"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/9/2014 8:41 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>
>> Perhaps not but if it were my child you would have had a hard job
>> keeping me out I bet your wife wasn't easy to convince.
>>
>
> I'm one of those guys that always keeps a cool head. My son is the same
> way which is a big asset in emergencies at the state hospital, where he
> works. My wife tends to go bonkers when something like that happens but
> let me tell you that she was glad that I stopped her from jumping into the
> Ala Wai.

She might not have been had he not surfaced and been ok.


>
> OTOH, the Ala Wai has got to be one of the most beautiful but deadly spots
> in the world. In my mind's eye, I see the canal by moonlight and it's
> beautiful. Canoe clubs would practice in those toxic waters. I loved to
> watch them do their thing.
>
> http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Hono...m-the-Ala-Wai/

Thanks for that It really is very beautiful Such a shame they can't
clean it up.

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