tshirt said...

tshirt at 08:25 AM JST - 1st November

But the shelter manager told me they only accept, and I quote, "brand new clothes, preferrably with the label still in them, and no second hand prams or other items".

Probably as a tax write off

Posted in Shelters for victims of dating violence financially strapped at 08:25 AM JST - 1st November
tshirt at 10:57 PM JST - 30th October

Masks don't do anything, the influenza virus is 130nm or the same exact size as HIV. That is 0.000000130 meters.

Wearing a mask is like having a house with all of the windows open... all of the mosquitoes and and cockroaches can still get in.

Posted in No. of flu patients in Japan tops 1 million in one week at 10:57 PM JST - 30th October
tshirt at 08:01 PM JST - 30th October

Don't take the flu shot too as it contains mercury and other cancerous ingredients

Today's Japan Times' Letters to the Editor totally plastered this (stupid) advice.

The flu shot contains half the mercury of a can of tuna or a few pieces of sashimi.

Posted in No. of flu patients in Japan tops 1 million in one week at 08:01 PM JST - 30th October
tshirt at 07:53 PM JST - 30th October

I realize people are overreacting about the flu, but it's still a bit scary that otherwise healthy 20-somethings are dying from this.

95% of the 20 or 30 somethings who are dying are not healthy, they have pre-existing conditions... heart trouble for example.

Easy steps for avoiding the flu and/or…

Posted in No. of flu patients in Japan tops 1 million in one week at 07:53 PM JST - 30th October
tshirt at 10:54 PM JST - 29th October

The jobs won't be lost, other airlines will take up the slack. JAL has been greatly mismanaged, to the tune of a few billion dollars. There are a lot of JAL retirees who collect very nice pensions... they've refused to take a cut and I guess have the political clout…

Posted in Gov't to take charge of JAL turnaround at 10:54 PM JST - 29th October
tshirt at 11:55 PM JST - 11th October

Nothing is free. This change is politically smart, but will push families to make choices. The wife will not have an excuse to not work because doing taxes is too difficult... all of that paperwork and stuff. Junior enjoying pachinko and his arubaito will be a bit more of a…

Posted in Gov't may scrap tax break for dependents in FY 2010 at 11:55 PM JST - 11th October
tshirt at 06:27 PM JST - 10th October

Patrick Smash- As I said, a re-entry seal in your passport is no longer necessary (as long as you are in the country one day a year). But the permanent visa seal in a passport is good for the life of the passport (unless the authorities take it away), then…

Posted in Health insurance gets more complicated with new visa law at 06:27 PM JST - 10th October
tshirt at 03:39 PM JST - 10th October

Correct me if I'm wrong, but permanent visa holders wouldn't be subject to the requirement, nor spousal visa holders... both may work, but could still stay if they didn't.

I feel pretty certain about permanent visa in that it doesn't need to be renewed... nor does the re-entry permit, now.

Posted in Health insurance gets more complicated with new visa law at 03:39 PM JST - 10th October
tshirt at 07:39 PM JST - 18th September

Over 90% of black voters didn't vote for McCain, is that because they are racist against Whites It's different if you are a minority, to pretend it's the same is ignorant

"America's first black president" is a lie in itself

Some president a long time ago was part Black, but…

Posted in Dueling 'racist' claims defuse once powerful word at 07:39 PM JST - 18th September
tshirt at 07:14 PM JST - 18th September

I love the way Japanese businesspeople make free enterprise sound like a consumer conspiracy. The business people's response? "Buy our overpriced goods and nobody gets hurt."

Not only Japanese, notice Apple has avoided the market so far. IBM saw this coming years ago and got out of the PC and…

Posted in Netbook craze pushes PC industry to rethink game plan at 07:14 PM JST - 18th September