Post #59146 by Kono on Sun, Nov 9, 2003 9:46 AM

On 2003-11-09 07:44, FLOUNDERart wrote:
Basement Kahuna, you got to kiddin me.

Yeah, that's insane. You must live in some kind of crazy interdimensional timewarp sister city of Honolulu circa 1967. Your finds are just off the probability charts.

I actually had a pretty good day yesterday. Stopped in a couple of thrift stores and found a tiki head giant spoon and fork for hanging on the wall, two small black unmarked Coco Joe type figures, a Ku and a menehune (these are made a bit differently from the other CcJoe, HIP figures I have, they have a rougher texture, looking almost chiseled, with tiny bubble pockmarks and an almost "glassy" or ceramic feel). I also got 3 Hawaiian theme records in nice condition. My favorite being "Hawaiian Holiday" by Leni Okehu and His Surfboarders. Great cover. Remember back when people would glue a picture over a piece of wood and then shellac it up? I found three of those with large photos of Diamondhead/Waikiki. And I thought I had a good day...

Actually BK, when I think about it, what really makes me jealous is the mugs. I never find mugs (OK, very rarely do I find them), I usually have to get mine off of ebay. You seem to find tons of them. Somehow all of Florida's mugs ended up in Georgia. Also, I probably spend too much time in the thrift shops and flea markets and not enough time in antique stores and garage sales. I'm just too cheap (for the stores) and lazy (to get up at 6am on a Saturday for the sales). Tell ya what. I'm gonna go to an antique mall this afternoon that I haven't been to in ages and see what they have.

Flounder, I think it's true that people in Florida tend not to travel to Hawaii. I recently went to Oahu and could find only a handful of people who'd been there. People here are more likely to go to the Caribbean. Our best hope is that those retirees from up North bring their souvenir collections with them when they move down!