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Positive things about your train station
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Sweetsee



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:01 am    Post subject: Positive things about your train station Reply with quote

Mine:
Very little vehicle traffic.
Very few power lines.
No pachinko.
Easy on the eyes.


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kdynamic



Joined: 05 Nov 2005
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Location: Japan

PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hrm, that was a silly and confusing thread title. Mad
there is nothing good about my train station.


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JimDunlop2



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lots of helpful young men dressed in suits sporting punch-permed hair, talking on keitais, offering employment advice to young ladies passing by...


No. Wait... Nevermind.


Large, black welcome busses playing catching marching music and covered with Japanese flags to greet people arrivng at the station...

Oh.. uhh... Wait a minute... Scratch that.

Nice, friendly taxi drivers offering to teach you colloquial Japanese expressions... Well, actually, not really.

Sorry, Sweetsee. Come to think of it, my station really sucks! In fact, it could really be improved with a couple of pounds of C4 and a bulldozer.


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Gordon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Train station? Has a train arriving about every 20 mins. I think I take a train about once a year now from there.
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canuck



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are trains at my station.
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Synne



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Location: Tohoku

PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuck wrote:
There are trains at my station.


Haha, I was going to say the same thing.

It has trains...and ppl...

...and ppl on trains.
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Sweetsee



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess you had to have been there.
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yamanote senbei



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JimDunlop2 wrote:
Lots of helpful young men dressed in suits sporting punch-permed hair, talking on keitais, offering employment advice to young ladies passing by...

Large, black welcome busses playing catching marching music and covered with Japanese flags to greet people arrivng at the station...


That sounds a lot like Shinjuku, Jim.
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JimDunlop2



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah it does, doesn't it? Except mine's out in the back-assward boonies.. They just WANNABE like Shinjuku. It's kinda like Shinjuku-lite. All the charm, but half the riff-raff of the real thing.
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bshabu



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The starting point for half the trains(Not only can I find a seat but I can get one next to the door)

There's a MOS Burger nearby.

NO Pachinko
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Khyron



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

+ It's quiet.
+ The cute little grocery store that I shop at it right across the street from it.
+It's a short walk from my place.
+It's only two stops from a major station.
+It's not on a major line.
+I don't pay for my tickets.

-It's not on a major line.

I kind of like it.

Quote:
Lots of helpful young men dressed in suits sporting punch-permed hair, talking on keitais, offering employment advice to young ladies passing by...
Laughing

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markle



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

5 min brisk walk/ 3 min mad morning scramble
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harlemknight



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sweet old woman who works in the platform kiosk, smiles when she sees me, says "otsukare" and hands me a can of Kirin without my having to ask.
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Sweetsee



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is sweet isn't it, these are the kind of posts I was hoping for.
Seems like Canuck found a fan to help with the canoe.
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canuck



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sweetsee wrote:
That is sweet isn't it, these are the kind of posts I was hoping for.
Seems like Canuck found a fan to help with the canoe.


Sweetsee, you always pose these random questions, because you are either bored, or get your jollies off from seeing people answer them. You asked a meaningless question, and I gave an honest answer. Then you take a swipe, that doesn't make sense.

A suggestion...try spending more time thinking about your failures, so that you can forget them.
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