Area66 said...

Area66 at 12:22 PM JST - 7th August

War is Hell... so to avoid that small sample of Hell don't get involved in a war.... oh yeah, it's too late for that now, isn't it. So get over it.

Germany has managed to deal with what we did to Dresden (which makes both Hiroshima and Nagasaki very small…

Posted in Manhattan Project scientist visits Hiroshima for 1st time at 12:22 PM JST - 7th August
Area66 at 11:54 AM JST - 7th August

The Atomic Bomb = 'the horror, the horror' (with slight apology to Joesph Conrad)

Cigarettes = OK, well let's just raise taxes.

You people need to get your priorities straight.

You know as much as I despair over they way we (U.S.) does things, we are eradicating this problem (if…

Posted in Cigarette prices may be doubled at 11:54 AM JST - 7th August
Area66 at 11:53 AM JST - 5th August

Just as observation, not flame, it has occurred to me that almost any well poised, neat and reasonable looking Japanese young women, showing her skill and presenting herself even reasonably well, would be well received here (U.S.). I wonder if this is because of American view of women as 'objects',…

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Area66 at 12:15 PM JST - 12th July

The more interesting question might be "What would Forbes do to make their money, if there were no overpaid celebs (and other equally nutty aspects of capitalist systems) to write about?"

Posted in Forbes magazine says that golfer Tiger Woods is on track to become the world's first billionaire athlete by 2010. What do you think of the astronomical sums of money that sports stars are paid? at 12:15 PM JST - 12th July
Area66 at 03:30 PM JST - 1st July

Well here in the states, you'd all be wrong. --Don't blame the kid that wrote it, nor the conductor, certainly not the person that reported it!

Blame the pen manufactures of the world!

(insert spray paint for pen to be relevant to this article).

Posted in English graffiti 'Hack' grounds bullet train at 03:30 PM JST - 1st July
Area66 at 12:07 PM JST - 26th June

"No surprise. A greedy American bank that looks after neither customers nor employees properly."

Is there another kind? Anywhere? Aside from my great aunt, who always looked after my piggy bank with great diligence.

I'm sure she was the last of the great bankers.

Posted in This is beyond comprehension. Employees who worked at the company for two years and those who worked for twenty years are both offered the same package. at 12:07 PM JST - 26th June
Area66 at 11:59 AM JST - 26th June

Statistician: It's my opine also, and I've been a totally insulin dependent diabetic for several years now.

As any diabetic learns, the same food does not effect even the same person in the same way every time (there are simply to many variables in play) --and a food that one…

Posted in Lifesaver for diabetics at 11:59 AM JST - 26th June
Area66 at 11:17 AM JST - 21st June

Windows XP/Vista only...

Well I won't ever be buying one of these... until someone or the other gets around to cleaning up the code so it works on a real OS (*Nix, *BSD, OpenSolaris, etc.)

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Area66 at 05:42 PM JST - 15th June

Champaign corks are popping all over the state --in every divorce lawyer's office. What a windfall... and you probably thought it was gays that got the law changed...

Posted in Calif prepares for busy week of same-sex marriages at 05:42 PM JST - 15th June
Area66 at 12:06 PM JST - 1st June

Having an award presented to you by Paris Hilton can only be described as "Damning by faint praise".

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