Donating stuff
Sep 13, 2013 | 12:50 am
#16
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We have tons of really good quality clothes that we are not going to wear anymore. Where or what to the Japanese do with them?...
...I am looking for a Japanese equivalant of "goodwill" - if there is such a thing. If not, do I just throw it away on burnable garbage day? It just seems to be a waste.
...I am looking for a Japanese equivalant of "goodwill" - if there is such a thing. If not, do I just throw it away on burnable garbage day? It just seems to be a waste.
Sep 13, 2013 | 6:11 am
#17
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Regarding the myth of tiny apartments, newly built housing in Japan is larger on average than in most countries in Europe; suburban sprawl in the US makes that country an outlier in terms of housing size.
Sep 15, 2013 | 5:18 pm
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Regarding the myth of tiny apartments, newly built housing in Japan is larger on average than in most countries in Europe; suburban sprawl in the US makes that country an outlier in terms of housing size.
I think it's very hard to compare - because prices in high density/urban areas around the world tend to be more expensive than prices in low density/non-urban areas. No matter what country you're dealing with.
Regardless - I still think 120 suits is an awful lot of suits - for anyone/anywhere. Does anyone disagree? Robyn
Sep 15, 2013 | 5:22 pm
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Please stop projecting your biases as the norm for everyone.
Sep 15, 2013 | 7:28 pm
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Well that is perhaps food for fodder in the Random Questions thread. How many suits does the average man in Japan own? I personally find the number of 100+ rather unusual from a western businessman's point of view. Robyn
Sep 15, 2013 | 8:06 pm
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120 suits is quite a few, and one would try and believe , exceptional ! There are exceptions to every rule ! And if there were to be any socio-economic exceptions it certainly would happen in a place like Tokyo !
Sep 15, 2013 | 9:03 pm
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.And - when it comes to martinis - for those of you too young to remember Dorothy Parker - here it goes:
I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.
Robyn
Sep 19, 2013 | 1:10 am
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I initially thought he was saying that he had suits made of 120's and above fabric, not that he had 120 suits, but maybe the latter was his intention.
Anyway, Salvation Army in Tokyo takes donations by takkyubin if you don't want to hike out to their donation center. I've gone that route before. No COD, though, so you have to pay the shipping fee on your own.
Anyway, Salvation Army in Tokyo takes donations by takkyubin if you don't want to hike out to their donation center. I've gone that route before. No COD, though, so you have to pay the shipping fee on your own.
Sep 19, 2013 | 5:02 pm
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