"How old do you think I am..?" 'Robert Bito Gandia' (Source)

Guest-blogger,Robert Bitos Gandia

.Robert is an avid cook (ono gandule rice) and always laughing!!
Robert lives in Kekaha on Kauai's west-side and loves football!!

How old do you think I am

   A man decided to have a face lift for his birthday. He spends $ 5,000 and feels really good about the result. On his way home he stops at a newsstand and buys a paper. Before leaving he says to the salesclerk, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old do you think I am?"

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"About 35," was the reply. "I'm actually 47," the man says, feeling really happy. After that he goes into McDonalds for lunch, and asks the order taker the same question, to which the reply is, "Oh you look about 29."

"I am actually 47." This makes him feel really good.

Bitos is the best source of jokes!
Mahalo Nui our friend and blogger!

While standing at the bus stop he asks an old woman the same question. She replies, "I am 85 years old and my eyesight is going. But when I was young there was a sure way of telling a mans age. If I put my hand down your pants and play with your hairy walnuts for ten minutes I will be able to tell your exact age."

As there was no one around, the man thought what the hell and let her slip her hand down his pants. Ten minutes later the old lady says, "OK, it's done. You are 47."

Coming to Pizza Hut soon!

Stunned the man says, "That was brilliant! How did you do that?" The old lady replies, "I was behind you in McDonalds."

Sunrise therapy can be seen daily on 

James "Kimo" Rosen's
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"Thee and me..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Vintage Bettejo)

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden
 Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.

Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news
 and is the author of the famed novella, "The Scam." 
 Her latest fiction"Children of extinction"
 is now  released and available on Amazon!

www.bettejodux.com

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A Poem by Bettejo Dux, "Thee and Me..."

Steve Saylor & Bettejo at the
27th annual Taste of Hawai'i...

We must not lose the child in us
We must not lose the magic.

We must never lose the lover, that would be truly tragic.

We are funny loving creatures
All of us together Skipping through the universe, holding hands forever Laughing in the face of fate.

Knowing that the game is
Always different always new
And always just the same.

We’ve worn a million costumes, we’ve played a million roles
But writing the script of the play we’re in
Is always in our control.

So come my darling darlings and play the game with glee
So  the heading of this brave new act
Can be titled thee and me.

Bettejo a few years back playing checkers
with her nephew...

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"Getting Rid of a Stutter..." (adult) "Chester "Unc" Lau' (Source)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

"Unc"  is really passionate about creating a national Caregivers day.

Any help , support or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

'Unc' currently resides on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu. 
He is a retired cinematographer,
 and  enjoys giving the politicians a bad time...
"I am PRO-CHOICE ON EVERYTHING WITH RESPONSIBILITY..."

Getting Rid of a Stutter

A man with a crippling stutter visits his doctor hoping for a cure, he walks into the doctor's office and says:
"D D D D Doctor, you've g g g g got to Help m m m me, I'll dddo anyt t t t thing."

The doctor gives him a thorough physical examination, and sure enough discovers the problem....

"Your genitals are massive, and it's causing a great strain on your vocal chords, which is creating the stutter. I can, if you'd like, shorten your penis and relieve the great tension on your larynx. The effects will be instantaneous, and we can operate today."

"D D D D Do it!"

So they prep for surgery and very quickly the operation is performed. A complete success, the man leaves for home delighted to be cured. But that night his wife finds out what he did. She is very unhappy and urges him to reverse the surgery.

And so the next day the man arrives back at the doctor's surgery.
"Hello doctor and thanks for seeing me again. I'm completely cured and most of all I'm very grateful, but unfortunately my wife is not, I want to reverse the surgery."

But the doctor replays...

"N N N N N N No Refunds"

Oy Vey!  ;-)

 A note to Unc from Jack Lord star of the original Hawaii Five-O,
where "Unc" worked as a cinematographer

"The ultimate way to start the day, with a Sunrise!"

Send a friend request to view Sunrise therapy daily on James Kimo Rosen's Facebook!
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" Dr. Scott Sims goes viral..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #74)

Dr. Scott Sims attending to friends 
and patients on the beach...
Photo courtesy of Nat Geo Wild...

James "Kimo"Rosen is a retired Professional Photographer
 living on theGarden island of Kaua'i
 with his best friend Obama Da Dog.
This blog also appeared as an opinion article
in the 06-16-15 edition of The Garden Island newspaper;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-june/article_cdf0cb1a-13e8-11e5-8996-dbf784217333.html

Kimo's World #74
Dr.  Sims goes viral

I am 99.9% assured that never before  in the history of Kauai's Garden Island Newspaper online edition have there been as many recommends and shares for one story. The recommends are so high the counter is now calculating them in terms of 'k' (thousands) as of this writing the counter is climbing upwards of 3.9-k.  (3,900 recommends and counting.)
Check current recommends and TGI article "I've had a fantastic life" by clicking on link below;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/i-ve-had-a-fantastic-life/article_0a9dfae7-bbcd-5fa2-94ef-855d5c46eb46.html

Reminder, this is not how many people read the story but rather how many took the time  to hit the recommend button on their computer device.Also note, each computer device is cookied in allowing nobody to  hit recommend  more than one time and have it count.

The article I speak of is titled, "I've had a good life"  about beloved local icon, veterinarian, Dr. Scott Sims.

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Dr. Scott, AKA the barefoot vet,was recently diagnosed with a fatal cancer and just five days prior heard the great news that his Nat Geo Wild reality TV show, "The Aloha vet" was renewed for a second season where Scott wishes  to advocate for quality over quantity of life along with the shows regular format.
If you missed any episode of the Aloha vet, click on the link below, courtesy of Nat Geo Wild;
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/aloha-vet/

The  write-up by TGI staff writer Brittany Lyte was so well written along with great subject matter, it is no surprise it went viral on the Internet.

With all that kind of love from all over the world acknowledging this man of honor and integrity, I just can't imagine some kind of miracle for one of Kauai's most admired and treasured residents.

To read more about Dr. Scott check out dakinetalk blog #1521-Kimo's world #68- April 20, 2015.
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-aloha-vetnow-imagine-aloha-md-james.html

Dr. Scott on horseback
Photo courtesy and used by permission of Nat Geo Wild...

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-june/article_cdf0cb1a-13e8-11e5-8996-dbf784217333.html

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" Are the children raising the Parents today..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York.

 and has worked in the ophthalmology
 field of medicine for over 30 years

Are the children raising the Parents today

 Are the children raising the Parents today?

Working in the  medical field for the last 35 years I have pretty much seen it all.  

The most annoying thing of all is when parents have a medical appointment and they bring the small children with them who are out of control.  They tell the parent what they want to do and become disruptive to the entire office and staff. They run in and out of rooms, have tantrums when they don't get their way and make it near impossible to examine the patient. What happened to the child who can sit quietly and play with a toy you have brought to occupy them? They were taught to use their manners in public. 

I even had a woman who in the middle of her examination started to nurse her 3 year old while I was trying to ask her relevant 
questions.  I know it is not  always easy to find someone to watch your small children but in a routine exam that was planned out, it seems more thought can go into child care prior to the exam. 

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Tales from the original Hawaii-Five-O- Jack Lord- 'Chester "Unc" Lau' (From real life experiences)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

"Unc"  is really passionate about creating a national Caregivers day.

Any help , support or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

'Unc' currently resides on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu. 
He is a retired cinematographer,
 and  enjoys giving the politicians a bad time...
Unc, has a new feature, for the next few weeks.
 Unc will be writing about his experiences as a cinematographer
 on the Original Hawaii-Five-0 with Jack Lord and James MacArthur.

Tales from the original Hawaii-Five-O- 
-Jack Lord-

Editors note;

 Unc, has a new feature, for the next few weeks Unc will be writing about his experiences as a cinematographer on the Original Hawaii-Five-0 with Jack Lord and James MacArthur

Jack Lord was a real professional and he expected his crew to do the same.

 When I worked for Hawaii Five O,they  hired me as a set wardrobe supervisor,why not as a camera person? Since the  Hollywood camera union claimed jurisdiction on films originating from Hollywood and they  forbid any one not in their union to work on camera jobs.  the situation was later resolved but I had to go to Hollywood for tests to obtain my camera card to continue work with 5-O .

Jack paid major attention on make up,hair  and wardrobe,because if these 3 crafts were messed up,the whole days production  including shooting is useless, money down the drain !!! Why ? Because movie shooting doesn't  follow the script in the sequences as written ,or when an actor while during a scene  unconscionably loosens his tie knot 3 inches,the wardrobe guy better take note.  After 12 or 14  hours work day,the company called a wrap to continue the next day, wow! the next day ,wardrobe,make up & hair must match or the scenes  are  useless  !!!

One episode involved a fictional death in the family,the scene was filmed in Jack's  Five-O office where lights can be dimmed to set the mood of the scene. Jack was so taken by the story line that he had the whole production crew in silence,no talking or movement. He actually cried doing the scene. We were are all taken aback by his acting to go from chasing criminals to a dramatic scene.

After the successful take of the scene,I took the liberty of bringing him a cup of water ,he sips the water then looked up with appreciative eyes and said, 'who said action is easy?"

 Tales from the original Hawaii-Five-O are from my memory of over a  half a century ago. I will do more if memory can recall all the fun  and  hard work.

Next on line, location on Oahu's North Shore to see the other side of Jack's character.  Aloha, Unc C 



If you haven't already read part 1 of "Tales Form The Original Hawaii Five-0," featuring James MacArthur 
as office Danno Williams, check it out below;
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/05/tales-from-original-hawaii-five-o-james.html 

Check out the N.Y Times Obituary on Jack Lord;
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/23/arts/jack-lord-77-helped-direct-and-starred-in-hawaii-five-o.html

"Unc" as a young man....

Wikipedia on Jack Lord
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lord

Check out this YouTube video of the original introduction to Hawai'i Five-0. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9xfNn09eQ

Listen to the theme song from Hawaii Five-0
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Hawaii_Five_0.html

 A note to Unc from Jack Lord star of the original Hawaii Five-O,
where "Unc" worked as a cinematographer

"The ultimate way to start the day, with a Sunrise!"

Send a friend request to view Sunrise therapy daily on James Kimo Rosen's Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/james.rosen1

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The original Hawaii-Five-0  was so much better!

"Wild Hurricanes I Have Known..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Vintage Bettejo)

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden
 Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.

Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news
 and is the author of the famed novella, "The Scam." 
 Her latest fiction"Children of extinction"
 is now  released and available on Amazon!

www.bettejodux.com

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Bettejo at 84 years young taking time
 out of her busy day for one of many
scheduled book signings.

Wild Hurricanes I Have Known

Bettejo at the Martin Luther King Jr.
festivities at Kukui Grove back in 2013

 I've weathered four.  My husband and I escaped the ravages of Typhoon Jean, dodging caribou and ballistic teak logs the size of a Kauai bus shooting by us in a Philippine Airline jet taking off from a beach in Aparri, a primitive village in the province of Cagayan, Luzon-one bar, one outdoor movie, one hotel- on the banks of the South China Sea.  Aparri survived. Today it's a first class municipality.

We made the fastest flight- ever- back to Manila that day. Jean was the biggest typhoon of the season.

A typhoon is a hurricane that swirls and whirls and rips around in another neighborhood.

The Aparri memory is a cute story I tell often.

But hurricanes are not cute. No one can ever say 'been there, done that' or 'seen one seen 'em all' . Platitudes don't apply. Each storm's different. They've personalities all their own, and always a very human side.

In 1970 we were in Mississippi a year after Hurricane Camille demolished Gulfport and were amazed at the mess. A tug boat still  balanced  on its keel in the middle of a forest. It looked as though it'd just been planted. Along millionaire's row, all a two story mansion had to show for itself were water pipes standing upright indicating bathrooms on a vanished second floor.

Hurricane Iwa-November 22, 1982-sent our beloved boat, Warpath in Kukuiula Harbor, over the top of a swimming pool and broke her back. She was headed for safe port in the red barn across the street.  We'd built the barn for $900.00. All by myself I tar- papered the roof. Not a corner  lifted. On Kauai's millionaire's row, it looked as though a war had gone through.

I'd spent a terrifying night in the barn with my horses in the lava rock house up the Alexander Dam Road. All I was was the howl of that wind

Bill-who was needed at the power plant in Wainiha- and I, coming home that  night, had a most incredible surprise in store for us.. On the north shore at Tahiti Nui, Louise Marston  prepared-on the beach-a Thanksgiving dinner to end all Thanksgiving dinners-the works-to those who could find their way to her open door. A generous, marvelous, wonderful woman, I miss her. We sat at a savory table with locals, hippies, surfers, tourists from everywhere, survivors, and indulged. I've never felt so thankful. I didn't say grace but I thought it.

Back home, we'd just put the roof on our new house. Not a shingle lifted.

September 11, 1992, Iniki- the strongest storm to hit Hawaii-barreled through. I was alone. I spent the night here.  Three horses locked in stalls. Me and the dogs and cats hunkered down in my old Buick. I had carrots for the horses, nibbles for the dog and cats, and a bottle of wine for me. Before the night was over, the horses were eating dog food while the dogs and cats munched carrots. I didn't share the wine.

My experienced advice during hurricane season? Be prepared.

Bettejo a few years back playing checkers
with her nephew...

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This is what we call, "a bed of books!"