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"...One aspect of this has been taken on as some sort of skewed local pride in the form of "Ainokea" (I no care) stickers on cars . Seems kinda cute until the reality of it becomes apparent..."
"...It's just the way it is. Lots of junk, tie a couple of barking dogs under a tree, raise some pigs, have loud parties and lots of company with loud vehicles, that's the Hawaiian way..."
this hawaiian has great pride in her multiple homes and lots. i don't have the proverbial bumper sticker nor the "ainokea" attitude. neither do i have dogs tied up under a tree, pigs, loud parties and/or vehicles.
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"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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One man's junk is another man's resource. I grew up in a farming community surrounded by Depression survivors who were living a good hour from the nearest hardware store. They had what my Dad referred to as "junk piles" around their places. Once Dad was provided with a much needed part for his tractor from one of those "junk piles" he not only never called them that again, he started his own!
My point is that the poorer you are the less likely you are to throw stuff away. Someone who is financially secure can throw still usable stuff away, because they know they can afford to replace it any time. When we were our poorest, I was stripping screws and bolts off of dead appliances, because they were still useful. Those jars of sorted hardware were among the most popular items at our moving to Hawaii sale!
I think it is an income level thing, not an ethnic thing.
Carol
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quote:
Originally posted by csgray
I think it is an income level thing, not an ethnic thing.
Carol
agreed.
<<claps hands for carol and gives her a cyber pat on the back.>>
"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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I do not correlate the Ainokea attitude with ethnic Hawaiians. It is however and unfortunately alive and well here in Hawaii and while it exists everywhere in the world (as does every human foible) there are obviously those Hawaii residents who are perversely pleased to own it, giving it a Hawaiian name/catchphrase.
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"...hawaii residents..." exactly. of all ethnicities. catchphrase would be correct--"ainokea" may exist in peoples' attitudes, but not in the hawaiian language (to my knowledge).
"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
w. james
"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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Once I had a neighbor whose property looked worse than a junk yard.
He was not Hawaiian or poor.
I think it's mental.Could be hoarding or total inability to organize things or both.
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We hear it all time (build on raised foundation, you can store stuff under the house.) So, you end up with all these ill-designed plywood shacks siting on top of a mound of junk, blighting-up the landscape. May as well put a hatch in the floor to drop stuff through. Do I ever sound bitter. Oh well guess I'l just hit the reply button and hold my hat on.
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quote:
Originally posted by KathyH
...He had about six vehicles at one point, one of which ran. He caught crap about it from everyone, but to him it was practical. He lived out in the country and it was no big deal to people there.
There's this magical stuff called screening ... that works miracles on neighbor junkyards.
Junk cars rust and deteriorate, slowly dropping their various toxic fluids into the ground, which make it to the water supply at some point.
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Sounds like the Ozarks (southern Missouri.) Everyone seems to have a "junk pile" of some sort. Spent part of my childhood growing up there and had fun in many a "junk pile" taking things apart making "creations", etc.
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Just goes to show that even with CCR's you can still get screwed. And from what I understand Nanawale is suppose to have stronger ccr's then other subdivisions.
I once bought 6 acres 2 lots in orchidland and my neighbor at the time was into landscaping business so... you'd hear 5-6 weedeater testing or dump trucks and all kinds of machinery being tested or repaired. Kinda sad on one hand but on the other.... what ya gonna do?
