Louise Bremner wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Methinks I'll be around for a while. Its home. It may take me a while
> > to identify that tree too.
>
> Would hate to be old in Japan...

As much as I think it unlikely that I'll be here in 2056, why?

> > Only twice? No little jaunts to gaikokuland for weddings, thatchings
> > and dispatchings then? No business junkets or itches to scratch?
>
> Oh, plenty of them, but I had a re-entry permit each time so they don't
> count. It's the number of visas that counts.

I thought the "certain gentleman" was referring to actual flights?