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Signals are always a requirement to let the other drivers know what you are intending to do...whether it's a lane change or a turn onto a street or driveway...according to Hawaii's Driver Manual.
Another option instead of waiting months and months for a P.O. Box is a private mail box. We got our private mail box from Paradise Business Center in Pahoa. We were able to get it immediately, which was a necessity for us. Another option is asking your neighbors if you can share their P.O. Box.
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Wao Thank you I will give that a shot !
Mimosa, I will private message you our address here. Look forward to meeting you!
Flashing headlights is universal warning of police ahead, fight the power !
Also, South Floirda is the same as for waiting a second after light turns green. Connecticut is opposite, you go as soon as its green and stop as soon as its yellow.
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Motorcyclists will pat the top of their head for the same reason, as their headlights are on all the time. Red light delay is important also, saved my kulo when on my bike when a couple of kids zipped thru at about 60 mph to "beat" the light, which they clearly didn't.
Are you a human being, or a human doing?
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Oneself - congratulations on your arrival. My "first impression"?
-It was much better than I thought it would be.
-The bank teller really will take ten minutes to talk to me about "where do you find the best chinese food in East Hawaii" while customers are wiating in line.
-The customers waiting in line, didn't seem all that bothered that we were having a conversation.
-It was much better than I thought it would be.
Enjoy your new life. The people are wonderful, the land is amazing, and you are free to reinvent yourself into whatever you want to become! Much happiness to you, new Puna Person!
Oh - and there are more people here from Florida than you would imagine!
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Originally posted by Oneself
T-Mobile is worthless on the island, I switched to Verizon which seems to be the best around here, and am using my phone as a hotspot so i can go online. Not a permanent solution but will do for now. If anyone has any suggestions about internet in Orchidland please let me know.
We use Verizon "Home Fusion". It's cheaper and faster than using your phone's hotspot, and really the only game in Orchidland other than dial-up or satellite.
- Siri is worse at pronouncing Hawaiian streets then me
- Some people do not want you here, just get used toit, there are mean people everywhere in the world. Ive run into some at the Post Office and DMV that were really mean about helping us get things set up, went back a different time and found someone who helped us no problems.
-Hawaiian style food portions are HUGE.
-Getting water, recycling etc, is really easy to do, I was surprised
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Oh and don't forget while driving that Hawaii is the land of the 'pull-out'. I have never had so many cars pull out in front of me, whether from driveways or side streets. No matter that I'm doing 45 or 55, as long as they can swing their rear end around - they will! They just expect you to slam on your brakes for them...
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What Lavalava just said !!!!! Ditto !!!!!
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I think the DMV and Post Office are like that everywhere.
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One more: whether you get a PO Box, a rural box (like the banks of boxes in HPP), or a private mail company box, REALLY try to make it have the same town/zip as your street address! I have known a couple of people with Pahoa PO Box and Keaau street address. This makes for ickiness when you're buying online. I put my box # on one line and the street address on the 2nd line, and no matter who the carrier turns out to be - USPS, UPS, or FedEx - they have both addresses. I'll bet 80% of the people here on punaweb have had a package waiting for them down at FedEx or UPS bc it only had their USPS (i.e. not street address) on it.
People on the mainland (or really non-rural areas) just can't seem to grasp a street address that has no USPS delivery, or a post office address with no UPS/FedEx delivery. Make it easier on them by making both your addresses in the same zip.
