MGI Has Died and Gone to Heaven

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#91 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:05 pm

golfmobile wrote:Roaming MGI in Hawaii

Great write up golf! You really are a great writer. And funny too!

So, I gotta know, did you wind up feeding the parking meter all night?

golfmobile · #92 Post by **golfmobile** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:37 pm

James,

Fortunately the desk clerk at the hotel told us about using a meter and advised that the meters are not monitored between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. So we had to feed it only till 6 p.m. then get up early enough to re-feed it while we ate breakfast and got packed up to leave the next morning. I think we spent $6 on it, as it was $0.25 per ten minutes!!

golf

#93 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:06 pm

"Not monitored between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m."? You mean, the meters are actually in use 24hrs. a day? Sheesh, remind me to avoid that part of town. Running out at 3 a.m. to feed the meter is not my idea of fun!

Steve · #94 Post by **Steve** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:47 pm

I can't wait to read about MGI's reflections on his two visits to "mecca" and actually catching sight of the mysterious, mystical and rarely seen Grand Poobah of The Estate, Ms. Anderson.

golfmobile · #95 Post by **golfmobile** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:24 pm

James,

Apparently I worded that ambiguously.

Now I would guess that the meters are technically available to be "in use" 24/7 as they aren't packed up and put away at night. However, if there is no enforcement at night, why would anyone be feeding one at 3 a.m.?

Even meter maids have to sleep . . .

golf

#96 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:41 pm

See that's what threw me. I was under the impression that you thought the parking meters were "in effect" all night (hence comparing the meters option with the $18 a night parking option), maybe because that's what the signs on the street said. When you added the part about the hotel desk clerk saying the parking meters are not "monitored", I took that to mean "you are supposed to feed the meters, but they won't enforce it at night".

Nevermind me, carry on....

golfmobile · #97 Post by **golfmobile** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:55 pm

James,

From a practical standpoint, I wouldn't have been surprised if they had been enforced all night, considering the cost of most things in Hawaii (e.g., parking at hotels/condos). I suppose the problem is probably more often FINDING an empty meter at which to park. There was one right across the street from the parking lot of the hotel, so we were lucky, probably.

However, considering the current state of economic affairs here on the mainland, Hawaii doesn't look so expensive anymore . . . . When we left, gas was $3.50 a gallon -- when we returned, it was $4.25 IF you could find it!! I assume most people heard about how Ike messed up the gas supply in the Southeast. Supply and demand in a capitalistic society . . . .

golf

MPS · #98 Post by **MPS** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:33 am

I finally had the time to sit down and read Roaming MGI in Hawaii. It's wonderful, golf!! I can't wait for the rest of MGI's adventures in Oahu.

The part about the Margarita fixings hit close to home. I always manage to pack the ingredients for cocktails, much to the dismay of my family.

Apparently, there are markets / liquor stores that sell such things all over the world! Who knew?

Thanks for sharing with us.

golfmobile · #99 Post by **golfmobile** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:26 pm

MPS,

Thanks for your kind words.

Yes, the mixings can be had, but our margaritas are rather special, requiring specific ingredients. Yes, tequila you can get anywhere, but you can't always find triple sec. Our recipe:

1 1/2 shot tequila
1 shot triple sec
1 lime's juice (a fresh, real lime -- no mixers, no sugary junk -- purely and simply the juice of one freshly squeezed lime -- so for vacation, we squeeze about a dozen limes and freeze the juice in a big plastic flask - then by the time we get wherever, the lime juice has usually thawed)

Voilá! Our OWN margarita. Now this makes a rather strong drink -- that's why I get only one . . . . It can't be made "weaker," only smaller . . . .

Try it, you'll like it!!

golf

SelleckLover · #100 Post by **SelleckLover** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:12 pm

Wow! I never would have thought to pack margarita fixin's in my luggage!!! What a great idea! But wait...aren't there restrictions on how much liquids you can take on board now? Just asking...I haven't flown on a commercial jet since 1988...so what do I know???

golfmobile · #101 Post by **golfmobile** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:20 pm

SL,

You are correct! The margarita fixings in the big flasks are what we put in the golf bags, which we check. In theory and practice, you could load up the little airplane bottles (that you've emptied out previously and kept) with whatever you wanted to take along, but that would limit you to about six little bottles (what will fit in a 1-qt. baggie, and then you couldn't take shampoo, lotion, etc. -- but, hey, you can buy that when you get there! Priorities here!). That would last for a three-day trip (?) IF you got your tequila when you arrived, which would be the easiest component to acquire.

Can you tell I speak from experience????

golf

Tralfaz · #102 Post by **Tralfaz** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:04 am

The Gold Feather necklaces are from Rapture I think.

T

golfmobile · #103 Post by **golfmobile** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:44 am

tralfaz,

Thanks for that. I don't remember that from that episode, but I haven't seen it for a while. Maybe someone (James?) who has the DVDs can post a screenie, showing it as it was used in the episode. I was thinking it was from The Kona Winds, I guess, just because of the winds and surf shown at the first of that episode, but there was no mystery of a disappearing woman in that episode, so you're probably right.

Second day of MGI's time in Hawaii now posted on his blog.

MGI's September 10

Again, it is very detailed and long, and potentially BOOOOOORRRRIIIINGG! But I just wanted to document everything I could while I still remembered it. It's just terribly time-consuming to construct it all so much later and try to include everything. I have a feeling most posts after this one will get much shorter.

golf

SelleckLover · #104 Post by **SelleckLover** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:55 am

Dang, golf! You've got this traveling margarita thing down to a science. Brilliant! My hat's off to you!

My husband does something along those lines when we go camping. (He was an Eagle Scout.) He wraps hot dogs and frozen french fries separately in foil when we start the drive to the campground, and wedges them on the engine manifold. By the time we get to where we're going, dinner is done! All we need to add is mustard and ketchup, and get a beer out of the cooler!

(He didn't learn the beer part in Scouts!) LOL!

Tralfaz · #105 Post by **Tralfaz** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:33 pm

golfmobile wrote:tralfaz,

Thanks for that. I don't remember that from that episode, but I haven't seen it for a while. Maybe someone (James?) who has the DVDs can post a screenie, showing it as it was used in the episode. I was thinking it was from The Kona Winds, I guess, just because of the winds and surf shown at the first of that episode, but there was no mystery of a disappearing woman in that episode, so you're probably right.

Second day of MGI's time in Hawaii now posted on his blog.

MGI's September 10

Again, it is very detailed and long, and potentially BOOOOOORRRRIIIINGG! But I just wanted to document everything I could while I still remembered it. It's just terribly time-consuming to construct it all so much later and try to include everything. I have a feeling most posts after this one will get much shorter.

golf

I think it is the one worn by the boy, Keli'i. If I had to make a guess I would say it appears the plan was for one necklace to be worn by the actor playing the boy, and then the other 'encrusted' one would be used at the end when Magnum finds the necklace on the sea floor.

However, It seems that the 'encrusted' necklace was never used as it is found pristine at the end of the episode.

Perhaps it didn't read well on screen. Or perhaps they just preferred the more uplifting feel that the pristine necklace conveyed.

T

Here are tiny screencaps from this site. you can just make out the necklace. (Best I could do..) Depending on your browser, try Ctrl + to zoom in.