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"I also have 3 pair of croc canvas shoes."

I got a couple of those myself...

Homos

Exactly, wear Crocs and advertise it.

these aren't croc crocs, these are gilligan shoes, they just happen to be really well made

They go well with your capris...

sardis wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:02 pm They go well with your capris...

if it helps me slip on shoes then I'll wear them

sardis wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:02 pm They go well with your capris...

At first I thought you said "they go well with your penis" and I was like "what??"

eCat wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 9:48 am I own 3 pair of New Balance shoes

nothing says old like New Balance

I also have 3 pair of croc canvas shoes. Once you get those broken in they are awesome.

The Santa Cruz? Love them! I wore thru 3 pairs of those, one after the other, over a number of years. They were all I wore before I got my Dudes...

I did have a pair of those too, but I thought he was talking about these:

my are Walu's, very similar to the Santa Cruz

https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel ... aul-trucks

As travelers flock back to Hawaii, the supply and demand of rental vehicles in the state has driven up car costs to as much as $1,000 a day, since many companies sold off parts of their fleets when bookings were low during the pandemic.

But now, some savvy travelers have found a new way to ensure they're able to cruise around the Aloha State on wheels — by renting a U-Haul.

"We have seen a considerable uptick in U-Haul rentals from customers who are visiting the islands now," Kaleo Alau of Hawaii's U-Haul Company in Hawaii told Insider last week. "We realize this demand is occurring when tourists are unable to secure a rental car, or they learn that our rental fleet options are more affordable."

I was telling my wife about that a few days ago. I would guess its next to impossible to rent a small van from UHaul in Hawaii

This is astonishing to me because my wife and I went to Hawaii 7 years ago and you could rent a car for about $10 a day including mileage. Did they just sell all the cars when covid hit?

well Hertz filed for protection and sold off a bunch of cars in their fleet.

I am renting two cars in June from them so I'm wondering what will be available to me. I suspect they have about 20 Chevy Malibu's to choose from and that's about it.

sardis wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:13 am This is astonishing to me because my wife and I went to Hawaii 7 years ago and you could rent a car for about $10 a day including mileage. Did they just sell all the cars when covid hit?

correct

eCat wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:20 am well Hertz filed for protection and sold off a bunch of cars in their fleet.

I am renting two cars in June from them so I'm wondering what will be available to me. I suspect they have about 20 Chevy Malibu's to choose from and that's about it.

correct

and those 20 Malibu's will be like $200 a day or whatever it is. And remember, the "reservation" you make reserves ONLY the price, never the car. Many times I have gone to pick up my rental and they told me at the desk/kiosk that there are no cars to rent. My reservation meant nothing.

There is a car shortage. There is a car shortage because there is a semi-conductor shortage. New cars need system boards and semi-conductors for their microprocessors. So with the shortage, dealers are self-regulating their sales staff to sell ONLY to retail consumers, one by one. There is basically NO fleet sales from a dealer to Enterprise, Alamo, or Hertz. So the rental companies are struggling to rebuilt their fleets after Covid. So with the car shortage you get a car RENTAL shortage.

So you get people renting U-Haul on Honolulu to get around.

"Many times I have gone to pick up my rental and they told me at the desk/kiosk that there are no cars to rent. My reservation meant nothing."

Funny, that has never happened to me. Ever...

hedge wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 11:04 am "Many times I have gone to pick up my rental and they told me at the desk/kiosk that there are no cars to rent. My reservation meant nothing."

Funny, that has never happened to me. Ever...

How much do you travel? I travel constantly. Marry into a family with flight benefits hedge.

Why do you travel constantly? Other than the fact that your wife and kids hate you I mean...