A new compooooter

I am using a nearly 4 year old windows 7 BTO which has been great.
Absolutely no trouble since the the final repair ( see my post on July 25 2012)
after trying to fob me off with a crappy MOBO.
Now as I gave up my teaching job and am working from home doing online stuff I really need to have a backup 'puter to use in case this oone decides to go haywire or something.
Going for a windows 10 laptop from Mouse computer

Specs look pretty good and I want to try the SSD to see how much better (maybe) they are. Don't need such a  high spec machine so at this price seems good.

Waddayaallthink?

Made by a company called mouse computer
I shouldn't be put off by the picture on this home page

http://www.mouse-jp.co.jp/m-book/


 but...... well..... can you trust him?

Still thinking about it ......will make a decision soon

Wow! is it that long since I posted on here.
Time sure goes by quickly
As Groucho Marx said:
Time flies like an arrrow
Fruit flies like a banana

Probably dosen't matter. Nobody reads this blog except me anyway

Well, a litte update on the immigration fiasco.
There was a hearing in the supreme court in London in February 2016
3 days worth of legalese and other stuff
You can watch it all here, if you like.

 https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0011.html

Be prepared to know that it is just slightly more interesting than watching paint dry. However, hopefully the judges can see that there is no logic in the decision to establish 18600 pounds as a reasonable amount that someone could be expected to earn. We shall see.　Keep a look out for the judgement around September of this year.

Someone said the law is an ass.
Don't remember who, but I think not just the law.
How about the people (person) who makes a law that
splits up families for no other than a ridiculous financial requirement.

Mike

Mike, our cat, died today, and I think a part of me died too.
How can a simple animal have such a profound impact on a family.
Her presence was felt in all aspects of our life.
So many things are connected with her, a web so complicated that it would be
impossible to list them all. Like synapses in the brain.
But I am happy that we were able to take care of her. 

Perhaps without us doing so her life as a stray would have been very different and probably a lot shorter.

I just hope her last days were comfortable, as much as they could be with kidney's failing.

Miss you a lot.

Stuck in Japan ( part 2)

Further to my previous post, there is a useful site here that relates to the ridiculous immigration law in force since 2012

http://britcits.com/

There was a court hearing recently to bring the problems that this law is bringing on innocent people all over the world.

Hopefully it will lead to changes

Engrish

Had to laugh at some of these

http://www.engrish.com/

Maybe I will post some on this blog myself.

Nexus 7

I don't have a tablet so I was thinking about getting one.
I was after a Nexus 7 but as the new version was coming out I decided to wait a couple of  months to get the latest.
It was released yesterday on Google Play Japan store BUT..... the price!

27,800 !!!!!!!

Do I want to pay that much for a glorified reader?
An iPad mini only costs a little more.

Actually almost the same price difference between Nexus 7 2012 and the latest about ￥5,000


C'mon Google what's with this?

Henry ford designed the Model T to bring transportation to the masses.
A car at an affordable price although with some limitations. ( You can have any colour you want as long as it's black). The nexus 7 filled the same niche. But now with the price increase I doubt if it will be the "taker over the world" that the original was.

I believe that this will be a dud for Google unless the price comes down to near the original or at the most ￥21,000.

Also within just a couple of weeks some problems are surfacing with the touch screen as well as the keyboard input.


I for one am looking for something a bit more affordable, which I am sure will be available soon, as other companies jump on this price increase.

Sorry Google, your new Nexus 7 is not for me, not at that price

Immigration law change...Stuck in Japan?

I am now 61 and it is likely that I will not be re-hired by my school that I have been working for, for a long time. So unemployed from next year.

I have not paid into the Japanese pension scheme. When I came
here there was no real consideration given to foreigners married to Japanese.
There was no guidance to tell me what to do so I just did nothing.
My fault I guess. Ignorance is no defense.
I continued to pay into the UK pension scheme however, so I have
the right to claim a full state pension.

So I am now considering whether I should move back to England, if, or when my wife's parents pass away, which might not be so far in the future. Living in Japan on my UK pension will be practically impossible.

I took a quick look at how to return to England and was shocked to find that the immigration laws have been changed.

Some articles that relate:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-immigration-rules-accused-of-splitting-up-families-8324254.html

http://britcits.blogspot.jp/2013/02/todays-links-new-uk-immigration-laws.html

https://www.change.org/petitions/theresa-may-new-uk-immigration-laws-are-tearing-families-apart-change-them-now



Now it seems that I can return to England with my wife, only if I meet certain financial stipulations, which I don't.

I have been married for 36 years and now if I want to return to England I have to go without my wife.

That is ridiculous.

She speaks great English, actually lived in England for 12 years, contributing to the national health, paying taxes, but now will  not be allowed back in.

So, what to do?

I guess I have no choice. Seems like a British citizen like me who chooses to marry a non British national signs away any right to return to their home country unless you are rich.

Don't need you, thanks.


I guess I am stuck here unless the rules change again or I win the lottery.
How I will survive is something on my mind so I guess I have a lot of thinking to do.

I sure need that cuppa now.