tm wrote:
> 
> Speaking of fantasticly futuristic machinery, has anyone else tried 
> the recycling machines at the SE exit of Shinjuku Station? Feed a beer 
> can into one and, get this, it flattens the can! Feed a pet bottle 
> (labels and caps properly removed) into the other and it grinds the 
> bottle into mulch! What a wonderful use of technology to conserve 
> resources and save the planet. Can't wait until they are installed in 
> my neighborhood, there is a wide variety of things i'm anxious to feed 
> into them.

I should get me a can crusher from Home Depot and stand around crushing 
cans for people; I could make a fortune.

John W.