The Weather Thread.

[Grumpy Gramps]

i studied german philosophy centering on kant

Hermann or Immanuel?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

i studied german philosophy centering on kant

Hermann or Immanuel?

Can't

[wagyl]

i studied german philosophy centering on kant

Hermann or Immanuel?

Can't

No, you misunderstand. He was referring to cant

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

[Wage Slave]

Pretty windy last night. Most powerful typhoon I can remember in these parts. All seems well this morning though.

[matsuki]

Pretty windy last night. Most powerful typhoon I can remember in these parts. All seems well this morning though.

Maybe my location is just out of reach but wind/rain was nowhere near the hype near me.

[Russell]

Yep, wind was stronger than expected. No damage to my property, and neither did the neighborhood look affected this morning.

[Takechanpoo]

No, you misunderstand. He was referring to cant

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

and you also ever have pretended to be one of prominent japanologists among gaijin circle in spite of the fact that you can just understand and read at most high-school-level japanese, right?
well, never mind. it happens. i know.

[inflames]

In Osaka it rained all weekend and was nice and sunny to get on the train to go to work.... Work was nice too, until about 9:05 when people deciding being exposed to sunlight is incredibly dangerous and closed the blinds....

Some people who live really far (like middle of nowhere Nara or Hyogo) couldn't come today - I envy them.

[Russell]

In Osaka it rained all weekend and was nice and sunny to get on the train to go to work.... Work was nice too, until about 9:05 when people deciding being exposed to sunlight is incredibly dangerous and closed the blinds....

Some people who live really far (like middle of nowhere Nara or Hyogo) couldn't come today - I envy them.

Uhm, I live in Hyogo and work in Osaka, but had only a 10 minute delay to reach my office. Actually, the weather in Hyogo was better than in Osaka in the morning, especially the wind in Hyogo was weaker.

[inflames]

In Osaka it rained all weekend and was nice and sunny to get on the train to go to work.... Work was nice too, until about 9:05 when people deciding being exposed to sunlight is incredibly dangerous and closed the blinds....

Some people who live really far (like middle of nowhere Nara or Hyogo) couldn't come today - I envy them.

Uhm, I live in Hyogo and work in Osaka, but had only a 10 minute delay to reach my office. Actually, the weather in Hyogo was better than in Osaka in the morning, especially the wind in Hyogo was weaker.

Die hard boss (as in he had the flu, got sent home for 5 days and tried to come back for the fifth day - got sent home) lives in Sanda and wasn't there. Old boss, who lives in Nishinomiya, wasn't there either but there is the chance he just couldn't be fucked with coming to work today.

[Russell]

In Osaka it rained all weekend and was nice and sunny to get on the train to go to work.... Work was nice too, until about 9:05 when people deciding being exposed to sunlight is incredibly dangerous and closed the blinds....

Some people who live really far (like middle of nowhere Nara or Hyogo) couldn't come today - I envy them.

Uhm, I live in Hyogo and work in Osaka, but had only a 10 minute delay to reach my office. Actually, the weather in Hyogo was better than in Osaka in the morning, especially the wind in Hyogo was weaker.

Die hard boss (as in he had the flu, got sent home for 5 days and tried to come back for the fifth day - got sent home) lives in Sanda and wasn't there. Old boss, who lives in Nishinomiya, wasn't there either but there is the chance he just couldn't be fucked with coming to work today.

One of my secretaries lives not too far from Nishinomiya, and she was one hour late due to a big delay of the JR.

I live much more to the western part of Hyogo, and only had a minor inconvenience, but I do not travel by JR.

Looks like one of your bosses is a lazy bum...

Regarding your die-hard boss, I dunno about Sanda, but it is beyond Rokko mountain north of Kobe, isn't it, so there could have been significant damage there. I heard in Kobe wind speeds of 45 m/s were measured, though that was probably near the coast.

[Mike Oxlong]

It's four degrees cooler the last couple mornings than it was going in to work last week. Fucken eh right!

[Mike Oxlong]

The eye of Typhoon Saola has just passed over us, and is on the way to mainland Japan. A cat1 currently, light damage to potted plants, fruit crops, and stray garbage bins reported.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

One of my secretaries...

You have more than one secretary?
Or is that a euphemism?

[Coligny]

One of my secretaries...

You have more than one secretary?
Or is that a euphemism?

You mean like left hand / right hand ?

[Russell]

One of my secretaries...

You have more than one secretary?
Or is that a euphemism?

You mean like left hand / right hand ?

Don't ignore my middle hand...

[Coligny]

Zee one shoved up yer bum by zee puppetmaster ?

[Russell]

Zee one shoved up yer bum by zee puppetmaster ?

Noh, zee one at zee ozer zide...

[legion]

Zee one shoved up yer bum by zee puppetmaster ?

Noh, zee one at zee ozer zide...

Waz zat on za Zuyder Zee?

[Russell]

Zee one shoved up yer bum by zee puppetmaster ?

Noh, zee one at zee ozer zide...

Waz zat on za Zuyder Zee?

LOL.

We at the Dutch side don't know Admiral Blake, but for sure we learn about Admiral Tromp at school.

But now the name Tromp has fallen, I wonder whether he has a relative in the U.S.A....

[legion]

We don't remember Blake either, but we certainly remember Tromp, he gets the best lines in the song.

I really wished you hadn't pointed out that possible connection, I've always liked that song.....

on the upside we Britanians could disown the Donald

[Taro Toporific]

Winds from North Korea nuclear test site may send radiation toward Japan, AccuWeather says
accuweather.com | Nov. 1, 2017 ]
Following a deadly tunnel collapse at a North Korean nuclear test site, winds may strengthen from the northwest and direct radiation toward northern Japan, according to AccuWeather research...
...Dr. Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather founder and president. "We know from other news reports that there has been an accident at the nuclear test site, and the situation that North Korea may have anticipated with radiation being contained within North Korea has changed. As winds pick up out of the northwest over the next few days, it is possible that any radiation that leaks from the site could be carried and dispersed across the Sea of Japan [East Sea] and even to the Japanese islands."
The threat may include Hokkaido and far-northern Honshu, with the possibility of radiation reaching areas farther south this weekend, local time.
More...

nuke.jpg

[Russell]

Winds from North Korea nuclear test site may send radiation toward Japan, AccuWeather says
accuweather.com | Nov. 1, 2017 ]
Following a deadly tunnel collapse at a North Korean nuclear test site, winds may strengthen from the northwest and direct radiation toward northern Japan, according to AccuWeather research...
...Dr. Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather founder and president. "We know from other news reports that there has been an accident at the nuclear test site, and the situation that North Korea may have anticipated with radiation being contained within North Korea has changed. As winds pick up out of the northwest over the next few days, it is possible that any radiation that leaks from the site could be carried and dispersed across the Sea of Japan [East Sea] and even to the Japanese islands."
The threat may include Hokkaido and far-northern Honshu, with the possibility of radiation reaching areas farther south this weekend, local time.
More...

nuke.jpg

Hmm, yeah, it appears a tunnel newly being dug into the test-mountain collapsed a couple of weeks ago, killing 100 workers.

Then, 100 more workers moving in to rescue them were killed in a subsequent collapse.

One can only hope that there were some "experts" among those who were killed, but the exactly round number of 100 raises my suspicion that this story is not true.

[Coligny]

Don't nuke sombies... it kills the bacterias and stop decay...

So instead of having rotten corpses trying to eat you, you have perfectly preserved radioactive corpses trying to kill you...

[Grumpy Gramps]

China's Space Station is not out of Control and Falling to Earth, Space Agency tries to assure Public

'The remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface'.

China’s space station is not out of control and people living under it aren’t in danger, a leading Chinese engineer has said amid fears it could soon slam down to Earth.

Repeated warnings have suggested that the space agency has lost control of its station and that it could plummet down to Earth. But it has told the public that it knows exactly what is going on with it.

Tiangong-1, which translates as “heavenly palace”, was launched into orbit in 2011. Since then it has been undertaking experiments, in large part as a test to have a permanent station in space by 2023.

It was supposed to be decommissioned in 2013, with a controlled destruction. That has been repeatedly delayed, however, leading to fears that it could be out of control and the Chinese space agency is simply waiting for it to fall back to Earth.

If it did so and managed to land over a populated area, the remains of the space station that don’t burn up on re-entry could cause serious damage.

hu Congpeng, a top engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told the state-backed Science and Technology Daily newspaper that the space station was not crashing and did not pose a safety or environmental threat.

“We have been continuously monitoring Tiangong-1 and expect to allow it to fall within the first half of this year,” Mr Zhu told the newspaper.

“It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface,” he said.

**sigh of relief** So it won't rain space stations and I won't have to adjust my window blinds then. Happy days.

[Russell]

China's Space Station is not out of Control and Falling to Earth, Space Agency tries to assure Public

'The remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface'.

China’s space station is not out of control and people living under it aren’t in danger, a leading Chinese engineer has said amid fears it could soon slam down to Earth.

Repeated warnings have suggested that the space agency has lost control of its station and that it could plummet down to Earth. But it has told the public that it knows exactly what is going on with it.

Tiangong-1, which translates as “heavenly palace”, was launched into orbit in 2011. Since then it has been undertaking experiments, in large part as a test to have a permanent station in space by 2023.

It was supposed to be decommissioned in 2013, with a controlled destruction. That has been repeatedly delayed, however, leading to fears that it could be out of control and the Chinese space agency is simply waiting for it to fall back to Earth.

If it did so and managed to land over a populated area, the remains of the space station that don’t burn up on re-entry could cause serious damage.

hu Congpeng, a top engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told the state-backed Science and Technology Daily newspaper that the space station was not crashing and did not pose a safety or environmental threat.

“We have been continuously monitoring Tiangong-1 and expect to allow it to fall within the first half of this year,” Mr Zhu told the newspaper.

“It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface,” he said.

**sigh of relief** So it won't rain space stations and I won't have to adjust my window blinds then. Happy days.

It is impossible to designate an area where that space station is to come down.

And if the Chinese could designate such an area, they almost certainly would choose the Senkakus...

[legion]

So it snowed a lot in Tokyo
Then it froze
And it becomes obvious who has a sense of community and who doesn't. Let's keep in mind we have an aging population and while slipping over on ice may just be embarrassing for many, for the elderly it can be the beginning of a fatal downward spiral.

So on the "didn't clear the snow in front of their premises list" I give you the Lexus showroom on the Tohachi road.
Wankers.

[Takechanpoo]

So on the "didn't clear the snow in front of their premises list" I give you the Lexus showroom on the Tohachi road.
Wankers.

also in front of my neighboring suzuki and toyota dealer shops, the snow on the sidework is left to be frozen. but its just because unluckily the snowing day was their weekly holiday, not because they are wanker. and mostly tuseday is weekly holiday for j-car dealer shops.
you didnt even know that? eh?

[Grumpy Gramps]

Dead people don't clog up the streets with unnecessary traffic, so kill 'em. Pedestrians don't buy Lexuses anyway.

[legion]

So on the "didn't clear the snow in front of their premises list" I give you the Lexus showroom on the Tohachi road.
Wankers.

also in front of my neighboring suzuki and toyota dealer shops, the snow on the sidework is left to be frozen. but its just because unluckily the snowing day was their weekly holiday, not because they are wanker. and mostly tuseday is weekly holiday for j-car dealer shops.
you didnt even know that? eh?

If today was Wednesday you might have a point
Instead you are just trying to score one and failing