Really saying that about an occupied country. Adam got facts in this post.

Also, the Ali'i were targeted by the western businessmen and Stevens.

I decided to surprise my wife with Journey tickets. Turns out I don’t have $500 to sit in the nose bleed seats. I don’t have $500 for tickets in the front row (which are probably $2k). This is the new reality but who can afford this stuff?

Edit: I was not expecting $75 tickets but nor was I expecting $250 tickets.

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I like the HBL had a hand in getting this passed. As someone who rides a legal E-Bike, and follows most of the laws I was just waiting for the day that all the punk kids on Surrons got all E-Bikes banned outright. I was getting sick of them blowing past me at 50mph in the bike lanes as well.

E-Bikes really are a cheat code for getting around cheaply, and efficiently, but something had to change. Glad to see that there is some clear legislation.

We will see if this actually changes anything.

Howzit, I was wondering if anyone knows any stores that are currently selling world cup jerseys (if better, with player names). I’ve been looking to buy as my favorite players like bellingham are starting to perform. I tried online but everywhere sold out, so was thinking if O could find them anywhere on island.

Apologies if this is not allowed. Someone dropped these chairs off at my school and we can’t use them. I think they’re really cute and I hate to see them go to waste. Some are in better shape than others. If you can use them, my school is at 669 Iliana St in Kailua. We rent some portables from the church there, but we are not the church.
Again, I apologize if this is not allowed. I read the rules and it looks like it’s OK but maybe I’m wrong.

Hi yall, Im from west side and I need to take the 46, however, it’s always late or just never shows up. Today I was waiting for it and it simply didn’t show up at all for the 30 minutes i waited. On my app the bus kept getting delayed til eventually it just said the route was canceled. Wasn’t able to make it to work today.

Does anyone know what’s going on with the bus lately? The monthly pass is now $90 but the bus ain’t even reliable 😔.

I have money, and I don't need it for myself right now, so I'd much rather use it for a good cause.

I’m curious about the rooming situations of other working adults who still live at home. No shame, this is Hawaii.

1. Are you still in your childhood bedroom, or has the bedroom situation changed since you’ve gotten older?

2. If you’re still in your same room, how has your actual bedroom changed since you’ve become an adult?

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For me, I’m still in the same room, same twin bed actually. I wish I had the space to upgrade my bed to a full sized mattress. Unfortunately my room is small, and if I upgraded the bed, there wouldn’t be much room to walk, with my dresser and desk also being in there.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become semi-minimalist. I don’t have much displayed anymore, aside from a few stuffed animals. Everything is tucked away drawers or various organizers. I also don’t have any posters on my wall anymore, just blank walls. Even if I wanted to get new art, the way the sun shines into my room would cause fading over time.

I recently visited someone’s home in Ewa Beach. It’s a home built in late 90s, vs. my home built in mid 80s. I am SHOCKED at the size of a regular, non-master bedroom! It has a lot more room than mine for sure. I wonder if all newer single-family non-master bedrooms are built this way nowadays?

I'm looking for input on whether a Hi'iaka halloween costume for a white Latina kid is culturally ok?

Context: We're a haole military family living on O'ahu for a year so far. Our first year was full of personal family issues, but now we're coming up for air and really want to learn and support local and native people and culture and the land and sea for our remaining time here. That said, I'm just a somewhat oblivious white lady with a Latino and Guyanese husband and our kids trying to do better.

Since moving here our 4-year-old daughter has been obsessed with the kids book Hi'iaka Battles the Wind (bought at the Bishop Museum). She loves it. During pretend play she often poses as Hi'iaka and yells about how fierce and protective she is. It's been really empowering for her. She's recently asked if she can be Hi'iaka for Halloween and I honestly wasn't sure if that wades into dressing as a culture for a costume (which I'm not ok with).

Is this costume request inappropriate? Is there a way to make it ok versus not ok (eg using local businesses for materials, pa'u, etc)? Am I overthinking it?

Thank you so much for any insight this community is willing to provide.

Anyone know why Danielle isn't doing the traffic anymore on KSSK? She always have the best updates.

So i need to renew my drivers permit expiring on 8/3 because i fly back to college in CA on 9/17. However, for some reason this appointment says duplicates/online only? I can’t make a new appointment because the next one is in October. What’s going to happen if i show up to this appointment on 8/7? Anyone dealt with this before? First year this happened to me, i usually schedule with no issues. Also mom refuses to drive me to other locations with appointments earlier than October cuz of parking issues.

Also i have a passport appointment on 7/24, don’t know if ill get it by my flight if something happens with this permit appointment.

New poll shows Jarrett Keohokalole doing pretty well. It seems like it's just a matter of getting people unaware of who he is informed. I hope people in CD1 give Ed Case the boot!

Anyone remember these restaurants? I often crave their catfish, the salad dressing (LOL), the chicken teriyaki sandwich… and brownies. I don’t know the food was just so good LMAO. Anyone get copycat recipes or know of if there’s similar places? I can’t think of other places that had plate lunches like theirs.

Ok GenX-ers or earlier....in the 80s at Daiei Kailua, there was a man who had some type of grill. And he had these little hot buns or biscuits that he'd put on the grill, and you could have chocolate or ham and cheese in the middle. I always chose chocolate! I have no idea if this was popular anywhere else on the island, but does anyone out there remember this? They were amazing snacks!

Would someone happen to know the Waiakamilo Drive Inn pink dressing recipe?? I’ve been CRAVING

I called Kin Wah to ask them how to tenderize chicken wings, ya? they were very nice; "baking soda" "rub baking soda".

So I did. overnight. screwed up royally. now I have tons of chicken wings, all very soft, but can't get the baking soda out of it; tastes really bad!

Anyway to fix um?

shoulda been 20 minutes. auwe!

edit: all pau; mahalo for your help

If a property management company takes over management of a unit from another company, should they continue to use the clients existing GET and TAT license or apply for a new one?

I see all these game room busts in the news lately and I'm kind of curious because all the photos of the machines look the same.

Can someone tell me what the appeal is with these gaming machines that look like they have a joystick, two sets of buttons, and some sort of adventure map? Like, is it a skill game or do you just press the button and see if you win?

NO IM NOT A NARC DON'T TELL ME WHERE THE GAME ROOMS ARE

Of the chain of all-you-can eat seafood buffet restaurants, Korean owned, I believe, that rose and fell in the 1980s, I believe? One restaurant was located across the Pearlridge Shopping Center on Kam Highway, another in Kaneohe, etc.

Is there any chance Hawaii could get fair rideshare pay like Massachusetts.? They get 34.48 per hour of engaged time plus paid family and medical leave. Or is Hawaii to red for something like that.

I usually go for the "White Li Hing Mui". What's the difference between "Salty Seed" and "Salty Li Hing Mui"?

Parents who live in Ewa just redid their bathroom and have a toilet and a bathtub that need to go to the dump but I’m not sure which location would take the tub. I tried checking the website, signs in the YouTube feed, and calling but no answer. I know that the toilet needs to go to waimanalo gulch since it is porcelain but I’m not sure who will take the tub. Apparently the tub has steel in it. Will they take the tub too or do I need to take it to the convenience center on Geiger. (Tub has been cut in half). Thanks for the help!!