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From: Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: Rent-a-Jap
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:49:42 +0900
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Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:54:12 +0900, Declan Murphy
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
> 
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:41:53 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
>>><etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>>
>>>>"John W." wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>>I'm married to one and have plenty of inlaws and one child, so no need
>>>>>to rent.
>>>>
>>>>In that case, you bought.
>>>
>>>Long-term lease. You never really get done paying for it.
>>
>>Exactly how much does raising a kid in Japan (say to the age of 5) 
>>actually cost? 150man a year? More?
> 
> This is where you get introduced to Cash's Corollary on the old "The
> unexamined life is not worth living" chestnut:
> 
> The overly-examined life is too damned depressing to live.
> 
> There exist in life some very serious matters about which is it far
> better all around if no serious thought is given them. The cost of
> child-rearing tops the list.

Crikey. It costs that much!


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