pic: Why we work in Hawai'i

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by NoSkaOnTheRadio

i'm pretty sure my town is going to develop permafrost this week... wanna trade places?

I can see it now...
" NEXT on TLC we take this town from this frozen cold town of [ insert Northern state town name here] and swap them with the town in [ insert Hawaii town name] and watch the reaction as on meets snow for the first time and the other meets sand.

[waiakea2024]

we should have a regional here soon....hopefully. There are benifits and doubts about living here. i just cant think of any right now

[JBotAlan]

Words cannot describe how much I envy you. The temperature here in Michigan is 6 degrees. No, that's not a typo--six degrees Fahrenheit. I'm not in school because the windchill is at -30 degrees. See the attached pics for what my neighborhood looks like.

JBot

(well, I was going to attach them, but I guess there's a limit, because CD took away my "Attachments" button...)
http://jbotalan.frih.net/DCP_2732.JPG
http://jbotalan.frih.net/DCP_2733.JPG

[waiakea11]

well it is great to live in hawaii, but im sure that if we lived on the mainland we would love the snow for about a week and then get bored of it....and im sure you guys would get bored of hawaii too if you lived here long enough..

[waiakea2024]

who could get bored on hawaii???? ...well you would probably get Closter phobic. we live on an island surrounded by water, water, and more water.

[Hieb]

Originally Posted by waiakea11

and im sure you guys would get bored of hawaii too if you lived here long enough..

I'm willing to test the theory....

[sporno]

agreed

[nparikh]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I live in this

compared to this

or this
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/110810079237.jpg
or this



I want to cry.

At least you don't live here...

[Jevin H]

Not to insult we had a "fun" descussion in my feild ecology class about how if the global warming continues where we live might become the"new beach front property" if the caps melted !!!!

Just a funny idea


And sorry if i was rude to anyone

[waialua359]

columbia and northface jackets dont sell here in hawaii at all. you wont find them.
You would only need them MAYBE 2-3 times the whole year.

[Auveh]

Wow! Well, I have to bring up the fact that you miss out on two-hour delays for school with that nice weather of yours! we have had one every day this week!

[waiakea2024]

well we had nasty weather today for hawaii people. of course its nothing compared to what happens on the mainland. all we had was a little rain.

[Matt Gardner]

Is it physically possible to secrete jealousy, because I think I am...*jealousy puddle freezes because of this freezing environment*

[=Martin=Taylor=]

I bet its fun living in Hawaii.... but building a robot?

Here on the mainland we can get overnight shipping from Mcmaster. There are also a lot of over-the-counter suppliers; we have local suppliers for gears, almum stock, pneumatics, electronics, and in our area there are tons of scrap dealers to scavenge from. There are also enough machinists in our area to support several teams and then some!

Even with all these resources we often can't get what we need. It must be a real challenge getting parts in Hawaii.

[TKM.368]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

Even with all these resources we often can't get what we need. It must be a real challenge getting parts in Hawaii.

Yes, we don't have the resources - but for us on the island of Oahu, we can't really complain as our counterparts on the outer island have it much worse!

However, I do recall in '05 we had to wait awhile for the magnets to arrive for the hanging tetras because they could only be sent by boat!

On the other hand, we don't have to worry about school closures (and losing build time) when the weather gets too nasty.