GrouchyGaijin said...

GrouchyGaijin at 10:50 PM JST - 3rd June

Well, a quick check on JAL's aircraft show that they are getting a tad long in the tooth, and are questionably maintained. Yo, Richard, I'll fly with you anyday!

Posted in Virgin Atlantic to increase fuel charge based on cabin location at 10:50 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 10:48 PM JST - 3rd June

Kevin Rudd, can Japan adopt you? Well, borrow you, at least, for a few months, anyway? Dear Gott-in-Himmel, save us from the zombies that "govern" us!

Posted in Australian prime minister's popularity slides at 10:48 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 10:46 PM JST - 3rd June

"It would also give the JT scoffers the change to complain about reckless, trigger-happy police endangering the lives and property of citizens, etc., etc., etc." They already are doing that by their bumbling incompetence. I propose letting qualified people carry concealed weapons, as I do overseas. Automatic weapons have a…

Posted in Gunman dies after shooting himself in car in Saitama at 10:46 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 10:16 PM JST - 3rd June

Speculators, fixing futures prices ten YEARS from now!

Posted in Fukuda, Brown agree to tackle rising oil, food prices at G-8 summit at 10:16 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:39 PM JST - 3rd June

Now, work on the motorcycles too!

Posted in Japan Post to convert entire fleet to electric vehicles at 09:39 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:38 PM JST - 3rd June

A European friend of mine whose child is currently attending the final year of kindergarten asked why the school was cold in winter and stinky hot in summer was told that "We are training the children to endure working in factories when they grow up, as they mostly don't have…

Posted in Fiscal panel spurns educational budget hike at 09:38 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:24 PM JST - 3rd June

And not a whiff of "Kibo-Hoshihide!" Doesn't NASA love us anymore?

Posted in Shuttle Discovery docks at space station, delivers new lab and new occupants at 09:24 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:22 PM JST - 3rd June

Japan is THE least security-conscious country I've ever seen. Simple things like: Cancel post/newspaper delivery when you're away. Ask a neighbor to clear out any admail from your box. Lock your door! Put the chain on! Use light timers. Arrange to check in with friends/family on a regular basis, and…

Posted in Companies tap into growing unease over personal safety at 09:22 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:16 PM JST - 3rd June

That weed that went missing last week was Fed-Ex'd straight to Hatoyama! Nothing else could explain this excuse for a human's attitudes on everything. Where do they find these morons, or what does he have on Fukuda to keep his job?

Posted in Upper house panel OKs bill to videotape interrogations; justice minister, police object at 09:16 PM JST - 3rd June
GrouchyGaijin at 09:12 PM JST - 3rd June

The spin on TV this evening is how they cops tried to minimize damage. 8 HOURS, and several clear shots that any sharpshooter could have used to disarm this guy? WTF! Safest place to be is in front of a police REVOLVER in this country. They couldn't hit the side…

Posted in Gunman dies after shooting himself in car in Saitama at 09:12 PM JST - 3rd June