Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

Farmboy's past comments

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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 04:33PM JST

Lame, uncultured, uneducated, rednecks behaving badly.

Now you've gone and hurt my feelings. This happened in LA, where we rednecks, who ALWAYS wait patiently in line, fear to tread.

Posted in: Shoppers scuffle, pepper-spray rivals in U.S. Black Friday spree
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 03:57PM JST

I do not want to imagine what these 2 fools would do when they get older and happen to make friends with the yakuza etc..get recruited and start doing worse crimes.

What, you think the yakuza wants idiots who can't even pull off a bag theft successfully? They surely have higher standards for their recruits.

Posted in: Two boys detained for snatching bags from women
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 11:08AM JST

"POVERTY" written all over.

Well, that's an interesting point. I've visited a lot of places where people are poor, but in most, I haven't found such a lack of civilization and readiness to do violence as demonstrated in this article. Some places are much worse, of course, but I don't think it's the poverty itself that makes people this way. The violence had to be carefully fostered somehow...

Posted in: Shoppers scuffle, pepper-spray rivals in U.S. Black Friday spree
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 10:45AM JST

The warning: many of your fellow citizens are just a few IQ points above the animals

Please don't insult the animals. How often do they pepper spray each other at Wal-mart?

Posted in: Shoppers scuffle, pepper-spray rivals in U.S. Black Friday spree
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 08:55AM JST

This tragedy could have been prevented. Pepper spray face guards were just $9.99 in aisle seven.

Posted in: Shoppers scuffle, pepper-spray rivals in U.S. Black Friday spree
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 08:40AM JST

Maybe they should market ithe rice as "self-cooking."

Posted in: Rice from 5 Fukushima farms shows high radiation levels
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FarmboyNov. 26, 2011 - 08:32AM JST

Oh thank goodness! When I first saw the headline, I thought it said, "Dog given medical certificate..."

Posted in: Dog given medal, certificate for keeping man, granddaughter warm overnight in overturned car
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FarmboyNov. 25, 2011 - 06:12PM JST

NHK quoted a ministry spokesperson as saying the isotope research did not detect strontium 89 with a half-life period of around 50 days, which would have been the case if it was linked to Fukushima.

Okay, I just don't know enough about this. Strontium 90 is a product of fission, and found in nuclear fallout. Strontium 89, as far as I can find out, is not. Why would there need to be co-occurrence if it came from Fukushima?

Posted in: Radioactive strontium found in 3 locations in Tokyo
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FarmboyNov. 25, 2011 - 07:50AM JST

globalwatcher,

You're welcome, and I should correct my info a little. There were actually two quakes in Hiroshima this morning...one about 15-20 minutes after the one I linked. That one was a bit weaker. Rock and roll. Maybe Elvis is back.

Posted in: M6.1 quake strikes off south coast of Hokkaido
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FarmboyNov. 25, 2011 - 07:35AM JST

Hiroshima had a quake about a couple days ago? Please let me know, Farmboy.

globalwatcher,

The last Hiroshima quake is below. The one before it was around 6 magnitude.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111125043844491-250435.html

Posted in: M6.1 quake strikes off south coast of Hokkaido
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FarmboyNov. 25, 2011 - 05:33AM JST

This makes three strong, widely felt quakes this week, and there was a smaller widely felt quake in Hiroshima this morning. Haven't seen this much strong activity for a while. Stay safe, folks.

Posted in: M6.1 quake strikes off south coast of Hokkaido
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FarmboyNov. 24, 2011 - 07:45AM JST

This one and the one near Hiroshima were felt over a big area...a little worrisome.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111124043414391-240424.html

Posted in: Magnitude-5.9 quake hits near Fukushima nuclear site
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FarmboyNov. 23, 2011 - 11:58AM JST

timeon,

Okay, I stand corrected. The surcharge seems lower than others, but it's there: http://www.koreanair.com/local/kr/ld/eng/ft/ne/20111011_81473.jsp

Posted in: Airlines drop prices for year-end Japan flights
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FarmboyNov. 23, 2011 - 11:53AM JST

Farmboy, I go to Bali this winter with Korean Airlines, the fuel surcharge was 31,000 yen.

timeon,

That's weird, because I just did a fare comparison including Korean Air, and there was no surcharge, but as you say, the price was about the same whatever I did.

Posted in: Airlines drop prices for year-end Japan flights
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FarmboyNov. 23, 2011 - 10:17AM JST

FYI: Korean Airlines, I think, offers fares without the fuel surcharge...maybe a few other airlines do as well, but I don't know. The surcharge, in any case, is linked to the Jet Fuel price, which is still pretty high, but not at record levels: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=jet-fuel&months=60

Posted in: Airlines drop prices for year-end Japan flights
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FarmboyNov. 21, 2011 - 07:58PM JST

I just saw that on the JMA website. It looks like it was a pretty good shake, affecting a wide area.

Posted in: M5.4 quake jolts northern Hiroshima Pref, parts of Shimane
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FarmboyNov. 21, 2011 - 04:25PM JST

I suggest genuine compassion, cooperation, and a desire to build a better future together are necessary steps toward a solution to our problems, and I just don't see any of that happening. Never mind what's happening in the Middle East... I'll guessing that sooner or later we'll go for a two-state solution ourselves...

Posted in: Failure looms for U.S. debt talks
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FarmboyNov. 21, 2011 - 03:37PM JST

The law demands all cigarettes be sold in drab olive-brown packets with large, graphic health warnings.

Yeah, okay, I don't smoke, but in this century, when all the dangers are known, this kind of thing crosses the line of where the government should stop. A health warning is fine, but dictating the colors of the package is ridiculous.

Posted in: Philip Morris sues Australian gov't over cigarette pack law
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FarmboyNov. 21, 2011 - 03:22PM JST

There’s no ambiguity about the numbers, though. In 2008 the health ministry released statistics showing the number of women who drank – not necessarily to excess – had risen 4-fold in 40 years. Today, among people in their early 20s, more women drink than men – 90.4% versus 83.5%.

I think there IS some ambiguity about the numbers. It's a mistake to confuse alcoholics with people who drink. Drinking is no problem from some, and a HUGE problem for others. The numbers above don't really demonstrate an increase in alcoholism among women, though perhaps there is support elsewhere in other data.

Posted in: Why the increasing number of alcoholic women in their 20s?
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FarmboyNov. 21, 2011 - 03:08PM JST

United we stand, Divided we fall. Timberrrrrrr!

Posted in: Failure looms for U.S. debt talks