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Off Topic / Pot holes, weather and road compounds
« on: July 03, 2012, 06:53:45 AM »
This question is for anyone who knows about how our roads get paved (GZire?).  I've been to places like Tokyo, Connecticut, and just came back from a vacation that saw us in Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle where temperatures and weather conditions vary much more than they do here but yet it seems like the roads that I encountered had few if any potholes or bad cracks.  As a Mechanical Engineer, my intuition tells me that if road surfaces are exposed to more temperature extremes (not just temperature but also wet seasons / dry seasons), then roads should be in worse condition.  I'm guessing the mechanisms involve expansion and contraction cycles, viscosity changes in the asphalt, and erosion from rain - but I don't know for sure.   So why is it that the roads suck more here?  Are we using the same compounds but are unable to maintain it enough?  Or are we using cheaper compound? 
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Off Topic / Pro-rail? Pro Super Ferry?
« on: March 01, 2012, 08:52:06 PM »
If anyone here supports rail for Honolulu, how did you feel about the Super Ferry?  For those that know people who are pro-rail, were they pro-Super Ferry also?  I was thinking about what happened at that town hall meeting on rail that happened a couple nights ago and didn't remember there being such vocal support for the other alternative form of transportation that we could have had - the Super Ferry.  In fact, the opposite seemed to be true and I could've sworn that the opposition to the Super Ferry had the same "dis not da mainland" undertones that the rail supporters had at that town hall meeting. 
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General Discussion / KHSC crowding
« on: March 03, 2011, 01:06:46 PM »
I haven't gone to Koko Head in at least a year, probably more.  When I was going, I'd go early Sunday morning to try and be among the opening crowd at the rifle bullseye range.  Even then, the waiting list started up really early - so how is it now with the reduced hours?  A coworker of mine who still shoots on Sunday mornings at the rifle bullseye range says it's starting to get crowded even at 0630.  Also, how do the weekdays look for the rifle and pistol ranges?
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General Discussion / Magnum Firearms owner indicted
« on: October 08, 2009, 07:48:57 AM »
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/10/05/daily40.html

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Feds indict Honolulu gun dealer on tax chargesPacific Business News (Honolulu)

A federal grand jury has indicted a Hawaii firearms dealer on tax crimes, charging him with setting up phony businesses to hide the money he made from selling weapons.

Arthur Lee Ong, who owns Magnum Firearms in Honolulu, is charged with defrauding the federal government and six counts of tax evasion from 2000 to 2005, the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Hawaii said Wednesday.

According to the indictment, Ong, 51, failed to report income he earned from selling firearms to federal, state, county and military agencies as well as the public.

He created multiple businesses, falsified tax returns to hide his income, and evaded more than $300,000 in taxes during the five-year period, according to the indictment.

Ong, 51, will be arraigned on Oct. 14.

Magnum Firearms, at 940 Queen St., describes itself as one of Hawaii’s leading firearms dealers. In addition to its Kakaako showroom, it has a shooting range and is an NRA-certified training facility that provides mandatory firearms safety courses.

Wow - I don't normally shop there, but I did get my handgun safety training with Art.   That he was indicted already (instead of being under investigation) says a lot.  I didn't have much experience with him or Magnum firearms, but others who did didn't seem to have a high opinion of him. 
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