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On 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board, the “Bored Old Guy” — famous for his AA (ASCII art) avatar — showed up, and the thread rambled from haggling over air conditioners and appliances to the inside scoop on investigations he used to handle as a jack-of-all-trades handyman.
What really grabbed posters’ attention was the cost of investigations: his claim that digging into someone’s property records and personal conduct yourself runs about ¥50,000, while hiring a professional agency costs ¥800,000, left the thread stunned.
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./ *・ω・ヽ Bored
./ *・ω・ヽ Bored
This old guy's here two days running?
You really got that much free time?
You really got that much free time?
Re: #9
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./ *・ω・ヽ I'm only free right now
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./ *・ω・ヽ I'm only free right now
(´・ω・`) You can actually haggle a fair bit — at K's Denki (electronics chain) over New Year's I got it from ¥84,000 down to ¥60,000
(´・ω・`) Toshiba, I think? One size up from 40 (inches)
(´・ω・`) Toshiba, I think? One size up from 40 (inches)
Re: #13
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./ *・ω・ヽ I want a 55-inch Regza (Toshiba TV brand)
At Costco it's been fluctuating between ¥68,000 and ¥89,000
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./ *・ω・ヽ I want a 55-inch Regza (Toshiba TV brand)
At Costco it's been fluctuating between ¥68,000 and ¥89,000
Did you take on some city-hall type job again?
A different gig?
A different gig?
Re: #17
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./ *・ω・ヽ Nah, this is my actual main job
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./ *・ω・ヽ Nah, this is my actual main job
Isn't the Viera one just a fluke?
That's a Panasonic, right?
That's a Panasonic, right?
Re: #20
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./ *・ω・ヽ Guess so
This Panasonic air conditioner
I got as a monitor freebie 5 years ago
It's slow to start and doesn't cool fast
The casing's flimsy too
Feels like Panasonic's gone downhill compared to the old days
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./ *・ω・ヽ Guess so
This Panasonic air conditioner
I got as a monitor freebie 5 years ago
It's slow to start and doesn't cool fast
The casing's flimsy too
Feels like Panasonic's gone downhill compared to the old days
Didn't you quit the handyman business?
I forget
I forget
Re: #21
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./ *・ω・ヽ I still do a bit of it
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./ *・ω・ヽ I still do a bit of it
So Panasonic isn't the trusty brand it used to be, huh
My brother recently bought me an old TV recorder
Thinking back on it now, sure it's old, but the lifespan might've been pretty short too
What was the toughest job you had as a handyman?
My brother recently bought me an old TV recorder
Thinking back on it now, sure it's old, but the lifespan might've been pretty short too
What was the toughest job you had as a handyman?
Re: #26
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./ *・ω・ヽ The National (Panasonic's old brand name) days were good
Around 2014 it started rattling for some reason
The tough one?
Detective work
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./ *・ω・ヽ The National (Panasonic's old brand name) days were good
Around 2014 it started rattling for some reason
The tough one?
Detective work
(´・ω・`) I haggled down a Kirigamine (Mitsubishi Electric) air conditioner too
Got it done that same evening, installation included, for ¥96,000
(´・ω・`) Apparently modern ACs are more energy-efficient but have less power than the old ones
Electricity cost is supposedly cheaper than running a hair dryer
Got it done that same evening, installation included, for ¥96,000
(´・ω・`) Apparently modern ACs are more energy-efficient but have less power than the old ones
Electricity cost is supposedly cheaper than running a hair dryer
Re: #27
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./ *・ω・ヽ For air conditioners I want the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries BEAVER home model
That one breaks down the least
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./ *・ω・ヽ For air conditioners I want the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries BEAVER home model
That one breaks down the least
Detective?
Like solving mysteries?
Or affair investigations?
Like solving mysteries?
Or affair investigations?
Re: #31
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./ *・ω・ヽ Two weeks of surveillance work
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./ *・ω・ヽ Two weeks of surveillance work
Re: #30
(´・ω・`) !! The old one was actually an AC named Beaver
(´・ω・`) !! The old one was actually an AC named Beaver
Re: #33
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./ *・ω・ヽ Mitsubishi Electric makes Kirigamine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries makes BEAVER
Everyone says Daikin's the best
but Daikin's pricey
BEAVER's the cheapest
Kirigamine is positioned as BEAVER's upgraded version
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./ *・ω・ヽ Mitsubishi Electric makes Kirigamine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries makes BEAVER
Everyone says Daikin's the best
but Daikin's pricey
BEAVER's the cheapest
Kirigamine is positioned as BEAVER's upgraded version
So like a private investigation agency?
I guess agencies charge more
How'd the surveillance go?
I guess agencies charge more
How'd the surveillance go?
Re: #34
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./ *・ω・ヽ Pointing a telephoto camera at the apartment building across the street
to track down the affair partner
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./ *・ω・ヽ Pointing a telephoto camera at the apartment building across the street
to track down the affair partner
Sounds like a hassle
I hear specialists in that field charge a ton
Or maybe you just didn't realize it went that far?
I hear specialists in that field charge a ton
Or maybe you just didn't realize it went that far?
Re: #37
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./ *・ω・ "Or maybe you just didn't realize it went that far?"
Meaning?
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./ *・ω・ "Or maybe you just didn't realize it went that far?"
Meaning?
Guess my wording was off
I meant affair/infidelity investigation firms
They apparently charge quite a lot
I meant affair/infidelity investigation firms
They apparently charge quite a lot
Re: #40
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./ *・ω・ヽ Hm?
You mean the cost?
Or the fee for hiring them?
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./ *・ω・ヽ Hm?
You mean the cost?
Or the fee for hiring them?
All of it
Saw it on TV — worst case it runs into the millions of yen
Saw it on TV — worst case it runs into the millions of yen
Re: #43
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./ *・ω・ヽ I see
Honestly, you can do the investigating yourself
The only ones who can't are either clueless about this stuff (johaku, "info-weak")
or people who won't even try
or people who just don't have the energy
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./ *・ω・ヽ I see
Honestly, you can do the investigating yourself
The only ones who can't are either clueless about this stuff (johaku, "info-weak")
or people who won't even try
or people who just don't have the energy
(´・ω・`) A guy in his 20s who was hospitalized with me two years back was always playing online mahjong
Looked like he was having fun
Looked like he was having fun
Re: #45
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./ *・ω・ヽ Mahjong's about luck and strategy
It's a different beast from gacha (lootbox gambling), which is pure luck
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./ *・ω・ヽ Mahjong's about luck and strategy
It's a different beast from gacha (lootbox gambling), which is pure luck
Re: #45
It's perfect for killing time, after all
It's perfect for killing time, after all
Re: #45
Hey, hospital guy — you still in there?!?! Huh?
Hey, hospital guy — you still in there?!?! Huh?
Well, anyone who hires a handyman for this stuff must be loaded
If you've got the energy, an affair investigation's a piece of cake
What you can't do alone is stuff like breakup agencies (wakaresase-ya, professional relationship-wreckers) or honeytraps for when you want alimony but don't have real grounds for divorce
If you've got the energy, an affair investigation's a piece of cake
What you can't do alone is stuff like breakup agencies (wakaresase-ya, professional relationship-wreckers) or honeytraps for when you want alimony but don't have real grounds for divorce
Re: #50
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./ *・ω・ヽ Back in the day I handled a personal case digging into someone's real estate
Doing it myself cost about ¥50,000
Hiring it out was about ¥800,000
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./ *・ω・ヽ Back in the day I handled a personal case digging into someone's real estate
Doing it myself cost about ¥50,000
Hiring it out was about ¥800,000
If you're that bored, come exterminate the bugs around my apartment building ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Re: #81
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./ *・ω・ヽ Kuma-tan (the bear-emoji poster)
Kuma-tan, that job's about the level of a Silver Human Resource Center (senior-citizen job-placement service) gig
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./ *・ω・ヽ Kuma-tan (the bear-emoji poster)
Kuma-tan, that job's about the level of a Silver Human Resource Center (senior-citizen job-placement service) gig
Re: #81
Hey, there's that bear bastard again 🐻
Hey, there's that bear bastard again 🐻
I don't get what role you're playing here
Whoa hey, even Observation Deck guy recognizes the bear now, you bastard
Re: #97
Hey you bastard, if you don't hurry up and learn this, Kashiwa and Observation Deck, those yakuza bastards, are gonna rough you up, you bastard
Hey you bastard, if you don't hurry up and learn this, Kashiwa and Observation Deck, those yakuza bastards, are gonna rough you up, you bastard
Re: #99
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./ *・ω・ヽ HAHAHA
Re: #100
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./ *・ω・ヽ Not yakuza
Though it might be a shady kind of business
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./ *・ω・ヽ HAHAHA
Re: #100
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./ *・ω・ヽ Not yakuza
Though it might be a shady kind of business
Re: #100
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./ *・ω・ヽ Anyway, go download MJ (a mahjong game)
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./ *・ω・ヽ Anyway, go download MJ (a mahjong game)
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “./ *・ω・ヽ The Bored Old Guy.”
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