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Randy Botti
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40+ years a nerd. Chef at a resort hotel in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. I don't write, don't draw, don't sing, but I do create amazing food and love music. Grew up in Hawaii (O`ahu), spent 5 years in So Cal ('81-'85) Have lived on Hawaii Island since 1991. #InterMilan, #ParmaCalcio1913 #LAFC #Arsenal #Apple #Whisky he/him/I/me Roundng 3rd and Heading for home in life
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Here we go, here’s those crème puffs. They came out great. My grandson was fully engaged. Explained to the chemistry and physics of the process as we went through the recipe.

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I like college football, but love Baseball. Ray and Orioles on ESPN+. Love a ball game on a Saturday

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This Ok St (16) v Arkansas game is going to double OT. Oklahoma St is showing glimpses of quality, but not dominant at all

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Seeing NFL fans upset about games being on streaming services. I’m laughing. I’m an English Premier League, Italian Series A and German Bundesliga fan. I subscribe to 3 services to watch matches.

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Can’t wait to watch this

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Don’t we enough crap in orbit already?

Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile plans orbital launch for next week

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My 13 yo grandson informed us that he wants to make cream puffs this weekend. He sure is aiming high. We’ll get it done. Luckily I have all of the cooking toys we’ll need

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@CStamp I look upon them very suspiciously. I grew up and live in Hawaii. I rented a suit the only time I needed one in my life.

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Watching Ken Burns Thomas Jefferson. In this time of nasty politics and those who question the constitution I feel a need to go back and reconnect with those who had the vision to create this nation.

Side note; politics got pretty nasty back then too.

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@ljpuk I still love mine.

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@xxxx cool. Nainoa is such an amazing person. It Dad was cook to talk to, so much wisdom.

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Who needs to vote this year…

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Maybe we can send Elon next time

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Watching “Hawaiian - The Legend of Eddie Aikau” on History Channel via Disney. I knew the basics of his story, we all knew it growing up, but documentary fills in the rest. He was a legend in the watersports world.

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@hawaiiboy Here's a link to an interview that I arranged at the radio station I worked at in Hilo with the morning DJs Kat and and the late Keala (of Sudden Rush) This was during the Navigating Change Voyage (2003–2004) to the NW Hawaiian Islands. Hope you like it

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@ddanielson it’s s beast. My works with them all day and often calls me into her office to assist with a formula or process

I also played with Lucid 3-D for a while. Trying to wrap my head around 3D spreadsheets. It’s common practice now.

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Next year I will have been using Microsoft Excel for 40 years. Used Lotus123 side by side with Excel until Excel 2.0 which added spreadsheet publishing. This was all in mid-late 80’s moving from 13 column pads to digital for P&Ls and sales tracking in a restaurant. Quite the leap.

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Wow. The White Sox are generationally bad. Is their ownership that detached?

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@xxxx I have recording of a radio interview with him during that period that I arranged. I was working for KWXX on Hawaii island at the time. I’ll look for it and find a way to share

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I recall an era way back when, before the internet when the NYT and the WSJ were real and trusted journalism. Journalism is in a dystopian era

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@ai6yr @larand totally agree. They are all over the streets in Kona. The local kids adding massive power is one thing, but tourists renting them rather a car and driving on roads they don’t know or shouldn’t be on.

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@xxxx nice. During that waiting period I had the pleasure of hanging out with Nainoa Thompson on her deck.

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Why are we backing this guy?

Netanyahu refuses to budge on war in Gaza despite protests over hostages - Bloomberg

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@Ronnie memory isn’t what it used to be. Needed the refresher

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Watching the previous seasons of Slow Horses ahead of season 4

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My wife has a massive aversion to heat and humidity. She’s from N. Dakota and a decade Minn., plus an age factor. I have a greater tolerance, I grew up in Hawaii and was an athlete for years in this weather. But this last 2-3 weeks has been xtra hot & humid. Lots of days inside with A/C

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This is a photo I took of the Holulea sailing canoe on June 15, 1999 shortly after departing from Hilo Bay on the voyage to Rapa Nui. Their first stop was the Mangareva

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I never did get what a Labor Day sale is. Maybe if you’re selling tools for labor If it’s an end of summer sales for a summer brand and you want it clear out seasonal stock, then say that.

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@GeekAndDad my version was to roast 1/2 with jalapeno, ancho, cumin and red pepper for a ranchero style sauce. The other 1/2 similar to yours. Yum yum

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Trump’s camp just wants to muddy the waters so much that voters just get frustrated and sit out the election.

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@help tried to set up Threads crossposting and got this. The message won't go away now {"errormessage":"Invalid Request: The user has not accepted the invite to test the app","errorcode":1349245}

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Testing something. Not sure what. Just testing.

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You just lived through the most humid summer on record

We purchased a stand alone dehumidifier this spring to augment our 3 window A/Cs & to not have to run them as often. It helped on most days, some days not so much. Getting a quote on a split A/C system this week. Need to up our A/C game

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Watched the Napoleon Directors Cut. It’s long. He should stuck an appropriately timed intermission in there.

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@xxxx variegated plumeria are my favorite

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@xxxx veirigated

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Was just looking up the 2 TGI Fridays that I managed in So Cal in the early 80s. Torrance and Marina Del Rey. They are both closed. They were both very busy stores back then. How the might have fallen

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This is a great drone shot from earlier. Race is winding down. There were 224 men’s crews. The finished crews are making their way into Kamakahonu bay. Lots of canoes on the pier and a few crews still up the coast. 18 miles is about the top distance iron race for an average paddler

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@crossingthethreshold a friend had a drone up and sent it to me minutes after the shot

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@jgordon week written. Agree with the premise. Kind of need to save people from themselves

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@ptrck would love to. The day on the ground will be oct 31-Nov 3. I could slip away for a meet. We’re actually staying in Santa Rosa. When we get closer we can set something up

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@crossingthethreshold That's the hope, I'm an island boy. i can handle heat, cold not so much.

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@sarahc I’m still very concerned about well placed voter suppression. They may even do things specifically on Election Day to scare people away.

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@brianvastag We had a governor in Hawaii many years ago, George Ariyoshi. He was part of the Hawaii Democratic party machine back in the day. One of his campaign slogans was "Quiet and Effective", that slogan kind of sounds like Biden

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@Archimage Kind of there already. Having the wisdom and experience to just say no.

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@odd Interesting. I’ve dabbled in SomaFM, but use Triode to listen to Dublin and Milan radio

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@odd I use Radio Paradise for discovery and brainless listening. But I’m all in to Apple Music since I quit paying for Pandora and Spotify a while ago

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@crossingthethreshold it was 4 marlins that won us the catch at release trophy. We also caught 3 Ahi and an Ono that we kept. We were 3rd in overall point again professional fishermen. I was top anger too. That trophy is in a cabinet