FightingViking comments

Really sad...

@bass4funk

can you tell us why you love guns?

Been hunting with my family since I was 6 years old. I love to hunt, it's a passion of mine, I don't think that's a bad thing, I can't kill a deer with a toothpick, right? I've always been around guns, my father was a collector and I had more than enough experience with them, I taught my kids how to use a rifle, but all in a very responsible manner, all licensed and all legal.

Ah ! At last I understand ! You love killing... This usually starts out with killing small animals and ends up with killing humans... No wonder you're so unpopular on these threads !

Floating toadstools ?

UNBELIEVABLE...

@klausdorth

I was going to say much the same thing... but what else can one expect from our Dear Leader ? Talk about an egoist... he lives in a big house with all necessary comforts and "jets" around the world at taxpayer's expense, "giving" money (he doesn't have) to other countries... I feel a "shinzo-attack" coming on...

I hesitated to make a comment but since I notice I'm not the only one to have read "COW" instead of "CROW" (in my case, it seems my "speciality" is very often "misreading" - especially titles...) I'll have to admit I have difficulty in "forgetting" the Kobe incident, especially since I used to live there... As others have said, this guy should be imprisoned for LIFE...

@Pukey2

He may be out of a job by tomorrow

From what I've heard, he hadn't been able to get a job for about 30 years... this was a BIG breakthrough for him... we may not "enjoy" his "act", but I'm sure glad he's not starving... (with all those pineapples... !)

NO WAY would I ever leave an animal at home in case of an emergency ! They've got to be kidding !

Beautiful ! Almost looks like "pink snow" (because the people are holding umbrellas...)

Me too ! I agree with all those who prefer subtitles i.e. pretty much all of the above ! Dubbing really can make the meaning "lost in translation" and as others have said, neither the voices nor the words match the originals.

Never had any problem getting (several) Japanese credit cards... it's the money to put into them that's posing a MUCH bigger problem... :-(

Problem is, far too many of them are tied up outside the house - whatever the weather. Usually with a water bowl just "out of reach"... There are SO many of them around this area, barking out of boredom, or because they have nothing to drink, or the food dish is too far away (probably empty anyway). It's too hot in summer and freezing cold in winter...

There ARE "exceptions" to these "rules" but they are few and far between. Dogs ARE "family" and should be treated as such.

an unlocked window to the balcony was open

Maybe if it had been locked ?

Well, I guess something must have "changed" - since they don't even mention it these days (I know because I just came back from Europe).

Of course ! I don't have a "top opening chest freezer" so didn't think about it that way ! My mistake !

I know one can't open a freezer from the inside but how does one close it if already inside ?

Travelling may be OK - may even help to "open" his one-track mind however, squandering tax-payers money on "loans" to so many different countries, just to make himself "look good", while many people are still living in "temporary housing" in his own country, doesn't look right to me...

I just have the feeling it should be the Emperor telling the Government what to do and not the inverse...

As for a "female emperor" I believe they're called Empresses... and they have certainly existed - even in Japan !

I agree ! It has it's "history" where it is now. It really does need refurbishing but instead of "moving to a new place" (if there isn't enough "space" on the ground) build a couple of "floors" on top of it.

There's also the term "Eurasian" - which would effectively mean "double" - in a more "poetic" form !

As I mentioned in the article about the monkeys - zoos shouldn't even exist... Train some humans to do "tricks" and make a circus/zoo out of them...

I definitely prefer to see the monkeys running around free as we did in Arashiyama ! You just have to be careful to hold tightly onto your bag of "monkey treats" or they'll grab the whole bag ! But that's also because I don't like either zoos or circuses (unless the latter involve ONLY human beings...) and even less animal "safaris"...

@ randomnatorMar.

15th anniversary today for us, quarrels pretty much standard way of communicating when we both have strong opinions. It works for us.

Happy anniversary !

(If only my "ex" had thought the way you do...)

@Goodlucktoyou

I think your mother rather "over-reacted"... (but then I and my brothers were brought up a little "differently" - not that we ever set fire to anything - other than logs in the fireplace or a bonfire...)

Could someone please remind me : Is it Kanto or Kansai with the Emperor on the right of the Empress ?

@Thunderbird

What makes you think "pensioners" are interested ? None of those in my family have ever been !

As for me - since I no longer have the "show number" thingy - I just reply "Allô ? Allô ! ALLÔ ? by the third (or fourth "Allô") they usually give up...

Shiga-kogen, Hakuba, Nozawa-onsen...

I can't believe just how lucky I was when (in France) I worked part-time for a travel agency. Studying and working can be a mean mixture and one day, I found myself given a doctor's certificate for TWO MONTHS rest ! I stayed at a "Student's Rest Home" for those two months and guess what ? My employer sent me half of my salary for each of the two months...

How can he dare to do this ? Doesn't he remember that his ancestors were the FIRST immigrants ? He and his family should be the FIRST to leave ! Leave the country to the REAL Americans !

@m6bob

I was thinking the exact same thing and (if I remember rightly) there was a place (near Route 20 ?) where they actually made a tunnel for the trains and took away the level-crossing.