Tuesday, March 22, 2005

News From The Family...!!!

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:49:43 -0600 (CST)
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From: John and Joan Glenn
mailto:jglenn37@comcast.net
Date: Thu Mar 17 14:57:59 CST 2005>
To: chrstphre@mmode.com>
Subject: Re: Picture from ,1-509...>

i sent my n'kle Jack & Auntie Joanie a picture ( see appendix A ) that i'd taken with my Cell-Phone Camera, and due to some particularly bothersome Wiggiliness that occurred a few days previous to this, the settings in the various, disconnected menus, were set incorrectly, so that the picture was compressed down into an indistinguishable blob...!!!
The picture was of a sign that i'd found on a Honolulu Bus that reminded it's riders that it was Inappropriate Behaviour to either Spit, Expectorate, Urinate or Defecate while riding on Public Transportation...
This reminds me of a passage ( somewhere ) in the Bible that reminds the Jews not to trip blind people...!!!
( Things are are ( should be ) obvious to anyone except Jews or Hawai'ians )
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Expectorate; if you're wondering, is to spit up an exceptionally thick & phlegmy form of bile. This is one of their most beloved Hawai'ian past-times.
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Hi,
> Well, I can't see any picture, but it is very good to hear from you.
> When we got the box of things from you we noticed that the return address was in Spokane.
I tried to call you in Bremerton, but the phone had been discontinued, so we weren't sure where you were.
> Are you back in Hawaii? I couldn't quite make out the postmark on your postcard, but it looked like it might be Honolulu. What have you been up to?
> We had a very bad December. Jack was in the hospital for two weeks and there were a few days when they didn't know if he was going to make it or not.
> He had gone in for a routine colonoscopy and that seemed to go well, but later that night he developed terrible pains in his stomach. We ended up in the emergency room. They did all sorts of tests, thinking that maybe his colon had been [ perforated ] during the colonoscopy, but they couldn't see anything on the X-rays. So they gave him some pain meds and sent him home.
The next day he was in so much pain he was admitted to the hospital. What they finally figured out was going on was that he had a "necrotic" gallbladder.
His gallbladder had "died" and caused a massive infection.
He underwent 5 1/2 hours of surgery.
Anyway, it was pretty touch and go for several days. He finally got home a few days before Christmas, but it took him a while before he started feeling O.K. Things are fine now though. Other than that, things are pretty much status-quo around here.
> Well, drop me a line and let us know [ what's ] going on.
> Love,> Joan>
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Original Message
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From:
chrstphre@mmode.com
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: Picture from ,1-509...
> the picture that you just received may require substantial enhancing to view ...
Such as increasing contrast or increasing its size and "blurring" it... ???
> This message was sent from mMode on a wireless phone.

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Appendix A
This is a much larger version of the picture that i sent them...



From: The Revised Ordinances of Honolulu ( Section 13-3.1 )
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/refs/roh/13.htm

Sec. 13-3.1 Activities prohibited on transit buses and special transit service vehicles--Authority of drivers— Violations.(a) For purposes of this section: "Disability" shall have the same meaning ascribed to that term in 49 CFR Section 37.3, as the same may from time to time be amended. "Individual with a disability" shall have the same meaning ascribed to that term in 49 CFR Section 37.3, as the same may from time to time be amended. "Service animal" shall have the same meaning as ascribed to that term in 49 CFR Section 37.3, as the same may from time to time be amended. "Transit system" includes the department of transportation services and the entity or entities who operate the city bus system and special transit service.(b) It shall be a violation of this section for a person, who is doing or has done any of the following activities on a city transit bus or special transit vehicle, to either refuse or fail to immediately cease and desist from doing any of the following activities after being requested to do so by the driver, another agent of the transit system, or any police officer, or to fail or refuse to immediately exit a city transit bus or special transit vehicle if requested to do so by the driver of the bus or vehicle, another agent of the transit system, or a police officer: (1) Consuming any form of food or beverage or carrying or possessing any food or beverage in a container other than a container that is tightly closed, covered or packaged so as to minimize the possibility of accidental spillage when the container is shaken or dropped; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting the carrying or possession of groceries in a suitable bag or other container; (2) Using or playing any television, radio, recording playback device, musical instrument, or other sound-producing device, unless the device is connected to a headphone or earphone which limits the sound to the individual user; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting the driver of the bus or vehicle from using or playing such devices for official business, or as prohibiting the use of telephones and pagers; (3) Carrying or possessing any live animals, except a service animal properly harnessed and accompanied by the individual with a disability owning the service animal or to whom the service animal has been furnished, and except for small animals properly kept in enclosed containers; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting a police officer from carrying or possessing an animal used for law enforcement purposes; (4) Discarding, disposing of, placing, throwing, or dropping any litter, as defined in HRS Section 339-1, in or from the bus or vehicle, except into receptacles designated for that purpose; (5) Failing or refusing to vacate seats designated as priority seating for elderly or disabled passengers or the fold-down or other movable seat area designated for wheelchair securement, when requested to do so by the driver, any other agent of the transit system, or a police officer; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as requiring other elderly or disabled passengers to vacate seats designated as priority seating for elderly or disabled passengers; and provided further that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as requiring the driver or other agent of the transit system to enforce a request that other passengers move from the priority seating area or wheelchair securement area; (6) Carrying or possessing any flammable, combustible, explosive, corrosive, or highly toxic liquid or other substance, article or material which is likely to cause harm to others or to emit any foul or noxious dust, mist, fume, gas, vapor, or odor; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting a person from carrying or possessing any match or any cigar, cigarette, or pipe lighter, which is not lighted or smoldering;
(7) Spitting, expectorating, urinating or defecating
in, on or from the bus or vehicle; provided that nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as applying to any person who cannot comply with this subdivision as a result of a disability, age, or a medical condition;

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