Jeff Ogrisseg's past comments

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 22, 2013 - 03:55PM JST

  Buses front seat reserved for the elderly and babies

  Design flaw: The front door entryway of most commuter buses is too tight a squeeze for an unfolded stroller. So the driver lets them in on the wider side door. The pram problem is a relatively new development.

  Posted in: Transport ministry to unify rules for baby strollers on buses, trains

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 22, 2013 - 02:45PM JST

  "Villains! Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear up the planks! -- here, here! -- it is the beating of her hideous heart!"

  Apologies to Mr. Poe.

  Posted in: Man calls police to report dumping a body 2 years ago

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 22, 2013 - 02:34PM JST

  Math. Unplug the ridiculous "s."

  Posted in: Struggling with maths? Plug in to improve

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 21, 2013 - 03:15PM JST

  What I'd like to see is a ban on dogs in strollers on public transport. It's ridiculous to be held up and pushed aside for a pampered pooch. The rules should be specific to protect human children.

  Posted in: Transport ministry to unify rules for baby strollers on buses, trains

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 21, 2013 - 10:28AM JST

  Gotta give him some credit for innovation and devotion to Grandma. But he could have said he got lost, couldn't figure out the GPS, then went to borrow gas money from Obaachan in order to return to the car to the dealer.

  Posted in: Man arrested after taking Lexus for test drive to grandmother’s house 180 km away

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 21, 2013 - 10:18AM JST

  Hashimoto is sending out such a twisted message that in the end he could claim he engineered his own ouster from politics to show the world that the Japanese public really doesn't condone the country's militaristic past. I seriously doubt it's true, but truth takes a backseat to winning the case.

  Posted in: Hashimoto hits back at polls showing majority disagree with his comments

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 20, 2013 - 05:28PM JST

  No, it's not fear. Although TPTB do like to peddle it copiously. Preventive measures are just common sense in today's economy. I've seen a live demo of the card cloners in person, and it was a huge wakeup call.

  Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 20, 2013 - 03:04PM JST

  My subway line is packed like sardines in the morning, but every other train at my station pulls up empty -- it's worth the wait to get a seat and keep my hands in plain view on top of my bag. If that's not possible, I always clutch my bag at chest level and grab a strap with my hand through the hole of the ring. In that case, the wallet goes in the bag so that it can't be pinched or my IC cards can't be cloned by surreptitious card readers (which happens more often than you think).

  Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 20, 2013 - 02:09PM JST

  ...including one show in which heroic Chinese split Japanese soldiers in half with their hands, something shown in graphic detail.

  This is disturbing on so many levels, including the notion that's it "entertainment."

  Posted in: China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 14, 2013 - 06:04PM JST

  Little said the U.S. military does not permit its personnel to use the services of prostitutes, Jiji Press reported.

  Really? Since when, I wonder. There was no such rule 20 years ago that was this specific. Did Jiji Press get this quote right?

  Posted in: Gov't - but not Ishihara - backs away from Hashimoto's comfort women comments

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 10, 2013 - 03:56PM JST

  Heat-related ailments perhaps, but heatstroke? Really? Were they locked in a car with the windows rolled up?

  Posted in: 5 suffer heatstroke as temperatures fluctuate across Japan

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  Jeff OgrissegMay. 09, 2013 - 06:50PM JST

  Certainly the Foreign Ministry could have come up with a better retort than "we would never accept it and protest firmly at it."

  Posted in: Japan protests to China over Okinawa claim

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 26, 2013 - 03:53PM JST

  As such bringing China-India incident should be considered off topic.

  I disagree. China whines about being provoked while at the same time provoking its neighbors.

  Posted in: China calls Japan-U.S. island drill off California provocative

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 26, 2013 - 03:25PM JST

  China has no problem provoking its neighbors. A Chinese platoon has set up camp 10 km inside India's territory, according to a story on NDTV. Now New Dehli has to stand up against Beijing.

  Posted in: China calls Japan-U.S. island drill off California provocative

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 25, 2013 - 04:45PM JST

  A Darwin Award nominee.

  Posted in: School flasher identified by semen left at scene

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 23, 2013 - 04:58PM JST

  I'm prepared for thumbs downs, but one perspective is always overlooked: The 14 war criminals whose names are on the Yasukuni list have all completed their sentences, either by execution or prison terms, a long time ago. There are no statues of them. So, they're not being "honored" per se. Shinto's "cleansing" of their spirits is not forgiveness of their crimes.

  Yasukuni was built in the Meiji Era to honor the dead from the Boshin War. So, it's not just from WWII, as many people seem to have been lead to believe.

  Posted in: 168 lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 23, 2013 - 01:57PM JST

  At first I thought this was a foolhardy thing for Abe to do right now. Then I saw the part about the 8 Chinese ships. Does Japan need to "quarantine" the islands?

  Posted in: Abe vows to expel by force any Chinese landing on disputed isles

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 18, 2013 - 08:10PM JST

  The stairs at Fujisawa Station are not passenger friendly.

  Posted in: Woman dies after being hit by man falling down station staircase

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 16, 2013 - 09:51AM JST

  Hmn. Almost 10 a.m. and no DPRK "powerful sledge-hammer blows at all hostile forces" yet. So much for "immediately."

  Posted in: N Korea threatens South as Kerry ends Asia tour

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  Jeff OgrissegApr. 15, 2013 - 02:47PM JST

  Relax. The only people who would possibly forgive any attack by the DPRK are the South Koreans. And Kim knows full well that any kind of nuke attack would be unforgivable. At the moment, the DPRK antics serve China's interests quite well, because it distracts Tokyo from the SENKAKU Islands. If the DPRK launches a missile test, China will be watching Japan's response very closely.

  Posted in: Kerry says U.S. will protect Japan from N Korean threats