Things we bless, despise
part of United States life
Happy Fourth of July!
In honor of our nation's birthday, we offer more examples of life today in the 50th state:
Mahalo: To Harold Ching, who helped us with a dead car battery on May 12 in Makiki. -- Carol and Cindy
Auwe: To the idiot in the sports utility vehicle at the Punahou off-ramp on May 14 who crossed a solid and broken double white line from the wrong side! You almost hit me and probably don't understand that the near collision was your fault because it's illegal to cross over solid white lines. -- No name
Mahalo: To the good Samaritan who caught my dog near the 6th Avenue freeway on-ramp Easter morning, reuniting him with our family. We greatly appreciate you taking him to the Hawaiian Humane Society, which immediately contacted us. -- Lisa
Auwe: To the woman wearing hospital scrubs who parked at the bus stop at Waialae and Koko Head avenues to pick up food from Kaimuki Chop Suey. You inconvenienced and maybe even endangered the riders of three buses because the drivers were not able to pull up to the curb. -- R.P.
Mahalo: To Ms. Joanie and staff at Consolidated Theatres in Waikiki for helping me recover my cellular phone on May 9. -- Brian
Auwe: To the two lolos in the last row at the 2:05 p.m. May 20 showing of "Deep Impact" at the Signature Theatres. My daughter and I commented on all the leg room in back of us. But they kept kicking the back of my seat, forcing us to move. On a plane, I can say, "Stop kicking"; in my car, I can yell at my family; but in a movie theater, I don't know what they would do to me if I say anything. -- Judy
Mahalo: To the police officer with license plate FFF777 who enabled my son to pull alongside my car to jump-start my battery during afternoon rush hour. May he always be protected. -- No name
Auwe: To Waipahu High School. I'm not a mean person, but when the lights went out at their graduation, I was rejoicing because they refused to let my nephew march. He was short just half an art credit. They could have let him march, then go to summer school to get his diploma later. -- Don
Mahalo: To Brian S., who found my wallet and insisted on delivering it to me, refusing even a token reward. I now owe someone else a comparable good deed. -- Christine Urban
Auwe: To motorists coming down Red Hill in the afternoon rush hour in the left lane, then cutting right just before the Aiea off-ramp. You slow traffic down for everyone. -- No name
Mahalo: To Dewey Kauka of the Gas Co. for your help and use of phone when our Honda stalled on the Lunalilo on-ramp in April. Mahalo also to the police officers for their services and to the gentleman at the nearby post office for two cups of cold water. -- Yoshio and Betty
Auwe: Neighbors, beware! I have had to scrape or hose dog droppings from my lawn mower wheels or slippers at my home in lower Aina Haina. (The gentleman with the collie declined my offer of plastic bags.) But recently, my patience waned when I found a pair of large boxer shorts (or swimsuit), of dark aloha print, full of feces. Armed with plastic gloves, disinfectant, plastic bag and hose, I cleaned up this huge human mess. Was some large man of diminished mental capacity "loose" that day. Was anyone walking around sans bottoms? Yikes! -- Pat Peters
Mahalo: To security guard Emil Guillermo and Longs employee Donald Lane, who helped when I locked my keys in my car on May 11 at the Kaimuki Shopping Center. With their help, I got to my class only five minutes late. -- Chris Walters
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