u/Guava-farmer-Hilo

Stationed at Schofield Barracks in the late 1989. I was living off post. One night saw a car pull over with a flat tire, went to help, the woman driving asked me to drive her to Waikiki for her job. She was a hula dancer for the Don Ho show. I drove her, attended the show and met Don Ho. Took her home, she asked me out on a date. Went to the movies, back to my apartment. We were seriously making out, she stopped us and admitted to being trans. I had absolutely no idea…none. We dated for a few months.

I was working for an agricultural research company, we were doing work on zucchini fruit. This insect (pickle worm) was tearing up the close to mature fruit so we used a pesticide that was supposed to only be used in the flowering stage, absolutely no budding fruit, because of its toxicity. The pesticide had a short half life, but it was especially toxic. We all knew the fruit wasn’t for human consumption. One night thieves stole the majority of our project, we didn’t call the police because of federal laws against how we used the pesticide. We were impressed by how much fruit wasn’t stolen, it was hundreds of pounds. Since that event, I’ve always wondered if anyone gotten sick or died.