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And the guy below feels it's his duty to clean up the broken glass...

So the guy finishes one bottle every two days, and throws it from his apartment balcony...

With Trump it means he actually secretly loves her.

Since my yen were so weak I didn't touch them this summer. Now they are worth more!

Great vacation!

Japan and Canada are islands on either side of the same water. Sort of...

This weekend will be interesting. Each whole lap only separates the competing cars by milliseconds, so any small mistakes can make big differences. I cannot see Max or Red Bull 'bouncing back', but they have been strong here in past years, so who knows?

In Japan there is the idea of proportionate blame which is worked out on an individual basis for every accident. Even when unfair, the resultant fudge is a kind of shared fairness. Persumably with the advent of self-drive, the proportions will be adjusted.

Somehow I feel she will be a good leader for the country. There is a depth of sincerity to her that has been seriously lacking in others.

Would it not be possible in the meantime to install blades and turbines on bridge uprights, such as the bridge over the Akashi Strait, the Seto Ōhashi and Kanmon Kyō?

While they string out the process of going ahead and actually installing dedicated turbine towers. Easier to maintain, too, surely.

Was a vegetarian in the early nineteen seventies in Japan. The problem occurred when traveling, trying to find somewhere to eat. (Different from cooking at home.)

"Does this dish have meat in it? Can you make something without the meat?" The staff usually had no idea what I was saying. Eventually it would come, but with ham in it. "Oh, is ham meat?"

It was even worse in Korea, even with the question written in Korean on a piece of paper. Blank looks.

Shojin ryori was always the perfect solution, but highly specialized, if you could find it, and if you could afford it.

Hmmm... complicated indeed. A lovely place with a troubled history. Sincerely wishing them a brighter future.

Finally got to watch Episode One last week. Names and places have been changed, as in the novel, making it somewhat confusing, and I can't hear a word of what most of them say, but it's fairly evocative of those times.

Sounds like a biggie, this one. There's another big one brewing behind it, but where's that one headed?

PS 'Lightening' in paragraph 4 should be 'lightning', very different things,

This kind of clothes-cutting thing gets reported occasionally, with scissors or box knives etc., but this is the first time I have heard a possible motive. Twisted, but the guy is probably honestly admitting his fetish. In that sense, an interesting article. So what do they do with someone like this, on a charge of 'property damage'?

If there was a photograph of guns posted with the earlier Discrod threat in 2023, as reported, I hope the cops checked to see if those shown were the same guns in the father's closet. If not, this kid is some kind of devious.

If the ref has it as back-up, with the decision ultimately his or hers, it has to be a useful tool, giving different angles on an event.

Sounds good.

Nice idea, and everyone loves a fresh start, but what would the government of Africa decide?

Sounds like this imitates that movement to change the name of India, another convenient country name going back to 5th century BC antiquity.

No one is discussing eradicating Habu, though, right, DT?

What's a PB? Parabellum, point blank?

She was probably tired of listening to the old lady's constant accusations and lecturing on the same subject.

Navarro is earning serious respect!

Horrifying news, the worst possible end to this wasteful tragedy.

De Minaur is a lightning fast player but Jack Draper just had more in the bag yesterday. Step by step he nailed the thing, but it looked like a tough struggle for both of them.

Saw a documentary about a whole village in China devoted to creating fake masterpieces, ceramics and Western paintings on canvas.

This guy sounds good, though, but he is one individual. There used to be another guy living in Ibiza during the late 1960s and early 1970s but I've forgotten his name.

Sad, sad day.

BTW. Can someone explain what this means? How can the CTA speak, and is there no human to check the language in what goes out?

Quote:　"This heinous and egregious act of violence should never have occurred, nonetheless on a public transit train," the Chicago Transit Authority, known as CTA, said.

Wallace is right. How local is local?

What was hidden comes to life, if as yesterday. Great story. I have two silver denarii from about the same time which still fascinate me. One has a 10-oar galley on one side, and a double-headed Janus on the other, c.113 BC. 3.5 g.

The other looks very similar to the top photo, Minerva in a quadriga, (pulled by four horses though), marked 'c.vibius pansa'. Control mark A. 3.73 g. c.90 BC.

Would love to visit that island of Pantelleria one day!

I too have occasionally seen illegal handguns over many years living in Japan, and once even observed someone throwing two into the river. But.

"The exception proves the rule." They are very rare.

Maybe he really did collect them for fun, but that will simply be noted as his given reason for breaking the law.