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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:43 PM
Scott W
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jcoulter wrote:
Crew members love Wal Mart it may be a shuttle for them

No, it is clearly passengers, here is a photo of the Wal-Mart shuttle
loading at the pier.

Scott

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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:49 PM
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Scott W wrote:
jcoulter wrote:
Crew members love Wal Mart it may be a shuttle for them

No, it is clearly passengers, here is a photo of the Wal-Mart shuttle
loading at the pier.

Scott

I forgot the link, here it is.
http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/41224662/original

Scott

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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:51 PM
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Dick Goldhaber wrote:
Probably because there is no Hilo Hattie's in the area.


There is a Hilo Hattie's in the area and a free buss to that as well.
The buss on the right in this photo is going to Hilo Hattie's
http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/41224662/original

Scott

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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:51 PM
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Dick Goldhaber wrote:
Probably because there is no Hilo Hattie's in the area.


There is a Hilo Hattie's in the area and a free buss to that as well.
The buss on the right in this photo is going to Hilo Hattie's
http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/41224662/original

Scott

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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:55 PM
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"Rich Greene \)"
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When I was in the Army serving in many overseas
assignments, the first food on a GI's mind was a "Big Mac" when they
arrived back home.


In the early 1970s, there was one Mickey D's in all of Britain, and it
was south of the Thames in London. There was a map with instructions
about how to reach it on the bulletin board at work where I served with
the USAF. About 1974 or 1975, a second one opened north of the river.

When I took my adopted daughter to Britain around 1986, we ate at
McDonald's across the street from Windsor castle! In the mid 1990s,
while in Britain again on business, I visited friends from the village
where I used to live. We took a drive to the American memorial cemetery
in Cambridge. For lunch they decided to go to Burger King. Quite
frankly, I would have preferred sausage and mash at a good local.

--Roy Cochrun
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Old March 25th, 2005, 09:55 PM
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"Rich Greene \)"
wrote in
:

When I was in the Army serving in many overseas
assignments, the first food on a GI's mind was a "Big Mac" when they
arrived back home.


In the early 1970s, there was one Mickey D's in all of Britain, and it
was south of the Thames in London. There was a map with instructions
about how to reach it on the bulletin board at work where I served with
the USAF. About 1974 or 1975, a second one opened north of the river.

When I took my adopted daughter to Britain around 1986, we ate at
McDonald's across the street from Windsor castle! In the mid 1990s,
while in Britain again on business, I visited friends from the village
where I used to live. We took a drive to the American memorial cemetery
in Cambridge. For lunch they decided to go to Burger King. Quite
frankly, I would have preferred sausage and mash at a good local.

--Roy Cochrun
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Old March 25th, 2005, 10:16 PM
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There is a Wal-Mart near the dock in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Several
crew
members have told us that it is more expensive than the Wal-Marts in
the
US.

It's a short walk from the docks (across an 8 lane street). Most prices
were higher and some were the same. A few things are cheaper, like
touristy t-shirts and tobbaco products (no US taxes).

The problem is that if you pay in cash (US), you get change in pesos...

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Old March 25th, 2005, 11:16 PM
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My reason for going to Wal-Mart is to buy Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and
perhaps some bottled water.

Arlene

Scott W wrote:

We get a lot of cruise ships visiting here (Kailua Kona) and every
time there is a ship in Wal-Mart sends a shuttle buss to shuttle people
to and from the ship to Wal-Mart. A lot of people take this shuttle
and go to Wal-Mart, what I would love to know is why, if you are on a
cruise to someplace like Hawaii, would you want to go to Wal-Mart? I
have nothing against Wal-Mart mind you but our town is very nice and
there are any number of interesting places to see right from the pier
where the tender boats come in. There is even a nice little beach
right there were you can snorkel or just swim.

We see passengers from the ships at Wal-Mart all the time and I keep
wanting to ask why they are there but it seems kind of rude to do so.

Scott


 




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