The 2-Belo wrote:
> UPI A 7N DA fj.life.in-japan, Tue, 20 May 2008 18:10:31 +0900 (UPI)... THREE
> SHOTS WERE FIRED AT CL'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN fj.life.in-japan... JT 1234
> PCS
>
>> The 2-Belo wrote:
>>> UPI A 7N DA fj.life.in-japan, Mon, 19 May 2008 11:50:49 +0900 (UPI)... THREE
>>> SHOTS WERE FIRED AT CL'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN fj.life.in-japan... JT 1234
>>> PCS
>>>
>>>> maninmelb45@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Ford Files (www.fordfiles.com) is a collection of 10 years worth of
>>>>> experiences of life in Japan.  From life in the country to working in
>>>>> dynamic Tokyo if you're thinking of going then give the fordfiles a
>>>>> look!  It's a new site and there are just a few articles up at the
>>>>> moment, but it's honest and if there is something you would like to
>>>>> read then just let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Ford Files
>>>> I went.  I saw.  The chorus of the "Lion King" by Amateur Transplants
>>>> (1) would be appropriate background music for this site.
>>> "At the age of 23, straight out of university and with a bank loan to get there,
>>> I forged my way into Japanese society.  10 years later,  I have worked in some
>>> of the largest companies in Japan, married a Japanese national and have lived
>>> the life of a salaryman."
>> Imagine that.  A bank loan.  When I got out of college, I would have
>> been locked in a psychiatric ward for even /asking/ for a loan to go to
>> Japan.  That would have been after I laughed at the bank loan officer
>> when he asked me which city in Hong Kong was Japan and how long would it
>> take for the Pan-Am Clipper to get there ... and wasn't I afraid of
>> ninjas.
>
> It was hard enough for me to get a loan to get into college in the first place.
> What bank was going to loan a 22-year-old a stack of money to go to some
> far-flung former foreign foe?
>
>> A bank loan .... hmmmm .....
>>
>>> Rather than "Lion King", I sort of imagined the score of the movie _Apollo 13_
>>> here, along with Walter Cronkite's stirring commentary. "...the most hazardous
>>> and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked." I mean, it
>>> can only be appropriate for a guy who treats his life in Japan as akin to that
>>> of landing on the moon.
>> Oh, man, not Walter Cronkite.
>>
>> Walter was, like, one of my heroes when I was growing up.  He only told
>> the truth.  The man NEVER lied for ANYONE.  Him and Chet and David, but
>> they were on ABC and the ABC affiliates in those days were still a
>> little on the tenuous side and CBS had Ed Sullivan and the Smothers
>> Brothers.  I remember him doing JFK's funeral as well as a bunch of the
>> Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo launches.  His interviews with John Glenn
>> and Wally Schirra made me want to be an astronaut.
>
> You would like my iPod. Rather than Limp Bizkit and 50 Cent, I instead have
> uncountable shit-tons of historical recordings including reams of Cronkite. I
> have his interview with Kennedy, the first bulletin of JFK's shooting, as well
> as his announcement of the flash that Kennedy had died, at which point he took
> his glasses off and wept for about three seconds. I only remember seeing him
> cover Elvis' death, Reagan's shooting, and his last broadcast. But yeah... a
> model news man.

I can't even think about any of the NASA launches without hearing his
voice...

Dan

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