Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!posts.news.sexzilla.net!not-for-mail From: The 2-Belo Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Strange incident at Immigration Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:20:17 +0900 Distribution: To Hell And Back Content-Disposition: Nasty X-Meow: yes X-Snuh: no X-Repeal-Article-IX: yes X-Yes-Archive: no X-Yes-No: Maybe so X-Chief-Weapons: Surprise, fear, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms. Approved: Meow Keywords: meow X-Cleared: A1 Level 500p3r 533kr1+ Usenet Black Ops ("Even We Don't Know Who We Are") Prepared: Modular Usenet Article Format 276B X-Spel-Chekr: BB22973 Uesnet Splell Chaejkaer Proeigram Versioin 28375 X-Line-Width: 80 characters, folks. EIGHTY CHARACTERS. EIGHT ZERO. Why can't you people understand this? X-Geek: GCM d-(++)@ s:(+) a C+++(++++)$ ULH+++$@>++++ P++(+++) L++(+++)$@ E--- !W++$@>-- N+++ !o K++>+++++ w$@>-- !O !M !V PS+ PE !Y PGP t++>+++$ !5 X--(-) !R- tv--? b++@ DI D+@ G++ e+ h-- r+++ y+++* Summary: Long live Meow, the Empire, and the Cabal. (TINMOEOC) Sender: Him. You know, that guy. X-Newsreader: a 20-year-old fax machine connected to an acoustic coupler, Ver. 6 X-In-Memoriam1: 2 0 9 . 2 3 3 . 1 3 5 . 2 3 3 X-In-Memoriam2: Douglas Mackall, 1958-1999 Organization: Christians Against Christ References: <86brqogc3e.fsf@littledevil.internal.zobbo.org> <3fd3e8fe$0$3175$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> <3fd50c96$0$3181$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> <44845040.0312081850.414b5ba0@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 62 Message-ID: <3fd5863a$0$3176$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Dec 2003 08:22:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: f3b9e7c8.news.sexzilla.net X-Trace: DXC=gTfPA[X`Q_lUbe\Wck3Hml8Z34V]EKbSjOOk^72fM8TgM:oMb[FgLSm=AAlLSemThe 2-Belo wrote in message news:<3fd50c96$0$3181$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net>... >> Raj Feridun and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination: >> >> >On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:30:41 +0900, Scott Reynolds >> >wrote: >> > >> >>On 12/8/2003 11:59 AM, The 2-Belo wrote: >> >> >> >>> I had to (1994). But what's the big deal? Unless they give different tests to >> >>> people depending on the region you're in, I got the impression that anyone with >> >>> an accelerator toe and three working synapses could pass the halfhearted test >> >>> they give out. The answers to the written test were so sock-you-in-the-jaw >> >>> obvious it was almost laughable. And all you had to do during the written test >> >>> was sit upright, look determined, and be comically overcautious to the slightest >> >>> movement of cars on the opposite end of the course, and you're in. I got a >> >>> perfect score. >> >> >> >> From the way Raj described it, they may indeed give different versions >> >>of the test in different parts of Japan. >> > >> >I took the test in May, 2002 and the written part was as Declan >> >declared it. It was ridiculously simple. They gave you 10 giant >> >flashcards with pictures on them and 4 multiple choice answers for >> >each one. You had to get 7 to pass. I would have been ashamed had I >> >not gotten them all correct. >> > >> >The road test was a different matter altogether. On my first attempt >> >they failed me because at one point I almost imperceptibly scraped a >> >curb in one of the very tight turns they have on the course. At least >> >down here they informed that anything less than 100% is failure. I >> >felt lucky to pass it on the second try. >> >> There's the other variable: not all courses are built the same. The one I tested >> on was tight, of course, but it mimicked the real world well enough that I >> didn't have any problem with it. > > >I`ve been dreading this - a co-worker finally passed his test after 6 >tries. The reasons for failure were something like - he took his foot >off the brake at a stop light before it turned green - he touched one >of the cones during the slolum - etc. > >Finally one of the workers inside told him to come back on a specific >day - he passed with no problem - he even went up on the curb and the >testor told him to back off safely - they passed him anyway. They were probably sick of him by that time. -- The 2-Belo the2belo[AT]msd[DOT]biglobe[DOT]ne[DOT]jp news:alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (mhm21x20) news:alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Meow.) http://www.godhatesjanks.org/ (God Hates Janks!) Processing failed. Hit any user to continue.