DeepAir65 said...

DeepAir65 at 07:40 PM JST - 5th August

How sad is that last sentence - so you don't have to scroll up

“partly because children are administered smaller drug doses, treating children is not as remunerative as treating adults.”

bottom line is there is no bottom line in treating children - sad, so sad!

Posted in at 07:40 PM JST - 5th August
DeepAir65 at 05:31 PM JST - 4th August

Suckers!

Have to side with IOC, BOCOG etc on this one

Posted in Beijing organizers helpless to fix ticket scam at 05:31 PM JST - 4th August
DeepAir65 at 08:58 AM JST - 4th August

That's it - ban all escalators there are a danger to society. Little Taro gets a scraped ankle if it stops abruptly.

Why is this even news? A member of staff pressed the emergency stop button, on presumes he had a reason, maybe taro jr had his feet stuck in…

Posted in 10 injured as escalator abruptly stops at Tokyo exhibition hall at 08:58 AM JST - 4th August
DeepAir65 at 08:17 AM JST - 2nd August

It's madatory to buckle the seatbelts in the rear seat, is this a national ordinance or just Tokyo?

National and not just for taxis - for all cars. At the moment they are just giving out warnings (except on the highways) but from October it will be points on the…

Posted in Life is one rule after another for taxi drivers at 08:17 AM JST - 2nd August
DeepAir65 at 03:01 PM JST - 1st August

They stop when ever and where ever they feel like .

I am not sure they do - they stop wherever they are flagged down or told by the punter because if they don't then they risk being reported to the association.

I am not sure why there are taxi…

Posted in Life is one rule after another for taxi drivers at 03:01 PM JST - 1st August
DeepAir65 at 02:53 PM JST - 1st August

How ironic - there is another story on here today talking about Japanese life expectancy going up...

Posted in Japan's population up for 1st time in 3 years at 02:53 PM JST - 1st August
DeepAir65 at 09:44 AM JST - 1st August

Ah! did not see this when I posted on the news that the Japanese population went up. So I was right in one of speculations - at least partially

Posted in Japanese life expectancy increases further at 09:44 AM JST - 1st August
DeepAir65 at 09:36 AM JST - 1st August

Bucking the trend for that very reason is the independent Anzen taxi group. “A taxi is a private service,” explains a 55-year-old Anzen driver. “There are no fellow passengers to annoy. If they want to smoke, they can smoke. If they want to eat, they can eat. That’s why they’re…

Posted in Life is one rule after another for taxi drivers at 09:36 AM JST - 1st August
DeepAir65 at 09:31 AM JST - 1st August

The were told to "Go forth and multiply!" And they did!

There is no evidence of that in the above statement. It could also be from immigration and it could also be that less people died.

Statistics are wonderful things - you can make them say what you want!

Posted in Japan's population up for 1st time in 3 years at 09:31 AM JST - 1st August
DeepAir65 at 09:28 AM JST - 1st August

What is not mentioned is that by law there is only a two week notice period and in the 1st of January you get your full years holiday entitlement. So in theory if you have been there a few years you can quit on the first working day in January,…

Posted in Exchanging holidays for pay at 09:28 AM JST - 1st August