meiwaku said...

meiwaku at 10:27 AM JST - 4th December

Now that is useful. Millions well spent.

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meiwaku at 07:24 PM JST - 3rd December

Depends on the material and how well it is written, I guess. But in general it seems as though it is just as was said above. It just dumbs down reading for the masses. (Of course there are some good ones). Kind of a shame really. I have always thought…

Posted in Is reading manga really so bad? at 07:24 PM JST - 3rd December
meiwaku at 05:54 PM JST - 2nd December

Increasing food self-sufficiency is a wonderful idea but how about a little bit of diversity? Bread, rice and milk?! That is all the Ministry of Agriculture can come up with? Pathetic. How do these morons ever get into politics? Does indeed sound like a third-world diet plan. Japan has great…

Posted in Gov't to raise food self-sufficiency to 50%; wants people to eat more rice at 05:54 PM JST - 2nd December
meiwaku at 05:44 PM JST - 2nd December

At least "Arafo" is slightly clever. But "gu"!? How bad can it get?! daisan. I just didn`t think it could be that stupid and win.

Posted in 'Arafo,' 'gu' voted most popular words for 2008 at 05:44 PM JST - 2nd December
meiwaku at 11:19 AM JST - 2nd December

What on earth does "gu" mean? Sorry. Don`t watch much TV here. I hope this is not just the bastardization of "good".

Posted in 'Arafo,' 'gu' voted most popular words for 2008 at 11:19 AM JST - 2nd December
meiwaku at 10:28 AM JST - 1st December

And yet the Honda dealer near my house has recently demolished their car dealership/repair shop and are building a beautiful, brand new one. There was nothing wrong with the old one! This is just one example (and the dealerships may be privately owned, I don`t know) but I think that…

Posted in 12 Japan automakers cut 2008 output by 1.9 mil, slash 14,000 jobs at 10:28 AM JST - 1st December
meiwaku at 11:59 AM JST - 23rd November

On second thought, I have to agree with Sidwarwick. The money would probably go to pay some useless politician or two so that they can play golf and go whoring somewhere.

Posted in Possible eruption ahead over proposed fee for climbing Mt Fuji at 11:59 AM JST - 23rd November
meiwaku at 08:27 AM JST - 22nd November

I don`t know. 430 000 climbers is a lot of people. And the Japanese are famous for leaving their garbage behind. Who pays to clean it up? And there is the issue of medivacing people who get injured out. But charging money to climb a mountain does seem a bit…

Posted in Possible eruption ahead over proposed fee for climbing Mt Fuji at 08:27 AM JST - 22nd November
meiwaku at 05:35 PM JST - 21st November

tmarie I could not agree more. I have never seen a rest stop with anything but concrete and asphalt everywhere. You are right. Maybe if they had a nice grassy area with some trees for kids (and adults for that matter) to stretch and walk, it would be a bit…

Posted in Expressway firms opening up canine playgrounds for pet owners at 05:35 PM JST - 21st November
meiwaku at 02:27 PM JST - 19th November

That cardboard guy is lucky indeed. I just checked Yuko out on the net. She is very spanky.

Posted in Yuko Ogura at 02:27 PM JST - 19th November