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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 3, 2012 22:35:10 GMT -5
berndt,
That is wonderful shot.
Are you sure they weren't taking pictures of the back of each others' left ear?
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Post by daveh on Sept 4, 2012 5:15:01 GMT -5
berndt, That is wonderful shot. Are you sure they weren't taking pictures of the back of each others' left ear? Mickey I can just hear one of them saying "I was left 'ere to get some photos of left ears." Great photo Berndt. There might, of course, be differences between countries as to what is accepted and what isn't. Japan always seems to be a country of contrasts and extremes. I've only spent five days in Tokyo, but I can't say I was aware of there being any problem with either camcorder or digital SLR. Maybe there would be in other areas of the country. I have seen problems in some countries. There is the old belief that many didn't like having their photo taken because it took their spirit away. That might have been true in many cases, but my first hand knowledge is different. In Kenya some didn't like having their photo taken because they thought the photographer would be making money out of the result and they wouldn't see any of it. As regards people nit having seen such as a TLR: near Milton Keynes (a postwar new town in the Midlands) they put concrete cows in some of the fields because some of the people moving there had never seen a cow before. |
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Post by Berndt on Sept 4, 2012 8:44:45 GMT -5
Or just because you have been a tourist. Tourists take photographs and guard men are usually not capable of speaking English. It's still a nice trick, even for me ( not necessarily limited to photography ) ... playing the tourist and pretending, that I can't speak Japanese. Sometimes useful to avoid a few of those million stupid rules here in Tokyo  In civilized countries, it's mostly the fear of the internet, I guess ... and it all became so bad, because so many people forgot about manners and etiquettes ... or ... people just don't think about or can't imagine, what can be caused. The picture of a dead drunk friend posted on Facebook ... funny ? Maybe ... or not, if his boss or other business partners are on his friend list as well. 20 years ago, a picture just landed in the own photo album and has been shown to not more than a handful people. Times changed and things can become annoying and sometimes even worse. Just a recent story of a friend, who had a nice and well paid job as a wedding minister in the country side for years. What he has totally forgotten, a friend recorded just some stupid talking a few years before, which has been part of a video on YouTube. So many pictures and video clips nowadays ... who can remember them all ? However, one of the clients found it accidentally ... and that was it. He lost his job and has been just lucky, that he didn't need to pay a penalty on top of that. Not everybody has been that unlucky in his life, but most people made similar experiences meanwhile. I think, it's noticeable ... people are more afraid and nervous about cameras than in the past. Sometimes for good reasons, even not being a Hollywood star or other VIP. Hahaha ... Mickey, Dave ... you are underestimating the capability of using a narrow space here in Tokyo  Absolutely not related to the original topic anymore, but let me introduce you to one of the most popular sports here in Japan, synchronized walking: Something, every school is training here to prepare their students for the ultimate challenge ... the real life here in Tokyo Dave, if you have been here, you might have seen something like that during the rush hour at one of the main stations like Shinjuku or Ikebukuro. About 4 Mio. people changing their train there every day. First I thought, how can I cross this masses of rushing people without getting trampled ... but it works ... if you don't hesitate and start thinking  |
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 4, 2012 12:48:45 GMT -5
berndt, "Hahaha ... Mickey, Dave ... you are underestimating the capability of using a narrow space here in Tokyo Absolutely not related to the original topic anymore, but let me introduce you to one of the most popular sports here in Japan, synchronized walking:"
The Japanese must be the most disciplined people in the world. Their behaviour in emergency situations and ordinary every day life is highly laudable. I doubt that we Canadians could ever be that disciplined nor would we want to be. We are not a militaristic country or people. We leave the marching to the military, paramilitary, high school cadet and marching bands. Our most renowned marching group is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride and I think it is the horses that get most of the attention. If you think controlling two legs is tough, they must concentrate on four. Some of Toronto's busiest intersections are unbelievably chaotic yet we do manage to elude the other pedestrians and get to the other side of the road, without banging into each other, before the light turns red. I am not sure that it is because of thinking so much as an instinctive desire to avoid possible predators. One never knows when that hungry looking guy coming toward you had his last dish of poutine or moose tongue or Digby herring. What was the original topic??? Mickey |
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Post by daveh on Sept 4, 2012 13:35:46 GMT -5
Something to do with a vest having a pocket, if I remember correctly.
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Post by col on Sept 5, 2012 0:08:07 GMT -5
Something to do with a vest having a pocket, if I remember correctly. Now that's all changed.........  |
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Post by Berndt on Sept 5, 2012 5:45:15 GMT -5
From all I experienced in six years of living here, I would definitely agree with that. A very safe and peaceful country, where people become trained, educated (and drilled ?) from their early childhood on. I talked to some young people, who start missing things like individuality and personal freedom, as they said. I answered: The freedom of one person is ending where the freedom of another person begins. Considering that, life is pretty well organized here and especially in Tokyo. I can not imagine any other city on this world, where so many people can live on such a narrow space without crime and violence. It is indeed amazing.
But Mickey, I also heard a lot of good things about Canada. I know a lot of canadian people, living here in Tokyo. All very nice people, well educated, trustful and having good manners. Most of them said, that there are only two countries for them, where they can imagine to live: Japan or Canada and many of them go back to their home country sometimes, two of my friends even forever recently.
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 5, 2012 6:47:04 GMT -5
Something to do with a vest having a pocket, if I remember correctly. I have only owned two vests in my life. Nasty uncomfortable useless things with far too many buttons. Both of them had pockets so small as to be virtually useless unless you just happened to have a Minox. Mickey |
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Post by hansz on Sept 5, 2012 9:52:12 GMT -5
Or a 'real' watch...
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 5, 2012 10:23:27 GMT -5
Then I would need a 24 carat watch chain with a gold nugget fob attached to the other end. Much too expensive for my budget. Mickey |
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Absolutely not related to the original topic anymore, but let me introduce you to one of the most popular sports here in Japan, synchronized walking:
