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Mahalo!! Nell Ava

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE GRAND REUNION FOR ALL KAHUKU HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES IN OCTOBER, 2000.

OUR GRAND REUNION 1970 CLASS PICTURE: (Left to Right) Willie Lolofie, To'oa Fonoimoana, Nell Ava, Priscilla Nelson, Donna Adversalo, Valerie Au & Steve Baldridge...Missing: Kevin Jones

I saw this on the internet and thought I'd share it with you all....EnJoY

WHAT A DIFFERENCE THIRTY YEARS MAKES...

1970: Long hair
2000: Longing for hair

1970: The perfect high
2000: The perfect high yield mutual fund

1970: KEG
2000: EKG

1970: Moving to Calif. because it's cool
2000: Moving to Calif. because it's warm

1970: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents
2000: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your kids

1970: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2000: Trying Not to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1970: Paar
2000: AARP

1970: Rolling Stone
2000: Kidney stone

1970: Being called into the principal's office
2000: Calling the principal's office

1970: Screw the system
2000: Upgrade the system

1970: Peace sign
2000: Mercedes logo

1970: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2000: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1970: Passing the drivers test
2000: Passing the vision test

1970: Whatever
2000: Depends




FRIENDS VS. HAWAIIAN FRIENDS
To all my Hawaiian Friends:

FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Always bring the food.

FRIENDS: Will say "hello"
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.

FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.

FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Cry with you.

FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing and just being together.

FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' ass that left you.

FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"

FRIENDS: Are for a while.
HAWAIIAN FRIENDS: Are for life.

FOR THOSE BORN 1930-1979 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
ļ First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
ļ They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
ļ Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
ļ We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
ļ As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
ļ Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
ļ We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
ļ We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
ļ We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
ļ We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
ļ No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
ļ We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
ļ We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms......
ļ WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
ļ We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
ļ We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
ļ We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
ļ We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
ļ Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
ļ The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
ļ These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
ļ The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
ļ We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
ƒº If YOU are one of them¡K.CONGRATULATIONS!

U L0cAL or WaT?
You Know Someone Is From Hawaii If...
1.They have a separate circuit breaker for their rice cooker.
2.Only NOW they know that cilantro is the same as Chinese parsley.
3.They measure the water for the rice by the knuckle of their index finger.
4.They know which market sells poi on which days.
5.They know that Char Sung Hut is closed on Tuesday.
6.They can handle shoyu with green mango, li hing mui gummy bears, raw egg on hot rice, and pearl tea (carnation milk in hot water with sugar) with creme crackers.
7.Their refrigerator has half-empty jar of mango chutney from the '95 Punahou Carnival.
8.The condiments at the table are shoyu, ketchup,chili peppah watah, and kimchee. Also, takuwan, Hawaiian salt, slice onion, and pickle onion.
9.They go to Maui and their luggage home includes potato chips, manju, cream puffs, and guri guri for omiyage.
10.They think the four food groups are starch (rice), Spam, fried food, and fruit punch.
11.A balanced meal has three starches: rice, macaroni, and bread.
12.They know 101 ways to fix their rubber slippers -- 50 using tape, 50 using glue, and one using a stick to poke the strap back in.
13.They sometimes use their open car door for addressing room.
14.Nice clothes means a T-shirt without puka.
15.They are barefoot in most of their elementary school pictures.
16.They have a slipper tan.
17.Their only suit is a bathing suit.
18.They drive barefoot.
19.They have at least five Hawaiian bracelets.
20.They never ever, under any circumstances, wear socks with slippers, or an aloha shirt that matches their wife's muumuu.
21.They still call the Blaisedell Center the HIC and it's Sandy's, not Sandy Beach.
22.They say "I going go for lawnmower da grass" when they mean "I'm going to mow the lawn."
23.They can understand every word Bu Lai'a says and they know what his name means.
24.They have a sister, cousin, auntie, or mom named "Honey Girl" or..... Someone in the family named Boy, Tita, Bruddah, Sonny, Bachan, Taitai, Popo, or Vovo.
25.They still chant "Hanaokolele" when a friend or co-worker goofs up.
26.They say "Shtraight," "Shtreet," and "Shtress."
27.They say "Da Kine" and the other person says "Da Kine" and they both know what is "Da Kine."
28.The "Shaka" and the "Stink Eye" are worth a thousand words.
29.They're shopping at Epcot Center at Disneyworld and they may say something to their sister and a
complete stranger says, "You're from Hawai'i, aren't you?"
30.They feel guilty leaving a get-together without helping clean up.
31.The idea of taking something from a heiau is unthinkable.
32.They call everyone older than themselves "Aunty" or "Uncle" and they kiss everyone in greeting and farewell.
33.They let other cars ahead of them on the freeway and they give shaka to everyone who lets them in. (And get mad if someone they let in doesn't say thanks.)
34.Their philosophy is "Bumbai."
35.They would rather drag out the compressor and fill that leaking tire every single morning than have it fixed.
36.The only time they honk their horn is once a year during the safety check.
37.If a child needs a home, they give him one. She/He becomes "Hanai."
38.They can live and let live with a smile in their heart.
39.Their male best friend's name is either Wade, Max, Nathan, or Melvin.
40.Owns two types of slippers: da "good slippas" and da "buss-up/stay home slippas."
41.Does not understand the concept of North, South, East, and West, but instead gives directions as Mauka, Makai, Diamond Head, Ewa, and uses landmarks instead of street names.
42.The first thing they look for in the Sunday paper is the Long's ad.
43.They take off their slippahs before going into the house.
44.You ask what year they grad and where they grad from, and then you say "eh you know so and so..."
45.When it's done, they say "pau!"
46.They wear two different color slippers together and they don't mind.

THAT'S ALL FOLKS! and A HUI HOU!