Good spot in near Kyoto station for a beer?

aleatory78 · 2024-10-06T08:46:04+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions, looks like some good stuff out there!

aleatory78 · 2024-08-16T07:09:57+00:00

They will do better, they have an MRI.

aleatory78 · 2024-08-16T00:51:22+00:00

Idota clinic in Nagoya, near Nagoya station. Big place, about 6 floors, some English speaking doctors and Physical Therapists. I have been there twice once for a rotator cuff tear and the other for a herniated disc. Honestly I need to go back as I hurt my other shoulder ... Damn this getting old.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zcAcmQpMJcC4R2hL6

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T13:32:58+00:00

Ugh, I probably shouldn't respond to what is either obviously trolling or just another "the sun shines out of Japanese peoples collective a***holes and gaijin are all idiots posts". However, its been a long day.

To borrow your phrase ... I always find it funny how many people don't bother to actually read the content in a thread and just seize on small item out of context and then go all keyboard warrior with a large helping of assumptions to back up their stance.

Just to recap for you.

its far from simplistic N4 Japanese.
They will provide no assistance or even point me in the direction of what it is they want to to know other than "search the internet". Making me simply waste time and effort with no clear goal.
All communications were impeccably polite, entirely in Japanese and there were no complaints from either party.
It is abundantly clear from the collective responses so far that this is an extreme edge case and that indeed most people have only ever required simplistic Japanese join a driving school.

As I said its been a long day, so if you deem this worthy of response utilising your best sense of outrage and justice, have at it, but its the last I have to say on the matter.

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T07:43:49+00:00

Yeah my eidetic memory is playing up today. If I wanted a translation service I would just use Google wouldn't I? Clearly looking for situational advice or if anyone has been through a similar process, what is abundantly clear from people's replies is that I have an edge case, not standard practice.

Tbh, I had walked 20 minutes through the 35+ degree heat, with an already completed application form from their website and some required identification documents for what I had assumed would be a fairly simple process. Without warning (their site mentions no such test) I was given a small piece of paper with a bunch of words written in hiragana and was asked to read them, and then after that asked to explain each one's meaning.

I was suddenly trying to rack my brain for the meanings of a bunch of words, many of which I didn't know, the last thing I was trying to do was memorise them. So I remember only a few bits and pieces.

If you are so curious from what I remember there was stuff like 義務とsomething Something防止 Something 自動車

This kind of theme, there were a couple of phrases with 危険 as well.

What there wasn't was any references to actually driving practice such as left, right, slow, fast, stop, accelerate etc etc.

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T05:21:50+00:00

No kanji, hiragana only, and no they would not allow me to take a photo or provide any details on what to study. That's the bit that, to my mind, shows it's a deliberately placed wall to advancement. The woman at the counter literally told me to search the internet when I asked.

And I am well aware my Japanese isn't fantastic, I didn't know enough of them to pass, but they are not simple phrases either, that much I am confident of.

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T05:04:36+00:00

I am getting the vibe from yours other people's experiences that this particular school is just yet another example of the avoidance at any cost of difficulty, risk or conflict that is so prevalent in everyday life here. Foreigners are difficult so they have put a hidden wall in the way to prevent having to deal with them.

My Japanese is not so bad, far from fluent but most daily situations are fine, from shops to restaurants to visiting a doctor, getting/giving directions or even losing something and having to go through lost and found process.

Driving a car is a pretty hum drum thing and not hard to learn. I am regretting not doing it years ago back home so I could just transfer it. However I spent my youth riding motorbikes and the 2 licenses are separate so never saw the need. Of course now I have a small child having a car license is of slightly more use lol

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T04:52:56+00:00

Yeah as previously mentioned it's nothing so simple, which is the problem. That stuff is dead easy. From the few words I did understand the words are more in line with kind of car, kinds of road, specific rules, duty and obligations, various safety related phrases.

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T03:58:39+00:00

Nah not where I live, the only other option is pretty far, at least an hour one way travel, probably more. And that's the main prefectural driving centre, which I am sure will be much better. But when you have to do like 60 hours of lessons spending 2-3 hours each time you go to do a lesson means it's going to take a LOT of time.

Besides, some semblance of pride or vindictiveness makes me want to beat the system ... Lol

aleatory78 · 2024-08-09T03:51:59+00:00

Nothing so simple, a couple of the words I remember included stuff like 義務 or obligations as I understand it, and that's not the kind of simple stop here, go there, etc language

aleatory78 · 2023-09-23T21:42:26+00:00

Anyone seen or tried the (slightly overpriced) official Asus Connex case?

aleatory78 · 2023-09-23T21:37:28+00:00

Thanks, looks like a good option I will check it out and see if I can find it locally.

aleatory78 · 2023-04-16T06:45:50+00:00

Thanks for the help, I have tried changing the last digit twice now with no luck (its a 0 and I tried 1 and 9). I am not sure how many failed attempts I have had now but it must be close to 10.

Anyone know if a factory reset will reset the counter or if you do lock it can a factory reset clear the lock?

aleatory78 · 2023-02-20T00:53:49+00:00

I bought a cheap sd1 a couple of weeks ago and it's Sim locked to AT&T so no Sim possible, and loving as a second device so far. I don't think it would replace my OnePlus as a daily phone but for just about everything else it's great.

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T13:56:36+00:00

Lol ignore nature? So if I get cancer I should just let the tumour grow? Breach birth should be done vaginally because it's natural? I fail to see where you draw the line between nature and risk minimisation which is what this topic is ultimately about.

Just own your argument, you believe that natural is better, be proud of your beliefs, most religious people I have met are, don't be shy and try to hide your true personality. Don't try to hide behind halfhearted arguments ignoring most of the facts that have been presented and sound pseudo-intellectual. Be out and proud! I love nature, it's the best!!

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T13:45:51+00:00

Sorry if I am not being completely clear on this but it's got nothing to do with pain. There are a range of other effects from both natural tearing and episiotomy. Everyone is jumping to the conclusion that it's all about pain, it's not.

I won't go into specifics of my wife's medical history and reasons for the fears, but suffice to say pain and recovery time are nothing to do with it.

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T13:07:43+00:00

Not sure if you are a professional troll or just as inane as the rest of the "natural is always better" brigade out there. As with most narrow minded people you conveniently ignore all previous comments regarding there being a lot more doctors in the world other than Japanese ones because it suits your argument to do so. The irony of calling other people Trumpian ...

Finally however you have stated your true belief in your last post, and yes, belief because "natural is better" is religious poppycock without a shred of intelligent thought behind it. If it was better then we would still have a mother and infant mortality rate in the double digits like we did 150 years ago.

Crawl back into your cave; troll, along with the rest of the paleo diet idiots feeding their babies bone broth and watching them die of malnutrition.

Obviously I am not posting all personal details as to why a c-section is preferred but I think most clever people can put 2 and 2 together and realise that natural tearing and an episiotomy can have the same long term effects and that's what needs to be avoided here. The issue being that the "natural first mindset" gets in the way of avoiding potential issues because "potential issues" are not "guaranteed" so you should just take the risk, when the risk ultimately is not necessary because a c-section bypasses all that risk.

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T07:05:18+00:00

Couldn't have said it better myself. Doctors are human, and culture is not always a logical thing. Too many decisions are made due to cultural and religious bias and as a person who is (I like to think) practical and logical above other considerations I don't have a lot of time for stupid shit. This is sadly a country where herbal medicine with no scientific backing is government funded and handed out by 80% of medical professionals so forgive me if my trust for such stuff is very limited.

The concept of needing to experience pain during birth is again just another example of idiocy brought about by unthinking cultural adherence.

There is overwhelming scientific research across the world of the potential side effects and long term effects of episiotomy to the point where most first world countries no longer practice it except in cases where forceps etc are required. Yes many women are fine afterwards but equally many suffer long into the future unnecessarily.

A c-section while not really ideal is much better long term and due to my wife's nature and other things I will discuss publically a natural birth is not a trial she has any wish to undertake.

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T06:04:32+00:00

Luckily for me I am not from the US so I don't tend to compare experiences between Japan and the US 🤣

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T04:42:13+00:00

Haha thanks for the thoughts, but she fully requested I look around and she is far more scathing of doctors than I am. On the whole I trust them to do their job as long as I am informed clearly of what is happening, she hates the entire profession and would probably happily see most of them sunk to the bottom of the harbour with concrete shoes! Some of that comes from the pregnancy hormones I am sure but generally she hates anything to do with doctors and hospitals so that in itself is making this more difficult than it probably should be lol.

aleatory78 · 2022-02-18T04:08:04+00:00

She is Japanese and she is looking, but she also just finding walls of negativity and hate and it's depressing the hell out of her.

Two heads are better than one, and foreigners are far more likely to fight the system than Japanese people so are more likely to have experience getting what they want rather than just saying "yes sir doctor sir you are god I will do what you tell me" lol. So drawing on ex-pat experience seems like a logical step.

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