i had a little cottage bout a block off the beach in maui. it was one of the less popular beaches. if you like to be in the more popular areas lahainna would be good. i dont know if i spelled that right. no matter where you stay get the limits on the credit card up. it is paradise, but, paradise is not cheap. have fun, mag. like i said i'd like to go back. my bud in hilo just sent me a pair of medals commerating the honolulu coin club. if i could afford it, such a nice place to retire. i have no intentions of going coach, but was told that business class and first were not to much different on some airlines, but really different on some. i think i'd be doing quanta, but, not sure. as many trips as i have been able to do online prep for, i think an agent is going to be a must when i do this one. it is going to be a huge trip. it is probably a few years off if i wait for enough FF miles to go first class. --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > in 1986 I spent a week on Oahu, I think, on a beach > called waikiki. > wonderful. > I've always heard Maui was extra magical. I expect > I will try to take > several day trips to other islands. I might even try > snorkeling if they > have a mask that i won't have to put my mouth > around. Hmm, perhaps I will > run into an old bf who was a diving instructor. that > would be a trip. > > Ken, I frequently get upgraded to first class > because I can't walk all the > way back to coach, and so, often if they have > available seats we get free > upgrades and let me tell you: You don't want to be > in anything less for a > long trip like to down-under! your poor neck would > be a mess! I hope Judy > wins a lottery! anyway, talk to a travel agent to > get those good seats > because I don't think they don't sell them over the > net. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > [log in to unmask] > > "What is real but compassion, as we move from birth > to death?" > ~~Greg Brown~~ > > > > [Original Message] > > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: 11/22/2005 8:39:13 PM > > Subject: Re: was: My water-retention problem now: > traveling plans. > > > > i actually liked the big island more than maui or > > ouhu, but liked ouhu better than maui. although > maui > > has it's own character to offer. you will like > maui. > > how long you going to be there? if you can visit > > more than one island i suggest it. i'd like to > visit > > all > > of them. > > i think your dad is great to send you. > > > > since we are talking travel, i have enough > frequent > > flyer miles in one accoubt for judy and i to go > > business class to austrailia and new zealand. in > a > > few years we'll have first class mileage. i do > not > > know how much difference there is between first > class > > and business class as far as perks and confort for > > international flying. don't know what is best way > to > > approach seeing the most of both countries. also > could > > have another stop on the way back. i would want > this > > to be about 4-6 weeks trip. will be only trip of > this > > magnatude that we ever take unless judy wins a > lottery > > or something. > > > > > > > > > >guess what! My dad's sending me & a helper to > > > Maui > > > > for my big 50th > > > > birthday! I'm really jazzed! > > > > > > > > Mag > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > "What is real but compassion, as we move from > > > birth > > > > to death?" > > > > ~~Greg Brown~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > Date: 11/22/2005 1:53:44 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: My water-retention problem > > > > > > > > > > i see a dystonia specialist and this is > > > something > > > > that > > > > > people with dystonia can do is to foll a > body > > > part > > > > to > > > > > relax. i do this on a regular basis that is > to > > > > fool > > > > > one part to relax at least temporarily. you > > > can't > > > > stay > > > > > tense in one place to relax another one all > the > > > > time, > > > > > but, i do give the worse place a break for a > > > short > > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > --- Jonathan Rand <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > My feet r very tender, I think because of > > > > abnormal > > > > > > stresses put on them. It > > > > > > used 2 be much worse. When symptoms of > > > chemical > > > > > > sensitivity first started > > > > > > creaping up on me, I didn’t no what was > > > > happening. > > > > > > My movements became more > > > > > > normal at first. Then I became very > sleepy > > > all > > > > the > > > > > > time. Sometimes my > > > > > > movements became A LOT worse! Neck spasms > > > were > > > > > > choaking off blood 2 my > > > > > > brain, (or something like that). Anyway, > my > > > > feet > > > > > > were getting soar from > > > > > > walking “wrong” I guess. 4 a few years, I > > > wore > > > > > > extra large shoes, & I wore > > > > > > them on the wrong foot, (left on right, > etc.), > > > > to > > > > > > stop my feet from rubbing > > > > > > on the shoes. Getting my toenails cut was > > > like > > > > open > > > > > > heart surgery! > > > > > > > > > > > > But after I learned how 2 control the > chemical > > > > > > sensitivity, my mobility > > > > > > problems seemed 2 “stabolize,” & walking > > > became > > > > much > > > > > > easier. I still don’t > > > > > > / can’t walk without shoes because my toes > > > curl > > > > up > > > > > > under my feet, & they wud > > > > > > drag along the ground, (and that HURTS), > but > > > > since > > > > > > my doctors weren’t really > > > > > > helping, I felt I was forced 2 try stuff > on my > > > > own, > > > > > > & maybe I was somewhat > > > > > > successful. > > > > > > > > > > > > I still hate getting my toenails cut but > it’s > > > a > > > > > > thousand times easier now… > > > > > > > > > > > > I don’t know if other people can do this… > > > Maybe > > > > I’m > > > > > > weird. But at 1 point > > > > > > I found that I was able 2 relax my feet > wile > > > > > > walking, if I tensed up > > > > > > “something else.” Like my legs, (or > another > > > > part of > > > > > > my body). Then my toes > > > > > > didn’t curl up, & my feet didn’t turn in > as > > > > much. > > > > > > > > > > > > But I have ATHETOSIS as well as > spasticity. > > > In > > > > som > > > > > > cases I get to CHOOSE > > > > > > between the 2. > === message truncated === __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com