Some flower bandits stole all my grandfather's orchids out of his front yard on Manoa Road last night. The old Poch' has been growing them for 15 years, and was very proud of his stock. They were nice.
Occasionally random passers-by have stopped at the house, knocked on the door, and asked if they can have one of his orchids...and he ALWAYS says "yes." This whole situation is just a simple, little thing, right? Its just flowers, right? Wrong...because its the principle of the issue. Gpa is 88 years old and now he's all depressed. And its another sign that our "aloha spirit" is crumbling at the edges.
i think the thieves can sell the orchids at the farmers market or the swap meet for $5 - $15 / each.
this brings up a whole other topic:
how much stolen shit is sold at the swap meet? i assume EVERY golf club is stolen. they oughta close that rats' nest down cuz its pretty damn sleazy. for every 1 nice thing they sell at the swap meet there are 5000 pieces of crap.
^the funny thing is that my Gpa's got the only simple local-style home along his block of Manoa Road. everyone along there has big, plantation style houses with perfectly manicured gardens and hedges. meanwhile, he lives in an boring green "box" with a flat roof. seems to me thieves would go right by the house owned by the Pocho in favor of the nicer houses owned by the local Japanese and mainland Haole neighbors.
friend of mine has a gas station. they wanted to get rid of an office desk so they placed it outside figuring someone will drive by and pick it up. Nothing. Weeks go by nothing.
So he places a "For Sale" sign on it.......Gone, next day.
