We Learn More About Molokai Everyday

[pedro47]

Bedroom is all done to.

Kim is going to drive her scooter up to get the mail. She got a notice that we got a package from Amazon.

It seems to be that anything delivered through UPS gets delivered to the office here at WaveCrest and anything shipped USPS we have to go get at the Post office.

Beautiful morning too.

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Looks liked you guys are adjusting to rural life in Molokai, Hawaii. LOL and that is good.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

Your meat prices are much more reasonable than I would have thought. They are about what I pay in southern Ca.

 

[slip]

Looks liked you guys are adjusting to rural life in Molokai, Hawaii. LOL and that is good.

I didn't think it would be an issue. So far so good. We'll see as time goes on.

So far we are enjoying everything.

 

[slip]

Your meat prices are much more reasonable than I would have thought. They are about what I pay in southern Ca.

The grocery store is a little more expensive. Variety and availability is what is different. If we see what we want, we buy it because it might not be there for a while afternoon.

Fresh chicken is the one thing we have never seen anywhere on all our trips to Molokai. We have only seen frozen chicken.

 

[Luanne]

The grocery store is a little more expensive. Variety and availability is what is different. If we see what we want, we buy it because it might not be there for a while afternoon.

Fresh chicken is the one thing we have never seen anywhere on all our trips to Molokai. We have only seen frozen chicken.

What about fresh turkey? We always saw flocks of turkeys roaming when we were on Molokai.

 

[slip]

What about fresh turkey? We always saw flocks of turkeys roaming when we were on Molokai.

Heck, there's plenty of chickens roaming around too.

 

[slip]

She's on her daily mail run.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

She's on her daily mail run.

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IIRC, you're on the 2nd floor. Do you leave your mobility scooter under cover on the ground floor, or do you "shlep" it up and down? In a few weeks we're going on vacation and will be bringing a mobility scooter in the truck. A new experience for us.

BTW, why aren't some of the wild chickens "harvested" by locals? They aren't any more difficult to pluck than geese or ducks and being "free-range" they ought to be tasty. I've plucked both. Me? I'd skip the really big ones and focus on the younger more tender ones.

 

[slip]

IIRC, you're on the 2nd floor. Do you leave your mobility scooter under cover on the ground floor, or do you "shlep" it up and down? In a few weeks we're going on vacation and will be bringing a mobility scooter in the truck. A new experience for us.

BTW, why aren't some of the wild chickens "harvested" by locals? They aren't any more difficult to pluck than geese or ducts and being "free-range" they ought to be tasty. I've plucked both. Me? I'd skip the really big ones and focus on the younger more tender ones.

Yes, we are on the 2nd floor. The only thing I bring up is the battery. We have either left it under the stairwell or in our car. We are going ro bring it up at a board meeting. I don't know if they will let us leave it below the stairs otherwise we may be able to park it at the bicycle parking. Either way works and I can always just keep leaving it in our car. My wife just got a cover for it if we leave it outside.

Those chickens weren't bred for eating so that won't work out. Even the young ones. The Kauai recipe for cooking their free roaming chicken is to fill a pot with water and add a brick to the pot. Bring to a boil and then add the chicken. After an hour, throw away the chicken and eat the brick.

 

[easyrider]

The grocery store is a little more expensive. Variety and availability is what is different. If we see what we want, we buy it because it might not be there for a while afternoon.

Fresh chicken is the one thing we have never seen anywhere on all our trips to Molokai. We have only seen frozen chicken.

Well , there is that rooster by the post office if you can catch him.

Bill

 

[slip]

First trip to Hiro's since we moved here. It's our first time for lunch too.

 

[Passepartout]

First trip to Hiro's since we moved here. It's our first time for lunch too.

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It looks peaceful, quiet and downright rural. Kinda like 'old time Hawaii'. I'm envious.

 

[slip]

Kim has the Kalbi Ribs and I had the Garlic Chicken.

 

[slip]

IIRC, you're on the 2nd floor. Do you leave your mobility scooter under cover on the ground floor, or do you "shlep" it up and down? In a few weeks we're going on vacation and will be bringing a mobility scooter in the truck. A new experience for us.

BTW, why aren't some of the wild chickens "harvested" by locals? They aren't any more difficult to pluck than geese or ducks and being "free-range" they ought to be tasty. I've plucked both. Me? I'd skip the really big ones and focus on the younger more tender ones.

We just met with the board secretary today and he said we can park my wife's scooter under the stairwell. They are even going to paint it off for her as a parking space and put a bar there where we can chain it to lock it up.. He even offered to install a plug there for her to plug it in but I said they didn't have to do that. I can carry the battery pack up to change it. He said we can start parking it there right away and it doesn't have to go to the board because it's an ADA request.

So we ended up with the best case scenario. As soon as she gets down the stairs the scooter is right there for her to get on and get going. Another great day.

 

[DeniseM]

We so enjoyed Hiro's! It's a hopping place on the weekend!

 

[slip]

We so enjoyed Hiro's! It's a hopping place on the weekend!

It was hopping today for lunch too. They only had one waitress but she covered the whole place and did a great job. They didn't have the tables out right by the ocean for lunch because they would have been right out in the hot sun. There were more full tables on the other side that I didn't get a picture of too.

No live music for lunch but they usually do for dinner. I think the aunties moved over to Paddlers on the weekend but we haven't gone yet.

 

[slip]

I went down and put Kim's scooter in its new stall. She is very happy it worked out.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

We just met with the board secretary today and he said we can park my wife's scooter under the stairwell. They are even going to paint it off for her as a parking space and put a bar there where we can chain it to lock it up.. He even offered to install a plug there for her to plug it in but I said they didn't have to do that. I can carry the battery pack up to change it. He said we can start parking it there right away and it doesn't have to go to the board because it's an ADA request.

So we ended up with the best case scenario. As soon as she gets down the stairs the scooter is right there for her to get on and get going. Another great day.

That is really nice and accommodating of the board secretary. It is nice to hear of situations where things go smoothly like this and like they should go. Thanks for sharing.

When we go on our upcoming trip, trying a scooter for the first time, I'm bringing a bicycle lock for those cases where we may have to leave it outside of a business. It comes apart in lighter pieces so transporting it and unloading it won't be much of an issue.

Do you have more than one battery pack? I'm in the process of replacing the old pack (used for 7 months and then idled because of Covid for 30 months) in my wife's scooter and thought about repurposing the previous set - - they work okay but seem to discharge a bit more quickly than I think they should. I would hate for my wife to get stranded. So I bought a new pair of new batteries and am wondering if there is a value to the somewhat tired ones that are perhaps still useable as a backup. I looked into the cost of an empty battery case and thought that it was over-priced - - a bit over $150.

 

[slip]

That is really nice and accommodating of the board secretary. It is nice to hear of situations where things go smoothly like this and like they should go. Thanks for sharing.

When we go on our upcoming trip, trying a scooter for the first time, I'm bringing a bicycle lock for those cases where we may have to leave it outside of a business. It comes apart in lighter pieces so transporting it and unloading it won't be much of an issue.

Do you have more than one battery pack? I'm in the process of replacing the old pack (used for 7 months and then idled because of Covid for 30 months) in my wife's scooter and thought about repurposing the previous set - - they work okay but seem to discharge a bit more quickly than I think they should. I would hate for my wife to get stranded. So I bought a new pair of new batteries and am wondering if there is a value to the somewhat tired ones that are perhaps still useable as a backup. I looked into the cost of an empty battery case and thought that it was over-priced - - a bit over $150.

We only have one battery and I was going to ask you about batteries. Could you share where you purchased it from? Our battery is currently fine and we really haven't charged it and discharged it that often so we think it will give us much more service. But being here in Molokai it may be hard to ship it here and I thought we may want to start looking so we don't wait until we need it.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

We only have one battery and I was going to ask you about batteries. Could you share where you purchased it from? Our battery is currently fine and we really haven't charged it and discharged it that often so we think it will give us much more service. But being here in Molokai it may be hard to ship it here and I thought we may want to start looking so we don't wait until we need it.

My scooter takes two 17 AH (amp - hour) 12V batteries. There are two or more types of connections - - a slip-on "Fast-on" connector and a lug with a hole - - which you use a nut and bolt to connect. I measured my battery to make sure that the new one will fit. I found that a 20 AH as well as a 22 AH battery is the same size. So, for a few extra bucks I'm going with the highest capacity batteries. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K9Q6LDU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

To make sure that you select the correct size battery and with the right terminals, you'll need to open the battery case. Mine took 8 Philips screws to open it up.

Both eBay and Amazon have a bunch. There are also companies that advertise that they sell batteries but they are just a middleman - - like Walmart, Home Depot, etc. You can also buy from a local scooter company and they may install them into the battery box - - but they may charge you $150 or more. For the 18 AH batteries, it seemed like a good price was $40 each. For the 20 AH ones it seemed like $45 was decent. I bought a pair of batteries from Amazon for around $90 or 95 plus I bought a goofy 2 year insurance policy. With tax the total was around $105 (free shipping). I am supposed to get the two batteries delivered tomorrow. Hopefully no drama.

BTW, I've read that for scooter batteries (Seal-lead-acid [SLA], Absorbant Glass Mat [AGM]) that they live the longest lives if you don't discharge them too deeply and keep them charged up. I've read that typical life of scooter batteries is 2-3 years (depending on usage, deep discharges, etc.). There are also deep discharge batteries that may be used on electric boat trolling motors, but I'm not sure the difference. I suspect that they may be larger in size and not direct swaps for the scooter batteries.

 

[slip]

My scooter takes two 17 AH (amp - hour) 12V batteries. There are two or more types of connections - - a slip-on "Fast-on" connector and a lug with a hole - - which you use a nut and bolt to connect. I measured my battery to make sure that the new one will fit. I found that a 20 AH as well as a 22 AH battery is the same size. So, for a few extra bucks I'm going with the highest capacity batteries. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K9Q6LDU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

To make sure that you select the correct size battery and with the right terminals, you'll need to open the battery case. Mine took 8 Philips screws to open it up.

Both eBay and Amazon have a bunch. There are also companies that advertise that they sell batteries but they are just a middleman - - like Walmart, Home Depot, etc. You can also buy from a local scooter company and they may install them into the battery box - - but they may charge you $150 or more. For the 18 AH batteries, it seemed like a good price was $40 each. For the 20 AH ones it seemed like $45 was decent. I bought a pair of batteries from Amazon for around $90 or 95 plus I bought a goofy 2 year insurance policy. With tax the total was around $105 (free shipping). I am supposed to get the two batteries delivered tomorrow. Hopefully no drama.

BTW, I've read that for scooter batteries (Seal-lead-acid [SLA], Absorbant Glass Mat [AGM]) that they live the longest lives if you don't discharge them too deeply and keep them charged up. I've read that typical life of scooter batteries is 2-3 years (depending on usage, deep discharges, etc.). There are also deep discharge batteries that may be used on electric boat trolling motors, but I'm not sure the difference. I suspect that they may be larger in size and not direct swaps for the scooter batteries.

Big Mahalo for a the information. I have our manual so I will refer to that to make sure we get the right one. At least now I have an idea about cost.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

Big Mahalo for a the information. I have our manual so I will refer to that to make sure we get the right one. At least now I have an idea about cost.

Hopefully your manual is better than mine. Mine did not list the terminal configuration or the battery size. I didn't want to get a battery that wouldn't fit in my battery case. So, I had to remove the screws and open the case to make sure. It was actually very easy. Took about 2 minutes and a Phillips screw driver. If your manual doesn't give a good enough description, perhaps give the tech support at the mfr. a call.

 

[slip]

Hopefully your manual is better than mine. Mine did not list the terminal configuration or the battery size. I didn't want to get a battery that wouldn't fit in my battery case. So, I had to remove the screws and open the case to make sure. It was actually very easy. Took about 2 minutes and a Phillips screw driver. If your manual doesn't give a good enough description, perhaps give the tech support at the mfr. a call.

Awesome, Mahalo again.

 

[pedro47]

We just met with the board secretary today and he said we can park my wife's scooter under the stairwell. They are even going to paint it off for her as a parking space and put a bar there where we can chain it to lock it up.. He even offered to install a plug there for her to plug it in but I said they didn't have to do that. I can carry the battery pack up to change it. He said we can start parking it there right away and it doesn't have to go to the board because it's an ADA request.

So we ended up with the best case scenario. As soon as she gets down the stairs the scooter is right there for her to get on and get going. Another great day.

That is just outstanding!

 

[slip]

The birds always come around just after the lawn gets mowed.