Farmboy said...

Farmboy at 10:35 AM JST - 20th March

My guess is that since this ban requires cooperation and has no enforcement provision, the people who tend to cooperate will continue to smoke in appropriate places and keep cigarette butts off the beaches, and the people who tend not to cooperate, who are the ones causing the problem, will…

Posted in Kanagawa Prefecture to ban smoking on beaches at 10:35 AM JST - 20th March
Farmboy at 08:07 PM JST - 17th March

I thought Michael Jackson had left us...

Posted in Wanted at 08:07 PM JST - 17th March
Farmboy at 05:04 PM JST - 16th March

Let's just eliminate all food and all other things that are enjoyable as well. That way nobody will ever want to fly unless they are forced to. It will be cheap, though. Heck, maybe we can do away with the airline's pilot and the crew... people can hire their own…

Posted in Continental Airlines to charge for food on some flights at 05:04 PM JST - 16th March
Farmboy at 01:58 PM JST - 16th March

If the import standards specify 'No spinal columns' and the shipment contains spinal column, then I'm afraid that's substandard.

Have to agree with cleo here. The US needs to recall the principle "the customer is always right." If Japan wants meat a certain way, then it should be sold that…

Posted in Bipartisan U.S. senators call on Japan to fully reopen beef market at 01:58 PM JST - 16th March
Farmboy at 10:35 AM JST - 14th March

All of this is killing the airline industry as well as the travel industry in general. The rich will buy their own planes, as will the terrorists, I imagine, avoiding the scanners completely.

Posted in Airport body scanners spreading across U.S. at 10:35 AM JST - 14th March
Farmboy at 05:57 PM JST - 7th February

The no hopey, no changey party was voted out, and probably wouldn't have been if it had not been for Palin. That's just my opinion, and I know some people think she's a real down home straight talkin' word choppin' woman... I do think she has a good sense of…

Posted in Sarah Palin assails Obama at 'tea party' gathering at 05:57 PM JST - 7th February
Farmboy at 10:40 AM JST - 7th February

The line is already drawn, I think. There's no need to draw a new one, though I'm sorry to see Asa go.

Posted in Like any sport, sumo needs colorful characters to keep fans interested and to bring in new fans, but following Asashoryu's downfall, where should the line be drawn on what is and isn't acceptable behavior for sumo wrestlers? at 10:40 AM JST - 7th February
Farmboy at 10:34 AM JST - 7th February

I don't think so, though I imagine the US auto makers are really enjoying Toyota's problems. They can relate, too. Folks weren't that happy when they heard that under certain conditions Pintos might explode, either.

Generally, people want cars to go only when they press the accelerator, stop only when…

Posted in Japanese ask: Is U.S. backlash on Toyota a ploy to boost American auto producers? at 10:34 AM JST - 7th February
Farmboy at 11:05 AM JST - 5th February

The differences have been noted above. Both words, however, have been used to indoctrinate children (and adults) to do things they would not ordinarily do or believe things they wouldn't ordinarily believe. Governments use both words to rewrite history, or at least to slant it.
British folks and Americans, just…

Posted in What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism? Can they or should they be taught in the classroom? at 11:05 AM JST - 5th February
Farmboy at 10:34 AM JST - 5th February

How do they know he didn't move out before she died?

Posted in Man arrested after leaving body of dead mother in house for 6 months at 10:34 AM JST - 5th February