I can answer that one: politics. Hawaiian pols lobbied to get a fair share of feds interstate highway funds. I have driven on a couple of them. Made driving from leeward side (Honolulu , Waikiki) to North shore a brease compared to the old two lane roads. There is also one which makes driving from Honolulu Airport to Waikiki much quicker than the downtown route.
Here in Maryland we have an interstate that connects our capital, Annapolis, with Baltimore. It does not cross over any state line. I mentioned politics but within that arena lies funding and convenience issues. In other words, the original program has been modified somewhat to allow funding to solve real or perceived highway problems. Also in Maryland Baltimore has a beltway (interstate 695 ) that is totally located within the state. But it does connect to an interstate that runs into Pennsylvania. My guess is Maryland is not the only state on the continent that has an interstate that does not cross over state lines

My two audio recorder/player decks states in owners manuals that USB drives must be fat32 formatted. For reference, I have a Brennan B3 and a Denon 3000R-MarkII. I am not technically advanced to understand the reasons for that specification. I just try to follow directions, which challenges me at times.

Since the arrival of SD Cards, I relegated my USB drives to the back of my pc supply drawer. I was under the opinion that USB drives were nearing the dinosaur status. For curiosity I went to B&H website and searched SanDisk USB drives. To my surprise were listed a number of USB SSDs having up to 2Tb. Not cheap, but they are there. Thus, am I wrong believing USBs are outdated technology? I would expect the SSD version to be faster than the older version. As a curiosity I bought a 1tb version, but have not tried it yet until I figure out how to reformat it to fat32. It comes formatted to xfat. I have a few audio players that will only accept fat32. I read somewhere that fat32's maximum memory capacity is 2tb. Guess xfat is ready for larger capacities.

Trix,
I must have had my head in the sand to request help. My apologies, I never used my cell phone at home and I don't intend on using the smartphone at home either. Use will be for emergencies or needed communications while in car and entertainment while waiting for Dr's appointments, etc. I will delay installing new wifi as long as my tablets and desktop access the internet normally.
Regards

1.no
2.have no references on specs.
3.cell phone was a 2005 model, no wifi

I use my wifi setup to connect internet for email and other web sites. I am using several dated tablets, about 4 or more years old. My Wifi system is an ORBI7 (netgear) which is about same age. My tablets work fine on reception but my new Samsung flip phone, purchased a year ago , cannot connect to the internet. Error message says "server not available". But when I am in public buildings the phone has excellent internet reception. Could it be my Wi-Fi model is too dated to function with my smartphone? I have purchased a new ORBI model, but can't locate similar model # on box. Both old and new models have the router and 2 satellites. I am hesitant to install new model until I know the problem is with the old unit. Geez, the new unit price is double what the older one costs. Any thoughts on my problem will be appreciated.
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Am posting this because I have not seen any post inquiring about one of our hog posters who was living in La HAINA. Sorry, I don't remember her forum name. I was stationed in Pearl Harbour many moons ago. While on routine maneuvers around the islands, our ship captain pulled into the Harbour for a one evening liberty. Walking up the pier one could see the front of a hotel . Such a classic view of a village untouched (circa 1961) by commercialization. I had images of Sidney Greenstreet standing in front of the hotel holding his wide brim hat. Sudden memory recall: I think her first name is Joanne.

Not sure if I remembered correctly, but could not pre-order thus shipping charge not shown.

Yes, that's it. Price is much lower than I remembered- $199 Au. Could be lower in US $s. Item is still not available, as new model in the works. Estimated shipping is in Aug. The two earlier models have been sold out for some time.
Thanks for the info.

I get a daily news feed on my Apple iPad. Mixed in the list of news articles are frequent ads. One came up a month or two ago advertising what appears to have been an ingeniously designed grocery cart. I was intrigued enough to "buy it now". Well, the product source is Australia. It was rather expensive, but the design appears to suit my aging 80+years. So, hit buy it now. Got a sold out notice with promise of availability coming soon. However, no pre-order function provided. Never could locate the add again nor the name of the cart. Tried Google search using "Australian grocery cart" and/or trolley . Got loads of hits but not the one I want.
This cart has 6 wheels- four on bottom and two on front of basket. Designed to roll basket off of cart into an SUV or station wagon. To close this post without taking more time, I will quit now. My question is....can anyone provide a name for this product? US price was about $399.00.

The only thing I would change is the olive stuffing- I use Jalapeño stuffed Queen olives.

Thanks. I wondered if my info was outdated. Just ordered one on ebay. I live about 50 miles north of Assateauge National Wildlife Refuge. Their mosquitoes are quite resistant to the popular repellents. Bye-bye Blackfly should do the trick.

I have not heard about Adirondack noseams. However, we have friends that live close to Syracuse. He is a professional photographer and has many times photographed landscape scenes there. The thing I remember he said was do not go to the Adirondacks during black fly season. If I remember correctly, the season was worse in June. According to him , no insert repellent is effective against black flies. Now, that info may be outdated.

One of my favorites (NOT) was castor oil. That stuff seemed to run right on down to the colon and on to my underwear. To say it was nasty is an understatement. Later on my mom switched to ExLax. That more than did the job, but I needed to remain in sight of the bathroom until it cleaned me out.

In 1999 l took a San Diego harbor cruise. As we approached Coronado Island he mentioned it was home to the Navy Seal school and that Steven Seagal was a former Seal. Since that was not mentioned in the bio above was it simply omitted or was it not true?