SimondB said...

SimondB at 05:05 PM JST - 31st August

Can't help not being so impressed by this. A multi-billlion war been going on for so long, like 8 years and 30 dead makes the news. And how many of those were "terrroists". Think WW1 and 115,000 dead in a day.

The war in Afghanistan is like mice nibbling at…

Posted in Pakistan army says 30 Taliban killed in Swat battles at 05:05 PM JST - 31st August
SimondB at 04:52 PM JST - 31st August

Up front, never groped any woman on the train. But have been so squashed up at times could off been accused.

But have any men experienced what I did on a Yamanoto line? In a not so crowded train I had a woman with large soft breasts swing on the…

Posted in Security cameras on trains being considered to reduce groping at 04:52 PM JST - 31st August
SimondB at 04:30 PM JST - 25th August

Come on people get realistic. He is in a highly techno train that can operate probably for the whole journey without the driver never mind the few seconds he takes out to shoot photos of two women (what was their problem anyway).

Think about flying across the ocean to your…

Posted in JR West driver took photos of 2 women passengers while operating train at 120 kph at 04:30 PM JST - 25th August
SimondB at 05:12 PM JST - 30th July

Renting in Japan is the pits. Got turned down in a place in Hiroo because I was a foreinger - problems with putting out the rubbish on the right day etc. Other places they wanted my (Japanese) wife to supply details of her Fathers position in his company etc.

Key…

Posted in Clawing back tenant rights at 05:12 PM JST - 30th July
SimondB at 04:43 PM JST - 30th July

I recall reading a book by a leading detective in the US and he said think of the most horrific crime you can imagine and someone has done it.

This storey proves his case.

Posted in Baby taken from slain mom's womb found in New Hampshire at 04:43 PM JST - 30th July
SimondB at 05:58 PM JST - 28th July

I'm with toecutter on this one. If the Japanese system is that you must show remorse, regret an importantly understanding of what you have done, then surely a date when execution will take place willl help focus the mind. If I am not wrong I understand that some people have…

Posted in 3 death row inmates executed at 05:58 PM JST - 28th July
SimondB at 04:19 PM JST - 21st July

Has any western power ever defeated Afghanistan? I think not. Those in Afghanistan fighting the coalition do not think in nightly news soundbites. If the war takes fifty years then for themm so be it. Are the americans and British willing to stay for the long haul? I think not.…

Posted in 4 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan at 04:19 PM JST - 21st July
SimondB at 03:44 PM JST - 23rd June

As I sometimes jokingly say: Quitting smoking is easy - I do it all the time. Obama is like the majority of smokers. He knows it is bad, he knows it grabs the young and holds them for life, he hates the ashtrays, the smell on his hands and in…

Posted in Obama signs strongest anti-smoking bill ever at 03:44 PM JST - 23rd June
SimondB at 12:07 PM JST - 16th June

The reason they are looking so glum is because they are sitting in a typical Japanese "park". Behind them is a dark grey concrete wall which probably ends some ten meters above them. Underfoot will be more concrete or gravel. Not a blade of grass in sight in this "park".…

Posted in Photo ops at 12:07 PM JST - 16th June
SimondB at 06:22 AM JST - 14th June

The winner of the worst flight attendants, by a country mile, are American Airlines. They look and act more like prison guards. Aggresive, rude, scowling and ugly. I can honestly say the flight from Narita to New York was the most unpleasant flight experience I have ever had. Coming in…

Posted in In your experience, which airline has the best flight attendants and which one has the worst? at 06:22 AM JST - 14th June