Wednesday February 15, 2012

Fredster's past comments

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    Fredster

    OIL....

    That is what life & death is about in these nations - tale the oil away and it's just another under-reported civil insurrection / genocides like in 25% of the rest of Africa...

    A shame really but WHY do people think that they can approach a rabid insane dog and get rid of it by poking it with a stick ???

    Posted in: Protesters hit by hail of gunfire in Libya; U.S. freezes Gadhafi assets

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    Fredster

    Holy "Career Suicide" Batman....

    Not that being a Barista is a life long ambition for many but something like this is gonna stick to you like glue - especially in Japan...

    Most of the problems with Japan's 20'somethings can be attributed to SOED - "Severe Over-Entitlement Disorder"

    Posted in: Starbucks customer, told to stop hitting on girls, assaults worker

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    Fredster

    *If we're going to split hairs about Butyric Acid JUST being rotten butter then we will have to concede that those water pistols they are shooting are far from CANNONS...

    I've had more dangerous showers...

    Posted in: Battle at sea

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    Fredster

    Sorry folks = I did not mean to infuriate anyone with my comments over what I now realize is a very emotional issue for some and I have indeed read most of it and watched quite a bit of the reportage...

    Personally I find it hard to believe that 100% of the violence is being done by Government goons and secret police.... & If that is the case then all the good civilized protesters - who would appear to be in the majority - need to do is go home or start coming to the aid of those being assailed...

    I think perhaps that people don't seem to know know when they have won the day - they have a concession from the Mubarak camp that he will step down and indeed most Leaders around the world are insisting that he go and do it soon - so there is no lack of International Support for the peaceful protesters and a subsequent change of government...

    I seems that - to the people on the ground in Egypt - it's JUST NOT ENOUGH, almost as if they feel that if they don't run Mubarak out of the country TODAY ( ala Tunisia ) that they have failed - - and that just isn't the case...

    The longer this "unrest" goes on the easier it will be for those Goons to carry on and wreck everything that has ALREADY been accomplished...

    Go home, hug your kinds, feed the dog & do some laundry - - you've already won the day...

    Posted in: Message for Mubarak

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    Fredster

    Sorry but I lost a lot of respect for the people involved in the "uprising" ( don't really know what else to call it ) in Egypt when they started ATTACKING News, Photo & Video crews in Cairo...

    It's typical Mob mentality - as soon as they saw that the collective efforts were actually making some headway they broke into different factions, each intent on gaining there own "power, and started turning on their own neighbors and brothers... DESPICABLE & just a good way to waste all the advances they have already made...

    The concept that individual neighborhoods have to form their own militias and patrol the streets to protect themselves shows that those doing the protesting aren't reading to take over and lead anything - especially a country that is a CORNERSTONE of the Middle-Easy & Arab worlds...

    Posted in: Message for Mubarak

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    Fredster

    Freudian Slip...

    Hokkaido Nippon HAM Fighters - not JAM... that's just too funny 8-)

    Posted in: New star

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    Fredster

    About a month ago "Hokkaido Nippon Jam Fighters" ( the REAL / FULL name of the Club ) started a presale of the 2011 season new uniforms that wouldn't be revealed until 3 weeks later..

    As a fan club member & season ticket holder I logged into their website on that particular morning about 2 hours after the sale started and was amazed to find that the #18 Saitoh ( the way it's spelled on the uniform as opposed to above's "Saito" ) was sold out already - in two hours !!!!!!!!! none of the other established players except #11 Darvish were close ( his showed a triangle to represent low stock )...

    So... above all else the young Mr. Saitoh represents a tremendous goods and marketing opportunity for the team - that in it'self fans the flames & flames the fans...

    On top of everything he is definitely a talented pitcher and a very well mannered and intelligent speaking sportsman when he is being interviewed - a trait sometimes laking in sportsmen who sound brash, arrogant and uneducated ( meaning he comes across as both humble and intelligent ) - here's hoping the transition to the Japanese Majors goes well for him and doesn't change his character too much......

    Posted in: New star

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    Fredster

    > Last January, a Sea Shepherd boat was sunk after its bow was sheared off in a collision with a whaling vessel.......

    For the sake of clarity let's get the story straight OK - certainly some facts are in the conjecture of "he said" - "she said" but 1 remaining fact is clear...

    The Andy Gil did not SINK - it was in fact SCUTTLED and that is a BIG DIFFERENCE...

    Posted in: U.S., Japan discussed action against anti-whalers: WikiLeaks

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    Fredster

    but Having to get rid of the smell for the next customers can take a while...

    The problem with a room at a hotel that has been "cleaned" of smoke or "deodorized" as opposed to a purely Non-Smoking Room is that the cleaned/deod room has ben subjected to an Ozone generation machine for about 1 hour...

    Ozone generation in an enclosed space has been done for generations for deodorization of everything from drapes & dry cleaning to offensive restaurant food odors & crime scene clean-ups....

    The problem is that Ozone - when used by a untrained professional can be quite dangerous - although seldom lethal can make you quite sick... Generally it's fine as long as the ozone is properly evacuated after application but in the case of the Japanese Hotel industry hey do not and probably can not do this effectively... Hence the strong Ozone odor sometimes when you enter a hotel room after asking for N/S or complaining of the cigarette smell...

    The business model for the general BANNING of smoking in public facilities does and has worked in most Western Cultures where it has been implemented - - the problem is that in Japanese Culture EVERYONE feels ENTITLED so they can not and perhaps will not conform to the concept that they need to do this for the health of others - if not for themselves....

    Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses

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    Fredster

    ...and the Students with the 3 highest grades on the assignment get a certificate and their work published in a special feature article on the Al-Jazeera News Online Edition...

    Posted in: Australian students assigned to plan terrorist attack

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    Fredster

    The driver is only playing by the rules set out for him by JR....

    The conductor is responsible for opening doors and boarding of passengers...

    If the driver waits for the "late" / "sleeping" conductor to show up and do his assigned job then the train will be VERY late and the driver disciplined...

    The driver did his job and got the train to it's destination on time - the conductor didn't do his job so neither he or the 16 passengers were on board when the train let the station....

    JR doesn't reward drivers for doing anything else but their own job - if he was late to Ueno he would have been admonished by the higher ups...

    I can just see the 29 year old driver in his compartment going... "WTF - where is that w@nker - if he doesn't get here on time and open those doors I'm leaving without him and the passengers - no way I am getting canned for his sloppy job "...

    Frankly, I don't blame him either...

    Posted in: JR Tohoku train departs without passengers, conductor

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    Fredster

    Dear Trenton...

    You appear to be suffering from one of the most insidious diseases know to man that has proliferated the youth of the West for generations and has now a firm foothold here in the Japanese culture as well - "ENTITLEMENT"...

    People afflicted by this disease never seem to accept advice - even though it's usually their constant whining about "how bad they have it" that is responsible for people with "wisdom" actually proffering it to them.

    To tell the truth, you sound a lot like my eldest Son when he was 24 - luckily he eventually grew up and now can openly joke about just what an ass he was when he was suffering from that same affliction...

    Here's hoping the same for you...

    BTW - if you "live" here now - you are not a guest like Brad or Angelina so a different set of rules applies to you - this isn't student exchange or a business junket - so best you drop the arrogance before you look in the mirror one day and find yourself a "family man with the obligatory Japanese wife and mixed-race child"... Truth be told - I would rather be that, than would you would appear to be...

    Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way

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    Fredster

    here are many more issues than this one issue.. what else does she have to say...

    True enough... but at least she IS saying something about 1 issue as opposed to all the other talking heads in this election that are saying a lot of nothing about everything... 8-)

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    Fredster

    So much for the typical over the top comments by Donovan - saying that they could beat ANYONE at the WC was just asking to be taken out by a team with a bit of talent, a LOT of desire and karma on their side... I guess the flip side of his comments should have also been that "we could also just as easily get our asses-kicked by any backwater country that simply wants it more than we do"....

    Posted in: Ghana, Uruguay reach quarterfinals

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    Fredster

    Revenge murder (?) on a 56 year old male teacher who had been on medical leave with an "undisclosed" illness for 2 months ????? THAT makes the imagination run wild without more details...

    Posted in: Teacher found murdered after being discharged from hospital

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    Fredster

    Sorry, to be a little more clear...

    What's wrong with APPLE doing that ???

    Posted in: Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone

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    Fredster

    I certainly don't think that is the ONLY reason but it begs the question.........

    allowing Flash in iPods/iPhones would allow folks to acquire content without iTunes.

    What's wrong with that ????

    Posted in: Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone

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    Fredster

    So let me get this straight....

    This "investigation" seems to amount to them talking to a bunch of litigation attorneys - most of which have met with failure when suing Toyota ???

    Pot calling the kettle black ??????????? Sour Grapes ???????????

    Posted in: Toyota uses questionable legal tactics, AP investigation shows

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    Fredster

    Pierre Gagnaire collects Michelin stars the way Tiger Woods collects girlfriends: widely, impressively, and in great numbers.

    Who is this guy - Leno ??

    What an absolute "ASININE" comment... Try being a little more original & adventurous Steve and pick something a little more relevant or contemporary to Japan instead on going for the formula joke that EVERY other writer and comedian has already done !!! Perhaps you could come up with something original that included the DPJ or something...

    The rest of the article reads well but the first line made me want to hate it... C+ at best... BLNT...

    Posted in: Chef Pierre Gagnaire makes triumphant return to Tokyo

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    Fredster

    In the later part of the 20th century the glutenous market called America got suddenly turned on to the healthy ( & cultural ) habit of eating Sushi... No one could get enough and in many cities that fastest growing segment of the food services industry was in Japanese cuisine...

    Now after some 25 years of ravenous consumption of Tuna by the Western markets of America & Europe suddenly it is time to tame the Evil Empire of Japan for dwindling the Bluefin Tuna to the point of extinction ??????

    Seems to me there wasn't a problem with the Bluefin until Westerners got an appetite for it !!

    Posted in: Japan leading charge against bluefin ban

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