Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:53:44 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

> >I was in Tokyo last summer for the first time ('cept for the airport
> >shuttle) in about 15 years. The air did seem cleaner.

> I agree that it *seems* cleaner, and I would even argue that it *is*
> cleaner. I would just like to the see the data. Hey, I'm the last guy

Data are always nice. Still, I noticed similar thing WRT LA a few
years ago; the "data" available indicated that there was, indeed,
less pollution, but there was more actual fog from the coast, so the
sky was actually less clear, though cleaner. Too, the beaches
were cleaner of plastic and garbage, but there was far more washed
up seaweed and dead sea-critters as well. 

All in all, a much higher class of detritus.

> who would bitch about all the aggravation and expense that Tokyo
> caused trucking companies. After all, I went from a 15 year old piece
> of shit to a bright shiny brand new truck on the deal.

Gotta like a law that mandates new man-toys.

Mike