Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    isthistheend

    Have to agree with disillusioned and roppongi. The crossings here are especially of Andy of Mayberry style. In my case, the local offshoot to the Yamanote line is a "one-man" driver system. Sometimes the gates will come down on time, and sometimes they'll come down a minute or two early. When they come down, for a train coming one way, it stays down while the train going in the opposite direction pulls in. There is enough time to put the rails up, allow the B-passengers to cross the tracks and get on their train, but no, the gates stay down, and we wait with anxiety over missing our train due to the slow reaction of the gates. To NOT miss that train (the next one will be coming in 5-7 minutes, but we HAVE to ride THIS train if at all possible, because we are already running 5-7 minutes late!) Its the Nishi-Nihon syndrom. That's life in the big city of Tokyo. 95% of the people are either running late, or about to be running late. And the nature of where they are going or what they are doing takes second priority to arriving there on time.
    And in my opinion, was a mitigating factor in the women's mind. So the railways are accountable, but so are the people, and there lack of flexibility concerning "getting there on time".

    Posted in: 67-year-old woman killed by train after trying to cross tracks

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    isthistheend

    Concerning high school stabbing Sarge writes at 11:06 AM JST - 20th September Hey, the guy was probably just lost his job or his wife or both, give him a break, lol. I hope the cops catch this guy ASAP. REad the above. The exact same sentence. This loon is out of his cotton pickin mind, or he's taking us all for fools! in my opinion. Any comment...besides the loons?

    Posted in: Man held for cutting woman's pants with scissors on train

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    isthistheend

    "Hey, the guy probably just lost his job and/or his wife, give him a break, lol." Sarge you say the EXACT SAME THING about the teenager stabbed as this one. Are you for real?

    Posted in: Man held for cutting woman's pants with scissors on train

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    isthistheend

    Give him a break? Geez Sarge, what if that was your daughter? You'd be beyond livid. Nothing like a little distance from the live situation to allow for composure, huh?

    Posted in: High school girl slashed in neck by man in Chofu

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    isthistheend

    Who ate my Post Toasties?! This is not an unusual happening. I remember reading about it almost once a year at harvest time, no?

    Posted in: 420 kgs of rice stolen from Toyama farm

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    isthistheend

    I remember when I first came to Japan, one of the most often one-lines I heard tried on me in English was "May I smoke?" How times have incrementally changed.....

    Posted in: Smoking scenes on the decline in movies

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    isthistheend

    Smoking scenes on decline is a clear reflection of people's increased awareness of the detriment of smoking as clearly determined by the Surgeon General at least 30-40 years ago. presto45, it happens to all of us, and like you at some of the most surprising times. Here's a proposed formual for getting around the problem if your lucky (strikes/pun). Open up with a comment about the subject like, Smoking scenes on the decline in movies is a good thing because in my opinion....Interject your real opinion following it. Return to the subject once more and then finish with the knock-out blow conclusion, relavant or not.

    Posted in: Smoking scenes on the decline in movies

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    isthistheend

    Way to go UPS, I hope I can use your service and it won't cost an arm and a leg, and will get their on time!

    Posted in: UPS starts faster ocean freight service from Japan to U.S.

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    isthistheend

    Nothing but improved news and blue skies can result from this decline....unless your an addict who thinks cigarettes are the life of the party.

    Posted in: Smoking scenes on the decline in movies

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    isthistheend

    So what are we gonna do Gunnlane? Be aware and forewarned....and then what? Punt? The Earth will survive for how long? 100 years? pray tell another 1000, more? Who can say. So can we just try and take care of today without reaping consequences of tomorrow? I doubt it. What do you think tkoind2 and Smith san? Is this just another provocation or is it going to play out like Gunnlane is saying? Can China become self-sufficient and bully the world around or is there another way. In Japan, people are desparate with stress, because theres no jobs for young people, and we all know the rest. Japanese don't protest openly about it, but I hear these type of conversations daily on the trains, especially on the weekends, when I go out of main Tokyo area. Is Japan going to survive?

    Posted in: Chinese hold anti-Japan protests over boat dispute

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    isthistheend

    I totally agree with Coolcali's opinion concerning this SMAP I.T. related subject (and others). Thanks for the sentiment. I couldn't have said it better myself.

    Posted in: SMAP kicks off international tour

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    isthistheend

    no hard evidence anywhere that PROVES second hand smoke causes cancer or any other health risk..Yes there are studies with conclusions but no facts. What is next.. Second hand farts???? Flipdnip no "hard evidence" ANYWHERE? In 2010? You can't bulls--t us anymore. Non-smokers know from reports, first hand facts, 2nd hand smoke, that smoking is a slow and painful, addictive death wish. Get real!

    Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses

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    isthistheend

    I'll agree it is also done not well sometimes in other countries, but JPN has a particularly funny, lame, poorly handled system, in my opinion.

    Posted in: Why is politics, which could and should be a noble profession, conducted so badly?

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    isthistheend

    "To say KimuTaku can't dance?"...Again, he's Korean. I think that's what gets me/others. The most talented one in the group ain't Japanese. That's fine with me if you come right out and SAY IT LIKE IT IS. But that never happens here, and it adds to ambivolent feelings....In MY Opinion.

    Posted in: SMAP kicks off international tour

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    isthistheend

    IN MY OPINION, they lack something, and their lifespan has been too long. But some youngsters like it. And that's not a bad thing.

    Posted in: SMAP kicks off international tour

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    isthistheend

    And people said John Lennon was crazy. Well his "give peace a chance", and "Imagine" songs were classics, and much needed in those times as now and forever.

    Posted in: Seattle cartoonist goes into hiding on FBI advice

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    isthistheend

    Let's get a real survey on this. What percentage of J men and J women smoke? I know one thing. They sure sell ALOT at convenient stores and supermarkets.

    Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses

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    isthistheend

    Hello everyone. SMAP has been around EVERYWHERE for the last 12 years or more?! If you look at the most recent poster, they look like the most unattractive zombies ever could be assembled, IN MY OPINION. Of course, everyone knows that Taku Kimura is Korean. The four others, Kusanagi the stripper, Nagai, the TV talento announcer, the sometimes blond, sometimes not blond guy, and the other I fail to know at all. I've never heard them sing so I can't make a judgment. But the name of the group put me off right away. And that was 12 or more years ago. Its quite amazing they kick off an IT without any International hits. Are they really musicians or just a band like the Monkees back in the 60's-70's who had great song writers working for them?

    Posted in: SMAP kicks off international tour

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    isthistheend

    They should do as they do at a coffee shop in Shinbashi. Smokers ONLY. Right at the corner near the train station. At first I thought it funny, but now I think its the only way. That or those glass enclosed corners. As for Riquez's comments, any smokey air, first or second hand repeated ad infinitum (smokers usually hang on with other smokers), starts to irritate the people who like air just as it is, as good as it can be in these times. We're quite literally fighting for our healthy, robust as can be lives, thank you. And smoke just zaps the life out of our lungs, like kryptonite. For those who are addicted to it (and nobody who smokes is NOT addicted, they just don't admit it)...you can tell a smoker by the way they hold their smoking fingers, sometimes wiping their lips like they're smoking position etc. Anyways, tkoind2 and smithinjapan can say it much better than me, so I'll stop here. Come ON TOKYO! Guess we need someone other than Blinkey to get this issue solved.

    Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses

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    isthistheend

    Please TOKYO come into the real world concerning smoking in public. Its literally killing me and others like me who inhale the others 2nd hand smoke at sport outings nonetheless! What's with this? For example, in the Shiodome underground area, there is an announcement in English, "Smoking is not allowed in this area. Please refrain from smoking". Why only there? Why not this type of announcement Everywhere. Like they have for the escalators in the trains stations. Kochira wa Escalator desu. Bing Bong." Or for the revolving doors "Okosama no gochui kudasai". Seems like every busy location has some announcement. Just increase the Smoking ones! They're already made, implement, the sooner the better!

    Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses

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