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If high heels were really that great, men would be wearing them...........

I recommend Jake Adelstein's "Tokyo Vice" as a fascinating insight into the Yakuza.

So, Jerry Hall, what first attracted you to the zillionaire Rupert Murdock?

Just as long as English is not taught the same way as it is in Japan..... heaven forbid.

Saitama strikes again............

Schindler's Lift Syndrome, perhaps?

Cleo, Yup, try the shade and see how you do. OR just leave them to "die down" for this year, try the composting and see if they come up and grow for you next year. Best of luck!

Cleo, About rhubarb:

Did you let your baby plants "rest" for two years before harvesting? We didn't harvest anything until the third year and while a few died away, the main bulk of the crop was OK. Maybe you could try leaving them to "rest" for a year and see what happens. Cover with compost in December. We have a main crop in the late spring, and try to harvest the bulk before the real heat sets in and a minor one in autumn, depends on how hot and dry the summer has been. We don't strip the plants entirely when we harvest. Hope this helps a little! All the best.

Cleo, My husband and I grow organic rhubarb which we sell to local restaurants and private customers......it thrives well even in southern Kanagawa.

Err, think the Hiroshima mudslides and Mt. Ondake volcanic eruptions would count as major natural disasters, IMHO

Another PUBIC random shooting, Yabits?

Gogogo, Helloooooo? Where does it say that the hospital didn't try their utmost to fix the little girl's injuries? Perhaps she was so severely injured that she was beyond help. Your post implies that the hospital/doctors' are somehow to blame for the death of this little girl.

"Geta-bako" - shoe closet in the genkan (hall or entrance way) surely?

Most of the souvenir stuff here is GOMI-yage in my opinion.

Recession? What recession?

Apologies for that, ThonTaddeo.

ThonThaddeo, it's "THEIR surname", not "THEY'RE surname".....

Hear, hear to bgaudry's post. "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." Surely one of the cornerstones of the Christian faith to which President Obama and his predecessors claim to adhere?

"TeSTuo Nagasaka" - a Freudian slip??

Saitama........again.

Would like to see participants in these contests and all those disgusting TV programmes with the same theme taken to a feeding station in the Third World somewhere........

Hear, hear, Zurcronium. ZERO TV for kids till the age of two, storybooks, storybooks and more storybooks. Nursery rhymes and songs together. Hell, just TALK to your kids.

Flew United to San Francisco and watched a female cabin crew member spill a meal on a passenger and say "ooops" by way of an apology, totally can relate to Pivot with the fat and cranky bit. UGLY BEYOND BELIEF seemed to be the prerequisite for employment.....

Hmmm. Not sure if "spectacular" is quite the word. Used T5 in July and August and airside still has the "under construction" feel to it with gaps in the walling and exposed wiring. In true Brit style, cleanliness is sadly not a priority, pales in comparision to Narita, although the T5 loos beat Kuala Lumpur hands down. Still, the e-checking in system worked well, baggage claim was far speedier than Narita so there are positives.