Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
--
cheers,
John B.
zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
Do remember one of the Mac shows in london one firm who where introducing a security software, just had models at the show, ie young women as
decoration, and couldnrCOt answer any technical questions, which as a friend had said, his firm had paid for the tickets for the show, with a eye on exploring that technology.
No young woman decorations next year! They really misread their audience!
Roger Merriman
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US-a SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
On 1/9/2026 11:01 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to
'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s mostly
import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S.
businessmen staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of
informal business there to provide interpreters. I think it
might have helped his businessa bit that the interpreters were
women (;-0)
I studied Japanese enough to be functional in business and
chatting up girls. I found a great many Japanese had an equal
or better command of English so I never felt any communication
problem.
On 1/10/2026 4:31 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
Do remember one of the Mac shows in london one firm who where introducing a >> security software, just had models at the show, ie young women as
decoration, and couldnrCOt answer any technical questions, which as a friend >> had said, his firm had paid for the tickets for the show, with a eye on
exploring that technology.
No young woman decorations next year! They really misread their audience!
Roger Merriman
Cultural iconoclast & framebuilder Bruce Gordon hired 3
girls to spin a hula hoop wearing a purple fez in front of
his bicycles at a trade show around 1990. Nice!
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
On 1/9/2026 11:01 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
--
cheers,
John B.
I studied Japanese enough to be functional in business and
chatting up girls. I found a great many Japanese had an
equal or better command of English so I never felt any
communication problem.
What else do you call a person who can speak your language and
another language?
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:16:03 -0800, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
What else do you call a person who can speak your language and
another language?
Multilingual or Polyglot. For extreme cases, hyperpolyglot.
More of the same:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism>
For confusing muddles, there are lingua franca languages: ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lingua_francas>
An early attempt to make lingua franca work: ><https://www.google.com/search?q=tower+of+babel+languages&udm=2>
A later attempt, with marginally better results: ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto>
Grand prize winner is India, with 19,500 mother tongues, 122 major
languages and 1599 other languages. Language is a good thing and
everyone should have at least one: ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India>
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
On 1/9/2026 11:01 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US-a SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit-a that the interpreters were women (;-0)
--
cheers,
John B.
I studied Japanese enough to be functional in business and chatting up girls. I found a great many Japanese had an equal or better command of English so I never felt any communication problem.
On 1/9/2026 8:36 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:Undesirable? Hum that must mean you were some crazy hippie or they were afraid of you for some reason?
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US-a SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s mostly import
but some export to Japan as well.
On 1/10/2026 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
It depends on whether interpreting was what she was actually hired to do.
On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:09:41 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
It depends on whether interpreting was what she was actually hired to do.
Come now. You hire someone to change your tire, do you complain if
they smoke a cigarette or two?
--
cheers,
John B.
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:44 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 11:01 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder,
was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
--
cheers,
John B.
I studied Japanese enough to be functional in business and
chatting up girls. I found a great many Japanese had an
equal or better command of English so I never felt any
communication problem.
One of the problems with Japanese is the honorifics. At one point I
was running the base motor pool and my Japanese workers addressed my
wife as "The Wife of the boss".
--
cheers,
John B.
On 1/11/2026 7:56 AM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:09:41 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:Come now. You hire someone to change your tire, do you complain if
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I >>>>>>>> believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
It depends on whether interpreting was what she was actually hired to do. >>
they smoke a cigarette or two?
If I hired someone to interpret and they tried to give me a blow job I
might complain
On 1/11/2026 7:56 AM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:09:41 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:Come now. You hire someone to change your tire, do you complain if
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I >>>>>>>> believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
It depends on whether interpreting was what she was actually hired to do. >>
they smoke a cigarette or two?
If I hired someone to interpret and they tried to give me a blow job I
might complain
On 1/10/2026 5:46 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:44 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 11:01 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I
believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
--
cheers,
John B.
I studied Japanese enough to be functional in business and
chatting up girls. I found a great many Japanese had an
equal or better command of English so I never felt any
communication problem.
One of the problems with Japanese is the honorifics. At one point I
was running the base motor pool and my Japanese workers addressed my
wife as "The Wife of the boss".
--
cheers,
John B.
There's some problem with that??
In our own devolving culture, there's a real and very--
noticeable lack of respect and social distance. I am
particularly annoyed when some routine transaction is
interrupted by 'May I have your first name?'. WTF? You may
address me as sir.
On 1/11/2026 7:56 AM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:09:41 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:Come now. You hire someone to change your tire, do you complain if
On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:24:37 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1/10/2026 12:01 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:36:53 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>>>
On 1/9/2026 8:19 PM, John B. wrote:
Mr. Muzi has mentioned being in Japan sometime in the 1970's I >>>>>>>> believe. As I was there in that period, in the Air Force, I wonder, >>>>>>>> was he in the Service too?
--
cheers,
John B.
I was not.
The US SSS in its wisdom set my draft status to 'undesirable'.
I was doing a lot of business there in the 1970s/1980s
mostly import but some export to Japan as well.
When I was there was a hotel in Tokyo where many U.S. businessmen
staid. A black Sargent I knew started a sort of informal business
there to provide interpreters. I think it might have helped his
businessa bit that the interpreters were women (;-0)
Ah...."interpreters"....
It depends on whether interpreting was what she was actually hired to do. >>
they smoke a cigarette or two?
If I hired someone to interpret and they tried to give me a blow job I
might complain
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