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From: Janet <nobody@home.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:29:47 +0100
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In article <j2suejdqu7d0btfgnb3qtue7hue4q8apij@4ax.com>, 
rich.ulrich@comcast.net says...
> 
> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:11:31 +0200, Silvano
> <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote:
> 
> >Aidan Kehoe hat am 21.09.2024 um 17:10 geschrieben:
> >>  > On 21/09/2024 12:52, Silvano wrote:
> >>  > > Japan was already wiser 40 years ago, but the more appropriate name is
> >>  > > probably "speed limit warnings".
> >>  > > A friend gave me a ride there when an alarm sound went off.
> >>  > > - What does this noise mean?
> >>  > > - I was driving at over 100 km/h (the speed limit on their highways at
> >>  > > that time). We have a warning system on all our cars.
> >>  > > - What about all those cars overtaking us? Do they produce the same noise?
> >>  > > - Yes.
> >>  > 
> >>  > This sound warning is optional on my car (i.e. can be disabled). The
> >>  > visual warning (on the GPS display) however, is not. 
> >
> >From what I saw at that time, Japan was ridiculously underdeveloped on
> >some items (washing machines, squat toilets - well, they moved on in
> >these 40 years and we should learn a lot from them about modern toilets,
> >see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan>), but it was much
> >better than Continental Europe on other items (bullet trains, fax etc.).
> >But even they did not have GPS displays 40 years ago.
> >
> 
> I found that article on toilets in Japan to be interesting.  I once 
> read a whole book about bathrooms, so it could be that I am easily
> amused. 

  On my bucket-list;  test-driving a Japanese-style 
washlet toilet.

 Must be the whole shebang with voice activated commands, 
warm water bum wash and hot air dryer.

  Janet