Sony, Honda, Nissan, Toyota shut down plants

Pete C. wrote:
> "Steve W." wrote:
>> Pete C. wrote:
>>> "Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>>>> (In all fairness, NOT good. Those people are REALLY suffering. God Bless
>>>> them.)
>>> It's also not entirely clear what we (US civilians) can do to help at
>>> the moment. With disasters in third world countries it's obvious that we
>>> can donate to WFP and similar, but with a disaster in a highly developed
>>> country like Japan it's not so clear what is needed.
>> I just got an E-Mail from my BIL in Chiba. He is now asking for us to
>> send him and his wife a couple of GOOD flashlights for Christmas.
>> I have a ton of them around and they would both always ask why I carried
>> at least one light all the time. My answer has always been that I carry
>> a flashlight for the same reason I carry a pistol. You NEVER know when
>> you will need it and if you don't have it with you when you need it what
>> good is having it. They always laughed about it.
>> UNTIL this past week when he had to walk 4 miles in the dark with
>> nothing but a cell phone lighting the way and his wife had a 3 mile hike
>> just to get close to a place where she could get a ride. Her walk was
>> with a candle because her phone battery went dead...
>>
>> So for Christmas (probably will get sent MUCH earlier) they will be
>> getting a couple Mag Solitaires, a Mag XL50 and maybe even a couple of
>> the cheap HF lights that they can just toss in the car for use as needed.
>> Also will probably send a brick of batteries just to be sure they have them.
>>
>> --
>> Steve W.
>
> Is there a Maglight relief fund to donate to that will ship a few
> containers of US made flashlights to Japan? Don't they produce their own
> high grade flashlights there?

It surprised me as to what they don't have over there that we take for
granted here.
Some common everyday things just don't exist there. Good high end hand
lights are available but none are small units. The ones they have which
are small are typically junk.

Want the latest high tech gadget and you will find it. Want good toilet
paper... Well you might want to import that.

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Steve W.

That Tune wrote:
>>
>> --
>> Steve W.
>
> You carry a pistol at all times? Let me
> guess, you're a "Chicken Hawk", right?
>
>


Nope I'm a realist. I have been in places where both were needed.

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Steve W.

"hls" > wrote in message
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>
> "That Tune" > wrote in message >
>> You carry a pistol at all times? Let me
>> guess, you're a "Chicken Hawk", right?
>
>
> That is a rather severe insult where I come from.

Who but those bearing the trait would take offense.

"Steve W." > wrote in message
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> That Tune wrote:
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve W.
>>
>> You carry a pistol at all times? Let me
>> guess, you're a "Chicken Hawk", right?
>
>
> Nope I'm a realist. I have been in places where both were needed.
>
> --
> Steve W.

Clearly I was not referencing the flashlight. I've not only, for
extended periods, frequented, but also lived in very hostile
locales (including international war zones) and rarely either
found the need for or in fact carried any type of firearm.