Fattwins 0 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 ok 5000 yen a day is not cheap at all I pay 42000 a month. get out of that apartment now! hotels are cheaper and they will serve you food. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 14, 2003 Author Share Posted June 14, 2003 My mistake it is 5000 a month. I messed up after you thought it was 5000 a day. That would be alot of money. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Ok thats a big difference you jets do get alot of breaks that normal people dont. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Author Share Posted June 15, 2003 what would be the response if I had posted thats homosexual Is that a more a PC thing to say. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Don't go worrying yourself - Mr Ocean is a sensitive soul who shys away from controversy and any confrontation. Adhere to polite rules and all-round respect and you'll be fine Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Let's get this straight. I did not attack you. I asked you politely not to use an expression that needlessly attacks a whole group of people who have done nothing to merit an attack of that kind. It has nothing to do with being PC. I thought you might perhaps understand and drop it, but it seems you're a bit too stupid, or are looking for a fight. Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 How about your verbal attack and branding of people who do not want to have children Ocean11? Is that not an attack on a whole group of people who have done nothing to merit such an abusive attack? Seems it to me. Just want to understand how your branding of people as perverse is different from this? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 That was a thread that started with a question about why people have the nerve to ask if you're going to have children. I answered the question, using reasoned arguments that can be judged on their merits. Now in this thread, somebody has decided to take a swipe at gays for no good reason at all, without any relevance to anything else. Irrespective of what I personally think of gays, I find that sort of behaviour offensive. If I happen to be down on hispanics and think that my bigotry may find a sympathetic ear on a forum, should I perhaps say, "This game company's policy is no good. It's totally hispanic"? Think about it... Link to post Share on other sites
proudtobegay 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Hey darls. Speaking as a proud gay person, I don't take any real offense at all from that initial comment. If it were laced with hatred and written differently - maybe. But as it is, I think I can cope. Hell, ILiveToSki probably is gay him/herself And if he's serious, I'd just feel sorry for the person. Ocean11, I don't know you at all, but from what I have read on here you seem to be one of the people throwing around insults and demeaning people the most. Your comments on that baby thread came across as way more offensive and filled with hatred than the "that is gay" comment, thats for sure. You obviously have a good command of the English language - that's your job right? - so you can play around with words very well. Congrats! But as for you coming on all innocent and serious concerning other peoples very mild comments - COME ON! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Lets stick to takayama I never read that other thread. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 16, 2003 Author Share Posted June 16, 2003 It was sarcasm at its poorest. I am not gay and I have no problem with gay people. If your happy all the more for you. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Author Share Posted June 17, 2003 Well like Fattwins said we should get back to the original topic. How big is a 4.5 tatami room Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Your parents walk-in closet is bigger. Is that what they are giving you? Ouch. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Author Share Posted June 17, 2003 no I have a 2LDK or that is what I am told. It is an older building as well so that probably means squat toilet. 2 4.5 tatami rooms 1 6 tatami room That would be funny if I lived in one tiny little room but then that would make sense for how much rent I am paying. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Fairly small. Not big. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Each tatami mat is 85.5 centimeters wide and 179 centimeters in length (in inches, that's about 33.5 by 70.5). Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 It will be bie enough to have parties - thats all you need to know. Hopefully the 4.5 mat rooms will be joined by a sliding door so you can take then out and put them somewhere - voila! Instant 9 mat room. I pay 5000 yen a month and my place is pretty reasonable size. Youll be living by yourself too so you dont need that much room really. Bring lots of deoderant and toothpaste. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 I don't understand this mania for deodorant and toothpaste. They have those things here. They work OK. I was told I needed to bring aspirin when I came to Japan so I brought a big bottle of the stuff. That was space wasted in my rucksack that could have held something that they don't actually have in Japan. Bring CD cases! They don't have CD cases in Japan! Very few old apartments these days have squat bogs, so you'll likely have something civilized (although they still put those horrible unhygienic splatter traps in new public toilets when they build them...why??) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: I don't understand this mania for deodorant and toothpaste. They have those things here.) Yeah but the deodorant is rare and only in a few selected stores and dont have good stuff and the toothpaste here is crap! seen the locals teeth lately? fluoride is not a standard feature on toothpaste Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Toothpaste doesnt cut it here. pit stick is rare. The spary is crap here. Are friend will have no chance to buy pit stick here or extra strength tylnyol. That room sounds fine. If you get a squater you can buy a seat at the store from between 30 and 50 bucks. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Author Share Posted June 17, 2003 No extra strength tylenol. I live for that stuff. That and Iboprophen. Pop two when I ski and I can go all day. As for the toilet. Squatting isn't all that bad. I've done it lots in the sticks and got pretty good at it but I just found out that my toilet is western style so no worries there. Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Squatting occasionally is very different from squatting many times each day. Glad to hear you got the western toilet. When I was first here the first place I lived in had a J toilet, I really hated it big time. I was so relieved to move into a place with a western. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 They dont carry extra strength in my neck of the woods. Iboprophen can be found..... I think they are a bit expensive. I dont down any of that stuff I prefer to feel the pain. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Asprine is just cheaper elswhere. But obtainable in most kusuri-ya's. Deodorant...don't know one Japanese that uses it. But I see it even at Family Mart..and it works. My wife owns some from her tenure in the States. What I reccomend is that if you are big..bring plenty of clothes. Your gonna be inaka as it is and unless there is a Takayama GAP...good luck finding big stuff. The squatter...geez, try using that w/ a broken leg! Link to post Share on other sites
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