John W. wrote:
> tm wrote:
> > John W. wrote:
> >>tm wrote:

> >>>Speaking of fantasticly futuristic machinery, has anyone else tried 
> >>>the recycling machines at the SE exit of Shinjuku Station? Feed a beer 
> >>>can into one and, get this, it flattens the can! Feed a pet bottle 
> >>>(labels and caps properly removed) into the other and it grinds the 
> >>>bottle into mulch! What a wonderful use of technology to conserve 
> >>>resources and save the planet. Can't wait until they are installed in 
> >>>my neighborhood, there is a wide variety of things i'm anxious to feed 
> >>>into them.
> >>
> >>I should get me a can crusher from Home Depot and stand around crushing 
> >>cans for people; I could make a fortune.
> > 
> > No. you'd be the machine. The young girl in the miniskirt who passes 
> > out the brochure and explains the mechanism would be the one getting 
> > paid.
> 
> But I'd get to look closely at the young girl in the miniskirt, right?

heh. I've been searching my mind for a purpose to these machines, 
(other than my fantasies of shoving the neighborhood cat into one) 
think you found it.

Actually, i'll bet somebody is getting well paid to build them, much 
like the smoking ventilation kiosks, it's all part of supporting the 
middle class, full empoyment, yadda yadda. That and comeover engineer 
dudes watching the video feed of the young girl in a mini skirt.