Yea another transplant

[Lin W]

You're coming from the desert, so did I. This is a whole other world. Be prepared for everything metal to rust, everything leather to mold, fiberboard will sag and eventually collapse, solid wood will swell and dresser drawers and cabinet doors will become frozen shut. Salt will solidify then liquify, spices will become rock hard overnight. Electronics will fail prematurely for no apparent reason. Be ready for frequent power failures but ridiculously expensive electricity. If you want internet, your housing choices will be limited. Gasoline costs more, groceries cost more and shelves are often empty, awaiting the next container. If you want to order something from the mainland, shipping costs can be shocking, or, "they" won't ship to Hawaii at all. And yet, most of us wouldn't trade it for the world. I've found a home here, but it took some getting used to. [8D]

A friend saw my post and told me I had left out the most important warning - photographs. If you have any photos you want to preserve, find a way to keep them dry ... a dry room, vacuum packed, something. Probably best to just transfer them to DVDs, which (so far) seem unaffected by the climate. The same goes for VHS or cassette tapes, if you still have any of those that you want to save. []





I am so much more like I am today than I ever was before!