cleo said...

cleo at 01:25 PM JST - 11th August

Kitajima is a superb swimmer and cute with it. Congratulations on a fine win.

Posted in Kitajima wins gold with world record in 100 breaststroke; U.S. takes relay gold at 01:25 PM JST - 11th August
cleo at 01:17 PM JST - 11th August

kimigano -

I don't need to look it up. Like I said, my son worked as a waiter for a year. He got (a bit) more than minimum wage, as did all his student friends doing similar jobs. As arubaito providing beer money (and dinner), it was good. To live…

Posted in What is your general impression of the way people treat waiters and waitresses in restaurants, cafes, etc? at 01:17 PM JST - 11th August
cleo at 09:54 AM JST - 11th August

imagawa -

I know what 4.5 kilos of squashed animal looks like. I imagine people who work in a meat packing plant also have a pretty good idea of what it looks like. Yet it was allowed to be included in a shipment from which squashed animal was meant to…

Posted in Ground beef found in shipment from U.S. in violation of trade accord at 09:54 AM JST - 11th August
cleo at 08:33 AM JST - 11th August

the Japanese tend to treat these people as you would hired help

They get paid to wait on table. Doesn't that fit the description of hired help?

The idea that people should be paid extra (in the form of tips) for doing their job properly is weird. What's wrong with…

Posted in What is your general impression of the way people treat waiters and waitresses in restaurants, cafes, etc? at 08:33 AM JST - 11th August
cleo at 05:09 PM JST - 10th August

Japan #2 with USA #1 is perfect for me.

Why, what's your contribution to making America #1? Or is your pleasure purely vicarious?

Posted in Mixed fortunes for Japan in judo, swimming, gymnastics, badminton at 05:09 PM JST - 10th August
cleo at 05:05 PM JST - 10th August

My point is 4.5 Kg could have have been put into the order by some idiot as a sick joke, not a mistake by the company

The company allows 'some idiot' direct access to shipments headed for export, to the end that said idiot can, undetected, slip into the shipment…

Posted in Ground beef found in shipment from U.S. in violation of trade accord at 05:05 PM JST - 10th August
cleo at 11:20 AM JST - 9th August

I'd take marital affairs over illegal wars and destruction any time. I would much prefer NEITHER, of course

On the button.

Posted in Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate at 11:20 AM JST - 9th August
cleo at 07:13 PM JST - 8th August

What bully has been nabbed?

Posted in 16-year-old high school student commits suicide after meeting teachers over online insults at 07:13 PM JST - 8th August
cleo at 07:12 PM JST - 8th August

shayouzoku - did you ever see Ai-chan when she was a child? The way her parents (especially her mother) treated that little girl was not normal.

Posted in Fans mob table tennis star Fukuhara on arrival in Beijing at 07:12 PM JST - 8th August
cleo at 09:31 AM JST - 8th August

No one truely thinks a driver for the leader of the largest terroist group in the world was just a driver do they?

They tried him for serving as bin Laden’s armed bodyguard and driver in Afghanistan. That means either:

1)The US government thinks he was just a driver: or…

Posted in Military jury convicts bin Laden's ex-driver in Gitmo trial at 09:31 AM JST - 8th August