Brett Robson wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:44:14 GMT, thegoons  ...
> 
>>Is this disguised unemployment on the downturn or still a "necessity" of
>>Japan? I am not totally against it, as it keeps people off (living on) the
>>streets in a country with such a poor social welfare system.
> 
> Declan is going to flesh out some details here.

I'll pass on this one - its guinness time.

> The worst example I have seen is the annual maintenance on the Tomei between
> Okazaki and whatever the exit to the north of Nagoya is which is a distance of
> xxx Km.
> 
> They book one lane for the entire distance even though they are working on one
> or two kilometers at a time. The whole distance has witches caps and they have
> pace trucks driving at 40km/h to prevent speeding.

Ooooooh my blood pressure rises at the thought of it.


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