{"id":7291,"date":"2011-06-30T04:27:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T19:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2011-06-30T04:27:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T19:27:36","slug":"dreams-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=7291","title":{"rendered":"DREAMS COME TRUE:  MY NEW BABY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P6080154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P6080154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7293\" \/><\/a><br \/>\never since i got a boat, my dream was to have one of these honda 4 stroke motors on it.  why?  because it&#8217;s reliable, gas is much cheaper, and i can drive it over to molokai.  so i&#8217;ve been putting aside beer money for the past 15 years and saving up for my dream.  last year, i finally had almost enough saved so i started looking around. one of these motors cost $8,000 brand new.  i was just about to order one over the phone when i decided to take a last look on the online classified ads.  i type in 50 hp honda 4 stroke and guess what pops up?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P6080153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P6080153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7292\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nnot just a new 2010 honda motor, but it was attached to a boat almost identical to mine.  only much newer and much cleaner.  i call the guy as he was asking $12,000 for the boat and motor.  he told me that i can take it all for $10,000.  wait!  i don&#8217;t have that kind of money.  so i clean up my boat and get it ready to sell so i can save up more money.  the guy calls me back a few days later and says &#8220;hey kirby, do you still want my boat?&#8221;  i say yes, but i have to sell my boat first.  he says &#8220;how much would you pay to come get it now?&#8221;  i say $7,000.  he says, &#8220;come get it.&#8221;  i fly down my hill, buy the boat, and stick it in my garage.<br \/>\none week later, i sell my boat for $3,500.  if you can do basic math, how much money did i spend for a new motor with a better boat?  yes, $3,500.  so instead of almost spending $8,000 for just a new motor, i got a new boat with a new motor for $3,500.  now i will save on gas, i will save on oil, and i will go to molokai anytime i want to.  oh, and now my dream also came true for less than half price.<br \/>\nso the next calm day when the waves are small, you won&#8217;t see me at bowls, you will see a tiny boat flying to molokai.   spear fish, pick shells, and camp on the beach where there is no soul around.  i cant&#8217; wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ever since i got a boat, my dream was to have one of these honda 4 stroke motors on it. why? because it&#8217;s reliable, gas is much cheaper, and i can drive it over to molokai. so i&#8217;ve been putting aside beer money for the past 15 years and saving up for my dream. last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[340,284],"class_list":{"0":"post-7291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-honda-4-stoke","8":"tag-livingston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}