CL wrote:
> tm wrote:
> 
> > New Years day is about my favorite day in the Tokyo suburbs, the town 
> > is empty except for the poor sods desperately trying to load their 
> > well scrubbed and dressed children into the newly washed auto to visit 
> > gramma or some other horrible relative. It warms my heart.
> 
> You mean you haven't pulled all of the amido closed, fired up the 
> kotatsu, and turned on the "Ultraman" reruns on Channel 14 (MXTV)?  I 
> always wondered what they did for programming when they ran out of 
> Ishihara interviews.  Now I know.
> 
> I have a case of Ebisu in 500 ml cans.  I found a place that sells corn 
> chips and pistachios for half price and loaded up before the New Year.
> 
> Life is good.

Hey, I shoveled the alley in the rain yesterday. It might look sunny 
now, you might think "whatta waste of time", but my neighbors have the 
only spotlessly dry street and stoops in town. 
Now if only I could figure out how to get rid of this case of giant 
gift apples...