The overhead wiring in Japan is much cleaner than the rats nests you see in many other countries. Here's a rats nest from Kathmandu.
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The overhead wiring in Japan is much cleaner than the rats nests you see in many other countries. Here's a rats nest from Kathmandu.
And here I'm scratching my head trying to figure out which circuit a line is on in my basementNo ladder needed.
bigwheelzip
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And the mounting of the Kathmandu A/C units could be iffy. If one came adrift, the safest place might be under the rat's nest of wires.
Here's a pic from yesterday's beach walk. That's Mt. Fuji in the background.
Today my wife and I had an appt with the social security office, located in a nearby town/small city. Wasn't sure about parking, so we took a bus, walking about ten minutes or so from our house to the bus stop. About a 20 minute ride.
This is a pic of the interior of the bus, after it had thinned out a bit. The return trip. We were sitting in the very back, bench seat, to give my legs/knees enough space. (I am 6'2". AKA 187 cm.)
What I noticed, having been away for two years, COVID, back in the US, what made me... pleased... was seeing young people offering their seats to older people. And everyone respecting their neighbors. The bus driver always waiting for everyone to embark/disembark, sit down fully, before moving the bus.
And the driver saying, with a small microphone, after checking all his mirrors, and out the front windshield, slowly and deliberately, "Now we will move." So that no one is suprised, and perhaps slips and falls.
It is so civil. And so civilized. Here in Japan.
We have decided to live mostly in the US, my Japanese wife and I, and that's because we prefer it, at this stage of our lives. Socially/culturally, especially for my wife — as a foreigner here, I am exempted from social/cultural convention — there is a lot more freedom in the US. But we'll keep our house in Japan as a vacation house/second home until we can no longer easily travel.
This is a pic of the interior of the bus, after it had thinned out a bit. The return trip. We were sitting in the very back, bench seat, to give my legs/knees enough space. (I am 6'2". AKA 187 cm.)
What I noticed, having been away for two years, COVID, back in the US, what made me... pleased... was seeing young people offering their seats to older people. And everyone respecting their neighbors. The bus driver always waiting for everyone to embark/disembark, sit down fully, before moving the bus.
And the driver saying, with a small microphone, after checking all his mirrors, and out the front windshield, slowly and deliberately, "Now we will move." So that no one is suprised, and perhaps slips and falls.
It is so civil. And so civilized. Here in Japan.
We have decided to live mostly in the US, my Japanese wife and I, and that's because we prefer it, at this stage of our lives. Socially/culturally, especially for my wife — as a foreigner here, I am exempted from social/cultural convention — there is a lot more freedom in the US. But we'll keep our house in Japan as a vacation house/second home until we can no longer easily travel.
You are so lucky to be able to enjoy the best of both worlds
Boulevard cruiser.
61 T Bird owned by a gym bud. He restored this one and does all his own work.
Pics really don’t do it justice.
Cool tilt wheel.
61 T Bird owned by a gym bud. He restored this one and does all his own work.
Pics really don’t do it justice.
Cool tilt wheel.
StakeOut
US Veteran
Front entrance and the rear exit of the bus on the left side for Japan.Today my wife and I had an appt with the social security office, located in a nearby town/small city. Wasn't sure about parking, so we took a bus, walking about ten minutes or so from our house to the bus stop. About a 20 minute ride.
This is a pic of the interior of the bus, after it had thinned out a bit. The return trip. We were sitting in the very back, bench seat, to give my legs/knees enough space. (I am 6'2". AKA 187 cm.)
What I noticed, having been away for two years, COVID, back in the US, what made me... pleased... was seeing young people offering their seats to older people. And everyone respecting their neighbors. The bus driver always waiting for everyone to embark/disembark, sit down fully, before moving the bus.
And the driver saying, with a small microphone, after checking all his mirrors, and out the front windshield, slowly and deliberately, "Now we will move." So that no one is suprised, and perhaps slips and falls.
It is so civil. And so civilized. Here in Japan.
We have decided to live mostly in the US, my Japanese wife and I, and that's because we prefer it, at this stage of our lives. Socially/culturally, especially for my wife — as a foreigner here, I am exempted from social/cultural convention — there is a lot more freedom in the US. But we'll keep our house in Japan as a vacation house/second home until we can no longer easily travel.
Similar bus in South Korea but enter and rear exit is on the right.In Korea you hang on to whatever you can to survive the ride.
Today my wife and I had an appt with the social security office, located in a nearby town/small city. Wasn't sure about parking, so we took a bus, walking about ten minutes or so from our house to the bus stop. About a 20 minute ride.
This is a pic of the interior of the bus, after it had thinned out a bit. The return trip. We were sitting in the very back, bench seat, to give my legs/knees enough space. (I am 6'2". AKA 187 cm.)
What I noticed, having been away for two years, COVID, back in the US, what made me... pleased... was seeing young people offering their seats to older people. And everyone respecting their neighbors. The bus driver always waiting for everyone to embark/disembark, sit down fully, before moving the bus.
And the driver saying, with a small microphone, after checking all his mirrors, and out the front windshield, slowly and deliberately, "Now we will move." So that no one is suprised, and perhaps slips and falls.
It is so civil. And so civilized. Here in Japan.
We have decided to live mostly in the US, my Japanese wife and I, and that's because we prefer it, at this stage of our lives. Socially/culturally, especially for my wife — as a foreigner here, I am exempted from social/cultural convention — there is a lot more freedom in the US. But we'll keep our house in Japan as a vacation house/second home until we can no longer easily travel.
Never took a bus, when I was in Oki............
we all piled into a cab to go any where.
I don't know if the spelling is correct, but back then, being a sailor having fun, we would tell the driver......
"Hi ahko ney ".
Sort of like saying.... step on the gass or go fast !!
早く、ね！ Haiyaku, ne! Literally, "Go fast! Got it?!"
Yeah, that'd work!
Yeah, that'd work!
snowman
Member
Cincinnati Music Hall completed in 1878.
What magnificent architecture! I wish they still built like this.
I live just up the road a few hours and never knew that was there.
Regards,
Andy
Benchrest1
Member
That T Bird is nice!
From today's walk. Fuji in the background. (My iPhone X can't do it justice.):
And a tomato sliced with a sharp knife, thin, for fun:
And a tomato sliced with a sharp knife, thin, for fun:
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I have spent a lot at thrift stores over the years, mostly on old (as in "Made in USA") tools. They can be a gold mine of wonderful stuff. I've even begin buying my jeans there. Why pay >$30 when I can get a perfectly clean, serviceable pair for half that? Sometimes people really luck out:
A $34.99 Goodwill purchase turned out to be an ancient Roman bust that's nearly 2,000 years old
The Ohio River in January of '77.
Boulevard cruiser.
61 T Bird owned by a gym bud. He restored this one and does all his own work.
Pics really don’t do it justice.
Cool tilt wheel.
Ford called that a "swing away steering wheel."
