- 28 Jul 2005
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Give me a shuffle in Eflat, and let that slide guitar do its thing, as I rag on about the low down, dirty garbage blues here on my little hillside in Japan.
Yeah, you see we merged into the greater Matsumoto back in April, and I went all the way down to the village office to ask if the garbage system was gonna change. The man said it wasn't and I went back up the hill to my cozy little tatami mat room a happy man.
Then came the news, just about a week ago: a garbage collecting explanation meeting to be held at the kouminkan (local neighborhood meeting hall) on March 11th. Now that was just last night.
And they said its gonna change over to the Matsumoto method!! (a tear rolls down my cheek as I take another swig from good ole Mr. Daniels) I mean, man...we had been putting the burnables out in them bags just right, with our names on them, and even the night before--as long as it was in that little metal shed. We had been putting out the glass the right way--clear whole bottles together in one bag, dark brown bottles (including of course beer and sake) together in one, and all the in-between colored bottles in another.
The aluminum was in its own bag, the steel had one to itself, and all other metal objects in one. All bags signed with our name, put out the night before or on that morning. Everything was smooth enough, and life was simple and we were all happy. The sun rose every morning.
Now they say we have to take turns, standing out there in the morning from 7:30 to make sure everyone puts things into the bins which will be dropped off on collection day morning--no more bags for that stuff, just haul it up the hill to the drop off place, and put it in the right bin. Now that sounds easy enough...why do we need to take turns standing out there for an hour to make sure everyone understands Japanese...? (another swig while the slack key guitar whines a good long Bm flat)
I've had enough...(slams bottle down on the low Japanese table, startling the almost sleeping cat)...I'm gonna stand up for my rights !! (stands with a start, turns to walk out the door, bumping head at full blast) TELL ME !!
YOU PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN JAPAN, how does your system work, I want to know...do you have to take turns (touban) too? or can you just bag it up and drop it off like we used to before going back to the Edo period? I need help...let me know, please...(sits back down and talks with Mr. Daniel)
Yeah, you see we merged into the greater Matsumoto back in April, and I went all the way down to the village office to ask if the garbage system was gonna change. The man said it wasn't and I went back up the hill to my cozy little tatami mat room a happy man.
Then came the news, just about a week ago: a garbage collecting explanation meeting to be held at the kouminkan (local neighborhood meeting hall) on March 11th. Now that was just last night.
And they said its gonna change over to the Matsumoto method!! (a tear rolls down my cheek as I take another swig from good ole Mr. Daniels) I mean, man...we had been putting the burnables out in them bags just right, with our names on them, and even the night before--as long as it was in that little metal shed. We had been putting out the glass the right way--clear whole bottles together in one bag, dark brown bottles (including of course beer and sake) together in one, and all the in-between colored bottles in another.
The aluminum was in its own bag, the steel had one to itself, and all other metal objects in one. All bags signed with our name, put out the night before or on that morning. Everything was smooth enough, and life was simple and we were all happy. The sun rose every morning.
Now they say we have to take turns, standing out there in the morning from 7:30 to make sure everyone puts things into the bins which will be dropped off on collection day morning--no more bags for that stuff, just haul it up the hill to the drop off place, and put it in the right bin. Now that sounds easy enough...why do we need to take turns standing out there for an hour to make sure everyone understands Japanese...? (another swig while the slack key guitar whines a good long Bm flat)
I've had enough...(slams bottle down on the low Japanese table, startling the almost sleeping cat)...I'm gonna stand up for my rights !! (stands with a start, turns to walk out the door, bumping head at full blast) TELL ME !!
YOU PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN JAPAN, how does your system work, I want to know...do you have to take turns (touban) too? or can you just bag it up and drop it off like we used to before going back to the Edo period? I need help...let me know, please...(sits back down and talks with Mr. Daniel)