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I know a fellow who was targeted - a very mild mannered [actually dull] young man…
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
Alcohol.
Posted in: German resort island shaken over Japanese chef's murder
DAISO???
Posted in: Companies Japanese people are most proud of
The prosecutor Ulrike Stahlmann-Liebelt doesn't seem to be in any hurry to prosecute the two men.
Posted in: German resort island shaken over Japanese chef's murder
Counter accuse the woman of groping you and sound indignant. [Grin]
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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Brian Wheway
yet again "Saitama City" you would think by now people would lock there doors,
Posted in: Man arrested for cutting off women's clothes as they slept
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Brian Wheway
Iam sure that most dinner dates go smoothly, but surly there is going to be one guy that he thinks it is MORE than a dinner date, and bugger me, next day in the news papper "Venerable single lady was raped last night". looks like Mc Donalds profits are going to go up as well, so cant be all that bad!
Posted in: Women use smartphone games to lure men into paying for their food expenses
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Brian Wheway
Here is the medical bill That is what you will give the lady in compensation. here is your fine for not having your dong on a lead. XXXXX Yen This large bill might make him think next time
Posted in: Owner arrested after dog attacks woman
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Brian Wheway
Me and my son was in Kyoto when that mini van crashed killing all of those people, it was a real mess, it was like something out a Die hard film, there was a trail of death and destruction, I’m glad they have toughened up on the laws, as I wouldn’t to see that mess again. Will it stop people from declaring there epilepsy?,,, probably not.
Posted in: Cabinet OKs bill to toughen penalties for dangerous driving
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Brian Wheway
I hear that Tokyo has defence missiles in areas, but what about Kyoto, and other large towns??
Posted in: N Korea threatens nuclear retaliation against Japan
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Brian Wheway
Oh dear ! I think soon its going to get very hot in NK, not just around 30 degrees mark, but several thousand degrees
Posted in: N Korea threatens nuclear retaliation against Japan
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Brian Wheway
the punishment is easy, work out how much its going to cost to buy new tyres for all of these cars and give him the bill, also add on court costs, compansation for distrees/agro that he has caused, and then a fine on top, that should make him think about it before he does it again
Posted in: Serial car tire vandal arrested in Saitama
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Brian Wheway
it sounds like where there is tight gun controle and gun laws there is little in the way of misuse, dont forget here in the UK we have tight gun controle police check, background checks You must have to be a member of a rifle range and a stonge metel cabinet to store them in, we cant have a full auto rifles but we can have semi autos no hand guns, exept for black powder, and long barrel ( around 24" long ) we are restricted on how meny bulletts we can have at any one time, shot guns are another leicence altogether, as for missuse of any firearm is 5 years in the nick! then possible suspention in your leicence. I cant understand the USA, why on gods earth do you need to own a fully auto assult rifle for "target shooting" or "self defence"??
Posted in: In Japan, gun ownership is a privilege, not a right
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Brian Wheway
I dont know what to say, its that mind boggling! yes the acid was dilluted to and extent it was not harmful, but the whole action could have serious knock on effect, it says its ok to drink acid, may be next time some school kid drinks acid thats NOT been dilluted as it looks and smells the same, so why not drink it?. we know why as were adults. In our school we had traning over drinking unknown fluids, may be he should show then what can happen if they drink 100% neat acid. but it should not be up to him to punish children in this way, may be he should have explained the experiment again to those children who didnt understand.
Posted in: Students forced to drink diluted acid as punishment at Aichi school
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Brian Wheway
My maths at school was poor, but if you know that there are xxx amount of people on site at the begining of the shaft and after the raid there is xxx amount that has been rescued. if the is a shortage that means that xxx are missing/dead. surch the plant to find out whos missing /dead. how long does it take to do this? unless your trying to cover somthing up, what went wrong? could this be why they cant say for curtain whos dead/missing
Posted in: 10 Japanese remain unaccounted for in Algeria
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Brian Wheway
Ok I can see what all the fuss is about, so the young boy should be removed from the picture, and I will volunteer to stand in for him, (under duress) I will hold her boobs for as long it is required to get the perfect photo. If the magazine wants to air brush my face out and put a picture of a hunky guy over my face …well that’s life.
Posted in: Weekly pulls issue over 'child porn' picture with ex-AKB48 singer
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Brian Wheway
The saying that rattles my cage is when some one is being interviewed or asked a question .there reply is “me myself personally …….“I don’t know if this is poor grammar? But if you referring to your self, me is ok and myself is ok, and so is personally like wise is ok, but to put all three together is stupid and irritating. Its like saying me me me!
Posted in: Which English words or expressions really annoy you?
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Brian Wheway
In the UK you by or hire a portable wood planking machine, this could easily plank up these awesome trees, the planks once seasoned could be cut up into smaller pieces, and write inscriptions on the tiny pieces like “good luck” or other religious statements and the shrine keepers could sell off the charms to raise revenue for the up keep of the shrine or even bring about a prosecution of the offenders. But none of the timber should be sold to the building market under any circumstance, this way the unscrupulous person who did this can not gain from it. Hopefully the huge trees will be left all alone to carry on growing for many years to come.
Posted in: Serial tree killer on the loose in 5 prefectures
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Brian Wheway
Antony mate, totally 100% with you, the only thing I would say is, the prisoner could have the choice of how much notice he/she would like, IE you have a piece of paper they fill in that says "I will like to have "....... days, hours notice then there can be no complaints, this way they have time to call whoever and prepare for the time, as I’m sure some one will say its wrong to keep someone in the balance, is it today or tomorrow, that could be deemed cruel.
Posted in: Death row inmates want prior warning instead of being told on day of execution
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Brian Wheway
Why do you need an assault rifle for target practice?? NO one at our club is allowed one and we have over 500 members, so where do these people get the idea they need one? In England you have to apply to the police for a firearms licence, you have to fill a form in with the name of your doctor, two referees, stating where you are going to store these guns and why you want them, just because you want one is not valid reason. You have to be a full member of a club/rifle range to go to. After four weeks or longer the police will have gone and done a full background checks on your medical records and police records..IE if you have been convicted of assault or any thing to violence, you can forget your licence! You must have a secured strong metal gun cabinet bolted to your wall in your house, this is part of the licensing laws, also the guns must be secured inside all of the time unless you’re going to the club, and the keys are to be held by the gun owner and no one else. You are told how many bullets you can have and that’s not many at all. And this applies to shot guns as well (different licence) single shot or semi auto rifles and pistols are ok but not fully auto. This is only a brief out line on what we have to do to get a rifle, so queuing up for half an hour into a quick phone call is ridicules. What limitation is there on the bullets? Do they have to go in a locked cabinet? And what are the penalties for non compliance? We have a minimum 5 years for any infringement!! That’s the law take it or leave it!
Posted in: Gun enthusiasts pack shows to buy assault weapons
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Brian Wheway
Do you ever get the feeling that they are closing ranks agian? why? Japan your in the crap and you need out side help decomitioning these reactors ! This Stubborn mule headed attitude needs to change!!
Posted in: Foreign firms largely excluded in Fukushima clean-up
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Brian Wheway
In the Uk there has been public service anouncments telling children about "not to go off with strangers" and "how to cross roads", and "one about train crossings", do they have them in Japan ? if not, why not it could have saved this young girls life! how sad for all.
Posted in: 14-year-old girl dies after being hit by train in Hiroshima
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Brian Wheway
The country is in recession like all countries at this minute in time, how can he justify the huge cost? Where are they going to put them, what is the cost of maintain them? Are the west and the USA going to kick off because they are concerned that Iran and places want to have nukes as well? This is an ill conceived idea with a doomed end for sure.
Posted in: Ishihara calls for nuclear-armed Japan
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Brian Wheway
ch1n4Sailor I agree with what you’re saying in general, unfortunately British service men and woman are also dyeing in Afghanistan and other places protecting lots of people, and I am truly grateful for that. But you must remember respect is earned rather than expected, and when someone is in a foreign country they are ambassador of there own country and should behave in an exemplary manor, the three service men who have not only violated there curfew have also violated a lady and a small boy, these service men have now cast a dark shadow over the rest of you outstanding service men and woman, I just hope they get there appropriate punishment. This way hopefully relations between the locals and service people can carry on in a pleasant manor.
Posted in: U.S. serviceman apologizes for assaulting boy in Okinawa
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Brian Wheway
9000 fans! wow! that going to fill Wemberly stadium ....(not)
Posted in: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's world tour to start in February