Notginger said...

Notginger at 09:51 PM JST - 13th October

Why can't the foreign students dorm with the Japanese students, the same way as happens in foreign universities?

Posted in Osaka to close, sell dorm for foreign students at 09:51 PM JST - 13th October
Notginger at 04:05 PM JST - 10th October

He did it to relieve the stress? How does terrorising another human relieve stress? If anything it just makes more stress.

Posted in Tohan manager arrested for groping on trains at 04:05 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 04:00 PM JST - 10th October

I think the normal phrase is 'default borrower'. I know that may be confusing, but that's how it is. We usually use the word delinquent to describe young, unemployed criminals. They may often be the same people but delinquent and default have entirely different meanings.

Posted in Student loan delinquents to be reported to credit bureau at 04:00 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 03:56 PM JST - 10th October

They might be rich, but are they happy? They have to work so hard that their kids are attention-starved brats with serious hang-ups, who are often ill-prepared for a world of work, so that when they get put in charge they mess things up so badly, lose it all and…

Posted in What do you think of the amount of compensation in the form of salary, bonuses and stock options paid to top execs of multinational corporations? at 03:56 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 03:51 PM JST - 10th October

Unfortunately, quite common in Thailand. My friend and her sister were in a bus crash there, the sister was killed, while my friend broke her pelvis and was in traction for months. The driver was well over the legal limit for alcohol.

Posted in Bus accidents kill more than 40 students in Thailand, Pakistan at 03:51 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 03:49 PM JST - 10th October

I wonder if North Korea have put together a buyout plan.

Posted in Transport ministry won't impose limit on foreign airport ownership at 03:49 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 02:47 PM JST - 10th October

It's a wonder those girls haven't sued their employers for making them wear those skimpy outfits.

Posted in Tokyo Game Show at 02:47 PM JST - 10th October
Notginger at 11:11 PM JST - 9th October

For 15 man I would do a lot of things. I wouldn't kill, to be sure, but I would work for a week, for a start. The list is endless. I'm not one of those 'wont get out of bed for less than 20man' workshy fops.

Posted in Woman sentenced to death for murder-robbery at Iwate temple at 11:11 PM JST - 9th October
Notginger at 10:59 PM JST - 9th October

Some people argue that the monarchy bring in tourists - but they only come to see the horrible tatty buildings. Keep the buildings by all means; make the museums, but get rid of the anachronistic cronies that inhabit them.

Posted in Costs for Prince Charles' trip to Japan cut over financial crisis at 10:59 PM JST - 9th October
Notginger at 08:59 AM JST - 8th October

It's not harsh - the Royal Family and all constitutional monarchs are pointless puppets who live off state subsidies and hold vast tracts of land which they inherited from generations ago ancestors who just happened to be the most powerful gangsters around. The big thieves hang the little ones. Until…

Posted in Costs for Prince Charles' trip to Japan cut over financial crisis at 08:59 AM JST - 8th October