［日記］ 昭和の詩人・西脇順三郎、そして連休初日（May 23, 2014）





the south wind has brought soft goddesses... it has wet the bronze, wet the fountain... swallow's wings... it has wet golden feathers... the tide water... the sand, the fishes... it has gently wet the temples, baths, and theaters... And this procession of gentle, soft goddesses has wet my tongue...

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The most significant point of the literature I believe is not the thoughts and ideas themselves, but the lights or reflections coming out of them. I think what makes literature valuable is not the gem, but the reflections it gives out.
 



words of surprise coming out of a woman... are reflections Cleopatra displays when she is praised... while pouring liquor...

Can't for the life of me recall how to spell the word "bara (rose)" ... every time i have to write it ... i look it up into the dictionary... what a shame... i stick out my sad head in the dawn... the window remains lonely...

それは昼どきだからです

 

自分はなぜだか、この西脇順三郎という昭和時代の詩人が好きで、一番最初に彼の詩を目に触れたのは高校生時代の日本語の教科書であったけれど、確かAmbarvaliaとかいうタイトルの詩集から抜粋した一節で、そのバタ臭さ満載な作風にいやらしさを感じつつも、自分は心のどこかに引っ掛かりを持ち続けていたのか、ある時点において、その引っ掛かりに導かれるかたちで『旅人かへらず』という、５７５に則（のっと）らない形式で表現した俳句のような、そのくせスカしたような物の書き方に好感を覚え、「無意識の心を書き記す」ということについて一つの新しい自覚の念が生まれたという意味において、あれから20年以上たっても気になり続ける存在なのだから、きっと自分はこの詩人の書くものが好きなのだ、と判った次第です。

彼はTwitter向けな作風の詩を書いていたんだな、と今思います。もしネットの時代に生きていたら、何を書かれていただろう？と空想することは心楽しいけれども、おそらくネット社会に害されて意外につまらない方向に変貌している可能性もあるのかも、などと意味のない思いを巡らせつつ、ともあれ本日は4連休の第1日、朝には娘を学校まで車で送り、その後は細君連れてNoviまで車を走らせ日本のカレーその他の食材を買ってくる予定。

ところで、娘と彼女の友達と昨日の夕方にドライブした際、彼女らが言うに、その日トヨタ自動車の社長さんが高校に訪問されたとのこと。

色を論じると　味を忘れる

Philadelphia roll my wife made
私はただ腹が減っている

 

 

AssemblyDesign (3) - Working on Assembly Components CATIA アセンブリデザイン基礎(3)

アセンブリ内における構成要素の操作
Working on Assembly Components

気を許せば　猫



*沖縄のCATIA職業訓練コースで自分が取っていた覚え書きから
*From my memo I was taking during my CATIA job training course in the Okinawa island, Japan


SECTION 1
構成要素の削除  Deleting Components

Right-click on the component to delete and select "Delete". Click "OK" in the "Delete" dialog box.

Note: The "Delete all children" option makes it possible to delete the assembly constraints that have been created with the component. (This option has been turned OFF by default.)


SECTION 2
構成要素のコピー、貼り付け  Copying/Pasting Components

Right-click on the component to copy, and select "Copy". Right-click on the assembly in the tree where you want to paste the component. Pasted component will be placed at the same location where the original exists. Whether the constrains will also be copied & pasted can be controlled by the CATIA settings. Go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Assembly Design > Constraints (tab), and find the "Paste components" area that has the following options.

A) Without the assembly constraints
Assembly constraints will NOT be copied when the components are copied & pasted.

B) Without the assembly constraints after a Copy
Assembly constraints will be copied only when the components are copied & pasted.

C) Without the assembly constraints after a Cut
Assembly constraints will not be copied only when the components are cut & pasted.

D) Always with the assembly constraints
Assembly constraints will be copied when the components are cut & pasted, as well as when they are copied & pasted.


SECTION 3
「パターンの再利用」の機能を利用した構成要素のコピー  Copy Components With The "Re-use Pattern" Functionality

1) Click on the "Reuse Pattern" icon and check the "generated constraints" option.
2) Select the pattern you want to re-use from the specification tree, such as "Rectangular Pattern.1" or "Circular Pattern.1".
3) Select the component to copy, and click the OK button.


SECTION 4
構成要素の複数インスタンス化  Multi-instantiating Components

Components will be instantiated in the specified direction, with the specified spacing.

1) Click on the "Multi Instantiation" icon and select a component you want to multi-instantiate.
2) Enter the number of instances and the spacing (mm).
3) Define the reference element to indicate the direction of the instantiation, and click the OK button.

Note: The "Fast Multi Instantiation" command can be used when instantiating other components
with the same condition.


SECTION 5
対象による構成要素のコピー  Copying Components Symmetrically

Components (Parts or Products) can be created with the "Mirror" functions. Use the "Symmetry" command and define conditions in the "Assembly Symmetry Wizard" window.

Components (Parts or Products) can be created with the "Translate" functions. Use the "Symmetry" command and define conditions in the "Assembly Symmetry Wizard" window, but check the "Translation of new instance" option.


SECTION 6
構成要素の置き換え  Replacing Components

Components can be replaced with another component with the following process.

1) Right-click on the component to replace, and select Components > Replace Component.
2) The "File Selection" window will be opened. Select the component to replace with.
3) The "Impacts On Replace" window will be displayed. Make sure "Yes" is checked for "Do you
want to replace all the instances of the selected element?" shown in the window. Click OK, and the existing component will be replaced with the new component.

Check the constraints status in the tree. If the constraints are lost in the assembly data, a warning mark is displayed on the tree icon. User needs to re-define the constraints. Double-click on the constraints in the tree and reconnect the elements.


SECTION 7
構成要素および拘束のリオーダ  Reordering Components/Constraints

A) 構成要素をリオーダするには  Reordering Components
Select the "Graph tree Reordering" icon.

B) 拘束をリオーダするには  Reordering Constraints
Right-click on the constraint in the tree and select ***.object > Reorder constraints.

C) 拘束のグループ分け  Grouping Constraints
Constraints can be grouped using the "Group in new set" function. Multi-select the constraints
and right-click to select Selected object > Group in new set.


付記：
自分が沖縄(ここの出身というわけではないです)でCATIA講習を受けた際にとっていたノートを元に、おおまかな知識を書き出してみたのだけれども、久しぶりに見直してみて、随分いろんなことを習ったものだと改めて思うに到り、中には今になって、なるほどそういうことだったか、と合点のいくものもあったりで、復習をしてみる意味においても、当時のメモやノートを掘り起こすのは悪くないかと思い、書いてみた次第です。

時々雲ゆきが怪しいと会話が弾む

AssemblyDesign (2) - Moving Components in an Assembly CATIA アセンブリデザイン基礎 (2)

AssemblyDesign (2) - Moving Components in an Assembly

ももちゃん ８：４９

*沖縄のCATIA職業訓練コースで自分が取っていた覚え書きから
*From my memo I was taking during my CATIA job training course in the Okinawa island, Japan


SECTION 1 
アセンブリ内で構成要素を移動するには  Moving Components in an Assembly

A) Using the Compass
1. Place the Compass on the component

2. Move the component using the Compass
Put the cursor on the linear portion of the Compass, and move the cursor in order to move the
component horizontally or vertically. Planar areas of the compass can be selected to move the component along the planar portion you manipulate. Arc portions of the Compass can be selected to turn the component. The top of the Compass (green dot) can be selected to move the component based on the origin point of the Compass.

3. Resetting the Compass
After finishing manipulating the components, the Compass needs to be placed back to where it was.
 a. From the menu bar, select View > Reset Compass.
 b. Hold the Compass directly in 3D, and drag it to the axis image shown on the right-bottom
area of the screen. 
 c. Drag the component to the 3D background with the "Shift" key selected.


SECTION 2
構成要素を数値を使って動かすには  Moving Components with Numerical Values

After placing the Compass on the component, right-click on the Compass to select "Edit".
A dialog box will be displayed. The values shown as the "Position" is where the Compass's
handle is located. Move the component numerically in the dialog box, by the axis direction,
angle, increments, or measures.


SECTION 3
アセンブリ・コマンドを使って構成要素を動かすには  Moving Components Using Assembly Icon Commands

A) Use the "Manipulation" icon
B) Use the "Explode" icon
C) Use the "Snap" icon


SECTION 4 
アセンブリ拘束の作成  Create Assembly Constraints

1. Apply the "Fix Component" command to the one that will be the base component.
2. Use the Compass to roughly place other components, so constraints can be performed easily.
3. Apply Assembly constraint icon commands (e.g. Coincident, Contact, etc.)
4. Update the Assembly data to reflect the constraints you have made to the geometries.

A) Option Settings To Manually Update The Assembly Constraints
Go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > General (tab). Check "Manual" in the "Update" area.

B) 3D領域に表示されるマークについて  Marks that will be displayed in 3D

Fix mark: Looks like an anchor. This mark indicates the component has been fixed with the "Fix Component" command.
Coincidence mark: Displayed with green circles, indicating the elements have been constrained
with the "Coincidence" command, by the axis, plane, or point.
Contact mark: Displayed with green square marks, indicating the elements have been constrained
with the "Contact" command, by the face or plane.
Offset mark: Displayed with linear arrow marks containing numerical values, indicating the
elements have been constrained with the "Offset Constraint" command.
Angle mark: Displayed with arched arrow marks containing numerical values, indicating the
elements have been constrained with the "Angle Constraint" command.

C) 作成した拘束に基づいて構成要素を動かすには  Moving Components Based On The Created Constraints

There are 2 options to move components based on the constraints you have created.
1. Move the component using the Compass while the "Shift" key is pressed.
2. Use the "Manipulation" command, with the "With respect to constraints" option checked.

D) 複数の拘束を一度に作成するには  Creating Multiple Constraints At A Time
1. Default mode: Used to create multiple constraints in a 1 versus 1 manner.
2. Stack mode: Used to create constraints between 1 element and multiple elements.
3. Chain mode: Used to create constraints such as between A and B, B and C, C and D, D and E (...)


E) アセンブリ内の構成要素を検証したい Studying Components in an Assembly

1. 測定  Measuring
2. 物理特性の確認  Confirming Physical Attributes
3. 最短距離の確認  Measuring Minimum Distances
4. 干渉の確認  Checking Clashes/Interferences
A) Use "Compute Clash" or "Clash".
B) "Compute Clash"
C) "Clash"
D) Export interference information into .txt file or .xml file.

Before exporting into a txt or xml, confirm the status by going to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Assembly Design > DMU Clash - Process (tab). Check "XML Export for  clash process　purpose".

F) 干渉結果の表示  Display of Results for Clashes/Interferences
List by Conflict (tab) & List by Product (tab)
Configured "Sag" values can affect the clash/contact results. Circle (cylinder) geometry is tessellated (approximated) in the program. The smaller the sag value is, the more closer the created circle is to the real circle.

G) サグ値の設定  Configuring The Sag Value
Sag values can be configured by accessing Tools > Options > ...


SECTION 5.
セクション作成  Sectioning

A) Select the "Sectioning" icon.
B) Defining the section plane
C) Use the "Positioning" tab in the Sectioning definition box.

"Normal constraint":  Move the section plane in the x, y, or z direction.
"Edit Position And Dimensions": Move the plane in the x, y, z direction by using numerical values.
"Geometrical Target": Select a face or edge of geometry to create a section plane that is
parallel to the selected element (face or edge).
"Invert Normal": The direction of the normal line to the plane will be inverted.
"Reset Position": Used to get back to the default condition.


ボリューム断面の作成 Creating a Volume Cut 
Section can be created in the geometry area. Inside of the cut geometry can also be viewed.

住宅地はTVよりも情報量が多い

付記：
自分が沖縄でCATIA講習を受けた際にとっていたノートを元に、おおまかな知識を書き出してみたのだけれども、久しぶりに見直してみて、随分いろんなことを習ったものだと改めて思うに到り、中には今になって、なるほどそういうことだったか、と合点のいくものもあったりで、復習をしてみる意味においても、当時のメモやノートを掘り起こすのは悪くないかと思い、書いてみた次第です。

AssemblyDesign (1) - Assembly & Components CATIA アセンブリデザイン基礎 (1)

アセンブリと構成要素  Assembly & Component

自分がCATIAの講習を初めて受けたのは日本の沖縄の土地においてで、そこに3か月ほど一人で滞在し、CADとかITとかが初めての経験だったこともあり苦労は大きかったし、途中で脱落しかけたけれども、今となってはとても大切な思い出として記憶しており、そういえば休日などは、食堂にトコトコと出歩きタコライスをよく食べたものだったことを思い出すにつけ、自分が憶えている沖縄のおいしい食事は沖縄そばでも何でもない、タコライスだった、と言うことができるほど好きな食べ物であったし、また休日といえば、一人で海辺まで出かけて行ったりしたことも忘れられない思い出として心に残っており、道中、ハブが出てきて噛まれはしまいかとドキドキしながら雑草生い茂る坂を早足で歩いたり、急な雨に降られたりもしながらも、バスを乗り継ぎながら目的地に行き、海岸をとぼとぼ歩き、暖かい風を感じながらゆっくり時間を過ごし、しばしそこの風景を楽しむと、またバスを乗り継ぎながら滞在していたレオパレスの部屋まで帰って行ったのだったけれども、なぜだかバス停で立って待っていてもバスが何台も通り過ぎてしまい、あれはなぜだったのだろう、バス停ではないものをバス停と思い込んでいたのだろうか、などと思ったりした次第です。

沖縄でのCATIA職業訓練コースののち、自分は千葉県と群馬県で仕事をすることになったのだけれども、毎日ノートPCをバックパックに担いで朝から就寝前までCATIAをやっていたことはとてもいい思い出で、群馬県のホテルに滞在しながらお客さんのところに通いヒアリング活動したり、CATIA教育をさせていただいたり、ワークショップ等でモデリング指導をしたり、プレゼンをやったり、仏ダッソーの開発元との電話会議をやったり、手順書その他のドキュメントを日本語と英語の両方で書いたり、ずいぶんいろんな経験をさせていただき、その期間中、当時リーダーだった方からは多くのことを教えていただいたり、また面倒も見ていただいたことは、今思い出してみても楽しいもので、焦ったり、ストレス抱えて仕事をしていた部分もあったに違いないし、家庭を持つ身でありながら月給が手取りで12万円程度で、周囲を心配させるほど生活が厳しかったのだけれども、良い思い出ばかりの、実り多い時期だった、と感じ入っているのが本当のところです。


*沖縄のCATIA職業訓練コースで自分が取っていた覚え書きから
*From my memo I was taking during my CATIA job training course in the Okinawa island, Japan


Assembly (アセンブリ): Also known as a "Product". This is meant to be a collection of multiple Part
files.

Component (構成要素): Parts that build up an Assembly.
Part: Data created in the PartDesign or Generative Shape Design workbench.
The top Product file can contain either Part or Sub-assembly data. Sub-assembly data contains
its own components (Parts/Sub-assembly) inside.


パーツ名とインスタンス名  Part Numbers & Instance Names

Part number (パーツ名):  The name of a component. Every Part or Assembly has its own Part number.

Instance name (インスタンス名): The component name that will work as the identifier. When the same component (of the same Part number) is inserted into the Assembly data, different instance name will be assigned so the system will not mix them up.


パーツ名とインスタンス名の編集  Editing Part Numbers & Instance Names
Part numbers and instance names, by the way, can be modified from each "Properties" (or just
hit "Alt+Enter" on the component name in the tree). In the specification tree of Assembly data, user needs to be aware which component is in active state. Even when you are working in an Assembly, if a Part file is activated, the current workbench will not be the Assembly Design workbench, therefore you will not be able to see Assembly Design commands (icons). Also, if you want to modify a specific Part and the top Product is activated, the Part Design/Generative Shape Design commands are not available. (Modification cannot be performed with that condition.)


活動化状と態選択状態  Active Status & Selected Status
Active status (活動化状態): Active status means you are currently working in that component. In the tree the active place is colored with a blue background. Double-click on anywhere you want to activate in the tree.

Selected status (選択状態): Selected status means you have clicked on that component most recently. In the tree the selected (single-clicked) place is colored with an orange background.


パートデータとプロダクト(アセンブリ)データ  Part Data & Product (Assembly) Data
One of the biggest differences between Part data and Product (Assembly) data is whether
clashes/interferences can be checked or not. This indicates that if the whole data is created in Part,
each components will not be as flexible as the Assembly data with the same geometries. Assembly
Design workbench has various constraint command icons, whereas PartDesign or GSD doesn't.


構成要素の挿入  Inserting Components
Select the "Existing Component" icon. In the tree, select the Assembly you want to insert the component. In the browser window that is opened automatically, select the inserting file, and click on the "Open" button. Selected component will be inserted into the designated Assembly.

Another way to do the same thing is to right-click on the Assembly you want to add a component
into, and select Components > Existing Component.


新規構成要素の挿入の際は
When inserting a new component, a message box appears to ask you if you want to specify the
origin point. If "Yes" is clicked and select a specific point, the component will be inserted so the selected point will be defined as the origin point. If "No" is clicked, the component will be inserted so its origin point will be the same as the top Product's (top Assembly's) origin point.

There is an option setting to display a pop up box so a Part number can be entered when adding
a new Part.
Tools/Options/Infrastructure/Product Structure/Product Structure (tab)


カタログからの挿入も可  Inserting from the Catalog
In CATIA, components can be inserted from the "Catalog Browser" command.


アセンブリデータの保存  Saving Assembly Data
We use "Save" or "Save As" when working in MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint. There is other save command that is often used in CATIA but doesn't exist in other applications such as MS Office
products. It is "Save Management".


なぜ「保存管理」なのか  Why "Save Management"?
Save Management needs to be used when working with an Assembly data or CAE data because the
data contains multiple Part files (or Product files) and they all have to be taken care of, including each one of its file name and save directory. When user wants to change a file name in an Assembly, working in the Internet Explorer will not be good. This is because, by changing a file name in the Explorer window, CATIA will miss out the information on the modified file. (Let CATIA take care of the file information. Do not use Windows Explorer when modifying the file names.) Also, the save location is also important to be recognized in CATIA, since not all components (Part files, Product files) are saved in the same folder location on the system or network. If you have a component named "MyScrew1.CATPart" in some network place and have used it in an Assembly, but you already have modified version or back up version with the same file name in different places. Which one does CATIA refer to? - Save Management is a useful tool in order to avoid such a conflict.

付記：
自分がCATIAの研修を受けた際にとっていたノートを元に、おおまかな知識を書き出してみたのだけれども、久しぶりに見直してみて、随分いろんなことを習ったものだと改めて思うに到り、中には今になって、なるほどそういうことだったか、と合点のいくものもあったりで、復習をしてみる意味においても、当時のメモやノートを掘り起こすのは悪くないかと思い、書いてみた次第です。

[Blog Post in Idleness] ゆるいブログ記事

「すこしずつ味わいに値します」
噛めば噛むほど味が出る、のことか？

I was going over the thought over poetry last week. I read some poems, and also wrote something. - I recalled I used to spend much time on reading and writing, and during my 20s I had a call from an editor of a publisher. We didn't meet just because over the telephone he mentioned "The Wild Geese" written by Ogai Mori and also because I had gained much weight and I was thinking I had to eat more greens (which doesn't make any sense...) I think that is how I spent my late 20s.... I don't remember most of the people I met around that time... I was using a TOSHIBA word processor and I didn't know anything about website or e-mails. Fifteen years have passed since then, I am currently using a TOSHIBA computer. It is funny when I start thinking about that. In my 20s, the world looked like the stories written by Rampo Edogawa. There were more secrets in both the society and individuals. Words coming from an individual’s mouth sounded differently. How differently did it sound to me? It is like a difference between LED lights and fluorescent lights. More things that have happened in society used to be unrevealed. More things that were covered up were not uncovered. Information did not spread this fast across the border. Communication with someone abroad was not common. Complaints and accusations against bad or nasty groups or individuals were not to be known, unless your message was sent to a newspaper company or a magazine editor and be published in the media. Only a few people made it happen. You could not give out your voices unless you already have power or influence over society. I wrote stories as my hobby and some appeared in magazines...

One of the editors who was located far away from where I had lived wanted my short story to be printed on their magazine. With his very polite letter I was advised to revise a couple of places in the original. He said some of the words and phrases were not appropriate to be read by the readers I didn’t know. He encouraged me to keep writing. Years later, I published one silly and weird book. Then I made a very little money by writing 2 more books. One was on the mental health for business people, and the other on preparation for natural disasters. - I don't think they helped someone out who had problems with mental conditions or had a hard time when a disaster happened. – Information technology is amazing. The speed of progress should be not normal if I jumped over here from 1980s.

I imagine innocent mistakes and errors must have been more tolerable than nowadays. They must have had less impact. – However in the 21^st century, with advanced technology and potential risks around us, things that might have been thought less of in the past (such as a poor translation of documents or miscommunications) now contain potential risks, and impacts can be huge and serious.

– As a supervisor of technical translation and bilingual system engineer (including CATIA operations), the importance and criticality of translation have become bigger than when I worked in Japan as a bilingual tech supporter. – If this situation is overlooked, I don’t have a clue what would happen next.

[Brief Introduction to CATIA FEA] CATIA FEAの簡単な紹介

Here is a very good tutorial video uploaded on YouTube by a gentleman, named Ionut Ghionea. I would like to briefly explain (using this very cool video) what can be done with CATIA in order to perform FEA analysis. Roughly speaking, in CATIA V5, FEA can be done by taking the following 3 steps.

     1. Set up Analysis Conditions (Apply material, add clamps, and apply force)
     2. Perform Calculation
     3. Display Calculated Analysis Results with Mesh (Deformation, Von Mises, Principal Stress, Displacement, etc.)

1. Set up Analysis Conditions
00:20
A material (Steel, in this video) has been applied to the solid, using the [Apply Material] command.

00:33
Right-click [Steel] in the spec tree to go to [Properties], and change the material attributes.

00:47
The workbench has been switched to GSA (Generative Structural Analysis), where analysis work (settings, calculation, display of results) will be performed.

00:52
The [Clamp] icon is clicked in order to specify the clamping areas. (The clamped areas have been shown with the red fork-like shapes. (Multiple faces can be selected.))

01:11
The [Distributed Force] command had been applied. This will specify the applying force to the geometry. 1 face has been selected, and at [1:26] the force has been specified. (-150N in the X axis direction, 0N in the Y and Z directions) The unit can be changed to Mpa (instead of N (Newton)) if necessary. The directions to apply forces, by the way, does not necessarily have to be in the X, Y, or Z direction.

01:43
[OCTREE Tetrahedron] is clicked in the spec tree. The window opens to let you modify the mesh information, including the mesh size, the sag (tesselation) value. - In solid geometries created in PartDesign workbench, meshes will be created automatically when you enter the GSA workbench. When working with surfaces (created in GSD), meshes need to be created manually in another workbench, called the [Advanced Meshing Tool] workbench. - In this video, surface meshing process is not introduced.

2. Perform Calculation
01:57
The [Compute] icon is clicked, in order to calculate the analysis with the settings that have been given.

3. Display Calculated Analysis Results
02:08
The [Deformation] icon is clicked to show the computed result with the mesh structure. Deformed shape is displayed in the 3D area.

02:13
The [Animate] icon is clicked to show the animated result. - Note this animation is not the movement based on the time. It only shows how the deformed geometry looks like when the displacement values are divided by the [Steps Number] that has been set by a user.

02:28
The [Von Mises] command is clicked, to dislay the result of the Von Mises stress analysis result. The color scale can be found at the right top in the 3D area when the [Von Mises] icon is clicked. - The more stressed, the more the area becomes closer to red.

03:09
The [Extrema] icon is clicked to show the maximum value in Von Mises representation. - This command detects the minimum and maximum values of both global extrema and local extrema.

03:42
The [Displacement] icon is clicked to show the analysis result by the displacement. Getting closer to the colored area, you will know the displacement values for nodes, represented by colored arrows. The farther the node has been displaced, the more close to red the arrow will be colored.

[Closing]
I currently don't work with FEA but back in Japan (although it was only a short period of time while I was preparing to move here) I was teaching FEA for the engineers in a CATIA class. - While teaching about it, I came to realize that many of the issues and questions on FEA would involve analysis setting issues, meshing problems, or computation error issues. - I would like to learn more about FEA, in order to have more opportunities in that field some day.

[Detroit Auto Show 2014] デトロイト オートショー 2014

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One of my coworkers asked me if I wanted to go to this year's auto show together. He said he had 1 extra ticket. I said, "Sure!" I had wanted to go to the auto show ever since I had moved to Michigan about a year and a half before. - I couldn't even go to the previous year's auto show partly because of the snow on that day, and partly because of my impression toward Detroit that I had heard of up until that day. At the same time, as a beginner driver, I didn't want to pressure myself to go to a place I didn't really know of, especially when it was a cold and snowy holiday. I'd rather sleep longer and stay warm at home.

This year, unfortunately, was also a cold and snowy day. The coworker was more worried about what his wife would have to say to him than the condition of the road on that day.

He came to my place at 7:30 am to pick me up. My 15-year-old daughter also woke up early on that day. She said she wanted to go with us. - She and I hopped into his car.

Getting to Detroit, we noticed that the roads were covered with snow and there was nobody walking outside. My daughter raised her voice, saying, "Wow, smoke is coming here and there from the ground! It's a horror show!" - Thanks to my coworker, we were able to get to the designated location a little before the show was open. We had some meal and had some talks in three.

 

 My 15-year-old asked my coworker questions sometimes. "Which automaker is the most famous in the world? How do we know that?"

My coworker answered to these childish question she had asked. "Mmm, that's a great question... I want to say it's our company but sometimes it might not be true depending on the location... I think you would be able to know the most famous automaker by how large an area they are allowed to share in an exhibition like this."


"Mmm, I see... Makes sense," my daughter said.

I bought some gifts for my wife, who was waiting for us at home.

My coworker's wife was staying home with a 3-year-old. I had wished we all could get together, but it didn't become. He said his kid might not behave herself and go anywhere.

We went to a Mexican restaurant after we came back to Ann Arbor. It was still snowy and the roads were slippery. I said to him, "Please say hi to your wife, and tell her it was not snowy at all in Detroit." - My daughter and I thanked him for the ride.

It was a great day, I thought. My daughter said it was very fun. She said she definitely wanted to go back soon.

夏休みの絵日記のようだ、と家人は言う。

交差点付近にいる
時々信号機が停電する
星占いが的中

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同僚の一人が一緒にオートショーに行きませんかと私に言ってくださった。一枚余分にチケットを持っておられたのだった。私は「いいですね」と申し上げた。ミシガンに引っ越してきて以来、オートショーには行きたいと私はかねてから思っていた。 前年のオートショーには自分自身行けなかった。というのも、当日の雪のためというもあったし、それまで人から聞かされていたデトロイトへの印象のため、というのもあった。またそれと同時に、運転初心者として、あえて知らない土地に、殊に寒くて雪の降る休日を選んでまで行こうとすすんで無理する気になれなかった、というのもあった。いつもより長く寝て、家で温かく過ごしていたい派の我が心。

今年もあいにく寒くて雪の降る日であった。同僚は当日の路面状況よりもむしろ彼の奥さんが何を言ってくるかのほうを心配されておられた。

同僚は朝7:30に我が家に来られた。私の15歳になる娘も当日は早起きしていたのだったが、一緒に行きたいという。娘と私は、同僚の車にひょいと乗った。

デトロイトに着いた我々が気づいたものは、雪に覆われた道と、誰も外を歩いていないということだった。娘は「ワオ、地面のいろんなところから煙が出てる！ホラーショーみたい！」と声を上げた。
同僚のおかげで我々は目的地にショーが開場する少し前に到着できたのだった。食事をとり、三人して話をしたりした。

娘は同僚に質問したりしていた。「世界で一番有名な自動車メーカーってどこなんですか？どうやったらそれが分かるんですか？」

同僚はそんな子供じみた質問に答えてくださった。「うーむ、いい質問ですね。自分の会社、と言いたいところですが、場所によってはそういかないかもしれません。きっと、こういう展示会のようなところで占める面積の大きいところを知ることで、どこがもっとも有名なメーカーだと分かるのかもしれません」

「うーむ、そうですよね。言われて納得です」と娘は言った。

私は家で帰りを待つ妻に土産を買った。

同僚の奥様は家で3歳のお子さんと一緒に留守番されておられる。みんな出てこられればと思ったのだが、実現はしなかった。同僚曰く、お子さんがじっとせず、いろんなところに行ってしまう、とのことだった。

アナーバーに帰ってきてから、我々はメキシカンレストランに行った。まだ雪は降っており、路面は滑りやすかった。私は同僚に言った。「奥様にどうぞよろしくお伝えください。あと、デトロイトは全然雪など降っていなかった、とも」
私と娘は車に乗せていただいたお礼を申し上げた。

いい日だった、と私は思った。娘はとても楽しかった、絶対また行きたい、と言った。

これでいいのだ