Mahalo to the Hanalei hillside workers • Hanalei pier roof repair under way • Advice for tourists • Provide a solution before all guns are taken • CB pounds out cable Mahalo to the Hanalei hillside workers There are everyday
Mahalo to the Hanalei hillside workers • Hanalei pier roof repair under way • Advice for tourists • Provide a solution before all guns are taken • CB pounds out cable
Mahalo to the Hanalei hillside workers
There are everyday heroes among us. Some of them are the hardworking people stabilizing the hillside above the road to Hanalei.
There they are in rain or heat, hanging from the near vertical slope, handling heavy equipment or directing traffic — always with a ready smile or wave. I know I am not alone when I say mahalo nui for your hard work and great attitudes.
You have made a real contribution to Kaua‘i.
Wicki Van De Veer, Hanalei
Hanalei pier roof repair under way
Well, raise the roof! Annual snowbirds are arriving for a first walk on the beach and see a much-needed improvement underway of a movie background that has mesmerized generations of visitors. The restoration will maintain the classic allure well earned thanks to author James A. Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific that started it all. Producers will always come here in search of another classic. Thank you contributers.
Sandra J. Abrajano, Chicago, Ill.
Advice for tourists
To anyone planning a sojourn to the cosmic island of Kaua’i remember do not rent those shiny red convertibles or brand new spic and span Jeeps to traverse and discover the island.
Hawai‘i is unique and for any visitor wishing to assimilate and fit right in like a local you must first purchase a monster pickup truck with wheels taller than you, a tinted windshield allowing nobody to see in and when driving at high speeds make sure and tailgate with your bright headlights on.
Remember to ditch that matching aloha wear you and your sweetheart purchased for a nice T-shirt, shorts and pair of slippas (flip flops).
Always ask for chopsticks in lieu of a fork and spoon. Last but not least remember to pronounce the “TH” sound like a “D.”
It’s always amusing watching visitors try and fit in, I guess it’s just as amusing to a native Hawaiian watching me thinking I am fitting right in.
With this said, or should I say with “dis” said, enjoy your trip and tell “dem” Kimo sent you, you’re sure to be charged double.
James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a
Provide a solution before all guns are taken
I just received one of those chain-emails that supposedly professes some irrefutable truth. It used that old canard from the NRA: “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” Well, the truth is that “People use guns to kill other people.”I understand the allure of owning a gun. Shooting can be fun. A gun in responsible hands does not bother me.
I am appalled by the use of guns in mass murders from Columbine to Sandy Hook, and the everyday use of guns in crimes committed across America. Something has to be done. Gun owners must provide a solution or risk losing their weapons.
The claim that they need their guns to protect themselves from the government is absurd. Recall Waco and Ruby Ridge. Now, the government can send a drone with a Hellfire missile to destroy it — that the gun owner disappears is a side effect.
Those who claim they need 30 bullets in their AR-15 to hunt pigs are ridiculous. I know successful hunters who use only knives.
The claim that you need to protect your home from intruders may have some validity, but usually the gun owner kills someone he knows.
If gun owners are unwilling to support sensible regulations, when the government decides to take your guns — all of of your guns, don’t count on me to support you.
And don’t whine about your Second Amendment rights since gun owners generally fail to support the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
Provide a solution or lose your gun.
John Zweibel, Kalaheo
CB pounds out cable
My neighborhood and many other neighborhoods suffer from intermittent interruption of our cable Internet service. Almost every night my neighborhood loses Internet service — from a few minutes off and on up to hours of interrupted service.
My service was interrupted at 6:30 this evening, and is still off at 11 p.m. According to our Internet provider, the most likely culprit is a CB radio base station, or amplified mobile CB unit within our neighborhood Internet node. The CB radio frequencies feed into the cable lines, and can create sufficient back ground “noise” to prevent the transfer of data.
For several years my Internet provider’s tech support told me my modem or my router was tripping off and needed to be reset. Tech does a line check, everything appears fine, and they tell me my modem needs resetting. Tech support cannot measure my cable line’s level of background noise. The questions of why did it trigger off, and why did it take so long to reset were mysteries.
After my last go around with tech support, I requested a cash refund for the hours of each day my service was interrupted. Tech support and accounting can discern the various times that our service is interrupted (modems off system) by back ground noise. I’m looking forward to a hefty refund.
If you have a CB radio, please call the cable company and learn how you can avoid interrupting the Internet service of everyone close to you. If you have sporadic Internet service failures — mine are most common between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. — call your cable provider and ask for a refund for the hours you have no service.
The sooner the radio interference issue gets resolved, the sooner our neighborhoods will stop paying for services they don’t receive. Imua Kaua‘i.
Lonnie Sykos, Wailua
