Rezz

That might be pretty close to the truth due to the... aah... larger *cough* dimensions they aaaah... have to *cough*... 'accomodate'...

You want photos Scott? No probs man I'll take some today.

Oooooh... the whiny voice? Uuuummm, well in my experience it's real. Some girls act like they're getting their pubes pulled out one-by-one (getting close to cencorship now!) and others act like stunned mullets. But the whine is usual I think... so says a 'foreigner' (me)... I think they also act differently with foreigners too, with eeerm... larger... aaaah... y'know... 'thingy'... :) Coke is the same taste.

But honestly I think they keep *re-using* the paper bags because they really are recycling... they're good bags right? Why throw away a perfectly good paper bag? Btw, IG your Rockabilly knowledge is scary.

The 'gangsters' are bousozoku, and well... the hairstyles go back to at least the '60s. They're wierd and I won't try and pretend to understand them. Think 'Japanese style punks' and you're getting close. As for the brand name paper bags, 'recycle!' Thats my wifes excuse...

You quoted me sock? I'm the foremost proponent of the V35 nomenclature...

I did... but I bashed it a couple of times... total waste of 15,000 yen. Welll it's not that bad, I can still repaint it and put it back on, but I don't like having to worry about it all the time.

Don't they (RAC) tell you that when they hand it to you?

Right, first of all you need an apartment ... no joke, because you need to be able to get parking either at the building, or within a 2km radius of it. Of course you can lie about where you live but... Parking costs anywhere from 8,000 yen (cheapest I've seen) to 30,000+ a month. Secondly you need to have the outer dimensions of the car (so you should already have made your choice of car) so that you can submit the dimensions to the local police station. The police are the ones that issue you with the rego sticker. Rego fees depend on the dimensions... I think we discussed this already. To do the second part also depends on whether the car still has 'shaken' (road worthyness - max 2 year peiod for cars over 3 years old). If it does, well then thats sweet. If not it's possible that the seller could organise shaken for you (non-US military personell get lumped in with real Japanese people forcing them to pay around 100,000 yen for shaken). So once you have a parking space organised, the dimensions of the space and car given to the police and rego sticker in hand and with shaken sorted... you can drive. It doesn't matter if you have an international drivers licence or Japanese licence.

Thats the one... 10 points to you sir!

Troubled soul eh? It's going into SuperAB 171 (Ikeda's place) to getb a new LSD soon, plus a new Cusco clutch and some bearings replaced... Ikeri couldn't explain to me in detail. After that, boost up, HKS F-Con SZ (maybe) and if money allows a turbine of some description. Nothing body wise except for a new '93 bumper and 'Flugel Plate'... <-- 10 points if you know what one of those are.

In my experience it all depends on how long you've been here. In my circle of friends, workmates (Japanese) and aquaintences, they *expect* me to speak Japanese, or at least understand everything thats going on, because they know how long I've been here. But as far as people that I don't know... geez I think there will never be a time when foreigners are expected to speak Japanese and are treated as we would treat them when they 'try' to speak English. I've been here for 4.5 years and I'm only just now getting into semi-fluent general conversations. The moment anyone starts talking about mobile phone company rules and regulations, politics or complicated senarios... I can't keep up.

In Kansai, it's an alert that the train is coming... or just prior to an announcement.

Of course The Japanese think symmetry and organisation are two of the most important things when presenting something... hence sushi 'bento boxes' all arranged nicely, company employees looking like clones of each other etc. As for cars, it's all about the stickers on both sides matching pefectly... not whether they're readable or not. Remember, English isn't so important over there... you know, with the Japanese language and all

Knock yourself out... Having said that though, I can't stand it when guys jump in and answer questions that are obviously directed t me

^^^ Very interesting mate... top post!! Thank you

Micheal: will answer your question asap... I've gotta go to work now Ok, first of all, teaching in Japan is quite easy (the actual teaching part) especially if you're teaching kids. I think the long-term mental strain of having to be 'genki' (lively, happy) day-in, day-out is more of an issue. Of course, some people excel at being genki, so for them teaching in Japan is a walk in the park. As you'd only be teching part time, you shouldn't hve a problem. Most other teachers like teaching... they say it's easy money, although some can't stand children or repeating themselves endlessly. About the wine... sorry I don't have any experience importing perishables. Anybody? As for me, I teach at an English School in Osaka, I also do 'other stuff'... everybody will find out what that is next month.

There are many, many, many beer vending machines around, although I wouldn't say they are in as many locations as softdrink vending machines. Japanese society is quite different to Western society (as you probably already know), so it's quite rare to see Japanese people getting drunk sitting in front of beer vending machines... in fact I'd go as far as to say that it'd be easier to see a foreigner (Niiiiick! wink, wink) getting drunk beside a beer machine. I did see one Japanese guy... he looked unemployed... sitting quietly near a beer machine having a beer. But that was it, he wasn't legless or anything. Yes, definte testimony to the differences in social behaviour.

Ha ha... no, of course not. You can by them off the internet anyway

Should you call it an 'R35'? No... because it's a Skyline Coupe UA-CPV35.

Yes... well there were Used Panty vending machines. The story goes that in a 'Pink Business' (read: Red Light) district in Yokohama, before the days of internet auctions, business owners stocked a few vending machines with used panties because customers were too embarrassed to ask for their 'presents' over the counter (well... who wouldn't???). They didn't last very long... local authorities cracked down on the machines and all that remains are one or two about Tokyo... below is a pic of one machine taken in 2002... it's not there anymore.

It's short for 'Rezzin' or the uncool spelling version 'Resin'. A long time ago when I was a wee 15 year old, I was cutting some (insert illegal flora here) with some scissors and it was very sticky. I didn't know what the sticky stuff was until one of my friends - after rolling about the floor laughing - told me what is was. After much verbal abuse recalling that event the name stuck for some years. I use it now as a middle finger salute to the guy who made it up.

Wooooohooooo!!! Good stuff Guerilla! Those backgrounds are excellent!

I get alot of PM's asking some trivial things that really should be posted on the J-Forum so others can benefit from the info (and in turn save me from answering the same question 15 times! ). eg: "Hey Rezz, how do you say **** in Japanese?" So the rules are simple: 1 question from each member... and 1 answer from me! No whoring, I'll just delete any posts that aren't questions or answers to those questions. **Btw, those that can, feel free to correct me or add anything that might answer the question better. Thanks.

I wanna be like Mike?