davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[Alliecat]

Creepy Bad Guy looks ready for anything...
...or maybe just a trip to the mall

Auwe... I heard about people stealing copper out of houses in Puna. I watched part of a council meeting -- district, town, I dunno -- where police officers were pleading for more resources. There were like three of them on duty for all of Puna & Ka'u or something stupid like that. One was almost in tears. They said officers were requesting transfers out, to the north side, for their mental health. So yea, some of what you hear is lovely & idyllic, but what a shame that paradise is spoiled by criminal elements. The crystal meth thing was just getting started when I was in Honolulu for that winter.
Then there were the random tourists who got shot at a bus stop a few years ago in Kailua, I think it was, very close to a house-sit I was thinking about applying for. O.o
To think I wandered all over Honolulu with no backup and no phone, for nearly 4 months, with scarcely a care (except for 1 or 2 weirdos in passing)!!
Whoa, the Wyland incident just happened??
People suck.

I wonder if your retired acquaintances will stay as they get older. I read about seniors leaving because they couldn't afford the horrifying cost of care.
I'm appalled at what half a million gets you on Oahu. And most of the rest of the islands. I could afford some of those Puna houses, but ... yeah, crime. And maybe Pele eats your house.

I never buy lottery tickets. About the only thing I recall from Statistics 101 was how to calculate your odds of winning 6-49. It was like 1 in 13-million-and-change. Good stocks might be a better bet.

Oh, it was cool to see your house!! Thanks for sharing it. Right on the beach, >sigh< Except, that kind of density is a no-go zone for me!
What is all the open land around it -- farms? What would they be growing, pineapple?
I'd just wanna go up Mt Ka'ala Rd and wander into the mountains.
...hey, there's a monastery up there?! Is that an option?
I'm not sure I'd be able to look at it, in your position. I will not go on Google street view to look up the house I grew up in, and the one time I went back to the city, I did NOT drive by.