"Soon There Will Be No Place To Drive..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen

We are blessed to have a Bicycle trail on Kauai which helps avoid bumper to
bumper standstill traffic. Such freedom of  riding a bike at leisure and getting
to your destination in many instances faster than those in motor vehicles.
 Check out my opinion article in the (12-28-12) edition of the Kaua'i garden Island News, "Congested Kaua'i."

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-dec/article_d9a6d9d6-50ae-11e2-99cc-001a4bcf887a.html

Imagine an endless line of cars with nowhere to go? Kaua'i may soon come to this reality. Every year there are thousands of  people coming of age to drive, not to mention the many new people who move here every year, translating to even more traffic congestion.

 The cosmic island of Kaua'i is only  33 miles long and 25 miles wide. The major  thoroughfare which nearly  runs around the whole  island is called a highway, although it  looks nothing like a highway, more like a country road with  speed limits posted in most areas at only 25 mph.

There are more than one million registered motor vehicles in the state of Hawaii, that's more than one vehicle for every man woman and child. Everyday car dealerships sell more and more vehicles, and car rental agencies frequently  sell out of inventory to our visitors. When will it end, where will all these vehicles go, after-all we are are only an island?

There is no state in the United States with fewer lane miles than Hawai'i,  with Kaua'i ranking last place in miles of road among the four major Hawaiian islands.

Electric cars will not solve this dilemma of too little space. Walking, biking, the bus and more roads is a step in the right direction to alleviate bumper to bumper traffic and road rage.

With  approximately 235 miles of paved roadways on Kaua'i, there will soon  be no place to drive, just motor vehicles at a standstill from one end of the island to the other. 

Please remember to wave at me as I pass you on my bicycle.

Check out my opinion article in the (12-28-12) edition of the Kaua'i garden 

Island News, "Congested Kaua'i."

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-dec/article_d9a6d9d6-50ae-11e2-99cc-001a4bcf887a.html

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"Hang Up The Car Keys..?" 'Marvin Gross' (Source)

Marvin Gross a financial consultant from Western New York shares
more wisdom with Dakinetalk. Enjoy!  

 How do you know when it is time to "hang up the car keys"?I say when your dog has this look on his face

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"Nostalgia..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

Bettejo Dux  has  lived on the cosmic Island of Kaua'i  for
over 40 years. She is a people lover, animal lover and lover of life.Today
she talks about modern technology and if it really makes us happier?
www.bettejodux.com

In the first house we built- FHA financed- we had power, water, a phone-in the kitchen-a washing machine, a stove and  refrigerator, a hot water heater, a radio-I had my own- and, of course, a bathroom with the usual features.

We had two cars. One was a family car and the other was a Model T my father drove down the hill to catch a bus, a red train, a ferry boat-where he had a warm breakfast and a pleasant trip across the bay-then a street car and finally an up hill walk a couple of blocks to work. He said he rode everything but a bicycle.

I walked to and from school- rain or shine-up a long flight of narrow stairs built into a steep hill-side.

This was long before there were dryers, dish washers, freezers, microwaves, computers, televisions, blenders, and all the other high-tech stuff that gets us through the day today. When we wanted light we pushed a button or flipped a switch. We turned a faucet and hot or cold water  poured out. A milk man-a neighbor- delivered milk and sometimes-during the war-black market catsup and butter. Catsup and butter-and gasoline-were rationed.

A mail man rumbled up the road and delivered the mail. Dogs ran free. When things went wrong we could usually repair them ourselves. We went on long walks-with our dogs and often a cat- down quiet narrow, winding roads, often collecting neighbors and their dogs and kids along he way. I can remember the trees, tall and green, and the gorgeous golden eucalyptus. The rolling hills were rich and green with life. Once my dogs and I confronted a rattling rattle snake.

If I wanted to be entertained on a cold and rainy day, I read a book or listened to the radio. The good radio program usually began in the evening-although there were soaps at lunch time. I loved I Love a Mystery- so scary- and the Shadow.  Laughed at Bob Hope and Baby Snooks, Jack Benny and Charlie McCarthy. So much of what was going on on the air was left to a kid’s imagination.

When the weather was nice I played with my dogs and rode my horses in the woods. Climbed trees, built rickety tree houses, which were not so much fun to fall out of, and some times played  hide and go seek with neighborhood kids.

We lived in the country so going to a movie was a real exciting treat. My father sent me to San Francisco, all dressed up in new shoes and a suit with a corsage on the lapel, to see Fantasia at the Geary.

Life was so simple. I was so happy.

Then came the Bay Bridge. No red buses, trains, ferry boats, street cars. Standard Oil, Firestone and Ford bought all the public transportation systems in the country With that came suburban sprawl-the richest loam in California concrete coated. Orange groves-like bad Indians- bit the dust  The air went bad. Water went rationed.  Food went frozen. Press a button living began. Boobs and televised junk keep us planted in a chair or  glassy-eyed dazed to a screen. Fast forward to today where high-tech toys make us happier.

What? Sez who?

I just went through a scene with my computer Time Warner got involved. Kauai Electric Techies from all over the world keep my phone lines busy. Guys at MacPro in Lihue held my hand. Weeks of  struggle.

Does all this make me happier?

Hopefully this nonsense will pass and we’ll all be back to two tin cans and long string.     End-

Special addition from Rolling Stone, "Obama's Pot Problem
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-pot-problem-20121207utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
Prohibition doesn't work! Obama Dubya and Clinton have all publicly admitted to smoking pot in their youth, however Clinton didn't inhale. :D) Michelle Obama has a white house garden, any idea what she's growing in it? I predict within 10 years pot will be legal nationwide and America will no longer have a deficit because of all the tax revenue from the new legal crop.

Get Well Senator!



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"It's The Door..." 'Chester "Unc" Lau' (Source)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

is back talking about the real meaning behind memory loss!

"Unc" is a retired cinematographer currently living 

on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu.

Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind,
only to completely forget what that purpose was?

Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.

Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as an event boundary in the mind, separating one set of thoughts and memories from the next.

Your brain files away the thoughts you had in the previous room
and prepares a blank slate for the new locale.

It's not aging, it's the damn door !

Whew! Thank goodness for higher education :-)



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"Chanukah is upon us..." 'Judtith Whitehed' (Inspiration Monday)

"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the
 ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years..." 
Today she talks  Chanukah and as we say on Kauai, Chanukauai! ;D) Enjoy...

Chanukah is upon us


It’s that time of year again to celebrate the festival of lights;  Chanukah comes early this year, every year on a different day.  It has been as early as November and as late as the end of December. 

 The general public are still confused that it is not the Jewish Xmas 

I have stopped explaining over the years . It seems people like to lump similar like- holidays together for simplicity sake.  I grew up with…You don’t have a tree”…..???  it’s hard for people to understand that our festival of lights is a more minor holiday for us; it’s more for the children to celebrate the eight days of light that the oil lasted in the desert and that is why it’s called the festival of light.

 The Jewish holidays that fall in the fall time of year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are the most religious time for us.

So I will make some latkes, (potato pancakes) starting Saturday night and enjoy that nice oily smell this time of year.  We eat things made with oil to remember those eight nights and we will still exchange some presents for our celebration and light our candles…one for each night to remember the event.

Happy Chanukah to you all…..

Happy Chanukah, or should I say Hanukkah..?" 'Obama Da Dog'

Chanukah, or Hanukkah?   The Jews are split on the spelling  of the miraculous holiday celebrated because the oil that was intended for one day's light lasted eight days.

The Gentiles don't  have a problem with the spelling of Christmas. How many people spell Christmas, Kristmas? (X-mas doesn't count)

One reason I enjoy being of Jewish faith and heritage is because we are raised to believe there is more than one way to do things, they say, "there is more than one road to Rome." With that said I would like to wish you from the Garden Island of Kaua'i, A very Happy Chanukaua'i and for those who celebrate Christmas a very Mary Kristmas!

"Black Friday, White Saturday and more..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

'Thanksgiving is pono, (righteous)  it's the days after that cause mayhem...' this blog
oringinally ran 11-28-11  (Blog # 495.) By popular demand it is being posted as an 
encore (Hana Hou!)  Enjoy!

Black Friday   is routinely the busiest retail shopping day of the year. Black Friday originated in Philadelphia back around 1975, which originally was used to describe the traffic mayhem that occurred the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday actually indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, hence the term "in the black..." Black is also the color of authority and power. It is popular in fashion because it makes people look thinner. Priests wear black to signify submission to G-d.  black can also indicate evil, so look out  all you Black Friday shoppers.

For the week after Thanksgiving every-day should have a color designate not just Black Friday.

I would like to propose the following colors to represent the days of the week commencing  after Black Friday;

 1- White Saturday,  Brides wear white, white goes with everything and don't forget that doctors and other medical professionals along with chefs wear white. White Saturday would be the day you go to your psychiatrist wondering why you ate so much on Thanksgiving and spent your life savings on Black Friday, a day so designated to seeing medical professionals wearing white, hence white Saturday.

2-Red-Sunday, Red is the color of love, red is also the most emotional color, it stimulates a faster heartbeat.  red clothing makes one look heavier, and red stands out and is noticed, that's why many fire engines are painted red. Red attracts attention. Red Sunday would be  the day  that hospitals are overwhelmed with heart attacks from overeating on Thanksgiving and arguing with loved ones.

3- Blue Monday, blue is the color of the sky and ocean, blue is tranquil causing the body to produce calming chemicals, they say wear blue to a job interview, since blue symbolizes loyalty. Blue Monday would be the day you go to your pharmacist to fill your perscription of anti-depressants from the depressions brought on by visiting family during the holidays, the term  Blue Monday is said to defer one from having the blues which is why everyone shops the Internet on this day and has also taken on the moniker of "Cyber-Monday."

4- Green Tuesday, symbolizes nature and is the most popular decorating color,  Green Tuesday would be the day of the week proceeding Thanksgiving where the health food stores  have record sales because of all the heartache and upset stomachs since Thanksgiving day and people decide a more natural lifestyle may be right  for them.

5- Finally we have  Yellow Wednesday, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms and babies cry more when left in yellow rooms, Yellow is also an attention-getter, many magazine covers are in bright yellow to get our attention from up to 10 feet away.

Yellow Wednesday would be the day that  stores try to get our attention  once again  with big  yellow signs that read, 'Suckers!' 

Special blog extra from Got Windmills!
This is very witty and funny, especially if your a coffee drinker!

http://parxnewsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/12/eat-them-up-yum.html


This blog also ran as an opinion article in the Kauai garden Island news on 11-30-11 titled, "Day's of Color." 
 http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_26b32b1a-1b2e-11e1-9719-001cc4c03286.html    

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