cleo said...

cleo at 10:25 AM JST - 1st August

I read books. If all you need is a snippet of information, then Yes, the Internet is quick and easy. But if you want a really good read, it has to be a book.

You can't curl up in the bath with a glass of red wine and a paperback…

Posted in Book retailer Yohan goes bust at 10:25 AM JST - 1st August
cleo at 09:36 AM JST - 1st August

Clear straps are OK under a see-through garment, though as ExPrinceska notes, they can irritate, especially if it's hot and sweaty.

If shoulders are bare, having straps that are meant to be seen looks nicer, I think.

Posted in Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals at 09:36 AM JST - 1st August
cleo at 07:46 PM JST - 31st July

ExPrinceska - They do say that if your bra doesn't slip down when you take the straps off, you don't need a bra in the first place. :-)

That's where the pretty (chain, jewelled, beaded etc) straps come in; they take the place of the regular straps so that things…

Posted in Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals at 07:46 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 05:10 PM JST - 31st July

KissMint, ExPrinceska - or you can wear a bra with detachable straps, and add pretty (chain, jewelled, beaded etc) straps that are meant to be seen.

Posted in Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals at 05:10 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 02:20 PM JST - 31st July

Fine, let his friend the shacho stump up the cash.

Posted in Foreign Ministry official refuses to pay Y15 million hotel bill at 02:20 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 02:18 PM JST - 31st July

If he can't afford it why the @&$#"+! did he stay in a posh hotel in the first place. Sheer lunacy.

Unless there's any suggestion of the Foreign Ministry paying his debts for him, his job isn't really important. Maybe it just points to the lack of fiscal sense these…

Posted in Foreign Ministry official refuses to pay Y15 million hotel bill at 02:18 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 02:10 PM JST - 31st July

The question of what the man was doing on the mountain has significant bearing on whether this was indeed a tragedy or simply nemesis. My vote is for the latter.

If the bear was hurt, or gets hunted down as a 'killer', then it's a tragedy.

Posted in Hunter dies in suspected bear attack in Hokkaido at 02:10 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 01:25 PM JST - 31st July

let me tell you an enraged 400kg Hog after you is NO laughing matter.

Being a 400 kg hog quietly going about your daily business bothering no one and suddenly finding yourself staring at the wrong end of a loaded shotgun is even less of a laughing matter.

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Posted in Hunter dies in suspected bear attack in Hokkaido at 01:25 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 12:39 PM JST - 31st July

Is it really likely this 67-year-old was hiking alone through the woods dragging a long pole big enough to fit a full-grown bear?

Posted in Hunter dies in suspected bear attack in Hokkaido at 12:39 PM JST - 31st July
cleo at 12:24 PM JST - 31st July

perhaps he wandered into a risk zone.

Read the article, he was intending to set a bear trap. He knew exactly where he was, and that bears were around. That was the whole point of him being there, to kill a bear - and he didn't mind if it…

Posted in Hunter dies in suspected bear attack in Hokkaido at 12:24 PM JST - 31st July