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adias, forget the "sue the operator" since the people in these kind of businesses don't have anything to their names, not even bank accounts. If you decide not to pay them they will sue you though, and in addition, they will spread the word quickly that you didn't pay, so good luck finding workers for your building project. It's like the "Catch 22!"
In my experience, I have found the opposite to be true. Most guys work hard, give more than fair work for the $$$$'s, and like working with the lot owners needs, because referrals are their best advertising. Yes in any business there are those who give the rest a bad name as you all know. I always suggest that you ask those who do work with these guys all the time and know the good/bad ones, or if your friends or neighbors just got a lot done and you liked the work, ask for the name of the operator!!
Even me, I have a couple of people that I know of that are NOT on my preferred list. I dont bad mouth them but I do tell people that the list I use is "preferred" - Hilo is a small town y'know. My list is from experience AND culled from Ron Nickels' list who is a civil engineer who is responsible for inspections on many of the wastewater systems done.
Thats my 2 cents!
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John,
I'm glad to hear that you are distributing the Building in the Forest brochure.
It's also on-line at the Volcano Community Association web site: http://volcanocommunity.org/page3.html
Robin
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Thanks Robin, I already had the link. I don't just distribute the booklet, it's actually embedded in my internet information file that I e-mail to prospective clients. I just e-mailed you a copy.
Aloha,
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This was in the HTH:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/arti...ocal05.txt
What I think is interesting are the comments.
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Caterpillars gobble your kin
Look at you, you gorgeous creature!
Salt-licked, confident, straddling the cliffside,
brother to the elements, nothing but a malo,
arms overhead, paddle in your hands,
scanning the horizon, waiting for a wave.
Fingers linger. Brush away the sandflecks.
I stroke a shoulder, sunbaked torso.
Pray for time, that no one sees.
Rub. Rub. Faster now. Someone's coming.
Eyes fill, jaws clench. Joined now
by the creator. Carved in his image,
you're every bit the man that he was.
I carry you with me -- and a tiny bit of him.
Rushpedal home over newly-poured asphalt,
unfurl your splendor, mount you on my wall,
stow away the charcoals, curl up on the tile,
drift off to the rumble of the cats.
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I think a reposting of my thoughts on this subject from 7/09/06 are in order:
The article in the Herald Tribune today about clear cutting lots gave me a thought.
Let's all go out and cut down every tree on the island. After all, they just get in the way of all the houses that need to be built. If we can get this done, we will not need to worry about it anymore. Then we can focus on tearing out smaller plants and removing any soil that may be left. Its great that there is lava rock everywhere, so we don't have to pave over with asphalt, that is a real cost saver.
After we tear out the rain forest on the east-side, we can load the dead trees on trucks and move them to the west-side, where the wood will dry out. Then we can have a giant bonfire celebration. I know this might upset some people on the west-side, with all the smoke and all, but we will say it is the first annual California Brushfire reenactment, for all the homesick folks.
I know this sounds like a big project, but if we got everyone with a chain-saw on the island to pitch-in, maybe with the local high school's and other groups, we could really speed this process up. Why wait 20 or 30 years until the last tree is gone?
We can do it in just one year!
I have some property up in Montana, and I'm telling you, there is nothing liked seeing them clear cut the forests up there. Not one living thing left for miles in all directions. Of course, there is some good that comes out of it, because that is where our lumber comes from and cutting down trees does create jobs, and they do replant, sort of. We are not going to use our trees for anything, just the bonfire celebration.
If necessary, we could cut costs and forget the bonfire idea, and just use bulldozers to push the rainforst into the ocean, where it will just float away, out of sight, out of mind.
Hopefully, a major developer will reward our efforts, and build the largest golf course in the world where the rainforest was. I mean the biggest, 20 miles long. Think of all that perfect grass. No weeds. No frogs. People would not dump garbage or their old cars on that!
Maybe we could change the names of the sub-divisions, Hawaiian Paradise Moonscape, that sort of thing.
So let me know if anyone has any more ideas on how to get rid of all the trees.
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Well, well, well,
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Ha! Sorry David.
I can be a bit obscure at times I'm afraid.
What I probably should have said was something short and sweet like "Yeah, I agree with you folks. I hate the way people just level whole forests. And you know what? When those bulldozers come in to wreak havoc on living things, they also destroy things created by living things: petroglyphs and other historical artifacts among them. Sad really"
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Edited by - malolo on 02/18/2007 06:20:11
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Malolo, to be honest, there are times when I'm not the sharpest tack in the box. Thanks for explaining.
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