Every so often my faith in people is renewed
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Good story.
An older member of my family switches off OD for city driving. Unfortunately, offering the same info you did had no effect. Old dogs: 1 New tricks: 1 Tie game :) |
Just curious Ben... are you talking to this guy strictly in Japanese? Are you finding that living there is really helping your language skills?
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My fiance's father is a bit tougher. In fact, when he came here and was going to be driving my mom's RX400h, he asked where the button was. I told him, that this was a FE-focused car, and that a button like that (OD manual override
) would not be on the car. Haha... he is reallllly insane though. He is a cop, and he floors it (literally, 100% throttle) any time that he presses the gas. What is even worse, is that he does this constantly. He will floor it, then release, floor it and release. It actually makes my fiance's older sister throw up when we drive with him in his diesel van. Good job on converting an ojisan. How the hell you were able to pull that off is beyond me. I don't even bother with them anymore. |
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Ben:
Bring me some Co Co Ichiban Curry Please! If you haven't tried CoCo's yet please do it's the bomb. Get chicken cutlet curry level 3 and you should be golden. Have you thought about buying any cars out there? |
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When driving through the mountains I always turn overdrive off. Of course, if I'm driving a manual that's a problem I don't have to worry about :D
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Ben:
CoCo's also has mushroom curry and some other non meat curry's. I'll tell you what if you're not satisfied I'll paypal you the cost of the meal. Enjoy. |
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Ben:
Coco Ichiban is a chain of stores. I'm not sure where you're at so I couldn't tell you. If you can read Japanese here is the website https://www.ichibanya.co.jp/ You can put in the postal code to find one on the website. If you can't read it PM me your location and I'll have my wife look it up. |
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Motto renshu sheetai desu ka? :) |
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Soooo, is Lost in Translation semi-accurate or way off in its portrayal of the Japanese culture?
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Okay, just wondering. I think that there are two things at work in that movie. First is the desire for humor or for something ridiculous. Second is that businessmen with cash to spend experience a very different "culture" than the people who live in the country. So while the movie may show some of the weird stuff that businessmen see, it is not representative of the experience of the typical Japanese.
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I thought the movie was terrible and didn't really have a plot. I might not be mature enough, I guess.
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Yeah, it was not my favorite. I think that there is more that you identify with when you get older, but it doesn't make the movie any better.
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