6 hours. i might could afford the big island if we lived very close. the problem is health care. i have a friend that i visited in the hospital in honolulu and another that is retired in honolulu. the friend in the hospital lives on the big island. if there is any thing remotely major you'd have to go to honolulu. my friends wife has family there so she had a place to stay. he went in expecting to recover and be home in a week. he has been 3 months with complications. can you imagine the hassle if his wife did not have family. he is better and on the mend, thought he was not going to make it. any way thats one problem. cost is the other. the big island maybe, but honolulu, my friend that is retired there is retired air force. he can go to the px at the military bases. said he could not make it were it not for the px. then he has a brother that is sick and he is having trouble getting out to the mainland to see him. so no, i don't think i could live there unless i have a rich relative (don't know of any) left me a fortune. it would be nice. the weather is pretty stable. warm. good for old warn out bodies. but, i still thing south texas will be my best bet, oh, my daughter is having a girl if not surprised. found out my last day in hiwaii, had to go right out and buy a little girlie hawaiian outfit. i am going to really spoil this kid. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: mag will be in dc soon! Ken, when I saw the email was from you, I put the cup down before I ever opened the mail <g>. Jet lag, huh? HI is five hours behind EDT, right? I HATE jet lag. I think the direction you took is worst, too, Ken: Leaving westbound and coming home eastbound. It's funny how fast you recover from jet lag when you start your vacation and how slow when you end it. I don't know if it's from excitement of the trip and then the "down" of coming home, or your body just takes two hits instead of just one. Could you live in Hawaii, Ken? Never been there, except for a quick stop at the airport. Laura got an interview offer in the mail a month back for a Special Ed teacher. I told her to go--she'd at least get a free trip. She decided to just stay home. I hear that everything is silly expensive ($5.00 for a gallon of milk(?)). Is this right? -Kyle -----Original Message----- From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: mag will be in dc soon! ohhh, did you get a little coffee on you? ammm sooo sorrrryyy. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:04 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: mag will be in dc soon! Maybe the rest of us can help you next time you get the urge, Ken. I'd be willing to invest in a plane ticket to Atlanta to THWACK YOUR KEYBOARDIN' HANDS WITH A HAMMER! ROFL!!! Just kidding! How can you think of one-liners like that this early in the morning? I have a hard enough time just getting the coffee cup near my mouth without just pitching face-first into it. You must be a morning person, eh? Mags, do be careful in D.C. Maybe it's all this "disaster" training I'm swimming in right now, but I'm starting to get the heebie-jeebies again. -Kyle -----Original Message----- From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: mag will be in dc soon! you guys that go to the national zoo, if you see the great seal remember that being a national zoo that you are looking at .... the great seal of the united states..... sorry i could not help myself. -----Original Message----- From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: mag will be in dc soon! Hi everybody, I will be available to meet with friends from this list on Sunday or Monday, September 1st or 2nd. perhaps we can all meet at the national zoo? Get in touch with me privately. Thanks, Mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you already shop online, please take a look at my mall! Why? Because we have over 500 stores with over 1 million items! www.itilink.com/traine.iti