Hydrogen Peroxide? [Archive] - Outpost Nine Forums

Henjin

10-07-2005, 11:42 PM

deepbluevibes

10-08-2005, 12:12 AM

Eww... Sheesh, is there anything you won't ask? lol

They have fully stocked pharmacies... I can't see why they wouldn't have it or some other antiseptic. If not, just poor some sake on it. 200 yen from the vending machine.

You could always ask someone. Find the cutest girl you see and say: 一番近く薬屋はどこですか。足に大変な傷があるから。見せてあげよう。

Sake? @_@ if that stuff can disenfect my foot, i dont know if i wanna drink it... lmaoooo
well, i was asking because i heard of course that there are huge medical laws there with antibiotics and stuff, so i figured something as POTENTIALLY dangerous as hydrogen peroxide could be outlawed.

yes, you have saved my trip by telling me this. yes yes yes
think it would be labeled in english or in katakana english (i.e. something like haidorujina purojide or something)

kitsunepixie

10-08-2005, 12:22 AM

Sake? @_@ if that stuff can disenfect my foot, i dont know if i wanna drink it... lmaoooo
well, i was asking because i heard of course that there are huge medical laws there with antibiotics and stuff, so i figured something as POTENTIALLY dangerous as hydrogen peroxide could be outlawed.

yes, you have saved my trip by telling me this. yes yes yes
think it would be labeled in english or in katakana english (i.e. something like haidorujina purojide or something)

Look for 過酸化水素 (kasanka-suiso) or even easier, H2O2.

deepbluevibes

10-08-2005, 12:37 AM

Look for 過酸化水素 (kasanka-suiso) or even easier, H2O2.

thanks ^^ :D
id hug you if i could lmao

EIJI

10-08-2005, 01:25 AM

Deepblue, You just say "okishi dooru kudasai" :)
"okishi dooru/オキシドール" is name of an antiseptic containing Hydrogen Peroxide.
http://www.kenko.com/product/seibun/sei_782101.html

deepbluevibes

10-08-2005, 01:54 AM

Eiji thanks ^^ what else does it have in it, do you know? I have a heart problem so I don't want to run any risks of any toxic agents in the stuff that might mess me up @_@

Henjin

10-08-2005, 03:50 AM

I'm tellin' you, just go for the can-o-sake. Just avoid the lemon variety... Unless you plan on drinking it. In which case, go for it, but don't blame me if you start talking back to the TV.

Chinpokomon

10-08-2005, 03:59 AM

Here's what you need.
http://cosmebox.com/img_b/L4901872816514.jpg
http://cosmebox.com/shopping/goods.php?g_code=J4901872816514

(By the way, I'm joking.) :D

hapamama

10-08-2005, 05:37 AM

Any liquor has antiseptic purposes... it's alcohol for heavens sake.

Henjin

10-08-2005, 05:49 AM

It also makes things funnier and women prettier. :)

j/k

Ziellos.ein

10-08-2005, 02:17 PM

well, i was asking because i heard of course that there are huge medical laws there with antibiotics and stuff, so i figured something as POTENTIALLY dangerous as hydrogen peroxide could be outlawed.

h2o2 works by flooding the cell with more h2o2 than the cell's peroxisomes can convert into h2o and o(your body naturaly creates h2o2 and such thus it is always breaking it down with the peroxisome vesicles). an anti bacterial is a special unit that conects to the active I.D. sites and casues things(enzyms) to kill it. after a time the strain can adapt to these and they no longer bond with the identifyers thus creating resistant strains such as we have now.

everywhere will have h2o2

deepbluevibes

10-09-2005, 02:06 AM

ok so.. you're saying this is bad or ? kind of said that confusing.

Henjin

10-09-2005, 02:33 PM

He's saying H2O2 is not an antibiotic, so don't worry about it.

Ziellos.ein

10-09-2005, 05:18 PM

^ ;) ja

☼☼☼☼

deepbluevibes

10-09-2005, 08:45 PM

ok, so then just go with what Eiki said as the anti-biotic then?

Henjin

10-10-2005, 05:51 AM

Just walk around yelling 「足が痛いよ！助けてくれ！」 until someone hands you a bottle of something. Then pour it on your toe.

deepbluevibes

10-10-2005, 05:52 AM

dammit no hahaha

Jess

10-10-2005, 04:34 PM

Any liquor has antiseptic purposes... it's alcohol for heavens sake.

It also makes things funnier and women prettier. :)

j/k

And Japanese better. My fluency went up about 200 notches after a few. :D

Henjin

10-10-2005, 04:47 PM

And Japanese better. My fluency went up about 200 notches after a few. :D

I'm not sure what it did to me... I was just talking to the TV in my hotel room, so I didn't have any witnesses.

I went to a gaijin bar once w/ a friend. I only had two drinks, but he accidentally had 4. (I say accidentally because he couldn't understand the bartender's English and said yes to a 'Sapporo' that the guy thought he heard. lol)
Anyhoo, I just got to the point where things were funnier, but as we were walking out, my friend tripped over the step and fell down right as the elevator (full of Japanese girls) opened. You should have seen the shocked look on their face as this gigantic American guy comes falling toward them. I was cracking up and saying 「大丈夫、大丈夫」... Then in the elevator we met this Japanese guy w/ a really thick accent who claimed he was from Boston.
Soon as the doors opened on the ground floor, this one girl cut off running. lol

That was fun.

Jess

10-10-2005, 05:16 PM

My teachers always plied me with lots of liquor at parties...once they found out I liked sake, that is (I hate beer. Ugh.). Being ... large...I could drink pretty much everyone under the table without trying. The only time they actually managed to get me truly buzzed was my goodbye party...I got to give my goodbye speech to the students the next morning in Japanese with my first hangover. Whee!

But drinking did make my Japanese better - not to mention an animal in the karaoke booth - because I was feeling mellow enough not to care if I sounded like a retard. I'd just throw the best japanese i could manage out there and let them figure it out. Worked much better that way. :D

belladonna

10-10-2005, 05:54 PM

well... how many people did he scare? just the one girl? and deepblueveines i hope your toe feels better

renegade

10-10-2005, 06:14 PM

man you guy's ask the wierdest things

Henjin

10-10-2005, 07:11 PM

well... how many people did he scare? just the one girl?

They all looked terrified, but just the one ran out when we hit the 1st floor.

koku

10-10-2005, 07:32 PM

You need your own thread. I mean it. If your trip wasn't in 4 days, I would tell a MOD or Admin to sticky your own thread here.

When you're done, you HAVE to tell us how everything went.

deepbluevibes

10-10-2005, 08:33 PM

lol i already explained why i'm asking so much...
-10 days of only being there. may never be able to go again. don't want to waste time "discovering" how to use the bus system, how to get things, how to find places, where to go to do what, etc.
-dad knows NOTHING about anything there. think of him as a typical japanese who thinks he knows about america, but reverse the races.
-i'm not really a "stop and smell the roses" kind of person; been a person who can't relax ever since something happened a few years ago, and i realize life is too damn short for some of us to just sit around and relax and let time go by.

those are the three biggest reasons, so yeah.

koku

10-10-2005, 08:54 PM

Oh no. We understand why you want to know; it's a noble ambitious goal, indeed.

I just think you might aswell have had your own thread. Make sure you let us know if everything went according to plan or if it all fell apart.

deepbluevibes

10-10-2005, 10:10 PM

ohh, ok. one more question then, since this thread has already answered two;
what about customs?

i mean, i intend to buy a TON of stuff for my friends (they're giving me money to do so) and clothes and shoes for myself, at the very least.

What exactly is the procedure there? I've heard that you have to list off everything you have as well as exact prices, and then they'll tax you, and if you can't pay the tax then..?

Henjin

10-10-2005, 10:29 PM

What exactly is the procedure there? I've heard that you have to list off everything you have as well as exact prices, and then they'll tax you, and if you can't pay the tax then..?

What? Who told you that? The only thing you have to watch out for is too many bags/too heavy for your airline. Customs only asks you how much the stuff you're bringing into the country is worth. If it's under $10,000, you'll be fine. Don't even sweat it.

deepbluevibes

10-10-2005, 11:20 PM

?? I thought you had to declare what you were taking out of the country also?

Henjin

10-10-2005, 11:49 PM

?? I thought you had to declare what you were taking out of the country also?

Why would they care? You only go through customs entering Japan (on Japanese soil) and entering the US (on US soil).

deepbluevibes

10-11-2005, 01:14 AM

oh, ok. that's what i meant then, when you enter the US, coming from Japan, wouldn't I have to declare everything I am taking back into the country?

Chinpokomon

10-11-2005, 06:15 AM

Yes, you need to declare stuff:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/return_to_us.xml
In most cases, you're allowed to bring back $800 without paying tax on it.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/dutyfree_exemption.xml

deepbluevibes

10-11-2005, 06:57 AM

it says i have to declare it in USA money... so then i would just for instance, say that a 6000 yen ring is 60 bucks or something like that?

Henjin

10-11-2005, 03:18 PM

Yes, you would. And like I said, on the plane back, they handed us a customs card to fill out. Aside from all your normal info and passport number, they just ask you the value of the stuff you're bringing in. Obviously, it's just an estimate.

stsparky

10-12-2005, 04:03 AM

i mean, i intend to buy a TON of stuff for my friends (they're giving me money to do so) and clothes and shoes for myself, at the very least. ...

Mail the light stuff home - like toys and clothes you aren't wearing. Carrying stuff around is looney. Do you know your Japanese shoe size? Mine is 52 - and not even the Sumo shops have shoes for me.

As to Customs - tell them you bought gifts for your friends and the stuff is sentimental in value. - Sparky

deepbluevibes

10-12-2005, 05:56 AM

Mail the light stuff home - like toys and clothes you aren't wearing. Carrying stuff around is looney. Do you know your Japanese shoe size? Mine is 52 - and not even the Sumo shops have shoes for me.

As to Customs - tell them you bought gifts for your friends and the stuff is sentimental in value. - Sparky

do they have tools there or whatever to measure your japanese shoe size?

Chinpokomon

10-12-2005, 06:09 AM

do they have tools there or whatever to measure your japanese shoe size?
http://demo.physics.uiuc.edu/LectDemo/descript/Labs/102lab7(623)/PIC00017a.jpg

deepbluevibes

10-12-2005, 07:43 AM

lmao funny, real funny

Chinpokomon

10-12-2005, 07:56 AM

Well, they do measure in centimeters, so I'm only half joking.

Fine, fine. I'll be helpful:
http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html

52 centimeters???!! You must have a really big....shoebox.

deepbluevibes

10-12-2005, 10:01 PM

ah, thanks bunches :D im a 28 then i guess?
also, what about clothing sizes? i heard that a male's medium in tokyo is compareable to a male's small here. truth, fiction? and how about trying on clothes in stores? is that acceptable or no?

Scott

10-12-2005, 10:06 PM

I got a men's large t-shirt and it was way too tight on me both around the torso and across the shoulders. Dug into my armpits, too.

I'm 5'10" and around 180 lbs. Not terribly muscular or chubby.

deepbluevibes

10-12-2005, 10:11 PM

i'm 5'8 and 120 pounds. i get medium shirts from anchor blue and they're semi-baggy on me. so... suggestions?

I ARE 1031

10-12-2005, 10:57 PM

You can MAKE hydrogen peroxide you weirdo. :D

deepbluevibes

10-13-2005, 02:34 AM

yet another two questions;

it turns out my friends are going batshit over wanting stuff (they're providing money).

so much that at this point i'm looking at like at least 1,000+ dollars worth of buying stuff. not counting my own.

so, here's the questions;

#1: what happens if i try to sneak some of this past USA customs? worst case scenario (none of the stuff is illegal in any country)

#2: what happens if i want to just box all this shit up and send it back to USA? what would be the average charges? (the majority of it will be clothing/yutakas/cds/small trinkets)

h2orowe

10-13-2005, 02:41 AM

Look for 過酸化水素 (kasanka-suiso) or even easier, H2O2.
Nyaah? Somebody call me?

Chinpokomon

10-13-2005, 02:44 AM

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/paying_duty.xml

I would advise:
Tell your friends to buy their stuff online or something. Cap your spending at $800.

If you absolutely must go over $800, just pay the duty on the difference. It looks like it's only 3%, from what I can tell. If you go $200 over, you only pay $6. Better than getting into trouble with the authorities.

deepbluevibes

10-13-2005, 02:58 AM

Chinpokomon

10-13-2005, 03:06 AM

Shipping Rates:
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/gj13019/gjbooks/howtoorder/shippingrates.htm

It appears that the 3% was incorrect. This source quotes 15% for duty.
Duty Rates:
http://www.customs.go.jp/asem/partners_db/db_jp_passenger.htm