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GrouchyGaijin said...

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:39 PM JST - 18th April

  Feel bad. Must cut toilet electricity wires! Aah! 100V/AC not so bad! Maybe this guy had a depression that found relief by electroshock treatment, self administered! Crazier things have happened...........especially in Japan!

  Posted in Man arrested for cutting electric wires for toilets at convenience stores in Tokyo at 09:39 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:37 PM JST - 18th April

  Any corporation which thinks it will do better by having a new logo is like the country (Japan) which thought that introducing new banknotes would spur the economy. The problem with unemployment and underemployment and lack of consumer activity is...(drum roll, trumpet fanfare!)...the lack of disposable cash in people's pockets!…

  Posted in DoCoMo unveils new corporate logo at 09:37 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:32 PM JST - 18th April

  Hope it manages to dock without killing anyone.

  Posted in Atago to return to home port in Kyoto at 09:32 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:31 PM JST - 18th April

  We should judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable members, the aged and children. Japan gets an "F" all round. Could be worse. Could be Saitama or Kyushu! The gates of Hell itself.

  Posted in Okayama home for elderly to be banned over alleged abuse of seniors at 09:31 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:27 PM JST - 18th April

  We have made all of the rules up. And we can change them too. The laws of Texas, properly understood, are very democratic. It's the loop-de-loos in power there, and in DC who twist them for their own ends. And folks, April 20 is fast approaching. Texas in particular, and…

  Posted in Polygamist sect hearing in Texas descends into farce; hundreds of lawyers raise objections at 09:27 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:19 PM JST - 18th April

  It's still lower than the 24% this site was reporting recently for mental illness among Japanese civilians. Amazing, PTSD troops are saner than the average Taro and Sakura here! Japan: The World's Largest Open Air Mental Institution! Sheeesh!

  Posted in Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. troops has mental problems after war service at 09:19 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:17 PM JST - 18th April

  And the Mayor of Kabul, Hamid Karzai is upset because his napkin wasn't folded properly at breakfast this morning. You just can't get good help these days!

  Posted in Suicide attack kills 23 in Afghanistan at 09:17 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:15 PM JST - 18th April

  What's funny is that they don't recognize Baghdad as a combat zone! How many thousands dead and counting?

  Posted in ASDF dispatch to Iraq ruled unconstitutional for 1st time at 09:15 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:13 PM JST - 18th April

  Pssst! Ya wanna buy a watch? Rolex, Bulova, Bulgari, Longines? Will the Bundespolizei from the Confederation Helvetica (Switzerland) start sharing the loot on seized fakes too? Japan could clear its national debt in a week!

  Posted in Swiss authorities to halve seized money-laundering money with Japan at 09:13 PM JST - 18th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:10 PM JST - 18th April

  I actually thought this story was about an aging society. As I was reading through the headlines on this site on the train I realized, I was the only person out of 85 (that I can see) who didn't have gray hair. Scary!

  Posted in The future is gray at 09:10 PM JST - 18th April