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Hi All!
I know I'm not really here anymore but I saw this article and thought you'd get a kick out of it, plus I wanted to say HI!
Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.946)
WEEK OF MARCH 26, 2006
LEAD STORY
Because perhaps hundreds of Japanese Yakuza gangsters are nearing retirement age, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has drafted rules for the former gambling, loan shark, and protection workers to qualify for benefits, according to a March dispatch from Tokyo in The Times of London. Since organized crime leaves no employment paper trail, ex-mobsters must supply a letter of retirement from their crime boss in order to sign up, although local governments are expected to accept as partial proof gang tattoos, criminal records, demonstrations of missing finger tips (the sign of traditional Yakuza punishment for mistakes). [The Times (London), 3-3-06]
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See, even though I don't have time to play, I still think of you all, and peek in every once in a while to see how the story's going. Miss you all! -Kiti
I know I'm not really here anymore but I saw this article and thought you'd get a kick out of it, plus I wanted to say HI!
Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.946)
WEEK OF MARCH 26, 2006
LEAD STORY
Because perhaps hundreds of Japanese Yakuza gangsters are nearing retirement age, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has drafted rules for the former gambling, loan shark, and protection workers to qualify for benefits, according to a March dispatch from Tokyo in The Times of London. Since organized crime leaves no employment paper trail, ex-mobsters must supply a letter of retirement from their crime boss in order to sign up, although local governments are expected to accept as partial proof gang tattoos, criminal records, demonstrations of missing finger tips (the sign of traditional Yakuza punishment for mistakes). [The Times (London), 3-3-06]
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See, even though I don't have time to play, I still think of you all, and peek in every once in a while to see how the story's going. Miss you all! -Kiti