When I heard the news that Mr.Ichiro Nagai passed away, I remember not father of Sazae-san, but the general Mouro who is killed by Musuka in "Laputa, the sky castle".

"A babe in secret military agency !"

This phase makes a deep impression on me for my age.

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Dear younger business persons who take attitude of arrogance.

You should pretend to be solemn in public.

Your job becomes more and more difficult if once the general (executive) class decide to hate you.

I have looked at such many colleagues in my youth, and I also felt difficult (It may just be my imagination).

And it was too late for my age in order to pick up your fruits.

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My two big works of "GHIBLI" are

- "Laputa, the sky castle".

- A pig in red sunset.

I think that the revenue will be excepted if it is revival screening to seniors.

In my case, I will pay 5000 yen for the above two movies at same time with free beer and snacks.

(Continuation of yesterday)

This strategy had a point that two operations work simultaneously.

That meant that both my daughter and wife went to the examination place by trains, and I run with the trains by my private car at the same time.

The aim of this strategy was

"Wherever and whenever the trains stop, I can pick them up at the nearest station within 10 minutes by my car."

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But it was difficult in fact.

Needless to say that, the speed of trains is faster than that of cars, and there are not necessarily roads near the lines of train. If I approach the trains too much, I cannot arrive at the target station on time. If I get away from trains, I am going to lose the purpose of this strategy.

However, I thought that there is a significance to try this strategy.

Without mentioning about physical effect, I thought that the mental effect will be expected.

If a train accident occurs, both a student and the guardian are going to be panic.

It must be difficult for them to think of a new route into a state of panic. Especially they become nerve if they could catch a taxi.

This strategy will give them a great relief, because a rescue vehicle always runs close to them.

I regarded these two operations as two systems.

This is called "Dual system". The whole system reliability becomes high by the two same system that work simultaneously

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After returning home, both my wife and I reviewed the experiment results and train time table again, and modified subtle change of the operation.

In addition, I excised the installation of the car chain. Finally, the day of the examination was coming at last.

(To be continued)

Today, a new column is released, so I take a day off.

"Let's turn the world by "Number" Diet (26)

"Numbers uncover! Large lie of "Easy diet"

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In this column, my comment,

The junior fellow who appeared in this column

"Why not try fat again, and diet in order to retake the diet data from the beginning?"

has existed.

(Continuation from yesterday)

Second daughter:"?"

Ebata: "Because obligation chocolate is like getting the air"

My eldest daughter: "What!?"

Ebata: "Do not get angry with me, but for men, "obligation chocolate" is a kind of" symbol of defeat "

My eldest daughter: "Huh?"

Ebata: "So to speak, Humiliation giving? Pity? I wonder what it is like that"

Second daughter: "Yes?"

Ebata: "I understood it well on your story, but you guys - though it may be a little rough to put together "girls" - perhaps, Valentine's Day, I guess, are grasping as an event as a whole unit of a class"

My eldest daughter: "It it naturally"

Ebata: "So, perhaps, you think that it is a big event that will have a big round (Grand Finale) with a 3/14 White Day."

My eldest daughter: "Not?"

Ebata: "Of course not. it's completely not for boys."

Second daughter: "What do you mean?"

Ebata: "The only one who can participate in White Day is the" winning group "that gave us favorite chocolate on Valentine's Day. For men who only got obligation chocolate, I think that it is somewhat shameful to say that "returning to the obligation chocolate is a top coat of shame"

My eldest daughter: "We do not think like that!"

Ebata: "But men should think like the way. Especially for sophomoric men, they can not do it honestly except for pretending "Valentine? I am not interested! "

(To be continued)

I heard a teacher makes students make "soldering iron" at my daughter's school.

"The teacher of your school is stupid ?"

Accidently, I said such a line from my mouth.

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"Soldering iron" is a device that melts metal "solder" and electrically connects electricity and electronic parts. However it is a dangerous device that generates high temperature.

Except for engineers like myself (I have a degree in "electrical engineering"),I do not know how many people know the existence of "soldering iron".

More than that, the use of "home made soldering iron" is itself dangerous. I will let my daughter purchase mass commercial products with safety standards and teach how to use "soldering iron".

I let me make "drivers" at my junior high school, and we could buy "driver" at the 100 yen shop.

If I says, my own behavior ("self-made love") will also be denied, but still there should be a priority.

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This priority should be done in technology and home economics classes.

(1) Cooking: Based on rice and miso soup, it is enough to tell two kinds of fried foods, simmered foods and pottery items with the rest of the ingredients.

(2) Sewing: Basic knowledge on repairing of broken parts, broken parts.

(3) Woodworking: Easy loading platform, bookshelf, shelves to make on the wall. It is sufficient to designate the dimensions in the DIY shop and cut it for wooden boards, in addition, how to use woodworking bonds and electric drivers.

After that, how to locate the main plug when the water pipe ruptures, how to contact when gas leaks etc.

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Basically,

"Acquisition of technology to live alone"

is important.

Technical home economics classes are no longer a practical study, beyond other subjects.

That is how to make "soldering iron" (How to use)? What on earth are you thinking?

Even my electrical engineer I cannot understand the reasons at all.

I thought that "are they really stupid?" I examined it properly - and I was surprised by the surprising fact.

(Continuation from yesterday)

Every year, when this time comes, I've been on behalf of my father and mother's tax return procedure.

Since my father died last summer, this year, I have to carry out the procedure called "semi-final return" by legal representatives (older sister and myself).

As I was investigating variously, I knew that there was nothing to do about it, because it was out of the subject of declaration.

And from next year, there is no need for procedure.

Today, I also did various cancellation procedures together. the more I proceed, the more I feel my father disappears rapidly. Somehow, they made me feel very lonely.

Those who are left must delete the person who left sociologically (administratively procedurally, legally)

And we have to hand over to the next generation.

I understand it, however, it is hard for me.

For this half year, I am working for two outdoor experiments.

In addition, I am now losing weight easily, unless keeping my weight.

Instead of exaggerating, I have a realization that "if I fall down, then the project also falls down."

So now I am sick of my health.

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The basics are sleep and eating.

As for sleep, tranquilizers are almost useless, however, I just keep lying down and my eyes closed.

As for eating, I haven't been able to feel appetite in recent months.

Therefore, I try to consume high-calorie carbohydrates (ramen, udon, rice bowl) on a regular basis.

Still, my weight does not increase.

The reason is that I am eating a lunch box at a convenience store near the site for outdoor experiments.

I cannot eat a lunch box "too much".

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I used to serialize about dieting.

However, my consideration of the psychological approach may not have been enough.

For example, I discussed here the mechanisms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia,however I don't seem to have a complete understanding of the relationship between mind and body yet.

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I think I will settle down to work for

"Hypothesis of correlation between psychological stress and energy consumption and verification by simulation"

There is an interesting anime currently airing called "Tenchi Sozo Design Club(Creation Design Department)".

The reason why animals and plants have "evolved" into their current forms, for those who don't believe in the theory of evolution, it's "God's 'design'", is explained in a comedic and logical manner.

This anime has a cool concept.

"God, who created the heavens and the earth, got tired of creating the heavens and the earth and the water, and decided to leave the creation of living things to "subcontractors""

I can't watch this anime without crying, when the client (God) gives a half-hearted, out-of-the-box specification for a creature (e.g., "not cute, but cute animal"), and the client rejects the designs at random.

I also have a great deal of sympathy for Ms. Higuchi(*), who actually makes prototypes of living things according to the design and clearly points out the problems.

(*)The only female engineer in the Prototype Room of the Animal Department.

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In my daily life, this concept can be read the following way.

"The general electronics company that created the IT platform got tired of designing APIs and decided to leave the creation of applications and services to "subcontractors"."

Or I can read it this way.

"The executives of the company that came up with the concept for the next generation social infrastructure got tired of the concept once it was announced, and decided to throw the implementation, demonstration tests, and patent applications to the "research department"."

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I think I've been both the perpetrator (client) and the victim (host).

Naturally, it's hard to recognize myself as a perpetrator, but there's a lot I can say from a victim's perspective.

For example, I am likely to say that

"If you want me to do a field experiment, you're going to have to take the lead and run around the city on a sub-zero night in the middle of winter to tune the experiment system"

I'm going home this weekend for forty-ninth day after a mother's death, so today I'm going with my wife to vote for the mayor and city council members on the day before the election.

However, I hadn't received the election pamphlet, so I walked to the civic center to get it (although I was disappointed to find out later that it was included in that day's morning paper).

However, it was really boring, and I had to re-read the campaign literature three times.

- Candidates who describe a large amount of small print are dismissed as 'little brain'.

- I reject all candidates from cretain political parties that claim to be "against school closures!"

- Candidates who use only abstract words such as "wasteful spending," "welfare," and "bullying" in their headlines and do not write any concrete measures are also rejected.

- I reject candidates who take up 1/3 of the paper in their own profile.

- Candidates who write 10 or 20 pledges are also rejected.

They were "disastrous campaign gazettes" that enforced all the prohibitions on presentation that I had been told 'never to do' in my first five years of technical writing training.

In the end, I chose the candidate (and only one) who had listed specific numbers, in millions of yen.

I think Ebata's mind would have been at its best if there were some graphs or other information here -- none of the candidates were like that.

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Ebata: "Isn't it popular to have a candidate who specifically mentions numbers?"

Wife: "Yes. On the contrary, it's even 'bad impression'."

In other words, it seems that an election strategy that is liked by me is an election strategy that is avoided by the majority.

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My wife said that she would vote for the candidate of my choice.

I thought to myself, "No, no, no, that's not it", however, city council elections are not like national elections, information about the candidates is not available.

There may be a way to "believe in the ideas of those who vote".

When the doorbell rang this morning, I thought it might be a delivery, so I answered the doorbell on the second floor to respond and heard a strange first voice that put me on alert at once.

"Hello. My name is XX."

(Silence lasts 5 seconds)

"It's gotten a little warmer lately, and..."

The moment I said that.

I said, "I'm sorry," and hung up the doorbell.

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This method can also be used for sales calls.

"Are you Mr. Ebata? May I interrupt you?"

"Yes"

"Would you have a time to talk?"

"No. I am busy to death"

With this response, I will not receive a second call.

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It is important to 'terminate the conversation unilaterally without listening anything'

A person who is unilaterally intervened on his or her own time has the right to terminate such intervention unconditionally.

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Come to think of it, I have these things posted around my house.

To see this and still have the courage to press the doorbell of the Ebata family is something to look up to.

I like to restore things and keep using them.

Cheapskate, frugality, SDGs, etc., are outside my scope.

I am simply a pervert who likes to DIY, likes to restore but is a pain in the ass, and takes pleasure in extending the lifetime of things.

Yesterday, I also did a DIY haircut (self-cut).

And as a result, I have three bald spots on my head, which I consider positive.

If someone thinks, "Ebata got alopecia due to excessive work stress → if we don't reduce Ebata's workload, he will become 'depressed' again" (*), or something.

(*'Depression' is a harrowing disease; I shouldn't write this in jest (although I do).)

That aside.

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Yesterday, I was on Amazon researching sewing machines.

I was thinking of buying a cheap sewing machine, as there seem to be some available these days for around 5,000 yen.

I use "wood bond" to attach everything to extend the lifetime of my jeans.

However, the other day, my jeans broke to an extent that this was difficult.

It was a rupture, where "throw-away" would generally be the only choice -- but then, I felt like I was "lost" by something.

So I was learning about sewing machines on YouTube, setting up upper and lower threads, tensioning the threads, operating the sewing machine, etc. I was almost dazzled by what I was seeing.

I have found, at least, that sewing machines are not something you can start with the "start button."

This broke my heart.

I wish that sewing machines had been taught in this "wiring study" as well.

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When connected to a PC via USB, a CAD screen appears, and when a blueprint is input, the sewing machine starts working independently. However, such sewing machines do not seem to exist yet.

For now, I will wait for the arrival of the "PC-compatible USB sewing machine" while painting sections of my jeans with wood glue.