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Country: United States
State: Ohio
Interests: Taekwondo, Radio DJ, computers, staring out my window
Expertise: I have no expertise. I prefer to think of myself as "well rounded"
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Member Since:
11/20/2002
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| Ok, I know I haven't posted in a long long time. Maybe someday I'll do a substance post. For now, here's a cute picture that greatly amused me.
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| Allison! Since you are back from Europe, I expect a post!!!!! :P
My parents now have four cats. I get to go home and meet the two "newer" ones this weekend. But for now, here are some pictures of the "older" ones...now about four months old. They are both girls. We found out an interesting fact from the Vet...about 90% or so of all calico cats are female.
First, here's patch on my dad's knee.
Now here's Callie just sitting.
And finally, both of them together. Probably thinking about getting into something.
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| Nate, this image reminds me of the bathroom standoffs between you and the ducks.
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| Hmm, maybe I'll try this "posting" thing a month after I've taken my trip.
First off, the Japanse are very efficient in their use of space. Take my hotel room for instance...
Thats about the extent of it. Thats all of the floor space. The bed (slightly larger than a normal single) was flush against the wall. The bathroom was tinny as well.
First, the sink and the toilet were connected.
Second, there was tubing goign from the fawcett to the shower head. The controls for the sink were the same as the controls for the shower. The bathtub was short, but very deep.
Japan also had some of the most complicated and some of the most "primative" toilets I have ever seen. First, this was one of the public toilets at the hotel. Note the buttons on the left.
Then, there were additional controls to the left on the wall.
It took me literally five minutes one day to find the flush mechanism. You can see the flusher in the toilet pic...its just a mechanical lever on the left hand side (facing). There were, of course, normal toilets. And then there the train station toilets...which were basically troughs in the ground. You are supposed to use the bathroom by squatting and in fact these are called squat toilets. Maybe those of you better travel than I have heard of these before. They were new to me. Fortunately I never had to resort to using one.
Also, here is the McGyvered "circuit" for the room. Basically, or
long metal key chain was supposed to go in this slot, but a metal pen
did nicely. None of the electricity in the room (aside from the
fridge) would work without the pen or keychain in the slot.
Breakfast seemed to be the most entertaining combination of foods.
We got two rolls, butter, soup, salad (with exactly one slice of
tomato), potato salad, one hard boiled egg, two slices of meet, a slice
of grapefruit, and a small container of yogurt. This was the "Western"
style breakfast. I couldn't identify the items on the normal
breakfast... =]
Welll, thats group 1 of the Japan pics and commentary. Enjoy.
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