Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!postnews.google.com!z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Shoeless Mike Date: 13 Jan 2006 12:03:23 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 17 Message-ID: <1137182603.271883.185230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.32.36.230 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1137182608 14654 127.0.0.1 (13 Jan 2006 20:03:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:03:28 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.32.36.230; posting-account=IGBrEwwAAABPCeBilOMHVky8YEHrk0Ub Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:31031 Michael Cash wrote: > I have discovered that the chief advantage to not removing shoes > indoors is that one generally needn't worry about one's footwear being > stolen while it is attached to one's feet. > > I went to the pool after work yesterday. When I got ready to come > home, I discovered that some son of a bitch had stolen my shoes. > As someone who has been around the Japan block a time or two, does this happen often? I'd imagine it'd have to happen from time to time, but I've no idea the frequency. Maybe the next time you should put a few tacks in your shoes when you leave them. John W.