Wednesday February 15, 2012

Stonecoldsoba's past comments

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    Stonecoldsoba

    On the Hamshin expressway?!

    Posted in: Escaped pigs cause traffic jam on Hanshin expressway

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    Stonecoldsoba

    I too would like a 24 hour timetable but, as Vernie pointed out, regular maintenance work such as replacing worn out rails is carried out between the last train at night and the first train in the morning.

    @ExportExpert:

    ..., crime free, crime free, crime free and crime free.

    You haven't heard about the groping, then?

    My complaint is that the trains are over-heated in winter and over-cooled in summer. It amazes me that in a country with such widespread everyday application of modern technology, the climate control systems in trains seem to have only three settings: heating full blast, off, and cooling full blast.

    Another improvement I would suggest is that the toilet cubicles should be fitted with high sensitivity smoke detectors finely tuned to tobacco smoke and linked to industrial strength sprinklers.

    Posted in: What do you think are the good and bad points about the subway systems in Japan's cities?

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    It does really taste very good, ...

    Maybe it does but the taste doesn't come from the shark fin.

    Posted in: Shangri-La joins fight against shark fin soup

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Heck, that's nothing compared to the U.S. national debt of over $15 TRILLION.

    So the national debt of the USA is about 30 times that of Greece. Well, the population of the USA is about 30 times that of Greece too so their national debts per capita are about equal. More significantly, perhaps, the US national debt is about equal to its annual GDP whereas that of Greece is about 1.5 times its annual GDP. (Based on the $457 billion quoted in the article, and figures from Wikipedia and usdebtclock.org)

    Posted in: Athens Games delays fueled Greek debt: IOC chief

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    Stonecoldsoba

    By the way, Japan has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Children which states the following under Article 9:

    "Parties shall respect the right of the child who is separated from one or both parents to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis, except if it is contrary to the child's best interests."

    Japan continually violates this internationally guaranteed right.

    Unfortunately Article 9 has a built-in loophole. The courts can simply rule that maintaining direct contact with both parents would be contrary to the child's best interests. Voila! No violation of any rights or conventions!

    Posted in: Clinton urges Japan to take action on child abduction issue

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    Stonecoldsoba

    I think the Swiss school that educated needs to come clean about him - and why they took him.

    I expect they took him because the fees were paid on time. Do they need any other reason?

    Posted in: Kim Jong-Un: North Korea's enigmatic heir apparent

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    Stonecoldsoba

    The Let’snote S10 mobile notebook is intended for use in Japan.

    I assumed that as soon as I saw its name.

    Posted in: Panasonic Let'snote S10

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Any child who will not eat food which looks like ordinary food is obviously not hungry.

    Posted in: Make your bento look like your favorite anime characters

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Of course it's easy to say after the event, but that track looked horribly overcrowded, even on the 12th lap. With 34 cars on 1.5 miles of track, it's twice as crowded as the shortest Formula 1 tracks. And why did so many of the cars burst into flames? Of course they carry fuel but F1 cars don't seem to catch fire so easily.

    Posted in: Wheldon killed in massive, fiery IndyCar crash

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    Stonecoldsoba

    I'm also assuming Japan Today is based out of Tokyo

    No, I think it's based in Tokyo.

    Posted in: An oasis for pizza lovers opens in Tokyo's Azabujuban

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    Stonecoldsoba

    How can you be both 'Dutch-born' and 'born in Hiroshima' ...?

    Born into a Dutch family in Hiroshima.

    Posted in: 'Flying Dutchman' lifts Japanese soccer hopes

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    Stonecoldsoba

    And once more, alcohol was to blame.

    No, alcohol was not to blame. The two police trainees were, and still are allegedly to blame.

    Posted in: Two riot police officers arrested for molesting izakaya worker

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    Stonecoldsoba

    It is an aged cyclist and he stoppeth one of three...

    (Sorry!)

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    Stonecoldsoba

    In the UK we had some pretty in your face commercials especially around Christmas time on drink driving, seatbelts and carseats etc. Harrowing to see and not easy to forget.

    The police should show things like that to drivers renewing their licences, instead of that video about a drink-driving accident (which concentrates on the shame of other people knowing that he caused an accident but precious little about the effect on the victim).

    Posted in: 7-year-old boy dies after being flung out of van in highway accident

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Apparently some just didn't get the message:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LGscpkCUU

    (Thanks to LivingInJapan for mentioning this on another thread.)

    Posted in: Summer of setsuden

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    Stonecoldsoba

    As Papasmurf says, aircon really is not necessary in homes. Just drink plenty, keep the windows open and if the wind doesn't give enough natural ventilation, switch on a fan. (The disadvantage is that you get tobacco smoke from the ****heads downstairs who step onto the balcony to smoke because they don't want the smoke inside.)

    What really wears me out is the sudden temperature changes when walking out of an air conditioned room into the muggy heat.

    I find it worse going from the warmth outside into an over-refrigerated building.

    Posted in: 35 deaths, 7,071 hospitalized due to heatstroke in one-week period

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    Stonecoldsoba

    ...the country's annual political conventions, which begin next month ...

    They are called party conferences.

    Posted in: Cameron: Riot-hit UK must reverse 'moral collapse'

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    Stonecoldsoba

    ... I was forced to dodge cars, cyclists and pedestrians

    I guess he's never heard of the Palace Run and never wondered why there are always so many runners there.

    Posted in: My start with the art of kendo

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    Stonecoldsoba

    39 kilometers south of Shizuoka and 165 kilometers south of Tokyo

    Someone needs an up-to-date map. That's south-west of Tokyo.

    Posted in: M6.2 quake shakes Shizuoka region

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Some people here are suggesting that we should pay no attention to Mr Breivik's 'manifesto'. I disagree and I'll try to explain why.

    The reason is that from his manifesto we can find out why he did it: how his ideas and beliefs developed (development is not always in a 'positive' direction) and led him to do what he did last Friday. He didn't just go crazy that afternoon: he made a rational decision to go out and kill people in specific groups (with the caveat that the basis of his reasoning included ideas which the rest of us would - I hope - reject immediately). Indeed, this discussion here on JT is probably helping some of us to understand. If we find that his ideas sound similar to those of certain groups in society, we should consider how that situation is related to policies, attitudes etc concerning multiculturalism, integration and so forth.

    Understanding how he got to the point of going on a killing spree might also help us to identify the next one before it's too late. ('Pre-crime', anyone?)

    "A rational decision?!?" you may ask. Yes. He arrived at his decision to go out and kill people by reasoning on the basis of things he believes. We may disagree with his beliefs and we do not (presumably) condone his actions but that does not mean his decision was irrational.

    Posted in: Norway killer's manifesto praises Japan for not adopting multiculturalism

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