hachmike66 said...

hachmike66 at 08:39 AM JST - 29th October

One of the schools I teach at was closed yesterday, so I took the opportunity to get some ice skating in. The damn rink was packed with kids off of school, even though they had been warned to stay home and not either spread or get the new flu. So…

Posted in Nearly 14,000 schools closed due to influenza at 08:39 AM JST - 29th October
hachmike66 at 07:45 AM JST - 26th October

Kiss your major league contract goodbye Kikuchi. Obviously he forgot that he is not able to move to the US until he has put 9 years into Japanese baseball. I guess that was one of the details they forgot to tell him. sfjp330, what are you smoking, "nurture him, get…

Posted in Kikuchi's decision to say no to majors sparks mixed reactions at 07:45 AM JST - 26th October
hachmike66 at 07:12 PM JST - 15th October

I was just thinking, maybe this was all a stunt by Maehara to force the left over landowners into selling their land so they can make two full length runways. Tell them you are going to move everything to Haneda and their land can go back to rice farming or…

Posted in Maehara backtracks on Haneda, Narita roles at 07:12 PM JST - 15th October
hachmike66 at 07:55 AM JST - 15th October

Sorry I meant to say one true runway. The other thing I was thinking was put all of the cargo flights into Narita and the passenger flights into Haneda. Both are used and everybody is happy. Let the military use Narita as well, if they want to, thus helping them…

Posted in Maehara backtracks on Haneda, Narita roles at 07:55 AM JST - 15th October
hachmike66 at 07:54 AM JST - 15th October

Have some balls Maehara! You said what you meant, and almost everybody agrees with you, but when a few people begin to make a fuss you have to backtrack. How can your flagship airport have only one true airport? What a joke. Haneda will have 4 soon, now that is…

Posted in Maehara backtracks on Haneda, Narita roles at 07:54 AM JST - 15th October
hachmike66 at 03:14 PM JST - 8th October

I guess a lot of you haven't watched NHK news. There was a lot of damage done, and it is not over yet. Now it is heading to Tohoku and there will be more damage. Just count yourselves lucky that it wasn't as bad as they were predicting. As for…

Posted in Typhoon lands in Japan, leaving 2 dead, 56 injured at 03:14 PM JST - 8th October
hachmike66 at 07:47 AM JST - 7th October

I am a bit surprised by some of the comments on this board. It seems that people are openly cheering for a major typhoon to hit the country, cause massive damage, perhaps, dislodge thousands of people, and maybe even claim some lives. Then, if the typhoon isn't as dangerous and…

Posted in Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday at 07:47 AM JST - 7th October
hachmike66 at 07:50 AM JST - 5th October

neverknow2 I think you need to read all the facts about this case. It has so many twists and turns, it will spin your head. Not sure if I'd call Savoie a hero, but the system is set against him, and other father's whose children are spirited back to Japan.

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 07:50 AM JST - 5th October
hachmike66 at 07:38 AM JST - 29th September

Tasty green, if you remember she graduated from Tokyo University and was heralded as the smart idol. Not sure if that was true or not, but when she first was introduced she did a lot of quiz shows, and did have a fairly good amount of knowledge, which led to…

Posted in Rei Kikukawa bids tearful farewell to 'Bankisha' at 07:38 AM JST - 29th September
hachmike66 at 07:45 AM JST - 28th September

I always laugh when I read about the increase in the cost of electricity being 9~34 yen per family. Really! The total increase will be a third of the cost of a can of coke? And people are having a hard time paying this? Why don't you tell us the…

Posted in Various cost increases due to hit family budgets from Oct at 07:45 AM JST - 28th September