Japan SAQ
Dave Fossett
answers to the questions I'm sure many of us have wondered about. There are
a few inaccuracies, though. Apparently the city of Saitama was written in
kanji before it merged with Omiya...
http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/saq.html
--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
Michael Cash
<re...@via.newsgroup> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
That would indeed be interesting, since the city of Saitama didn't
exist before it merged with Omiya. My city is thinking about merging
with the city next door. I'll be fucked if I can figure out why,
although I know it *must* have something to do with money.
--
Michael Cash
"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."
Dr. Howard Sprague
Dean of Admissions
Mount Pilot College
Dave Fossett
> That would indeed be interesting, since the city of Saitama didn't
> exist before it merged with Omiya.
Precisely.
I did also notice your name mentioned, although I can't figure out whether
you are responsible for asking or answering the question about why high
school kids ride their bikes with the saddles down low. I always wondered
about this too.
Michael Cash
<re...@via.newsgroup> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>"Michael Cash" <bugg...@fake.com> wrote:
Yeah, that was me. Another mystery that remains unexplained.
Let's make a list of things the Japanese seem incapable of
comprehending. I'll start it off:
1. How to adjust bicycle seat height
2. The use of thermostats
3.
Murgi
> comprehending. I'll start it off:
>
> 1. How to adjust bicycle seat height
They do, but only for Japanese women between 150 and 155 cm.
> 2. The use of thermostats
Once they are set, the temperature will bw the same until a new thermostat
is needed.
3. The use of water-filled PET bottles around the house:
My landlady thinks it keeps the cats away... until she saw a dog pissing on
one. And my cat sits near a bottle and ignores it.
Sigi
Declan Murphy
> Has this site been mentioned on the NG before?
I can't remember if his site has been discussed before but I remember
Ed posting here a few times a while back. I recall that some of his
SAQ bitz get rehashed (or published for the first time) in a magazine
published from Nagoya.
Raj Feridun
wrote:
>3. The use of water-filled PET bottles around the house:
>My landlady thinks it keeps the cats away... until she saw a dog pissing on
>one. And my cat sits near a bottle and ignores it.
Not to mention that in the summer if the sun catches one just right
you get the ant-burner magnifying glass effect and they're fire
hazards.
Raj
Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
wrote:
>3. The use of water-filled PET bottles around the house:
>
>My landlady thinks it keeps the cats away... until she saw a dog pissing on
>one. And my cat sits near a bottle and ignores it.
Is that what they're for? I asked my wife before and she said it was
stores in case of earthquakes, but they always look so grotty I
couldn't imagine anyone drinking it!
>Sigi
Ken
Bryce
"Michael Cash" <bugg...@fake.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:38:58 +0900, "Dave Fossett"
> <re...@via.newsgroup> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
> >"Michael Cash" <bugg...@fake.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That would indeed be interesting, since the city of Saitama didn't
> >> exist before it merged with Omiya.
> >
> >Precisely.
> >I did also notice your name mentioned, although I can't figure out
whether
> >you are responsible for asking or answering the question about why high
> >school kids ride their bikes with the saddles down low. I always wondered
> >about this too.
>
> Yeah, that was me. Another mystery that remains unexplained.
>
> Let's make a list of things the Japanese seem incapable of
> comprehending. I'll start it off:
>
1. How to adjust bicycle seat height
2. The use of thermostats
3. The history of their own country
4.
Murgi
> you get the ant-burner magnifying glass effect and they're fire
> hazards.
Has that ever happened? I don't know whether plastic material would have the
same effect as a magnifying glass. Maybe not possible with a water-filled
PET bottle.
A drop of water, however, can do this trick. I saw it in a documentary
movie.
Sigi
Mad Dan
> > Let's make a list of things the Japanese seem incapable of
> > comprehending. I'll start it off:
> >
>
>
> 1. How to adjust bicycle seat height
> 2. The use of thermostats
> 3. The history of their own country
4. The fact that there might be other people behind you when you reach
the top of the escalator
Chris Kern
the following:
5. That warts can be removed with a simple medical procedure
6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
-Chris
Murgi
What do you have in mind? Applying a cream or liquid? Works with very
shallow ones. I have yet to see a doctor who uses a laser to remove them.
It's always butchery. Usually he cools the area down to minus XX degrees and
cuts it out. The blood transfusion is extra...
> 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
>
What do you mean here? That has not much to do with Japan...
Sigi
Dave Fossett
> 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
Or more importantly: That colds can be cured by going to the doctor and
getting a prescription for antibiotics.
Drew Hamilton
wrote:
>What do you have in mind? Applying a cream or liquid? Works with very shallow
>ones. I have yet to see a doctor who uses a laser to remove them. It's always
>butchery. Usually he cools the area down to minus XX degrees and cuts it out.
>The blood transfusion is extra...
I've had a procedure where the wart itself is cooled down to minus xx degrees
by means of a q-tip soaked in liquid nitrogen. Then over the next week or
so, the wart blows up to double size and then just dries up and falls off.
- awh
Haluk Skywalker
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I guess it does. Hence all the humidifiers.
Haluk Skywalker
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> Chris Kern wrote:
>
> > 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
>
> Or more importantly: That colds can be cured by going to the doctor and
> getting a prescription for antibiotics.
Not likely in Japan. Drugs in Japan (at least the ones I used) were like pet
food.
Mad Dan
> Chris Kern wrote:
>
> > 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
>
> Or more importantly: That colds can be cured by going to the doctor and
> getting a prescription for antibiotics.
Or MORE importantly: That colds are not life-threatening diseases
Chris Kern
posted the following:
>I wrote:
>> 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
>>
>
>What do you mean here? That has not much to do with Japan...
I had never heard of the idea that dry air caused colds before I came
to Japan, and I've never seen such obsessive usage of humidifiers and
masks (which are supposed to moisten the air) before.
The supposed explanation that I've heard from people is that the germs
"stick to your throat" if the air is dry. This is also why gargling
is supposed to help prevent colds -- because it removes the germs that
gather at the back of your throat. It all sounds like nonsense to me.
-Chris
The 2-Belo
5. The man-in-wheelchair logo printed on certain parking spaces does not mean
"loud black hooligan sedan parking".
Raj Feridun
<re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>Chris Kern wrote:
>
>> 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
>
>Or more importantly: That colds can be cured by going to the doctor and
>getting a prescription for antibiotics.
Yes, this is a HUGE concern for me. The over-prescription of
antibiotics in Japan is way worse than in the USA where I thought it
was bad. But the real problem is the Japanese notion that if a doctor
doesn't prescribe you with some sort of medication on each and every
visit that that doctor is somehow incompetent.
Ryan Ginstrom
"Raj Feridun" <rfe...@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:28:37 +0900, "Dave Fossett"
> <re...@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>
> >Chris Kern wrote:
> >
> >> 6. That colds are caused by a virus (rather than by dry air)
> >
> >Or more importantly: That colds can be cured by going to the doctor and
> >getting a prescription for antibiotics.
>
> Yes, this is a HUGE concern for me. The over-prescription of
> antibiotics in Japan is way worse than in the USA where I thought it
> was bad.
You know what's really scary -- that doctors will give you just a week's
worth of antibiotics (for a viral infection) -- and even *tell* you to stop
taking them once you feel better. What a perfect way to build up resistance!
Another less harmful but equally silly thing is all the IVs. They are
admittedly mostly just a nuisance, but I got really upset when I found out
that they had forced one on my 3 year-old son, three nurses holding him down
as he kicked and screamed. My son had some kind of virus, and mild diarrhea,
but was taking fluids fine and wasn't dehydrated. The IV was "just in case"
and forcing it on him to the point of hysterics was for his own good.
--
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
Murgi
> > >
> >
> > What do you mean here? That has not much to do with Japan...
> >
>
> I guess it does. Hence all the humidifiers.
>
>
on it, will do the trick... and you have always hot water for tea and coffee
at hand, and a warm room. The only setback is that most of these heaters
don't have an exhaust pipe to the outside.
Murgi
> antibiotics in Japan is way worse than in the USA where I thought it
> was bad.
I can't agree with you on this one. When I caught a heavy cold, the doctor
would prescribe drugs that lasted 2 or 3 days only in order to force me back
and provide him with a handsome income. And since the pharmacy next door is
often manned by a close relative, it's a perfect symbiosis. On of my
neighbors gets bigger volumes of drugs since she has a chronic disease.
In Germany it's far worse. Pharmacists will give you drugs that are packed
in various sizes. I had to throw out many of them after the expiration date,
and they were hardly used.
But the real problem is the Japanese notion that if a doctor
> doesn't prescribe you with some sort of medication on each and every
> visit that doctor is somehow incompetent.
If he operates the pharmacy himself it's called 'self-interest'. They are
even selling the free samples too!!! Well, a woman dermatologist in my area
did it and forgot to tear off a label at the back side of the tube... I
would have reported her if I was a Japanese!
Chris Kern
<the2...@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> posted the following:
>5. The man-in-wheelchair logo printed on certain parking spaces does not mean
>"loud black hooligan sedan parking".
Or "bicycle parking area". I've had times where I parked my bike
elsewhere and found that upon exiting the restaurant someone had moved
my bike into the handicapped spot from wherever I put it.
-Chris
Bruno
"Drew Hamilton" <a...@awh.org> a écrit dans le message de
news:nbgcg1-...@urd.awh.org...
Same here. Hurts like hell, the nitrogen making contact.