northlondon said...

northlondon at 08:48 PM JST - 27th July

We're a nation of sailors

cleo, if the UK consists solely of the south coast, the Isle of Wight and those middle-class kids spending their University lives rowing boats and sipping Pimms, then yes we're a nation of sailors. The large majority of Brits don't have the garage space to…

Posted in Japanese officials puzzled over format change in Olympic baseball at 08:48 PM JST - 27th July
northlondon at 02:44 PM JST - 27th July

Freespeech

Official Accident Investigation Spokesperson for Qantas Airlines

Japan Division

Posted in Oxygen cylinder eyed as cause for Qantas fuselage blast at 02:44 PM JST - 27th July
northlondon at 02:40 PM JST - 27th July

Tokyo Dome has this new VIP seating area called Excite Seats or something. It has been placed right on the edge of the field and they did not move the regular seats back to incorporate the Excite Seats (in other words, it has been placed right on the edge of…

Posted in Sekimoto the hero again in Hanshin's victory at 02:40 PM JST - 27th July
northlondon at 02:27 PM JST - 27th July

I'm English (hence the user name) and some of the anti-Baseball comments on here just show how ignorant some people are of world sport. Baseball is one of the most watched sports around the world and generates a lot more television sponsorship revenue than most other Olympic sports. Just because…

Posted in Japanese officials puzzled over format change in Olympic baseball at 02:27 PM JST - 27th July
northlondon at 11:17 PM JST - 26th July

I thought they got married a while ago ? Japanese television producers are so strapped for material that they even get their talents to hold a wedding party all over again just for TV. I think these celebs love their lives in a goldfish bowl. I used to believe Koike…

Posted in Eiko Koike holds lavish wedding party at 11:17 PM JST - 26th July
northlondon at 08:30 PM JST - 26th July

A hole caused by an explosive decompression ? Passengers woken by a loud explosive bang ? Initial reports indicated no link to terrorism ? Nice to see that Qantas have totally disregarded the terrorist threat. Wouldn't it take a few day's before they can make that kind of confident statement…

Posted in Oxygen cylinder eyed as cause for Qantas fuselage blast at 08:30 PM JST - 26th July
northlondon at 10:25 PM JST - 19th July

Sarge,

I know how to increase the heat with so many people dying from the cold. I've got a photo of your favourite Japanese Olympic badminton girl being sprinkled....

Posted in at 10:25 PM JST - 19th July
northlondon at 07:02 PM JST - 17th July

More sports reports not stating what really happened this afternoon. Asashoryu's bout had to go to a judges decision and they all got it wrong. NHK replays clearly showed that Tochinonada's hand touched the Dohyo before Asashoryu hit the deck. If you stay in middair and your opponent (Tochinonada) touches…

Posted in Hakuho, Ama share lead at Nagoya sumo at 07:02 PM JST - 17th July
northlondon at 06:06 PM JST - 17th July

at 04:04 PM JST - 17th July

Uehara was fine and one of the top aces in Japan until clown-coach Hara and the Kyojin management wanted to teach Uehara a lesson about wanting to leave for the Major League's and took him off the rotation and then placed him as…

Posted in Struggling Uehara named to roster for Olympic baseball team at 06:06 PM JST - 17th July
northlondon at 04:04 PM JST - 17th July

Uehara was fine and one of the top aces in Japan until clown-coach Hara and the Kyojin management wanted to teach Uehara a lesson about wanting to leave for the Major League's and took him off the rotation and then placed him as a closer. Uehara is no closer and…

Posted in Wada, Nakamura power Chunichi past Yomiuri at 04:04 PM JST - 17th July