toadold said...

toadold at 12:21 AM JST - 24th March

School uniforms in the US for public school students are comparatively recent. They used to be associated solely with the Catholic and exclusive private prep schools. At the two most prestigious private schools in Dallas,the students wear uniforms but a lot of the little idiots will play one up games…

Posted in Tokyo girls prefer school uniform-like dresses at 12:21 AM JST - 24th March
toadold at 01:25 AM JST - 22nd March

Well a former Los Angeles talent agent once told me that US models came in two types: tall for the "ready to wear" fashion industry and really tall for the "High Fashion" catwalk models. Also they had to start when they were teenagers. LA was "ready to wear" only so…

Posted in Jun Hasegawa capitalizes on 'haafu' look at 01:25 AM JST - 22nd March
toadold at 08:56 AM JST - 18th March

Cost after getting out of aq US med school? I know one guy who has finished his specialty training. Oh the money is going to be good but he isn't going to keep a whole lot of it. Liability Insurance, School loan payouts, taxes, and etc. He'll be working the…

Posted in Japanese hospitals eye N American-style medical schools at 08:56 AM JST - 18th March
toadold at 04:20 AM JST - 17th March

If they adopt the North American version I hope they leave out some of the bad parts. For instance hospitals are notorious for using interns as cheap medical labor and working them for excessive periods of time. Also the system is not cheap and the students come out of the…

Posted in Japanese hospitals eye N American-style medical schools at 04:20 AM JST - 17th March
toadold at 12:21 AM JST - 17th March

A commercial driver in an urban area will not have his head in the cab let alone the back seat. His primary concentration will be on the traffic and on navigating. Pick up a fare, drive the fare,drop off the fare, find another fare, pick up the fare, drive the…

Posted in Former teacher arrested for kidnapping, confining 12-year-old girl with stun gun in Nagasaki at 12:21 AM JST - 17th March
toadold at 08:47 PM JST - 12th March

Paying to take a dive in an exhibition game? Coaches use exhibition games to evaluate individual players. The see what their rookies and bench players are capable of doing against experienced players from another team. Whether or not their injured players are limping and etc. I'd pay extra to see…

Posted in Japan beats San Francisco Giants in exhibition at 08:47 PM JST - 12th March
toadold at 08:21 PM JST - 12th March

The other thing about American movies is that on the whole they are losing market share in the USA itself. Critics are saying that it is because of poor quality in the writing and a prevalent left wing viewpoint. The production companies say that it is the audiences fault they…

Posted in More Japanese shunning the outside world at 08:21 PM JST - 12th March
toadold at 03:05 AM JST - 10th March

The days when a magistrate or judge would give a ganger a choice between jail or enlisting in the armed services are long gone in the US. I imagine it is no different with the JDF. Because even an infantryman's job has gotten so technical and demands such a high…

Posted in Three youths in hospital after gang fight in suburban Tokyo at 03:05 AM JST - 10th March
toadold at 01:53 PM JST - 8th March

Back when Yamamoto was a military attache in Washington he played poker with a lot of the military guys. He was very good at it and he was asked why. He said, "I remember about 56,000 characters of Japanese so remembering 56 cards is easy."

Posted in Aso's reading blunders spark study spree at 01:53 PM JST - 8th March
toadold at 08:16 AM JST - 26th February

Just another "look". It is not as bad as a lot of Russian business women's "I'm a hooker" look.

Posted in 'Agejo' girls just want to look cute -- and sexy at 08:16 AM JST - 26th February