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here;s one of those cannons that suffered a kinder fate.... .. it;s mounted on concrete at the entrance of the fort derussy military museum in waikiki.... .. there is another one on a similar mount at fort shafter.... at the time they were taken down from punchbowl they were only worth the value...

and here are 2 of those cannons from the painting circa 1870 i posted - where they have been ever since they were taken down from the crater rim of punchbowl..... ... ..these 2 were "planted" and set breach down into the ground to serve as traffic barriers/markers in front of the old territorial...

the famous but illusive - green flash

the ground inside a volcanic caldera.... especially a big one.... is almost always smooth and flat - but also perfectly level... ... just like the surface of a lake or pond.... because that;s basically what it is... ... but instead of being lake that filled with water it was filled woth molten...

a photograph from 1910 of one of the same cannons on the rim of punchbowl crater... that are shown in the painting from 1870 i posted above...... these 24 inch naval guns... 6 of them in total... were used as a defense for honolulu harbor until much bigger and modern guns were installed at fort...

historic painting from 1870 of cannons on the rim of punchbowl crater - honolulu hawaii...with waikiki and diamond head in the back ground....at this time in history waikiki was a swamp..... nothing like the tourist mecca it is today.....

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i still use regular chopsticks for regular meals... and also for eating kimchee tako poke .. (shown below)... which i snack on occasionally while working on the internet....... it;s a little too messy to use the finger chopsticks for... .in fact kimchee tako poke is the reason i bought vinyl...

CHEESY HATCH CARNE ASADA TACOS super easy to make.... and an awesome comfort food.. .😋

here is a stock photo of someone using these to eat a snack... ...... i have always used chopsticks to eat things like cheetos and other snacks... especially while typing on the computer.... but these make it so much easier and you don;t have to put them down. . you can type and do other things...

we have a few places in hawaii that are supposed to be haunted... . one of them is the pali pass between the town side of oahu and the windward side...... it;s the place where the army of king kamemehameha forced hundreds of oahu warriors off the cliffs where they fell to their death below...

first this was dialogue from a character in a video game.... (skyrim).... later it became a popular quote among gamers for humorous purposes... ...then it became a popular meme to post online among the same gamers... .. a few archers on youtube made videos about the reality of how bad an arrow...

actually using one of these right now to eat cheetos while typing on the computer - and not make a mess.... :)

it;s a small easily concealable - non metalic - handcuff key that can be attached to clothing and used in an emergency... ..here;s a stock picture of one clipped to a belt loop - but can be clipped anywhere easy to reach ..... i have a few of these.... i never leave home without them.... ;)...

well then you should still be calling it by it;s first official name given in 1508 ..... seno de nueva espana.... ...or in english... bay of new spain....... that;s what spanish explorer sebastian de ocampo named it when he first noted that it was not just another part of the atlantic ocean but...