Earthquake!

[IparryU]

I always wonder about this. Potatoes, tomatoes, and corn are all from the Americas yet the way they PR them in Japan, you'd think they were traditional foods, native to Hokkaido.

(same for the "dragonfruit"...exotic fruit from tropical Asia it is not. It's the pitaya and from a fucking Mexican cactus)

Ya... lets not go into claiming mode... everyone will have to pay loyalties to the USofA, Mexico, Brazil, and a whole shit load of shit cuntries...

by shit cuntries... I mean walk around with machete and chop you up if you don't move your car in a timely matter at a "stop light"... or leave your head on your door step so your kids can find it if you dont do something or do something you aint supposed to do...

no needs to give them monies... and really no need to pay japan for something that they didnt make... have.. etc...

[Coligny]

by shit cuntries... I mean walk around with machete and chop you up if you don't move your car in a timely matter at a "stop light"... or leave your head on your door step so your kids can find it if you dont do something or do something you aint supposed to do...

There's food growing in Detroit ?

[matsuki]

There's food growing in Detroit ?

I was gonna guess China but either the blade would fall off or the blade would shatter up such an act. Stainless steel in China is like recycled aluminum foil...

[Coligny]

Stainless steel in China is like recycled aluminum foil...

I think you underestimate the street value of aluminum...

[matsuki]

I think you underestimate the street value of aluminum...

If it's not Chinese that is, no telling what kinds of toxins and heavy metals are in Chinese "aluminum."

[Samurai_Jerk]

It's pretty crazy if you think about all the "traditional" food from around the world that are the result of Columbus bumping into the Americas on his way to India.

- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Corn
- Peanuts
- Chili Peppers
- Pineapples

[Coligny]

Yup and today, all those would be confiscated by the customs...

[Taro Toporific]

WTF is wrong with the Japanese (JMA) Earthquake Early Warning---no warning AGAIN.

[INDENT]Earthquake Japan Earthquake
Magnitude 4.9 Intensity 4 earthquake Nov-03 19:34 JST at Ibaraki-ken Nambu (36.0N/140.1E) Depth 70 km
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111103193835384-031934.html

[/INDENT]

[Coligny]

You want warnings for a #4 ?

[Yokohammer]

WTF is wrong with the Japanese (JMA) Earthquake Early Warning---no warning AGAIN.

I thought the warning was only issued if the expected maximum "shindo" was 5 or higher. In this case since the magnitude at epicenter was 4.9 the max. shindo wouldn't be any higher than that.

By the way ... didn't feel a thing.

[Catoneinutica]

Felt it like a mofo here in Chiba. That was only a 4.9?

[Coligny]

By the way ... didn't feel a thing.

How many beerz ?

[waruta]

Felt the pre-shocks vibrate before I felt the whole thing starting to move. The phone didn't make a sound but helpfully announced an earthquake had happened a full 30 seconds after it passed. Useless.

[Yokohammer]

How many beerz ?

None!
No alcohol since December last year (maybe that's my problem ... I'm sober and numb).

[Mike Oxlong]

All right...I'll bite. Why?

[Yokohammer]

All right...I'll bite. Why?

Why did I stop drinking?
Probably not the thread for this, but in brief it's a combination of: 1) to boost my immune system*, 2) to lose weight**, and 3) I'm so damn busy with "life" that I need the sober/hangover-free time to take care of it all.***

So far so good!

[SIZE="1"]* Seems to be working ... haven't even caught a cold this year thus far.
** This is working too, albeit slowly.
*** Also working. I'm getting a heck of a lot done.[/SIZE]

[Mike Oxlong]

Yeah, OT I'm sure, but how has it been keeping that sort of discipline here where, well...

[Greji]

Why did I stop drinking?
Probably not the thread for this, but in brief it's a combination of: 1) to boost my immune system*, 2) to lose weight**, and 3) I'm so damn busy with "life" that I need the sober time to take care of it all.***

So far so good!

[SIZE="1"]* Seems to be working ... haven't even caught a cold this year thus far.
** This is working too, albeit slowly.
*** Also working. I'm getting a heck of a lot done.[/SIZE]

I'll drink to that....

[Yokohammer]

Yeah, OT I'm sure, but how has it been keeping that sort of discipline here where, well...

I think I can bring this back on topic, sorta ...

I had initially planned to make it a short 3-month stint until my birthday in March. But then the big earthquake and tsunami struck (see! we're back on topic!), and staying sober so I could jump in the car and drive at any time became a matter of survival for a while. So I just stayed with it.

Another bonus is that my concentration has improved quite a bit.

[Yokohammer]

I'll drink to that....

I knew you would!
(I was waiting for that).

[Mike Oxlong]

I think I can bring this back on topic, sorta ...

I had initially planned to make it a short 3-month stint until my birthday in March. But then the big earthquake and tsunami struck (see! we're back on topic!), and staying sober so I could jump in the car and drive at any time became a matter of survival for a while. So I just stayed with it.

Another bonus is that my concentration has improved quite a bit.

What were we talking about...?:confused:

Oh yeah! I remember being encouraged to drive drunk home from parties not long after I first arrived here. Things have changed since the mid-to-late '90s.

I admire your discipline. Kinda reminds me of General Lee...

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
Robert E. Lee

[Samurai_Jerk]

Robert E Lee sounds like a real pussy. No wonder we lost the War of Northern Aggression.

[Taro Toporific]

Felt it like a mofo here in Chiba. That was only a 4.9?

It knocked my full wine glass off my computer desk so it was definitely "serious" quake.

[Coligny]

(I'm an asshole... I knowz...)

[Iraira]

Why did I stop drinking?
Probably not the thread for this, but in brief it's a combination of: 1) to boost my immune system*, 2) to lose weight**, and 3) I'm so damn busy with "life" that I need the sober/hangover-free time to take care of it all.

I know this disappoints many, but congrats. I've been an oolong cha teetotaler since 1997 (condiments other than alcohol possibly not included in such a ban, I use the word "possibly" should this post wind up in my file at immigration), although I encourage rampant consumption of anything by those that wish to consume. Found that I also saved a lot of money once the ethanol was evicted from my wallet. (see Jew York video in another thread)

[Yokohammer]

Found that I also saved a lot of money once the ethanol was evicted from my wallet. (see Jew York video in another thread)

And yes! That's another bennie that somehow escaped my sobriety-enhanced memory and concentration: the cost of living gets considerably cheaper.

Do you have a "Since 1997" sign on your door?

[matsuki]

LOL, I was at a rest stop in Tochigi when it hit. Browsing the magazines while waiting for a lemur to come out of the restroom. I couldn't feel it at all while standing but the magazine rack in front of me was making all the fake boobies on the magazines jiggle right before my very eyes.

[Iraira]

Do you have a "Since 1997" sign on your door?

No, I had it laminated on my liver.

[Mike Oxlong]

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor northwest of Okinawa, Japan, near noon Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor, which hit at 11:59 a.m. (9:59 p.m. Monday ET) was measured at a depth of 209.5 kilometers (130.2 miles), according to the USGS.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any alerts, saying there was no tsunami generated by the quake.

The epicenter was 218 kilometers (136 miles) northwest of Naha, Okinawa, and 497 kilometers (309 miles) from Taipei, Taiwan, the USGS said...

A bit of a rare shaker down here, similar to the one we had in late Feb. 2010.

[Yokohammer]

There was just a 5+ in Hitachi city, Ibaraki. 10:23 AM.
No tsunami warning.

Felt that one up here.