jonswan4 said...

jonswan4 at 09:52 AM JST - 15th October

MS Millennium ed. was a total dog, ditto Vista. I run XP on work PCs and have to run anti-spyware, anti-virus and download colossal numbers of patches, all of which takes time that I don't often have. The boot up times are annoyingly slow too. Privately I use Macs; they…

Posted in Windows 7 strong, but don't pay to upgrade at 09:52 AM JST - 15th October
jonswan4 at 02:11 PM JST - 10th October

This is a major issue for foreigners in Japan, so thanks for JT for highlighting the issue.

I've been on private health care for all of my 6 years here. If I died, my insurer would pay to ship my body home, if someone in my family died, they would…

Posted in Health insurance gets more complicated with new visa law at 02:11 PM JST - 10th October
jonswan4 at 02:12 PM JST - 9th October

RugbyFan: Village Cellars online or by fax is a great place to get Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough region - NZ is well known to produce about the finest Sauv. Blancs in the world - not bad at 2,300 a bottle... Drinking every day is crazy; the body…

Posted in Low-priced wines enjoy popularity amid economic slowdown at 02:12 PM JST - 9th October
jonswan4 at 09:55 AM JST - 9th October

Plenty of excellent white wine is now screw top; it's much easier to open. Great Sauvignon Blancs from the Marlborough region of New Zealand often use screw tops, but those kinds of wines are meant to be drunk young. Obviously some reds get better with age and therefore need a…

Posted in Low-priced wines enjoy popularity amid economic slowdown at 09:55 AM JST - 9th October
jonswan4 at 10:55 AM JST - 8th October

The laws on child custody and visitation rights in this country are complete outrage, and counter-productive to the well-being of the children. There's no wonder that other countries find it ridiculous.

"Japan’s government has argued that signing the convention may not protect Japanese women and their children from abusive foreign…

Posted in Divorced, separated Japanese fathers also fight to see children at 10:55 AM JST - 8th October
jonswan4 at 09:08 AM JST - 3rd October

Rio was always going to get the vote, seeing as it's never been in South America before. Obama probably took the right decision to go, though; why not support Chicago? And why not do it in the shortest time available?

This idea that he's doing too much might be partially…

Posted in Chicago's Olympic loss is blow to Obama, too at 09:08 AM JST - 3rd October
jonswan4 at 10:06 AM JST - 28th September

Ahmadinejad's denial of the holocaust would be like me denying the 1980-89 Iran-Iraq war ever took place. Sorry - and this goes for people who claim only 185,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis - there is too much documentary evidence, too many photographs and videos. The Nazis were very…

Posted in Iran President Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial at 10:06 AM JST - 28th September
jonswan4 at 10:21 AM JST - 27th September

I think the writer is implying that the reaction of the media and the public is really over the top, and I fully agree. It's not like Sakai was snorting crack then crashing her car into hordes of people, for goodness sake. All the media and public sensationalism is childish…

Posted in Celebrity drug offenders face public humiliation at 10:21 AM JST - 27th September
jonswan4 at 09:31 PM JST - 24th September

I'm surprised Ichiro has time to play baseball what with all his advertising commitments. Poor man must be really poor. Or desperate, in an attention-deficit disorder kind of way. Does he give to charity, I wonder.

Posted in Ichiro goes deep for winning blast in 9th at 09:31 PM JST - 24th September
jonswan4 at 09:29 PM JST - 24th September

I think you have to admire Hakuho for being half the size of the others, and for being a smart fighter. 'Boring' is nonsense.

Posted in Asashoryu still in charge at 12-0 at 09:29 PM JST - 24th September