Page 24 - MidWeek - May 17, 2023

24 MIDWEEK MAY 17, 2023
IN STOCK NOW
• Vinyl Flooring • Tile
• Shower Doors
808.888.8338
Greenfield sets up a com- post toilet in a busy area and gives his spiel: “Hey, did you know you can grow your own toilet paper? I want to show people that another way is possible. We just buy (toilet paper) at the store and we never think twice about it.”
alerted on April 26 by a fel-
low citizen in Old Bridge,Law New Jersey, about an odd de- T posit near a stream, nj.comrul reported. When Jochnowitzwh investigated, she found 500yea pounds of cooked pasta —all spaghetti, ziti and elbowSep macaroni — dumped along atram 25-foot-wide area. She post-Tim ed photos on Facebook andwo alerted the town administra-lum tor and public works depart-Be ment, and two days later, theope carb-y mess had been cleanedlea up. Jochnowitz pointedly re-dro marked that Old Bridge issai the only town in the countycom without bulk garbage pickup.“fo
To
PLAN
47 Years Experience
Ala Moana
945-7645
OFF On Volume
• Free Initial Consultation •ReducedFee-LivingTrust • MEDICAIDPLANNING
PLP ParticipatingAttorney
PLP StandardsofExperience &CustomerService
Pearlridge
488-1719
Discounts
New orders only. Some Conditions. Call for Details. Expires 5/31/2023 Financing Available
Kapaa Quarry
Industrial Park 905 Kalanianaole Highway Bldg 32 Unit 7 Kailua, HI 96734 Contractors #CT36100
For questions or products, please email sales@hcflooringstone.com
• Shower Panels • Solid Wood
Flooring
• Mosaic Glass
FLOORING & STONE
Mon-Sat 8-5pm • Sun Closed
1095 Dillingham Blvd. #F3 Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
hcflooringstone.com
few Pasta Mystery Solved gro Nina Jochnowitz wasthe
WE HAVE A WINDOW FOR EVERY BUDGET!
Call us for a FREE quote!
808-593-1000
Up 50%
Mixing Cocktails With Blood
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
than using flush toilets.
In other Weird happenings:
Bloody Mess
The Mondaiji Con Café Daku (loosely translated: Problem Child Concept Café) in Sapporo, Japan, was forced to fire one of its wait- resses in April after she was discovered to be adding her own blood to cocktails, the
PACIFIC LEGAL
Daily Mail reported. The café owner called her actions “ab- solutely not acceptable” and said the establishment would close while every drinking glass was replaced.
SunburstHawaii.com
Eco Town - the Biggest Reuse Store in Japan is now open at Ala Moana
ALA MOANA CENTER
ECO TOWN
STREET LEVEL 1, NEAR MACY’S
Street Level 1
Makai near Macy’s www.ecotownselect.com (808) 942-4433
ecotownselect
Nature lover Rob Greenfield has stopped using toilet paper, and he wants you to, too.
No More TeePee For Eco-activist
People reported on May 4 that Greenfield is touring the country as part of his Grow Your Own Toilet Paper Initia- tive, introducing people to the blue spur flower plant. The leaves are “soft as can be,” he said. “They’re durable. I call them the Charmin of the garden.”
time job terrorism.” A localend doctor said anyone who hadsof patronized the café shouldloo visit a doctor and have aOld blood test. no
Each leaf is about the size of a piece of toilet paper, and the plant supplies an abun- dance of them. They can’t be flushed, but they can be thrown in the trash or buried in the yard. Passersby who get sucked in will also hear Greenfield’s views on com- posting human waste rather
“We will hire a contractor to clean the store, change glasses and dispose of al- coholic beverages that may have been contaminated,” he said.
Days later, the mysteryit w of the pasta’s origin wasjus solved: A man moving out ofCo his mother’s home after hercou death discovered a stockpileme
LAW OFFICES OF
WE BUY & SELL BAGS, JEWELRY
WATCHES & ALOHA SHIRTS
Please bring your stuff to the Ala Moana store. We Pay in Cash!
NEIL T. NAKAMURA & ASSOC.
of d He called her actions “part-dum
SEE PAGE 25Sen