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  • Canuckgal at 07:05 PM JST - 6th October

    What a mess. As Speed so wisely says, vehicle speed may or may not have been an element in this fatality, but from the information available, it was definitely the kid's fault.

    Even at 15 to 20 km/h, however, the boy would be just as dead.

    See: http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/WMSO.2008.85 for one…

    Posted in 8-year-old boy dies after being hit by truck outside home in Yokohama at 07:05 PM JST - 6th October

  • Canuckgal at 01:05 PM JST - 4th July

    http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/alcohol.pdf

    shows the US regulations. 8 hours from "bottle to throttle" after a drink or two is legal but not recommended - Best practice suggested is a 72-hour gap to allow hangover symptoms to subside.

    JAL deserves a prize for stupidity, Why didn't they simply fly over one of their…

    Posted in JAL flight canceled as copilot detained in Hawaii for urinating in park at 01:05 PM JST - 4th July

  • Canuckgal at 12:36 PM JST - 4th July

    UnagiDon:

    I hope you're right about not having to go to the immigration office for address/workplace changes - the immigration office in Tokyo is already jam-packed and its staff are overworked now - if they have to handle all the nitpicky stuff as well as the big changes, people will…

    Posted in Alarm caused by imminent passage of immigration law reform bills at 12:36 PM JST - 4th July

  • Canuckgal at 10:58 PM JST - 3rd July

    Lamborghini:

    Oops, that should be "Ochanomizu"!

    Posted in Alarm caused by imminent passage of immigration law reform bills at 10:58 PM JST - 3rd July

  • Canuckgal at 10:57 PM JST - 3rd July

    Lamborghini: Sorry to hear about your hip problem. Don't even try to get it fixed in Chiba-ken. Head for Tokyo. Get your GP to write a letter of introduction to Dr.Daisuke Koga of the orthopedics department of Ikashika Daigaku Byouin (the one across from Ochnomizu station). He did a hip…

    Posted in Alarm caused by imminent passage of immigration law reform bills at 10:57 PM JST - 3rd July

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