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alexcase
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: OP |
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| Cheers. Glad I found that out before a student asked me... |
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markle
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
I was wondering just the same thing the other day at the gym. Some youngish guy, who bore a stunning resemblence to Napolean Dynamite, walked in with what looked like a weakness all the way down one side of his body. His head was bent to the side like he'd super-glued it to his shoulder. His warm-up was pretty weak stuff, ponderously slow arm circling followed by some totally freaky knee massaging. Anyway, you probably get the idea by now, so I won't try to describe his performance in the loose weights section.
With the best will in the world, i really couldn't see why anyone would let this one out of the attic let alone give him a job. |
Happy to see that Alberta still breeds 24 carat arseholes.
Apologies to my Albertan friends) |
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Wasabi Bomb
Joined: 03 Jul 2007
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Location: Osaka, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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The latest word on Nova is that the Japanese branch staff as of yesterday had not been paid their salaries that were due to be paid on July 27th. Their summer bonuses were also not paid.
Nova's stock is down to 69 yen, the lowest ever. 
I'm no financial expert, but this seems serious. |
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Wasabi Bomb
Joined: 03 Jul 2007
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Location: Osaka, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
With the best will in the world, i really couldn't see why anyone would let this one out of the attic let alone give him a job. |
Yeah, you're right. They should have put him down at birth.
I hope you have kids that are all 100% perfectly healthy. Because if they aren't, some cvnt will be talking about them like that. |
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Alberta605
Joined: 23 Dec 2006
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| markle wrote: |
Apologies to my Albertan friends) |
What on Earth are you talking about you gibbering fool?? I was giving a relevant example of some one who would be considered clearly sub-optimal in their own country who has apparently arrived in Japan to try his luck - was it you??
He wasn't handicapped, just unfortunate and your hair-trigger reflex on the issue suggests that you are in a similar position to that poor chap. Good luck Markle, sounds like you'll need it.  |
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stuhiggers
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
| Good luck Markle, sounds like you'll need it. |
I'm sure he does 
These smart-alec posters like Markle should get a feel for the impression their unpleasant remarks have.
So, Markle and Co. find a brick wall, face it and step back about 15 paces, then run at it full tilt face first. Then simply check the impression you made 
I don't think we need to concern ourselves with little marky-boy. |
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GIR
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
What on Earth are you talking about you gibbering fool?? I was giving a relevant example of some one who would be considered clearly sub-optimal in their own country who has apparently arrived in Japan to try his luck - was it you??
He wasn't handicapped, just unfortunate and your hair-trigger reflex on the issue suggests that you are in a similar position to that poor chap. Good luck Markle, sounds like you'll need it. |
There was nothing relevant about your comments. This is not Sparta, and one's success in the business world has nothing to do with how many chin-ups he can do or his max bench press. |
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YouHadMeAtASL
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David W
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: |
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I'd seriously reconsider your plans. |
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YouHadMeAtASL
Joined: 30 May 2007
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well my plan is to go to japan no matter what in sept... since i already bought my god damn ticket... i will have a visa also, so I guess its time to start checking around the internet.
big sigh. |
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David W
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| YouHadMeAtASL wrote: |
well my plan is to go to japan no matter what in sept... since i already bought my god damn ticket... i will have a visa also, so I guess its time to start checking around the internet.
big sigh. |
Well even some survived the Hindenburg. It hasn't happened yet so you never know. Nova is like a bloody co-ckroach so it wouldn't surprise me if they pulled through somehow.
Definitely still come, as they say "you never know your luck in the big city". |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| GIR wrote: |
| Alberta605 wrote: |
What on Earth are you talking about you gibbering fool?? I was giving a relevant example of some one who would be considered clearly sub-optimal in their own country who has apparently arrived in Japan to try his luck - was it you??
He wasn't handicapped, just unfortunate and your hair-trigger reflex on the issue suggests that you are in a similar position to that poor chap. Good luck Markle, sounds like you'll need it. |
There was nothing relevant about your comments. This is not Sparta, and one's success in the business world has nothing to do with how many chin-ups he can do or his max bench press. |
Agreed.
There's nothing stated in the quote below to suggest that 605 judged that so-called sub-optimal person based on anything other than his appearance and performance at the gym.
| Alberta605 wrote: |
I was wondering just the same thing the other day at the gym. Some youngish guy, who bore a stunning resemblence to Napolean Dynamite, walked in with what looked like a weakness all the way down one side of his body. His head was bent to the side like he'd super-glued it to his shoulder. His warm-up was pretty weak stuff, ponderously slow arm circling followed by some totally freaky knee massaging. Anyway, you probably get the idea by now, so I won't try to describe his performance in the loose weights section.
With the best will in the world, i really couldn't see why anyone would let this one out of the attic let alone give him a job. |
Actually, I'm pretty sure that was a made-up story anyway.
605,
Why don't you post a video of one of your workouts so we can all see what a magnificent human specimen you really are? |
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GIR
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| YouHadMeAtASL wrote: |
well my plan is to go to japan no matter what in sept... since i already bought my god damn ticket... i will have a visa also, so I guess its time to start checking around the internet.
big sigh. |
Yeah, same here. After all, plenty of people head to Japan without a job already lined up. So even if NOVA is in the ground by the time I get there, I figure I'm no worse off than those people. And probably better off since I've already got a visa (and saved some money on the plane ticket, too). Just need to make sure I'll have more than the 120,000 yen that NOVA recommends you bring. |
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stillnosheep
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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Location: eslcafe
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Except that you will be competing with 4000 experienced just-redundant-from-NOVA who have more contacts and (probably) better Japanese than you do.
By all means come over, but don't underestimate the chaos that will ensue if the cokcroach goes belly-up. Parachuting onto the Titanic after it has collided with the Iceberg is brave; declaring that you'll be fine many people choose to swim in the Atlantic just plain stupid.
But balls of steel have always helped in surviving Japan.
For those who'd like to see a more in depth discussion on Nova by those already in Japan:
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| http://www.letsjapan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=254781 |
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