A few things to note:
1) Tokyo smells like North Carolina. Everybody smokes.
2) Pedestrian traffic flows on the left, just like street traffic.
3) Cyclists who ride on the sidewalks expect pedestrians, even those from distant lands, to understand item #2.
4) On escalators, standers stand on the left, walkers walk on the right. Don’ be a...
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Travel Tips From Tokyo
Crazy Japanese Rube Goldberg Machines
Long video, but worth it.
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My New Catch Phrase
In the Inbox this am:
Dear customer of Chase Bank,
Technical services of the Chase Bank are carrying out a planned software upgrade. We earnestly ask you to visit the following link to start the procedure of confirmation on customers data.
To get started, please click the link below:
https://Chase.com/update?account152030896
This instruction has been sent to all bank...
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Crappy Business Letters
Scores of them. Acres. A few excerpts:
Congratulations on Outstanding Achievement:
There is no doubt that your recent achievements will be
spoken of for some time to come and that the admiration
for your accomplishments is felt by all of us within the
industry as well as the general public.
Refusal of Request for Letter of Recommendation:
Your request for a...
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Heist
Heist
From the OED:
heist (_____). slang (orig. U.S.).
A hold-up, a robbery; also attrib. and Comb. Also as v., to hold up, rob, steal. So
‘heister, a robber, a hijacker; a shoplifter. Cf. hist v.2 2, hoist v. 6 and n. 5.
1927 Dialect Notes V. 449 Heister, n. (1)...
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Industrial Hardwood Electrics
Coming soon…
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