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Apparently, based on this letter to the editor in the Trib, some idiots are going around cutting down coconut palms to harvest the coconuts with out the hassle of climbing them.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/arti...ters03.txt
A few years back some dummies were cutting down mature mango trees for the same selfish purpose.
Keep on the look out folks and take pictures, license numbers and descriptions if you observe anyone on the side of the road engaged in such brutal theivery.
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OMG stuff like this makes me CRAZY!
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"brutal theivery". Lol what? This is why.......
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To anyone new to the area or unschooled in Hawaiiana; Our host culture gives the Niu a great cultural significance. If this report is true, I hope the culprits are stopped.
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From 'Olelo No 'Eau, compiled by Mary Kawena Pukui:
"O ka la'au i hina, 'a'ole ia e ku hou.
(A fallen tree does not rise up again)
pg.263 (look up special meaning[
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Forgive my lack of correct punctuation.
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quote:
Originally posted by Blakeyboy1
OMG stuff like this makes me CRAZY!
-Blake
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I'm with you there Blake, makes me want to tear someone's hair out, so senseless. What thought process comes up with this distruction?
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That is crazy, like the idiots that cut down the big old Longon Tree at UHH a few months ago. We just had coconut boy come to our house
(
http://bit.ly/coconut-boy ) and he left with over 50 nuts, some of them bigger than basketballs. We kept about 10 and shared a few.
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Has anybody actually seen this? Sounds like a possible urban legend.
If I walk along the shore I can pick up more coconuts than I could possibly need,
why would someone bother chopping down the tree? I'm not saying it's not true, but
where's the evidence?
Although, a few years ago I did see a coconut tree that was half chopped down
(they got halfway through the trunk) and next to it was the cardboard sheath of
a brand new machette from Ace Hardware. I could only imagine it was a tourist
pursuing some bizarre fantasy before someone told them to stop.
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OK, Here's a slightly off topic, but not really, kind of funny true story of kalapana legend:
Back in the early nineties, a couple of Puna Nurserymen got an order from Maui for several hundred
sprouted Coconuts, at $3 ea.
They parked their truck (full of beer) at the shoreline near Left Point, and offered the local beachhangers "one beer fo one coconut wit sprout".
What a sight! People emerging from the bush with an armload of sprouted nuts, then staggering back to search for more. The pick up was overloaded within a couple of hours; The guys made a couple of bucks profit on each coconut, and never left their truck.
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this other amazing thing happens, new trees can grow. I know this is really confusing to people but its true.
look its really neat..
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Yes, 808 I believe we understand that new tress can grow. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom.
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