom) is bringing the poi.

My apologies Liz, no can make da Lomi salmon. I’m in Waikiki attending a weekend workshop, and cutting class Sat. just to get to the t-gate & game! With da kalua pig, all I gotta do is heat and serve.

Note to Koakane: Tom might be able to bring a large coffee maker.

Don Weir if you have access to old action shots of past UH football players, you might consider having Na Koa sell 5×7 prints for $10 as a revenue source. My alma mater at K State sells pix for all sports. K State also sells dvds of a few games

I’m taking extra gout meds to eat Momo’s lau lau and Kekoa’s kalua pig. Like the old Primo commerical, “chance’em”

Kekoa,

One of my HS classmates is a season ticketholder at the wahine VB games. Got to show him my Estes t-shirt! I used to hang out w/ the geeks in school, so it will be fun to change the perceptions.

RALPH suggested to DON WEIRS

Don Weir if you have access to old action shots of past UH football players, you might consider having Na Koa sell 5×7 prints for $10 as a revenue source.

Following that up – if you can talk the StarBulletin in letting you have the rights to their 100 top UH players baseball cards, that could be a good fund-raiser.

I have the RGM card with Devone Bess’ picture on it = collectors item

[groan] Back late from the 25th b-day party of Peaches’ daughter at Genji’s. Have to work tomorrow. This time it was a room full of 25-32 year women. They ordered so many drinks at one time that even Tina had to write it down. But at least they didn’t stand up and dance on the seats like Peaches’ office co-workers did. 🙄

Cuz came in to greet us and later laughed whenever I came out to hide to talk with her. I’m exhausted…

BTW, Slugger— Art said the morning coffee is free next Saturday for the Idaho game, so donation of grounds not necessary (he always brews an urn and keeps it replenished) for morning games.

However, if you prefer a brand other than Yuban, you may bring it. Art is not going to prohibit your coffee and force you to drink his free one… 😆

Nobel Laureate President Obama. Has a nice ring to it!

Good morning Tsaikos. La Tech at Nevada tonight on ESPN should be a quick one with all the running plays.

Off to the salt mines…

Koakane:

Will bring a small folding table with handle when we drop off the recyling basket around 11 am.

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Now that we’re about 32 hours away from the first arrivals, start saving your HI-5 cans & bottles to bring to the next T-Gate on Saturday, October 10.

The beneficiary this time is the Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s SAVE OUR SPORTS Drive.

The bin(s) will be set out no later than 11 am and all the recyclables – including donations brought from home – will be stored during the breakdown before the game so that they won’t “walk away” with someone looking to pick up some spare change. We’ll set the bin back up at the post-game party.

We’ll also pick up quantities in excess of 250 containers anywhere on O`ahu on the Sunday following the T-Gate provided that arrangements are made no later than Friday 10 am since we’ll have to borrow a truck. Please e-mail swood at hoku dot com and include your daytime and evening phone numbers along with your real and blog names.

On Saturday, October 24, is the BOISE STATE T-Gate. The beneficiary of that HI-5 Drive will be the “Serving Up 1,000” Fundraiser honoring Coach Shoji’s 1,000th win.

Coach Shoji should have his 1,002nd win the night before (October 23)since his 1,000th win will most likely be on Wednesday, October 14, against LaTech at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Here are the recipients at the remaining home games:
Saturday, November 7, UTAH STATE – Dole Middle School’s Cross-Country Fall Semester Program;

Saturday, November 14, NEW MEXICO STATE – Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance;

Saturday, November 28, NAVY – Koa Anuenue Scholarship Program/Men’s Sports other than football;

Saturday, December 5, WISCONSIN – Koa Anuenue Scholarship Program/Wahine Sports other than volleyball.

The T-Gate recipient for the Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl will be announced after the regular season.

Again, ALL of the redemption fees will be made on behalf of the Tsai-kos & will be sent to the designated recipients within 48 – 72 hours of each T-Gate.

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NOTE: We’re coordinating a major recycling drive at three different sites in Windward O`ahu on the morning of October 24 to benefit the after-school sports programs at Castle, Kalaheo and Kailua High Schools as part of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association SOS Fund-raiser.

More details to come, but please encourage your friends, co-workers, relatives, etc., who live in Waimanalo, Kailua, Kane`ohe & Kahalu`u to support the event. by saving their HI-5 cans & bottles.

Remember, you’ll be bringing your cans & bottles to the T-Gate – see above for details.

Our goal is to collect 60,000 containers in three hours at the three sites combined.

Mahalo in advance for supporting these youth and UH athletic programs.

Uncle A-House,

Daylight Time.

Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).

Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006.

•In 2009, daylight time begins on March 8 and ends on November 1.

Japan and Korea do not observe daylight time.

Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX – Standard Time.

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Happy Aloha Friday!!!!!

Tomorrow is GAMEDAY!!!!!

G’morning Tsaikos, heard the good news about “our bike” from Don’s post. I also received an email from Don confirming what he posted. He’s got a request for the Tsaikos to follow up on. He and bhf2 are pissed that the company “jerked us around” by quoting a price including shipping and after payment was made, they reneged and demanded shipping charges in order to ship the bike and in the meantime they gave Don the run-around. If you are unhappy about the way we were treated, send them an email: ship@mercantila-inc.com.
For more info, go back to post #197, Don Weir, posted 10/8/09 @5:04 p.m.

Good morning Tsai-kos!

TGIF!!!

Anybody going to volleyball tonight?

Is someone sleeping in today?

Good Morning All! Happy Aloha Friday!

I just realized that with the time change Nov 1st and the earlier start for home games, I won’t have to stay up until 1am to watch games anymore. They should be done by 11 now! Yee Haw!!!

(ok, sometimes I’m a little slow to catch on…)

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Whoa- it’s hot… I jut steamed up my glasses by putting them on!

Morning, gang!

Ronnie, CRW,
People at home may not like the 5pm start time, but for us mainland guys it’s kinda nice. Saturday’s game starts 8pm west coast time. I like that.

good luck warriors and moniz.

Repost from early this a.m. Request from Don Weir that the tsaikos email that company: ship@mercantila-inc.com that gave Don and bhf2 the run-around. Bug them enough to make sure that the bike is shipped pronto. It’s all paid for, shipping included, by Na Koa.

howzit tsaiko country especially those in dc, cali and pnw. good that you get the game earlier but wish we had the 7 time slot back.

thinking about catching princess tonight and possible dinner before but waiting on some things to fall into place before making a commitment.

chopsueyboy will give you a call latter on in the day.

It’s Aloha Friday, no work ’til Monday, doo be doo, doo doo be, doo be doo be doo be doo!