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- The JOY of a New Computer -after several Years
of DialUp, waiting 2 weeks for delivery, the 4th of July holiday to end , the tech to come & hook up and the cable company, based 5 states away to flip switches….the Day is here !!
He comes It Works he leaves send 1 email its ….
s- l -o -w . . . . . . . . .. ..
No access to the tech,its easier to get Obamas #
…wade through the Help?Line recordings…
cuss out the blinking red light on the router …
All while a beach day @ the cabin goes to waste…
Day 2- Return of the Tech -plugs DSL filter into the O T H E R phone jack & in 2 minutes .. All Is Well..
NOW we’re Happy…but how many beach days will
IT now steal from us ? ? ?
Aloha, Beached Bill
By: Bill Downes on July 9, 2009
at 3:43 PM
The upcoming 39th Kona Coffee Festival (Nov 6-15) will continue to honor, educate and perpetuate the 180 years of growing coffee in the Kona area of the Big Island of Hawaii.
Events include music, hula, beauty & scholarship pageants, farm tours and coffee educational workshops, tasting, website and labeling competitions.
For more information regarding the Festival or Kona Coffee contact us Downes Grounds!
By: farmerbill on November 2, 2009
at 8:35 AM
Yah Farmer B! I went down to the keahou beach hotel and checked out the label contest! It was cool! there were 30 some different label entries but i don’t know who won. Do you know?
By: kona coffee hawaii on November 17, 2009
at 9:42 AM
Aloha folks…
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN HOLUALOA!
GOT TO LOVE THE SMELL OF COFFEE ROASTING AS YOU WORK IN THE FIELD!
THE BEANS ARE TURNING DARK PURPLE NOW….GET READY FOR ANOTHER PICK
By: BRIAN DOWNES on November 22, 2009
at 4:31 AM
It is raining! yuhoooo! We need it so bad> the coffee is loving it and i am sure the pigs are too. those damn pigs tore up my garden and my rows. I got some ammunition….i have to do some eradication. But at least it is raining. Hopefully this triggers another round of flowering!
By: Brian on February 18, 2010
at 9:16 AM