Comments for Tales From Japan http://talesfromjapan.com Stories of our travails in Tokyo Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Some quick udates by margaret http://talesfromjapan.com/2012/01/21/some-quick-udates/comment-page-1/#comment-414 margaret Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:27:24 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=1184#comment-414 Bike??? Motorized? Where will Samantha ride it? Bike??? Motorized? Where will Samantha ride it?

]]> Comment on Translating antiques by Charlotte http://talesfromjapan.com/2011/11/11/translating-antiques/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Charlotte Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:47:45 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=1047#comment-397 Great insight. Reilveed I'm on the same side as you. Great insight. Reilveed I’m on the same side as you.

]]> Comment on Wassailing by Donna http://talesfromjapan.com/2011/12/20/wassailing/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Donna Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:20:52 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=1052#comment-396 I just read your post about the song lyrics. You got out of her questions pretty good, but how long do you think she'll really believe that all boys are bad except her dad. This gave me a good laugh. Thanks. I just read your post about the song lyrics. You got out of her questions pretty good, but how long do you think she’ll really believe that all boys are bad except her dad. This gave me a good laugh. Thanks.

]]> Comment on some christmas pix by Brian http://talesfromjapan.com/2012/01/08/some-christmas-pix/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Brian Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:15:04 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=1106#comment-394 The slideshow plugin I am using crops oddly, so you may need to view pictures individually. It also doesn't like to show my captions, so for those of you who don't know, most are taken while at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Can you tell David and Carolyn had a nice time? The slideshow plugin I am using crops oddly, so you may need to view pictures individually. It also doesn’t like to show my captions, so for those of you who don’t know, most are taken while at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Can you tell David and Carolyn had a nice time?

]]> Comment on Translating antiques by Jennifer http://talesfromjapan.com/2011/11/11/translating-antiques/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Jennifer Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:14:22 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=1047#comment-393 Okay so it is possible I am almost as old as you... but I own (and sit and listen to often) several radios, not even counting the car radios. Because radio is such a big part of my life I just don't get how people don't own them anymore, and those who don't know what one is (even little kids) baffle me even more. I get little kids maybe not listening to them... but not knowing what they are?? Eeesh. Not the kid's fault of course but "eeesh" to the world we live in. Interestingly I had an ongoing discourse with my (now former) employees at the wire service about this; the oldest of the bunch is 5 years younger than me and the youngest about 15 years younger. <strong>All</strong> of them (with one exception) didn't own a single radio aside from the one in their car (if they owned a car, which many of them didn't) and were genuinely baffled when I said they might be interested in a particular program which came on at xyz time. "How would I listen to that?" is what I got from them. The local NPR station does stream its feed online, but even tuning in to the live stream was looked upon as a less-than-desirable action to take. Podcasts were generally acceptable, albeit still weird since it was at one time on the radio. I'm a big fan of technology in general and am glad that things like 8-tracks are gone, but it just makes me sad that radio is something that is no longer seen as a viable entertainment/informative option for kids. Okay so it is possible I am almost as old as you… but I own (and sit and listen to often) several radios, not even counting the car radios. Because radio is such a big part of my life I just don’t get how people don’t own them anymore, and those who don’t know what one is (even little kids) baffle me even more. I get little kids maybe not listening to them… but not knowing what they are?? Eeesh. Not the kid’s fault of course but “eeesh” to the world we live in. Interestingly I had an ongoing discourse with my (now former) employees at the wire service about this; the oldest of the bunch is 5 years younger than me and the youngest about 15 years younger. All of them (with one exception) didn’t own a single radio aside from the one in their car (if they owned a car, which many of them didn’t) and were genuinely baffled when I said they might be interested in a particular program which came on at xyz time. “How would I listen to that?” is what I got from them. The local NPR station does stream its feed online, but even tuning in to the live stream was looked upon as a less-than-desirable action to take. Podcasts were generally acceptable, albeit still weird since it was at one time on the radio.

I’m a big fan of technology in general and am glad that things like 8-tracks are gone, but it just makes me sad that radio is something that is no longer seen as a viable entertainment/informative option for kids.

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