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Tuesday, April 23, 1996


Try wait, try wait; Russell, you get pen?

Whatever you think your life expectancy is, subtract a year. That's at least how much time you'll spend waiting in line.A study several years ago determined that each American will spend about 175.2 hours a year waiting. Multiply that times the first 50 years of your adult life, and you will wait in line or in waiting rooms or on hold on the phone a total of 8,760 hours - exactly a full year.

Waiting is a fact of life, something we've all experienced. Sometimes waiting is so boring you feel brain-dead afterward; other times the experience results in a good story. If the latter is true, how about sharing with the rest of us.Send us your story about having to wait, with all the little details.

Was it to get a tire changed or a tooth pulled, or for your bride to walk up the aisle? Was it for the clouds to clear at the summit of Haleakala or for the bartender to bring you your cold one after a 10-mile hike on the Leeward Coast?

We want to hear the best and worst, the good and the bad, the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the silly and the sad.

The three best stories will be published in the Star-Bulletin May 28 and their writers will get $50 to pay someone to do their waiting for them. Deadline is May 21. Send your story to "WAITING," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802 or fax to 523-8509 or e-mail to features@starbulletin.com




Write to Features, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, HI 96802 or send a fax to 523-8509 or E-mail at features@starbulletin.com. Please include your phone number.




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