Grateful for a little girl

Since I have really bad knees, I walk like a guy with two bad wheels. Every time I get on the subway a little girl in a high school uniform jumps up and offers me her seat. 
I feel very grateful and I also feel very old.

~Tim~

Steal or just borrow?

I was handing out fliers at the subway station. I parked my tricycle next to an unlocked bicycle. Two guys came up to me and asked me if one of those bikes was mine. I told them that tho one on the left was mine.
They confirmed that the one on the right wasn't mine and then proceeded to take the bike on the right. I told them that if they steal the bike I'll call the police. 
They said that they weren't stealing the bike but only borrowing it. Since there are a lot of guys out "borrowing" bicycles, keep yours locked.

~Tim~

今週のワンポイント英会話 第538回

It's your call. = It's your decision.

あなたが決めること。

We can go out or stay home.  It's your call.

動画はこちら→http://youtu.be/IY7UNBCsdqE

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On the street, I ...

In my flier I advertise that I do 2,000 sit-ups a day. Yesterday, on the street  a man about sixty dressed in a fine suit asked me to prove it. 
I lifted up my polo shirt to show him my flat stomach. He stood there for about a minute gazing at my stomach. 
I proved my point but it must have looked like I was showing him my..... 

You understand ....

Tim

今週のワンポイント英会話 第537回

Zero dark thirty (0 dark30). = Slang for very early in the morning.

深夜から夜明け、早朝。

I always begin my day at 0 dark30.

動画はこちら→http://youtu.be/I8Evej15XY0

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今週のワンポイント英会話 第536回

F.Y.I. For your information. = To inform someone about something politely.

参考までに。ちなみに。

F.Y.I. your zipper is down.


動画はこちら→http://youtu.be/VjMD7jvfDTw

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Fireworks

Tonight there will be fireworks in Juso. About 700,000 people will come, watch and return home. Tomorrow Nishinakajima will be a ghost town.

~Tim~

High school baseball tournament

High school baseball. Now there is a national high school baseball tournament in Osaka. Nishinakajima  has a number of cheap hotels so the city is full of strong young deeply tanned men. They are often seen swinging bats and jogging around the area. Since this tournament is an elimination competition,each day fewer and fewer of these young men are seen around town. 
It's a bit sad but I guess that's life.

~Tim~

今週のワンポイント英会話 第535回

Gotta go. = I must leave or I have to go to the rest room. 

もう行かないと。

I must be at work soon.  I can't stay and talk.  I gotta go.


動画はこちら → http://youtu.be/bYMc2LhYVXE

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