"Michael Cash" <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message news:e7kgjv4ds9obo476kt2nqtqiutug21pm18@4ax.com...
> On 11 Aug 2003 20:48:44 GMT, "Rindler Sigurd"
> <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
> with:
> 
> >> I would like to piggyback onto this and offer my thanks to Gov.
> >> Ishihara, that xenophobic asshole, 
> >
> >Agreeing with you on Ishihara... but what has he to do with a malfunctioning
> >airc-conditioner?
> 
> The only reason I got a new truck is because of the new diesel engine
> exhaust regulations which take effect this October in Tokyo (and
> Saitama and Chiba, I think). My old truck was so old that it would be
> prohibited from entering Tokyo anymore. Lots of trucks are being
> retrofitted with exhaust scrubbing devices, while new ones (like mine)
> have them as original equipment.
> 
> I may be mistaken, but I believe Ishihara was one of the people most
> responsible for bringing about the new regulations.


    Ah. I was waiting to see how his xenophobia played a
role in getting the new truck.


--Collin