JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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electric2004
Probably she would not get high points in the "beautiful leg" competition.
Posted in: Gerard Butler
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electric2004
Why is cremation a topic for "lifestyle"?
Actually it sounds more like the opposite. In that sense, OFF Topic.
Posted in: Japan faces crematorium shortage
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electric2004
Let's read her quote again:
Basically, she is right. By the way she acts, it looks like she will not be a lover. Then, what remains, is - yes - the Mommy role. Simple as that.
Posted in: I have never met a Japanese man who did not want me to be his mommy.
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electric2004
Packy: Thanks for the link to the video. Indeed, she looks more like 47 than 37 years old. And also it looks like she is past her "best use before" date.
Posted in: I have never met a Japanese man who did not want me to be his mommy.
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electric2004
The small print on the poster It says "refrain from making calls."
It does NOT say "refrain from receiving calls."
In other words, receiving is OK.
Posted in: Manner poster
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electric2004
Here is the answer:
The problem is not related to being with a Rucksack or heavy luggage in the train. The mentioned issues are:
1) putting the luggage on the floor instead of the overhead storage space.
2) Opening the Rucksack on the floor and taking out food and leaving it open
3) Eating on the train as if it were a picknick.
Basically it says - try to minimize the space you are using for your luggage and don't spread it all out on the floor and the seats.
Posted in: Manner poster
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electric2004
Now I know why I got such Spam mail about airplane tickets and Pay Pal.
Posted in: Continental Airlines links up with PayPal
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electric2004
In other words, the temple was constructed in a way that was not conforming to fire safety standards. It was an accident, which was expected to happen one time. Actually, there exists a special quite oily anti insect spray in Japan that can be used against hornets. I know, because it was used at the day of "Kusakari" when trimming a hedge. First spray from outside and then with an extension tube inside the nest. And be careful. Then, with gloves try to out the nest into a plastic bag, spray again and seal.
Posted in: Temple burns down as monk attacked by hornets
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electric2004
And what about homebrew?
Posted in: Sony to launch new PSP game machine
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electric2004
In other news, one can read that the fuel to the engine stopped while the pilot made a turn. Still enough fuel in the tanks. So probably not pilot error, but maintenance problem by the company who rented the airplane.
Posted in: Small plane crashes on city street in Japan
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electric2004
Now - which company made the batteries in question?
Posted in: Apple says battery problem caused iPod overheating
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electric2004
Police are suffering? Don't they have caller ID Display? Just collect the strange calls, and if it exceeds 5 or so, give a written warning to the person.
Posted in: Police suffer from inappropriate emergency calls
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electric2004
To studebaker - and your number 1 point on the list. There can be many reasons, why the wife does not want, and she will explain it like:
I am tired.
I have my period.
Not during the week when you have to work tomorrow.
... already sleeping or pretending to sleep ...
I did not yet take a shower.
It is too cold.
It is too hot.
The children are not yet sleeping.
Our little boy wants to sleep between us.
I have a headache.
Tomorrow is Monday and you have to go to work.
Tomorrow is Saturday and you have to go to language class. Please take the kids with you.
=> This reduces the chances to approximately one time a month on a Saturday.
Which is quite low, regarding the famous Martin Luther (in old german language) already around 1500:
"In der Woche zwier schaden weder ihm noch ihr."
Translation: Making love two times a week is good for him and for her.
Posted in: The do's and don'ts of having an affair
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electric2004
Still the idea is, finally the customer has to pay through his nose.
Posted in: MasterCard Luxury Week Hong Kong to take place Aug 26-30
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electric2004
Well, why not use the free version of the program VLC instead?
Posted in: More remote computing action
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electric2004
No, this would be against the "wa" principle - of the people who supply the buildings.
Posted in: Tokyo-area new condo supply down 44.5% in July
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electric2004
Northlondon and seansezso:
Both of you bring good arguments. So I like to add some details. In the company where I work, there exists a compliance handbook, which is taken seriously, and there are also rules and explanations to the topics of sexual harassment and power harassment.
If there are couples at work, where both work in different departments, or in positions that neither is the boss of the other, then basically it is OK.
But if one of the couple is the boss of the other, then it can lead to power harassment and/or sexual harassment. And this is regarded as not desireable.
And, as far as I know comparable rules exist also in many western companies.
With this background, Kawada-san having an affair with her boss is suspicious - looking from a modern Japanese perspective oriented to successful business. This does not exclude that their relationship was pure love, but there is always a doubt.
Posted in: Kawada's last relationships before suicide draw mother's criticism
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electric2004
About office design: He is completely right. There exist good examples, when some money is spend on good furniture. And there are bad examples when cheap steel crap is put into the office.
Posted in: Rethinking office design
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electric2004
At our company we use many cables from Furukawa. Especially coaxial cables. I wondered why some of the cables were broken or had bad contacts after pulling. Could it be related?
Posted in: Furukawa Elec. skips mandatory quality tests on copper products
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electric2004
Now, what might help against black sound trucks, are raw potatoes. How does it work, one might ask? Well, try (but don't get caught) to push a potato into the sound truck engine exhaust pipe.
If the engine is running at high power, of course, no luck, the potato will come out by the gas pressure. But if the engine is more or less idling, when the truck is standing, then there is a good chance that the back-pressure will make the engine stop after a while.
This might also help with bosozoku, but again - make sure not to be found out.
And there are many other possibilities - well known from the Blues Brothers Movies.
Posted in: Each Aug 15, Yasukuni area turns into riot zone