The eventual winner of the Ironman Kona, Patrick Lange of Germany passed us on Alii Drive in 2nd place. He won in a new course record time of 7:35:53

They tried to come from ahead to lose. Almost did it.

In the early days of Twitter I made a lot of great connections with people from around the world. Over the subsequent years people fell away for various reasons. It’s so cool that I’ve reconnected with many of these people on threads.

Texas should win today after last week’s debacle, but you never know.

We did a lap downtown. Got our fill of Ironman before it gets really crowded. We’ll likely go out to Alii Drive when the runners go by. We’ll hear the helicopters when it’s time

Back stage at the finish line.

The sequence goes down the run finish chute.

C’mon Dogs, walk off. That’s all

We have to keep our Amazon account, on Hawaii Island we have less choices, we are using it a lot less though. Canceled my Washington Post account last year.

A year ago switched to direct fiber internet. At the time also redid our home network. New router, Direct ethernet to high demand devices, 2 AppleTV, 3 Sonos, Wife’s work computer & Xbox when grandson is over. This frees up WiFi for laptops, phones and a myriad of smart devices. No issues at all

A little aged

Should have an update coming.

Road closed 1/4 mile ahead

In Hawaii we’ve had women for County Councils, Mayors, Governor as well as many many other top government posts. A woman has turned around the Honolulu rail project, a local girl at that (Lori Kahekina). A woman President is the next logical step.

There’s a cat 4 Hurricane in the Pacific that apparently is just going fizzle away to a cluster of rain by the time it’s in our neighborhood

Next week we’re going to Santa Rosa for a short trip to see family. We have 1 3/4 days to play. My wife really wants to go to Sausalito, I’m leaning for a short trip Muir Wood after.

We have reservations at the St. Francis winery. Then maybe Sebastopol or up to Healdsburg. Any suggestions?

Got $5 Starbucks cards for the flight attendants on our trip to America (Sonoma) next week

Is there an algorithm to block all political ads that are shown to me once my ballot is sent in?

I hope Hawaii island does something about this. It’s danger for everyone. I see them regularly blow stop signs and I have to dodge them on my regular walks on Alii Drive.

Alarming rate of e-bike crashes prompts city leaders to brainstorm new rules www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/10/2…

Ironman week. Here a load bussing downtown for the parade. Lots of cyclists zooming by.