BOB POLLI'S RIDE

Sunday, September 7, 2014

LANDRINO LAID TO REST..part 2

The funeral service on was saturday... and the little church in Kilauea was overflowing with people. Landrino lived his life the right way..always cheerful with a bright smile for everyone..and always willing to help...and now hundreds of his friends and family were in attendance to show their love and respect to a wonderful person. After the service, The ride to the cemetery was long and sad...cars were parked all up and down the highway with almost all of the people that attended the church service standing in the hot sun at the cemetery waiting to say a final goodbye to Landrino..We each put a flower on his casket..and a tear from me.....

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LANDRINO LAID TO REST...part 1

Some of the boys that worked with Landrino over the past 20 years or so, and Randall from the ranch, and some family and friends were at the cemetery on thursday to dig the gravesite for the funeral on saturday. After the mechanical excavator did the heavy digging, some of the fellas rode the bucket from the excavator down into the hole to tidy it up..I am pretty sure we were all thinking the same thing..if Landrino (affectionately nicknamed "Sarge" from his days fighting the muslims in the jungle strongholds in the Phillipines and his take charge by the book way of doing things) was here with us he would have his tape measure out to make sure everything was perfect...all the rocks out of the hole and nothing left imperfect or out of place...

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Jerrold laughing at the fact that he didn't want Landrino to visit him in his sleep about the hole not being perfect..

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PAU HANA SUNSET FROM THE LANAI

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

MY LAW OFFICE

Just ran across these photos of my law office in Tampa, Florida. It was located in a very modern, high-rise office building in downtown Tampa. I decorated the office myself with my favorite art and furniture collected from years of visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico..I spent a lot of time in the office so I wanted it to be as comfortable as our little house on Anna Maria Island in the Gulf of Mexico. As law offices go, especially in an office building filled with law firms, my office stood out from the rest..not so much an intention of mine but just the way I lived and practiced law...

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my office

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my waiting area

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waiting area..the poster where the fireplace should be is one of my favorites..in criminal practice fees are usually quoted as a flat fee and not charged by the hour..the poster says "GUNFIGHTERS DON'T CHARGE BY THE BULLET"

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reception/secretary area looking into the waiting area

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my office..antique apothacary roll top case that held all the volumes of the rules of court..

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my roll top desk

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the top of my roll top desk with gun fighter bronze

KALEPPI AND THE CENTIPEDE

My Tongan friend, Kaleppi, is just finishing the volcanic rock posts in front of the new garage/workshop/guesthouse. A nice sized centipede crawled out of Kaleppi's rock pile..Kaleppi beat the bugga to the bite and bit his head to stun him...Kaleppi said that the centipede wouldn't bite him back..and he was right...here he is with the 'pede alive and crawling...but afraid to bite Kaleppi...

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

HALE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Finally got started on the tongue and groove cedar walls in the workshop/guesthouse and drywall in the garage. I think the walls will be closed up by next week and the flooring will be beginning to be installed. The light is definitely at the end of the tunnel more so than ever..I hope..

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rock posts almost done

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ceiling finished..sanded, stained and 2 coats of varnish

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guesthouse/workshop looking towards the garage access

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guesthouse/workshop looking at the kitchen area, loft, and behind the pocket door: bathroom and walk in closet..

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garage drywall in progress

Thursday, August 21, 2014

LANDRINO R.I.P.

Sad day yesterday..my friend Landrino Aguinaldo was killed on the beach house property that I managed until a couple of years ago..I hired Landrino and his brothers to work on the property 6 years ago or so, and became fast friends with all of them. As hardworking a crew as I have ever seen..honest..loyal..and always ready to help anyone that needed it. Landrino was mowing yesterday and the mower slid down the stream bank and flipped over on him pinning him in the mud and shallow water face down..he couldn't get the mower off of him and drowned..

Landrino always had a smile on his face, especially when telling me about his family..proud of all of them...and his brothers and sisters..and wife...I saw him every day for years while I was on the property but not as much for the last couple of years and I have missed him. I talked to him last week and we were going to try to meet up on sunday, his only day to "rest da body" as he used to say..I miss you and love you brother...