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CupWizier said:
Cool thing when I was at University of Portland playing baseball we could choose our Louisville bats and could keep about 5 bats each. I think I set a record though one game with breaking 4 bats in one game *actually it was a doubleheader so 2 games).
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This story takes on a much darker tone during the coronavirus.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
This story takes on a much darker tone during the coronavirus.
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If I kew then what I know now, I would have told my coach that my bat busting odyssey was due to a bat epedemic.

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UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Been to Nashville and Clarksdale (amongst other places in that region including Kentucky) but had never been to Louisville. Was looking forward to it, as yes, I am a baseball (Go Giants!) fan. Not sure at my age if I’ll make the attempt in the future but one never knows......
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Used to go to Louisville every July for 20 years and it's a nice town but extremely humid.
 
wizenheimer said:
I hope people can 'forgive' the obvious left wing slant of this website....I even find it over-the-top quite often. But they did publish this fairly good article about the planned right-wing protest in Michigan this Thursday, and about how big of assholes some of the people are being:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ay-anti-lockdown-protest-as-commission-cowers

the threats these people are making, and the danger they represent couldn't be more obvious

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the strange origins of trump's hydroxychloroquine obsession:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...ronavirus-fox-news_n_5ebaffdbc5b65b5fd63dac80

when will all us speculators here at S2 have our day in the sun? We have as much expertise around here as many of the sources that enter the orange buffoon's mind. Which reminds me....I've been looking for an excuse to call somebody a buffoon in a face to face situation; I like that word, but social distancing is crimping my style
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here on the big island you would refer to your buffoon as 'one babooze'. try it, i think you will find that it is an equally gratifying descriptive .
 
Hoopguru said:
Aloha, this is an interesting article.
Delay in reopening Hawaii's economy could lead to rioting ...www.staradvertiser.com › 2020/05/12 › hawaii-news
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yey, yeh, yeh,...nah. the big island really hasn't hicupped much at all. lowes, homedepot, costco, packed every day, traffic busy all day, i don't see it. way way way out maybe different. different mindset here. different demographic for islands than mainland. never hear nothing about it at all (riots). his remarks are completely from leftfield. except retaraunts slower and hotels and bars slow slow life remains much the same. just a lot less tourists. oh, and kids spending time with family. this is considered a good thing here.
 
lawai'a said:
yey, yeh, yeh,...nah. the big island really hasn't hicupped much at all. lowes, homedepot, costco, packed every day, traffic busy all day, i don't see it. way way way out maybe different. different mindset here. different demographic for islands than mainland. never hear nothing about it at all (riots). his remarks are completely from leftfield. except retaraunts slower and hotels and bars slow slow life remains much the same. just a lot less tourists. oh, and kids spending time with family. this is considered a good thing here.
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I'm looking at property on the Big Island recently....wow.....first search I found 843 homes under 140k on the Hilo side of the island....I'm thinking of a winter garden, orchard place for the future winter get away...buyers market since the volcano and now with the pandemic it seems...bananas, papayas, lilikoi, good fishing....don't need a job anymore ...grow some coffee. I'm almost convinced....just have to talk the wife into going back...she'd rather winter in Taiwan
 
riverman said:
I'm looking at property on the Big Island recently....wow.....first search I found 843 homes under 140k on the Hilo side of the island....I'm thinking of a winter garden, orchard place for the future winter get away...buyers market since the volcano and now with the pandemic it seems...bananas, papayas, lilikoi, good fishing....don't need a job anymore ...grow some coffee. I'm almost convinced....just have to talk the wife into going back...she'd rather winter in Taiwan
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i am sure you remember/realize lease land/homes are a relative bargain here, it is fee simple where the prices go way up. puna/pohala since volcano and even before have been way more affordable than west side. drugs and crime are reasons for caution in those areas. zillow is predicting an increase in vacation rentals for sale to show up on our market soon too. the return of tourism is going to come at a pretty measured pace IMHO. protecting the kupuna is on everyones' mind, especially considering how many families are both matriarchal and multi generational in there home environs.
(the women run everything here still) plenty rain hilo side for growing and mostly infastructure for city/county water. catchement there is small concern too. less CC&R communities an added advantage. sometimes kona side feels like the folks that came from the mainland brought their "baggage" with them and think they need to inflict everyone with their ideas about how things need to be run. they have also driven up the cost of housing that has necessitated multi generational family units living together. very hard to start a family and buy a home because of it.
ps come fishing on the leeward side anytime.
 
lawai'a said:
i am sure you remember/realize lease land/homes are a relative bargain here, it is fee simple where the prices go way up. puna/pohala since volcano and even before have been way more affordable than west side. drugs and crime are reasons for caution in those areas. zillow is predicting an increase in vacation rentals for sale to show up on our market soon too. the return of tourism is going to come at a pretty measured pace IMHO. protecting the kupuna is on everyones' mind, especially considering how many families are both matriarchal and multi generational in there home environs.
(the women run everything here still) plenty rain hilo side for growing and mostly infastructure for city/county water. catchement there is small concern too. less CC&R communities an added advantage. sometimes kona side feels like the folks that came from the mainland brought their "baggage" with them and think they need to inflict everyone with their ideas about how things need to be run. they have also driven up the cost of housing that has necessitated multi generational family units living together. very hard to start a family and buy a home because of it.
ps come fishing on the leeward side anytime.
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I would never buy in Pahoa...that's always been crime central over there....some of the properties I've seen before from years of living there....mostly Keau or Mt View, Paradise Parks, etc....would love to go fishing with you if I end up back there. The vog in Kona always got to me....it's why I like Hilo side...I originally lived in Papaikou on the Hamakua coastline but let the lease on that old sugar plantation house go unfortunately....last time I lived in Paradis Park in a solar cabin surrounded by bananas and lilikoi ….way off the hiway
 
maybe wet side waimea? some less expensive though chillier spots. hamakua region is a personal favorite and the waimea hospital is the newest and better served than the other community healthcare. i have friends that are retired and living your dream in that area. white pineapple and avocados. wild pig are an issue everywhere.
 
lawai'a said:
maybe wet side waimea? some less expensive though chillier spots. hamakua region is a personal favorite and the waimea hospital is the newest and better served than the other community healthcare. i have friends that are retired and living your dream in that area. white pineapple and avocados. wild pig are an issue everywhere.
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my local friends over there used to grow pakalolo hoisted up in the canopy with ropes to keep the pigs away...and hunt boar in the cane fields.
 
a 329 medical permit allows for 10 plants for personal/medicinal use still. the dispensaries are trying to consolidate the caregiver permits but not there yet.
 
riverman said:
my local friends over there used to grow pakalolo hoisted up in the canopy with ropes to keep the pigs away...and hunt boar in the cane fields.
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i have seen the damn swine herds running down the middle of the road in front of the fire/rescue station here in downtown kona on my way to the harbor before daylight.
 
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200420/four-lessons-from-the-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic#1
let's file this one under "those who don't know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them".
"If public health is the main focus, then eradicate that from your mind," Nichols said. "The Spanish flu tells us that social distancing works. And it works best if we act early, act fast and stick together -- and base our decisions not on social or economic concerns, but on science and data and facts."
 
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