cow76 said...

cow76 at 01:26 PM JST - 20th September

Some good advice in this article, thanks. Dunno why anyone becomes a taxi driver. In Gunma, where I live, gardeners get 20 000 yen a day for trimming and pruning. Not much skill is required and they work for about 7 hours a day with a few breaks. Choose your…

Posted in Sex and the city: Tokyo's taxi drivers see it all at 01:26 PM JST - 20th September
cow76 at 08:50 PM JST - 19th September

Yeah, it's a good idea because nobody goes to Disneyland by themselves so each person is going to bring a paying customer with them. A good time to be a twin.

Posted in Disney offering free birthday admission in 2009 at 08:50 PM JST - 19th September
cow76 at 07:53 PM JST - 16th September

Being a Republican is not going to damage his standing and may not even be relevant at all. Unless there's a referendum called, it's not really important where he stands on that issue.

He's maybe slightly better than Brendan Nelson but the fact that he's one of Australia's richest men…

Posted in Australian opposition party elects republican leader at 07:53 PM JST - 16th September
cow76 at 12:28 PM JST - 16th September

There's a pattern. It goes boom, bust, boom, bust, boom etc but nobody ever thinks it will go to the next stage until it does.

Posted in What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? at 12:28 PM JST - 16th September
cow76 at 12:26 PM JST - 16th September

And likes manga?

Posted in Man arrested for pushing woman into dam in Sendai at 12:26 PM JST - 16th September
cow76 at 12:59 PM JST - 15th September

The problem is that negative advertising works.

Posted in Both U.S. presidential campaigns faulted for negative ads at 12:59 PM JST - 15th September
cow76 at 12:56 PM JST - 15th September

One day he's going to run out of nouns to put after 'the'. Then he'll be in trouble.

Posted in John Grisham has no shortage of book ideas at 12:56 PM JST - 15th September
cow76 at 12:55 PM JST - 15th September

Agree, Chibaman. Almost all of them will be on 250 000, which was the minimum starting salary at Nova if I remember correctly.

Posted in Ex-Nova teachers finding work at onsens at 12:55 PM JST - 15th September
cow76 at 12:50 PM JST - 15th September

He's another Abe. Just going try to make nationalistic issues out of WW2, Yasukuni, textbooks etc. Didn't work for Abe, hopefully won't work for Aso.

Posted in Aso almost certain to become next LDP leader: poll at 12:50 PM JST - 15th September
cow76 at 10:10 PM JST - 12th September

Massive fines for idiots who don't wear seatbelts, heavily inforced, please. Obviously there are a whole heap of people with no common sense at all who need a different incentive other than protecting the lives of the ones they love.

Posted in Police request pregnant women to fasten their seat belts in cars at 10:10 PM JST - 12th September