Declan Murphy wrote:
> Very strange happening at Immigration (Nagoya) - the official smiled at me.

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> Less paperwork required than any previous visa renewal too.

Crikey! Another strange incident. The postcard approving the extension 
has arrived already. Stamped the day after I submitted my application, 
and received next day. And no Scott, I'm not dreaming it, and haven't 
had a beer since breakfast.



-- 
"Beyond the Euphrates began for us the land of mirage and danger, the 
sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing. 
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige 
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to 
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be 
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138