Wednesday February 15, 2012

ronaldk's past comments

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    ronaldk

    Good for him! Sometimes success strikes out of the blue.

    Posted in: Bake my day

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    ronaldk

    My concern is that you get to the point where you want the government to watch everybody, but you have to ask, who is watching the government?

    Posted in: Pope deplores Belgian sex raids

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    ronaldk

    He probably killed a guy with a family in a similar situation as himself instead of taking his gripe to someone with culpability.

    Posted in: 1 dead, 10 injured after ex-Mazda temp hits 11 plant workers with car

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    ronaldk

    Who is the woman from behind stalking her?

    Posted in: Newlyweds Ebi-chan, Ilmari return from Paris wedding

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    ronaldk

    Maybe foreigners are discouraged to study when they walk into an establishment and see a look of (take your pick): astonishment/disgust/fear/perplexity on all the faces of the Japanese.

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    ronaldk

    This truly is national news.

    Posted in: Two peacocks captured in Chiba

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    ronaldk

    Such a break would not bother me as long as I was offered equal breaktime off for secular activities (coffee break, etc.), if the prayer time was not compensated or they worked later. However, if the other Japanese workers are actually working more then that is problematic.

    Posted in: Reconciling foreign workers' prayer breaks with production deadlines

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    ronaldk

    The "Japan is different" argument really is not convincing. Once the retirees start needing their money, they will withdraw it wanting cash. The process may not be acute, rather chronic. Making it harder for the government to borrow.

    Posted in: Kan warns of Greece-like debt crisis

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    ronaldk

    I worked in California prior to Japan and can say for a fact taxes are quite a bit lower in Japan. My advice would be to rationalize the pension system first of all and make it obligatory to pay for those who have some form of income. Then, the sales tax should be raised by 1 percent/year over 3 years then stop, with concomitant cuts by the government each year of 2-5% in discretionary spending. But what the hell do I know.

    Posted in: Kan warns of Greece-like debt crisis

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    The idea that Japan is different b/c it's debt is held domestically does not convince me. At some point the savers who finance this debt via postal savings are going to want their money.

    Posted in: Kan warns of Greece-like debt crisis

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    ronaldk

    Oh crap! I fit the profile.

    Posted in: Elderly woman robbed, punched in the face on Tokyo street

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    ronaldk

    Wow! 2-3 times a week. I envy this guy.

    Posted in: People turn to advice column to air quirky family concerns

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    ronaldk

    The above is so true. On the other hand, working for American bosses, they can go too far the other way, flitting from one topic to another with no depth at maximum speed while reading an email on the dingleberry and typing a second email with various mistypes on the laptop along with several other multitasks all while talking to you in stream of conscience (like this post). At least the JP boss tends to move in a linear and deliberate fashion.

    Posted in: Japanese company meetings: Getting by at the table

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    ronaldk

    I can't agree with some of the above posters. 25 and still living at home with the folks is in most cases lazy (goes for men and women).

    Posted in: High school girl arrested for stabbing older brother in Nagano

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    ronaldk

    Listen, if a man of 25 still lives at home, he needs to go look in the mirror and figure out what the hell he is still doing at home. My dad always said, "you can stay here til you're 18." The daughter is probably just doing what the dad in Nagano can't.

    Posted in: High school girl arrested for stabbing older brother in Nagano

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    ronaldk

    I think Japan really needs to elect a president for a fixed term. This is ridiculous. Imagine if a crisis were to suddenly arise.

    Posted in: What do you think Yukio Hatoyama's legacy as prime minister will be?

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    ronaldk

    Or, buy this and a loaf of bread (200 yen), then you can eat hamburgers all day long.

    Posted in: Bite this

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    ronaldk

    I would expect more calories considering it has 10 beef patties and 10 slices of cheese. The beef patties must be pretty small. Anyways, on a budget, you could get this with a fry and drink set and be set for the whole day on about JP1200. That ain't bad folks.

    Posted in: Bite this

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    ronaldk

    Wow! So the bidder can completely control what she does or does not wear? Sounds good.

    Posted in: Bidder pays Y3.52 mil for rights to photograph former Miss Universe Riyo Mori

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    ronaldk

    Good for them! I can hardly think of anything that excites me enough to line up. Except ThunderMountain!

    Posted in: iPad rush

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