My lower back and ass hurt from sitting in worn-out JAL seats all the way across the Pacific yesterday. At least the plane wasn’t stinky like the last time I was on JAL. Can’t wait for Hawaiian to get approval for the direct CTS route. Narita either had the A/C turned off, or had the heaters turned on, because it was hotter than Honolulu International if you can imagine that. Broke a sweat there where I didn’t back home. Some JDM girl in front of me in the domestic check in line cracked a silent fart of death just as I bent down to check the TSA lock on my bag. I actually got a gag reflex and had to drink water to get the gullet peristalsis moving back in the “down” direction.
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Finally, a good HI5-0 episode. I feel they dropped the ball on the August March episode last week. If he was such a crafty, well-connected dude, he would have found a way out of the situation besides stepping back into traffic and turning into a greasy stain on Pali Highway. I guess the writers didn’t want yet another criminal eluding Five-O’s tenuous grasp. Man, they’ve killed off a pile of recurring characters recently! …oh, and I like how they patched the entrance holes, but not the exit holes on the inflatable boat.
(0)Funny how the current Acura MDX ad says that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, trying to intimate that theirs was the first non-box, non-truck-based crossover SUV. The Toyota Harrier/Lexus RX beat them to the egg-shaped game by three years. The only thing that Honda has an exclusive over is developing SUV’s and a “pickup truck” from a minivan platform. This is like Audi’s “cookie cutter” ad when their Q7 is a badge engineered VW Touareg/Porsche Cayenne. Don’t these kinds of deceptive campaigns belong in the political arena?
(0)For the second time this year, the albizia trees have their branches set heavy with pollen-laden white puffball flowers of death. This second crop of allergens coincides with the blooming of the rose apple trees for added effect.
(0)I wonder what demographic I outwardly represent. There were some political canvassers in the neighborhood this afternoon, and they gingerly avoided me while I changed the oil in my car. They were yelling loudly and knocking on the doors of other homes, although few answered. It’s like they were more comfortable leaving flyers rubber-banded to doorknobs than actually talking to people.
(0)Is there such a thing as a #2 Phillips insert bit that isn’t made in the PRC anymore? I still have to check at City Mill and as a last resort Home Despot, but all Sears had were from China, both Craftsman and DeWalt branded ones (they probably all come from the same slave-labor camp). The only thing they had that was not from the PRC in that section were Posidriv bit sets, but those are probably ancient stock, as nobody uses freak bits like those (or 8-point sockets).
(1)Really? HVT transport armored car gets grabbed by a mystery Sea King helo with a giant, dangling claw and NOBODY even mentions trying to track down a helicopter with a giant claw? Anybody? Giant claw? Can you charter that? Now if it was the classic HI5-0 and it was the PRC agent Wo Fat, then maybe the resources of the party could be brought to bear, but if it’s just the local crime boss busting him loose, how’d he mange to rent such an expensive bird and contract someone to fabricate the giant truck-grappling claw? Not sure what the GVW is on a big armored car like that, but the maximum payload for a SH-3 is between 8,000 and 10,000 pounds. I’m kind-of thinking they didn’t get the right helicopter for the job. In any case, I’m glad HI5-0 is back for season three!
(0)Thanks, Teddy’s in Mo’ili’ili. “Fish and Chips” without the fries is just “fish”. Should have known they’d screw up the order when the counter person asked if I’d like fries with my fish and chips. Hello?!?! Angry Ckucke is going to get our $2.49 USD plus tax back.
(2)Weird. Saw an old Mitsubishi Montero Sport that someone went through the trouble to rebadge “Nativa” which is what it is sold as in the Middle East and Central America. That’s even more weird than kids rebadging their USDM E120 Toyota Corollas with Southeast Asia “Altis” badges.
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