Judderman comments

@cleo thanks for the info..guess i have to go and apologise to my wife then!i hate it when shes right..will never hear the end of it.

@cleo is it not unhygienic to have animals in the house all the time especially if kids have to share the same living space?its the keeping small dogs indoors that i dont understand..my wife and i have a few arguments over this one.

@cleo thanks for responding..i see where youre coming from now.i guess for someone like me i need the dog to be both a pet and of practical use on the farm.also i believe that giving a dog a healthy and balanced diet as well as loads of space to run around in and explore is a must.so when i see dogs,especially in cities being kept in small apartments and dressed up etc.. it seems completely at odds with what i expect from an owner as well as a dog.but as you pointed out..different lifestyles,different dogs,different owners.their doggy hotel would be my dog kennel in the countryside.

@cleo i think the reason why i dont particularly like some of these "little mutts" is that im tired of seeing these smaller dog types being mollycoddled and excessively pampered.as i said earlier i really dont think that dogs like chihuahuas should be treated like human beings or better...thats the crux of the matter here for me and thats the reason why i have such a dislike of smaller dogs.Especially in japan,you see the smaller breeds put into burberry clothes,trimmed and manicured,being carried around by their owners.maybe youve seen this too?i guess im annoyed at what their owners have turned their pet into..some lazy,spoiled poor excuse for a dog.

that may seem harsh but i come from a farming background and maybe my idea of what a dog should be is entirely different because of that.all our dogs on the farm have been a bit large,rough and ready,able to help out but at the same time a good companion,loyal and loveable.dogs and all other farm animals would never be allowed inside the house.thats just the way it has and always will be where im from. but to be honest,it was a big mistake getting a red setter for our elderly parents(not my idea,i have to add)..too big and hard to train. still love him to bits though!

i think the hotel idea is yet another illustration of how some breeds are over-spoiled by rich owners.

@cleo not sure if you know what red setters are like but even with training they can be a bit of a handful..highly energetic,strong etc.. i wasnt bragging about an untrained dog..just dont believe dogs of any kind belong in a hotel room.i mentioned my parents dog because he couldnt be any more different from the pampered little mutts this hotel expects to take in. i suppose your condescending comment about not getting a setter in the first place means your own dog is ready for Crufts?

im sick of people treating their dogs like people..putting clothes on them,haircuts,carrying them around like a child,leaving them inside the house all the time and now this..a bloody dog hotel room.dogs belong outside like all other animals. id like to see what my parents big Irish red setter would do that hotel room..the fee of 25,000 yen would come no-where near covering the damage...come to think of it,maybe i should do that and get these idiots to rethink this idea!

make sure to have them tired before you get on the plane,that helps.For smaller kids,a portable dvdplayer with some of their favourite dvds..a magazine of their favourite tv programme with toys can help distract them too..it will take a big effort as always to get them to sleep/be quiet.as long as you make an effort and hope the other passengers have a little understanding of what its like,you should be fine.

ever get that feeling someones watchin you?

@smithinjapan

Do parents not notice the kids expensive new clothes or handbags despite not giving them money and them not working

thats an excellent point..maybe these parents are too busy working to care about their kids(see other JT article on balance between work/home life today) next time i see an average kid with an LV/Prada handbag,i can guess where it came from. but if there are that many child prostitutes/compensation daters in japan then only dealing with the guys is not solving the problem at all..only at one end.is the girls use of sex for money driven by the need for material goods like bags,shoes and the latest must-haves in magazines?

not condoning what the guy did for a second here but shouldnt she be charged with prositution.you can read between the lines of this vaguely written story and imagine how it happened.surely she knew from contacting him that he was much older than her and she accepted money from him before sex.many unanswered questions again..did he know her real age?etc..why isnt he charged with statutory rape instead of breaking anti-porn laws?

his expression with his mouth open like that makes it look like hes forgotten how to spell his own name while she wonders what the hell is wrong with this guy?

havent used it myself..dont see whats wrong with just calling people or emailing from time to time if you want to catch up with friends.i would be worried about people who overuse it in place of actually going out and meeting real people.theres a line at the start of the theme-tune from Scrubs where it says:you think youre doing fine,you got your love online.. but youre just plugged into the wall!just about sums it up for me.

@kyoken as long as thats not an irish bank!

whats wrong with soap and water?as ben4short says,this does sound a bit narcissistic.when i hear that men are buying skin care products like lotions and face wash, i imagine vain,effeminate guys worrying about their sensitive skin and wondering which type of overpriced product to buy. either that or these guys have more money than sense to be buying this crap.if anyone remembers the opening scene to american psycho,youll get my point

intelligent,good-looking and a PM...her husbands a lucky guy

i think they`re more at risk from bits of stadiums falling on them.

not really sure how passive smoking would be that much of an issue..why would non-smokers go near/into designated smoking areas which are pretty common in most companies.

...you will do much better at school and work...

Ministop aiming to solve two of japans biggest problems at the moment?..falling grades and lower production.fantastic..

@EYEBLACK/SABIWABI

Never met an Israeli..why are they so bad?

In my opinion its probably brits in spain or greece.drunken loudmouths doing the same things they would do at home on any given weekend

maybe she`s one of those annoying grunter/shriekers on court,thats one way to shut her up!

Id hope thats a non-stop flight with nothing but sea between Tokyo and Hawaii!

ive heard about alot of so-called "tiger kidnappings" which usually involve the kidnapping of the cashiers family and if the bank staff doesnt give them the money then they will kill.

back home thieves have started to rip ATMs out of the walls at nighttime with diggers because they can hold so much money.my brother used to work for a bank in london and he said they would put as much as 250,000 into a machine at the start of a busy bank holiday weekend!

Its not so much that no reaction means we dont care...things that happen closer to home will always catch your attention more.out of sight out of mind..you could easily substitute this story of a mexican shooting with a suicide car bomb in iraq..would be the same reaction (or lack of)

it depends on how old the child is and also how comfortable the real parent is in having him/her act as a parent to their child.a younger child might benefit better from having a more balanced home life with both a mom and a dad so the stepparent would be required to do more active parenting there.older kids like teenagers maybe less so,if you know what i mean.dishing out punishment would be the hardest thing for a stepparent if the child does something wrong.

Iron brooklyn

what do you think about the Nishioka/Munroe bout for the WBC super-bantamweight title in Tokyo next month?

not alot of details in the story but with the situation going from one guy asking her over early in the morning to discuss something to having supposed consensual sex with two guys, it doesnt add up at all.hard to imagine how it ended so badly. did they lure her to the appartment with one thing in mind?

didnt mean to be overly critical..have flown with most of the asian airlines over the years and these two dont compare to those on Thai or Singapore Air.budget airlines back home like Ryanair and easyjet dont tend to have very good looking hostesses either.

Judderman said: but i also think

That is your trouble right there. You need to start observing more, and thinking less

thought this was just a friendly bit of banter on this site..obviously wrong..no need to get so upset and take it personally.

coulda used 2 better looking air hostesses for the promo..or maybe this is the best that they got.i guess you get what you pay for..budget airlines in every way.

reading the description alone almost made me gag...