"Yes I saw that, the traditional rules have relaxed a lot. Once non Japanese wrestlers weren't allowed, now there are foreign Yokozuna ( Grand Champion)."
"Back in the late 80s early 90s UK TV was showing Sumo highlights. I watched enough to get quite interested, then it stopped. Maybe they lost the rights or not enough people were watching,
Then recently I found you can watch highlights on NHK Japan…"
"I assume that it's the old "Great White Hunter Pacifies the Primitive Savages by Giving Them Shiny Objects" cliche. Why he had a supply of harmonicas with him is another issue."
"The Good Mrs. Benson and I have never experienced a break-in of our home, either when we were living separately or after we lived together.
We almost had a break-in once, some thirty-one years ago.
Let me preface the tale by divulging that we have…"
"Break-ins:
The family home, when I was a kid. The never caught who did it, but they were obviously fearful, because the one thing they tried to take, was left on the stairs to the basement. They were clearly amateurs and, given that my parents were…"
"Commander Benson said:
O.K., one might think . . . so the crime scene tech collects a dozen different sets of prints. After he eliminates yours, can't he run the others through the super-scientific computerised local, state, and Federal data…"
I usually hop back on the boards every couple months. I'm usually buying my books in 2 large orders every six months so it makes it hard to follow some of the discussions since I haven't read the books yet.
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