Kevin Gowen wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>
>>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>You carried a card indicating that you were a registered foreign 
>>>>>>resident of Japan. You were in the country on a visa that had required a 
>>>>>>certificate of eligibility. You were not required to line up with the 
>>>>>>foreigners at the immigration desk if/when re-entering Japan. Presumably 
>>>>>>you continued to breathe during the periods in which your passport and 
>>>>>>you were over here. You would have met all of the criteria a Japanese 
>>>>>>credit card company would've required. Ergo, a resident. Even some of 
>>>>>>the students on shugaku visas have obtained credit cards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>As for not "living" in Japan, well OK you were a JET. Technically its 
>>>>>>life Jim, but not as we know it.
>>>>>
>>>>>No, I lacked a 住民票. I did not live in Japan.
>>>>>
>>>>>- Kevin
>>>>
>>>>Ahh - a fruitloop who translates 住民票 as "residency document" or some
>>>>such. That nuff nuff in Hokkaido probably does too. Last time I looked
>>>>around there were quite a few breathing, fornicating, taxpaying
>>>>homosapiens living around town without a 住民票. I hope you intend to
>>>>pursue your career with the same levels of enthusiasm you have when
>>>>milking the snake, as you would do well.
>>>
>>>Well, take it up with the government. That's how Japan has no homeless
>>>population, you see.
>>
>>In my case (single gaigin, no kids) I'm not worried about not having a
>>住民票. I'm almost not confused by the term "resident". In the case of
>>the homeless, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare and other
>>government agencies are well aware that there is a large homeless
>>population, and seem to have no ideas better than those of their
>>bureaucratic counterparts in gaikokuland struggling with similar
>>problems. Regardless of whether they have a 住民票 or not, I'm quite
>>sure that any homeless person living on the streets of Tokyo or Osaka
>>would (at best) laugh in the face of any Floridian weenie who suggested
>>that they were not "living in Japan".
> 
> Take a moment and think very carefully. Rub two brain cells together and
> think about how much I pause I would give the derisive laughter of a
> deatbeat living on the street.

Sure. I rub two brain cells together and think a) Kevin is still wrong
b) Kevin wouldn't pause c) Kevin may feel free to write that he is "a
member of the True Church", but he didn't pay much attention, and d)
Kevin should join in the mutual two brain cell aerobics and think about
"how much I pause I would" & "deatbeat". Lift your game.

> Was it your intention to make Brett homeless when you fired him?

Nope. And FWIW you will do well if you end up being as good at law as
Brett is in his field.

>>>>Do you still have the credit card?
>>>
>>>No, I cancelled it before I left.
>>
>>Pity. It would have been interesting to see what the credit card
>>company's reaction was if they found/were told that they had a gaigin
>>customer, continuing to use the card and pay the bills while no longer
>>residing in the country.
> 
> I had to have a guarantor to get the card, so that wouldn't have been
> very nice.

Quite true. Oh well.

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