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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | patchmcg - 2015-05-22 8:41 PM
Lanaki! Welcome back buddy! And congrats on the degree. I was thinking about you just the other day while I was listening to one of my favorite tunes, bar none..... SUMMER COUNTRY SLACKIN' You've got to teach me that someday.
Randy, that is INCREDIBLE!!!!! Absolutely Beautiful!!!
Thank You for posting this Patch!!!
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Location: big island | sheesh! forgot about soundclick. it's been ages since i've been there. thank you, patch.
and thank you, nancy, for appreciating my musical offerings and messes.
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Location: big island | philwong - 2015-05-22 10:05 PM
Again, Congratulations and best wishes on your new career. As with any other profession there will be good days and those not so good. Those good days can be very rewarding and memorable.
hey phil, that "drug consultation" seems so very long ago. thanks for remembering and for the congrats. i will be studying for the NCLEX exam over the next month and then flying to Honolulu to take it. i completed a predictor test a few weeks ago which indicates the probability of passing the NCLEX the first time. i got a 99%, so am not overly anxious but don't want to be overly confident either.
you may have heard of the new school of pharmacy here that has been named after senator daniel inouye. it is quite a big deal in academics and for the state overall.
as a nurse, one of the things about modern medicine that troubles me is the high incidence of polypharmacy. this seems to be most prevalent in hospitals that employ hospitalists.
anyway, thanks for the encouragement and it is good to see you still on board here, phil. aloha! |
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Location: Canada | Congratulations on your success and career choice. I love Hawaii and I would love to be able to find employment there and be able to live there. Though for now a trip or two per year will have to suffice ... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Hey, welcome back |
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Location: SoCal | Randy, good to hear from you. I was wondering (literally) this morning, what became of you. Thought about you from reading the Manifesto (OMA posted a link). Glad you're back.
I'm assuming that you played slack key for your graduation? |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Nursing is a sweet choice of careers but like so much else it is changing fast. Much of the time we used to spend hanging with patients now is spent in front of a computer (if it ain't charted it wasn't done). Nevertheless congratulations and enjoy every millisecond of your upcoming career. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Congrats Randy! Welcome back, that's a great accomplishment!
Now send Patch some pictures for the calendar of your Ovation and that sweet Hawaiian scenery, just like the old days! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Great to hear from you again! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Randy, good to see you posting and to learn about your BSN...congrats! Violetta got hers in 2013 and is currently working on her FNP...due to graduate in Dec. '16...if you find out you're going to be on the East Coast, let me know...all the best! |
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Location: big island | damon67 - 2015-05-22 1:08 PM
Randy, you need a vacation, come on out for the 20th. There'll be plenty of 6 strings.
Welcome back
my last "vacation" associated with this forum was less than desirable...but well-deserved! |
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Location: big island | CanterburyStrings - 2015-05-22 3:24 PM
Rats!! I don't do facebook.
thinkin' i will delete my FB since i am out of school now and do the YT thing again. i don't do tablature so the video(s) should assist in learning this relatively easy manner of playing guitar. "minimum effort, maximum pleasure": another reason it is called slack key! : ) |
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Location: big island | guitarwannabee - 2015-05-22 4:46 PM
nice to hear from you again randy , now that you are a full fledged nurse if i ever encounter that problem i had years back and i am in hawaii , i know i can count on you to help .  GWB
hey gwb,
please keep your paa in mi. we have enuf of 'em here! i see you have shed the CAPS. there is hope for the world after all.
it is nice to hear from you again as well. |
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Location: big island | arthurseery - 2015-05-22 4:52 PM
Welcome Back. 
mahalo oma! i can't imagine this place without you. |
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Location: big island | elginacres - 2015-05-22 5:03 PM
Good to hear from you again...congrats on the degree....fyi - both school and work can put a dent in productive guitar playing....see you over on facebook.
thank you ever-so-kindly, elgin. on the other hand, guitar playing can put a dent in productive school and work. i prefer to opt for the latter, however my wife doesn't see things my way all the time (or much at all...) |
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Location: big island | Eynowd - 2015-05-22 7:02 PM
CanterburyStrings - 2015-05-23 5:18 AM
I tried to find that beautiful slack key video of the song you allowed me to learn so Nancy and some of the others who haven't heard it yet could check it out, but I can't find it. Could you post it for us here?
I've been searching in vain for that one too! I'm learning slack key at the moment and would love to hear it.
So, welcome back! Congrats on the graduation! :D
mahalo eynowd! there are numerous slack key instructional vids on yt. i am not real good at guitar instruction but will re-post my songs on yt soon and provide a link in this thread. |
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Location: big island | patchmcg - 2015-05-22 8:41 PM
Lanaki! Welcome back buddy! And congrats on the degree. I was thinking about you just the other day while I was listening to one of my favorite tunes, bar none..... SUMMER COUNTRY SLACKIN' You've got to teach me that someday.
hey patch!
y'know, i had totally forgotten about soundclick and haven't been on that site for quite awhile. thanks for the link and the congrats. guaranteed. if i ever make it to poughkeepsie, we will sit down and have a "kanikapila", or hawaiian jam session. your post has boosted my confidence. |
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Location: big island | whoops...a little redundancy going on here. i tapped into this site a couple times while on vacation using my phone. forgot i had responded already.
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Location: big island | darkbarguitar - 2015-05-23 5:50 AM
Yeah, that Summer Country Slackin' is sweet playing
thank you, sir. |
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Location: big island | merlin666 - 2015-05-23 2:36 PM
Congratulations on your success and career choice. I love Hawaii and I would love to be able to find employment there and be able to live there. Though for now a trip or two per year will have to suffice ...
thanks d'ovation. school was a success but amidst the shortage of nursing staff on this island, there are actually more layoffs occurring, or the local hospitals are preferring to hire traveling nurses hoping to contain costs. i am considering relocating to another island or to the mainland to gain experience by working in a training hospital.
kinda crazy having to make decisions like this at 58 years of age...
(not sure why i am responding to d'ovation but the quote from your post says "merlin666")
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Location: big island | cwk2 - 2015-05-23 3:02 PM
Hey, welcome back
hey mr. gas station attendant, thank you. |
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Location: big island | immoody - 2015-05-23 3:59 PM
Randy, good to hear from you. I was wondering (literally) this morning, what became of you. Thought about you from reading the Manifesto (OMA posted a link). Glad you're back.
I'm assuming that you played slack key for your graduation?
hi moody,
i cringed reading your post! that you should automatically think of me while reading the manifesto is...(i can't find the right adjective.) but then you wrote you were glad i was back and that made me issue a sigh of relief.
the song i wrote for my graduation is actually country-flavored. it is a talking song similar to "uneasy rider" or even "a boy named sue". |
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Location: big island | nerdydave - 2015-05-24 12:27 AM
Nursing is a sweet choice of careers but like so much else it is changing fast. Much of the time we used to spend hanging with patients now is spent in front of a computer (if it ain't charted it wasn't done). Nevertheless congratulations and enjoy every millisecond of your upcoming career.
hi nerdydave,
so you are a "registered nerd"? you are so right! spending time milking the "cow" in order to get reimbursement and to keep from getting sued takes precedence over therapeutic time at the bedside. nevertheless, thank you. |
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Location: big island | Designzilla - 2015-05-24 6:26 PM
Congrats Randy! Welcome back, that's a great accomplishment!
Now send Patch some pictures for the calendar of your Ovation and that sweet Hawaiian scenery, just like the old days!
aloha steve,
thank you. my only O (currently) has been featured in a previous calendar. do you folks do pin-up seconds?
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Location: big island | boltonb - 2015-05-25 8:17 AM
Great to hear from you again!
hi brad! thank you muchly.
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an aloha peek-a-boo...
