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idahoblues said:
But but but that’s so unfair and racist surely?
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The world would be a better place if everywhere followed the example set by post-war Japan.

My lad is currently travelling the world and spent a few weeks in Japan recently. He said that it is the best (and safest) place he has ever been by a very long distance.
 
Lavinda Past said:
The world would be a better place if everywhere followed the example set by post-war Japan.

My lad is currently travelling the world and spent a few weeks in Japan recently. He said that it is the best (and safest) place he has ever been by a very long distance.
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We we sat outside a coffee shop there was a bike rack near us, people rode up parked the bike and walked away, none of them locked.

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Plays By Sense Of Smell said:
That is fucking staggering...
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I'm glad you watched it, I'm a bit of a First World War bore, I grew up with me Gran who lost her husband and two brothers in that conflict. That war was the seminal catastrophe of the 20th century.

"Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat."

Winston Churchill

After two world wars it's no wonder we were broke.
 
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Grassland Blue said:
It's the same in China.
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The pair of you are missing the point......
You could say the same for the Netherlands.....
If 1,000 bikes, all worth £30 are parked up no one nicks them. If one bike within that 1,000 is worth £800 it wouldn't be there that long.
In Amsterdam, the bikes are so cheap people just leave them there and never go back for them. The council have a huge problem with abandoned bikes.
 
Blue Mist said:
The pair of you are missing the point......
You could say the same for the Netherlands.....
If 1,000 bikes, all worth £30 are parked up no one nicks them. If one bike within that 1,000 is worth £800 it wouldn't be there that long.
In Amsterdam, the bikes are so cheap people just leave them there and never go back for them. The council have a huge problem with abandoned bikes.
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Could be worse
 
This is one that never fails to blow my mind.

John Tyler, the 10th President of the USA, born in 1790 (at the start of George Washington’s time as President) has a grandson who is still alive today.

His name is Harrison Ruffin Tyler and he is currently 96 years old.
 
Blue Mist said:
The pair of you are missing the point......
You could say the same for the Netherlands.....
If 1,000 bikes, all worth £30 are parked up no one nicks them. If one bike within that 1,000 is worth £800 it wouldn't be there that long.
In Amsterdam, the bikes are so cheap people just leave them there and never go back for them. The council have a huge problem with abandoned bikes.
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But,......There were electric bikes there, I remember pointing that out to the missus.

Another thing here, nobody's fat.
 
Tuearts right boot said:
Stopped at some traffic lights earlier today with the radio on...a record by a band called Buffalo Springfield came on. Opposite on the other side of the road is a field full of buffalo...that doesn't happen every day in England.




Carry on !!
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I can't believe that anyone would have to say "a band called" in reference to the great Buffalo Springfield.

There's something happening here. But what it is ain't exactly clear.

Well that's my opinion.... For what it's worth.
 
Key Facts of Shinkansen, Japans bullet trains.
    • Speed: Current shinkansen trains can reach a maximum speed of 320 km/h (200 mph).
    • Safety: The Shinkansen has operated for over 50 years (57 years since the first Shinkansen launch) without a single passenger fatality or injury due to derailment or collision.
    • Efficiency: The average delay time per train is 0.9 minutes.
    • Capacity: Each Shinkansen train can carry 1,323 passengers.
    • Network: The Shinkansen network includes nine lines, covering most of Japan's main islands.
    • Ridership: The Shinkansen network is one of the busiest high-speed rail networks in the world, with over 150 million passengers annually.
 
Bill Walker said:
Key Facts of Shinkansen, Japans bullet trains.
    • Speed: Current shinkansen trains can reach a maximum speed of 320 km/h (200 mph).
    • Safety: The Shinkansen has operated for over 50 years (57 years since the first Shinkansen launch) without a single passenger fatality or injury due to derailment or collision.
    • Efficiency: The average delay time per train is 0.9 minutes.
    • Capacity: Each Shinkansen train can carry 1,323 passengers.
    • Network: The Shinkansen network includes nine lines, covering most of Japan's main islands.
    • Ridership: The Shinkansen network is one of the busiest high-speed rail networks in the world, with over 150 million passengers annually.
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My son emigrated to Japan some years ago. I'd join him if I was a young man.
 
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