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med6753:
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--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on June 25, 2022, 04:48:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: med6753 on June 25, 2022, 04:32:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on June 25, 2022, 04:30:28 pm ---
And I'm in as co-author of the sequel "How to Live With a Japanese Wife and Survive" :-DD
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I thought Japanese wimens were submissive and meek? No?
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Ah hahahahahah! hahahahah! hahaha...... hahahahaha.
hahahaha.
Wait, wait..... give me a sec....
hahahahahaha!
Hoooo boy..... hahahaha.
But I like it that way. :D
Okok, some are meek and mild, but here's a moment of multicultural education.
So, here's a sweeping generalisation that is a sweeping generalisation... ;) (I make no apologies for this sweeping generalisation that is an sweeping generalisation... :P )
Tsun tsun, (pronounced ts-uhn) means a tough woman who is also the same in bed.
Dere dere, (pronounced deh-reh, not deere) is a woman who is soft and also 'softer' or 'lvey-dovey' in bed.
Now, we can mix this too.
The oft-favoured type is a Tsun-dere. A woman who is tough in normal life but is softer and 'lovey-dovey' once the freak is on. :D
A good portion (but of course not all) Japanese woman can be quite opinionated and stubborn (but Japanese standards, but quite acceptable and attractive by foreign standards!) so for me as a strongly opinionated Australian asshole, finding a Japanese wife who was compatible actually wasn't toooo difficult. hahahaha.
And thus ends my lesson. :P
Come on, toshi~~~!
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That's bloody hilarious :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD
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WTF. LMAO. :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD
25 CPS:
--- Quote from: cyclin_al on June 25, 2022, 02:08:21 am ---Even within Canada, I suspect that 25_CPS pays double for electricity what Kosmic and I pay ...
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That got me curious so I looked it up.
Here in the mess known as the Province of Ontario (...a place too bland, a place to slow, give me a fart to blow... I mean, a place to stand, a place to grow...) we have:
8.2 cents/kWh - off peak
11.3 - mid peak
17.0 - on peak
9.8 cents/kWh - tier 1 up to 600 kWh in summer, 1000 in winter
11.5 cents/kWh - tier 2 above those thresholds
When I moved in here, the spread between off peak and on peak rates was larger and the place had an electric water heater and every time I had to shower before heading to a 4:00-midnight shift, the 3 kW heating element in the thing would be spinning the meter at mid peak or on peak rates depending on season. Unless I tore through it like I was bouncing through a bird bath, it was costing close to a dollar a day for shower water heating alone. And there was no choice about rate structure either, if you had a smart meter, you were on time of use. The only locations on tiered pricing were in places where smart meters couldn't be used and they still had spinning disc hydro meters, so it was a choice between micromanaging everything around different shifts and forking out whatever it cost if that wasn't possible.
I went through 325 kWh in the last billing period which worked out to $31.85. Add $35.50 for delivery. Add $1.56 regulatory. Subtotal of $68.91. Add $8.96 sales tax which brings it to $77.87. Subtract $11.71 "Ontario Electricity Rebate" and that works out to $66.16. Multiply by 100 to convert to cents, then divide by that 325 kWh and I get an all in price of 20.36 cents per kWh in the most recent billing period. That's pretty consistent with what I've gotten the last few times I've sat down and worked through the numbers.
Hydro bills here have been a godforsaken dog's breakfast for decades. With the Ontario Hydro debt retirement charge, the green energy credit, both those scrapped, the rates bouncing up and down like a yoyo whenever the government of the day moves subsidies in and out of the rates vs. a separate line item on bills, you practically need to be a mathematician or spreadsheet wizard to do a proper apples-to-apples comparison of your bills between years sometimes.
mansaxel:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 25, 2022, 03:47:48 pm ---
You have to check in with Ofcom every 5 years here. Mine expires in 2026
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That is, about, two changes of mind, including two complete shack purchases and subsequent divestments, from you. Make sure you time your "on" period with the Ofcom appointment, so you'll be able to keep changing your mind.
Helpingly
mansaxel:
--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on June 25, 2022, 04:20:24 pm ---
I love you long time baby!
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Is the firmware the only thing you want out?
As soon as I have a GPIB solution (isn't that the way to do it, or is it programmer on proms? ) I'll do what I can.
mansaxel:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 25, 2022, 04:37:08 pm ---
I would buy that based on my social circle at the moment. The woman in question was offended at my mention of Wagamama being quite good on a hiking trip and has made it a mission to take me to some decent Japanese restaurants. Going out again with her on Tuesday… :scared:
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The Hakkasan is quite good, albeit much more Canton than Nippon. Probably quite expensive too; ${VENDOR} was picking up the tab when I went (Tottenham Court Road one). And they let me handle the wine list... That did get quite dangerous very quick.
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