Starviking said...

Starviking at 10:38 PM JST - 15th November

There's a small lorry out there called "Guts".

Also, my wife told me an interesting story about the genesis of the Pajero Mini: Mitsubishi started a nationwide campaign to pick the name for this K-SUV. After thousands of submissions they chose...Pajero Mini. D'oh!

Posted in What do you think of the names that Japanese automakers give to their cars? at 10:38 PM JST - 15th November
Starviking at 10:58 PM JST - 1st November

I got the shingles a few years back - started with a tingling numbness in the face. Despite the fact that I work in a job with no sick leave (dispatch company) that was odd enough for me to scoot for the hospital asap. It was as well I did…

Posted in Shingles caused by chicken pox virus on the rise in Japan at 10:58 PM JST - 1st November
Starviking at 01:08 AM JST - 17th October

Well foreign nations could take a page out of Japan's book and require Japanese spouses to have approval of their partners when taking their children out of the country.

Posted in Britain to press Japan on foreign fathers' rights to access children at 01:08 AM JST - 17th October
Starviking at 09:27 PM JST - 9th October

You are joking, aren't you Badsey?

Posted in Nuclear power emerging as attractive option for emissions goal at 09:27 PM JST - 9th October
Starviking at 09:05 PM JST - 15th September

Rest in peace.

Posted in Actor Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57 at 09:05 PM JST - 15th September
Starviking at 09:27 PM JST - 13th September

And what will President Blair demand sammuraisteve? A presidential jet? Scores of civil servants? Spiffy new presidential palace? The money savings might not be so large as you think.

Posted in Would you like to see all monarchies abolished? at 09:27 PM JST - 13th September
Starviking at 12:42 AM JST - 12th September

I'm in full agreement with you tigermoth.

Posted in Would you like to see all monarchies abolished? at 12:42 AM JST - 12th September
Starviking at 11:52 PM JST - 11th September

Shougani20, there are a couple of mistakes in your post above:

There is no crisis, unless of course you are referring to the disturbing misuse of science for political ends.

Of course there is a crisis - the physical properties of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are well understood and…

Posted in 350: The magic number at 11:52 PM JST - 11th September
Starviking at 11:25 PM JST - 10th September

Tosaken,

It's not a 'random value extra power base' - it's a power base that has evolved with increasing democracy (in the UK at least), and is not in discord with political life in the UK.

I disagree with the 'acts of self-preservation' viewpoint. It's their job and they do…

Posted in Would you like to see all monarchies abolished? at 11:25 PM JST - 10th September
Starviking at 05:17 PM JST - 10th September

Tosaken,

Democracies by their definition shouldn't need balances - but this is not a perfect world, and so balances are needed.

If the British Royal Family were to disappear I doubt that all the good they do would be performed. Who's going to visit all the hospitals, youth centres, hospices,…

Posted in Would you like to see all monarchies abolished? at 05:17 PM JST - 10th September