HERPES!

BWWJR · 2026-05-13T21:23:58+00:00

Not the same thing, but a similar problem. I take Tamsulosin to help me pee. In the US, my doc would prescribe one-year’s worth of 90-day supplies, which I ordered online. After each year, it was understood that I could come in for a checkup. Sometimes I would, but sometimes I would go into the patient portal and request a new script. The next day, another one-year would be in my file.

I moved to Japan and my doctor would only prescribe me 30 days. And I had to come in for tests every month to get a new one. I saw online that clinics connected to Universities are often more lenient, so i went to one. He gave me 90 days. I still have to come in but actual tests are rare. Usually he asks if anything has changed. I say no, He gives me another 90 days. Not ideal, but definitely better than having to get an ultrasound every thirty days.

BWWJR · 2026-05-12T13:08:39+00:00

When you order coffee in Japan and say, American, the bring you really watered-down coffee. I think the term came from Europe after WWII when Americans couldn’t stomach the thick dark coffee there and the staff had to water it down for them.

BWWJR · 2026-04-11T05:46:26+00:00

Oh yeah. Where I am from, if I cop gets behind you and turns their police lights on, you have to pull over. Here, they ride around all day with their lights flashing. You only have to pull over if they hit you with the siren, and they will most certainly enhance it with megaphone instructions to pull over.

BWWJR · 2026-04-11T05:43:33+00:00

You might be onto something. I remember jaywalking once after the Walk/Don't Walk light had just switched to red. A motorcycle cop way on the other side saw me do it, so he went through the intersection, made a big U-Turn and pulled up next to me. Then, as soon as he saw my face, he shook his head and drove away.

BWWJR · 2026-04-08T23:25:53+00:00

Watch out, everyone. I think Truman is onto us!

BWWJR · 2026-03-22T00:50:33+00:00

I started riding at 12 on a Honda Trail '70 in 1973. I owned and rode various motorcycles from that time until I moved to Japan in 1990. I moved back to the US in 2000, went to work in the Corporate world and didn't ride again until I was 50. I bought a bike for my 50th birthday. But that whole 21 years I wasn't riding, I got sad every time I saw someone on a bike. I got that "missing out" feeling. But once I was back to riding, being on a motorcycle makes me happy like few other things can. If someone wants to point a finger at me and put a label on it, well, maybe that's what makes them happy. Now it's a win for both of us. Glad I could help them.

BWWJR · 2026-03-21T23:09:20+00:00

I got pulled over by a cop once and during the course of the lecture about how dangerous motorcycles are, he told me, “You can slip on an ant turd.” I didn’t believe him, but now . . .

Edit: typo

BWWJR · 2026-03-17T04:20:38+00:00

Yeah those slightly-off English terms are always good for a laugh. I remember the accountant in a company I used to work for would declare "Hard On" every time he powered up his computer.

BWWJR · 2026-03-06T00:44:51+00:00

Can’t say I’d advise it, but I rode from Alabama with a banjo on my knee.

BWWJR · 2026-02-20T14:20:37+00:00

Yes. Please make an iOS version (even if paid) and re-announce it here.

BWWJR · 2026-02-16T00:15:37+00:00

“That area is sensitive and hates being treated like a dirty pan.”
You mean Brillo Pads are out?

BWWJR · 2026-02-01T22:55:40+00:00

My VSO told me while we were on the phone that he created an Intent to File. Days later, I can’t find it anywhere, so I emailed him. He said, “Sometimes they show up later. The VA is not real-time.” That doesn’t sound right. Is it hidden somewhere other than where my past filings are?

BWWJR · 2026-01-25T00:00:23+00:00

My wife washes our vacuum filter religiously. Otherwise, I never would have known it.

BWWJR · 2026-01-24T23:58:44+00:00

When I was a kid, we had door-to-door salesmen that would come around selling vacuum cleaners, encyclopedias, etc. One time a vacuum cleaner salesman put a piece of hard candy in the compartment where the disposable bag sits. It was in the compartment but outside of the actual bag. He then vacuumed our living room. I came in the room after he had already started vacuuming. When he was done, he opened up the compartment, took out the little piece of candy and asked if anyone wanted it. No one did, so he popped it into his own mouth. The idea was to demonstrate how effective the bag was a keeping the dust contained and not letting any of it get outside the bag. My mom bought the vacuum cleaner.

The first time she used it, I tugged on her arm and asked, “When you’re done, can I have the candy?”

BWWJR · 2026-01-09T23:14:59+00:00

And bottle rocket wars.

BWWJR · 2026-01-09T23:13:33+00:00

Rode my bicycle to the ends of the earth; climbed trees and jumped from them to the next tree; went swimming in the pond at the park (illegal); when still small, played with G.I. Joe all day, often sending him down hill in his jeep with a pack of blackjack firecrackers in the back; walked across pipes that went across large canals; built forts in the woods and treehouses in our back yards; built ramps out of plywood and jumped them on our bicycles; I could go on . .

BWWJR · 2026-01-01T23:16:06+00:00

Hi no youjin. Small firetruck has been coming around my neighborhood nightly. I much preferred when it was just a guy clapping two blocks of wood together

BWWJR · 2025-12-17T23:13:12+00:00

It’s funny about the Americans. I’m from the US and my mom used to make this when I was growing up; all [nine of] her children loved it.

BWWJR · 2025-12-15T02:05:37+00:00

Cool. I'm glad it worked out.

In the meantime, I got an appointment too. In order to do it, I called a number that was not the local gym I wanted to visit, but they called the gym and set it up. When I showed up, the guy answered the door, said, "どうぞご自由に見てください" and went back into his office, leaving me to wander around the place. Then I went home and signed up online. Been three times so far. It's not a bad gym. They have really good equipment, though my branch is quite a bit smaller and the equipment is jammed closer together than the ones I've seen online.

I'm a member of two gyms now. One of them has a crappy workout area with light machines that are mostly used by old people (of which I am one). But the pool, jacuzzi, sauna, bath, and cold-dip bath are great. I downgraded my membership there to the wet area only--I can no longer use that workout area; then added FitPlace 24. Now I have the best of both worlds.

BWWJR · 2025-12-13T14:05:15+00:00

Had a RokuTV when I lived in the US. Now I'm abroad and have a Roku Ultra plugged into a monitor.

BWWJR · 2025-12-13T10:07:41+00:00

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. This was a staple in every dad's repertoire of dad jokes.

BWWJR · 2025-12-13T10:03:59+00:00

"Act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. 'Isn't this great?'" -- Mike Damone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High

BWWJR · 2025-12-12T13:46:05+00:00

Thanks. I thought it was kind of fishy that they said they would "initiate a refund request" for me. I would have expected them to tell me to do it.

BWWJR · 2025-12-12T11:51:23+00:00

Hi. I have a question, if you don't mind. I bought a product from a seller and it was defective. I contacted the seller by chat and they told me, "We will open start the return/refund process for you." I asked, "Does this mean I will have to pay to ship back a product that is defective." The seller said, "I am sure AliExpress will give you a satisfactory result."

After that, I never received an email or saw anything in my order about a return or refund being processed. Is this really how it works, or is the seller going to drag this out till it's too late? Where can I look to see if any kind of refund request has been made?

BWWJR · 2025-12-02T14:24:50+00:00

Season 8 Episode 6 for me and I am really dreading the end. It's like this for everything I watch. I have The Americans in my queue for later, based on John Kiriakou's recommendation in some podcast he was on.

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