tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post7919827350921620903..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: Why I don't want to go homeJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-87159227127812249122007-01-22T06:37:00.000+00:002007-01-22T06:37:00.000+00:00Oh, thanks for the plot - very interesting. Counti...Oh, thanks for the plot - very interesting. Counting the actual watts would give a stronger bias in favour of Japan, of course (latitude effect).James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-33443227341062945932007-01-21T14:38:00.000+00:002007-01-21T14:38:00.000+00:00Sorry, I made a mistake.
>"Here" here can mean th...Sorry, I made a mistake.<br /><br />>"Here" here can mean the southwestern side of the Japanese islands, but not the whole islands.<br /><br />Not "southwestern", but the southeastern side, I meant. This is the situation in winter. The contrast across the islands in summer is the opposite in some sense, but less clear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-31884021091402300962007-01-21T14:27:00.000+00:002007-01-21T14:27:00.000+00:00> As if that wasn't enough, we even have sunshine ...> As if that wasn't enough, we even have sunshine in winter here too :-)<br /><br />Just for information of our colleagues across the continent: <br /><br />"Here" here can mean the southwestern side of the Japanese islands, but not the whole islands.<br /><br />See a quantitative demonstration linked from my name with this comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-11544645135981245642007-01-21T07:51:00.000+00:002007-01-21T07:51:00.000+00:00Certainly hardly anyone stays here in the long ter...Certainly hardly anyone stays here in the long term unless they pair up with a local. Our 6 year stay is already way over the average. But with two of us working here we'd have to both be sufficiently alienated at the same time in order to actually choose to leave :-)James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-62998539919219744512007-01-21T05:35:00.000+00:002007-01-21T05:35:00.000+00:00From personal experience there is a point at which...From personal experience there is a point at which the dislocation and alienation gets to you. One of the things that you don't hear much about is how many immigrants to the US returned home.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-59114841605183270502007-01-19T23:51:00.000+00:002007-01-19T23:51:00.000+00:00Japan must be nice but more importantly, let me co...Japan must be nice but more importantly, let me congratulate you that 30 million U.S. creationists have just joined the fight against the global change:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=richard-cizik">news.google.com</a><br /><br />The only detail that the scientists had to agree with is that the life must now be described as The Creation. Otherwise everything about the scientific consensus on the climate change turned out to be 100% compatible with creationism and things went smoothly.<br /><br />God bless you,<br />LubosLuboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-57300699888688069792007-01-19T12:25:00.000+00:002007-01-19T12:25:00.000+00:00And the power cuts - don't forget them.
Mind you,...And the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6273707.stm">power cuts</a> - don't forget them.<br /><br />Mind you, we get wind and rain here too, and the trains even stop for an hour or two when there's a big enough earthquake.<br /><br />Perhaps I shouldn't tempt fate on that score :-)<br /><br />Anyway, it was really the general ambience of the United Chavdom of Little Britain that I was focussing on.James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-33312613245356485862007-01-19T09:28:00.000+00:002007-01-19T09:28:00.000+00:00The recent massive 60 mph weather seems to have cu...The recent massive 60 mph weather seems to have cuased train problems again.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-63133181561445390972007-01-19T06:56:00.000+00:002007-01-19T06:56:00.000+00:00And I didn't even remember to mention the trains :...And I didn't even remember to mention <a href="http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/06/workshop-day-12-train-stopped-play.html">the trains</a> :-)James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-90803839635397451362007-01-18T22:49:00.000+00:002007-01-18T22:49:00.000+00:00I live in a small village just outside. And yes I ...I live in a small village just outside. And yes I leave my bike unlocked.<br /><br />But even in C the bricks-through-windows would be uncommon, I thinkWilliam M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-62039134600114683522007-01-18T22:41:00.000+00:002007-01-18T22:41:00.000+00:00Thought you lived in Cambridge Belette? You really...Thought you lived in Cambridge Belette? You really leave your house and bicycle unlocked and they are still there in the morning? Besides last time I visited Cambridge it seemed to be full of an awful lot of tramps expecting me to fund their vodka habit. I was quite shocked. I must have gone innocent in Japan. It was out of term time - I suppose that means thin pickings for the tramps and they get more agressive.<br /><br />Anyway, we don't have a TV either but somehow are still blogging about BB!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-54805082365358712902007-01-18T18:51:00.000+00:002007-01-18T18:51:00.000+00:00Hmmm... how the country varies. If you don't have ...Hmmm... how the country varies. If you don't have a TV you don't have to worry about BB; and if you live around here you don't have to worry about crime.<br /><br />OTOH the scenery around here is rubbish compared to yours!William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com