tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post1583837786557708435..comments2024-03-26T08:55:43.208-07:00Comments on Two Little Square Black Dogs: Osakaangryparsniphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-35805101832188522962010-06-20T23:21:25.811-07:002010-06-20T23:21:25.811-07:00You did! I checked and found it on the Japanese ca...You did! I checked and found it on the Japanese card you sent.<br /><br />Our rail lines are great but they are all private now and the service is often not so good. It's also much more expensive than driving: it costs four times as much to take the train to Edinburgh than to drive there, for example, so I do tend to drive everywhere.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-51248825405182966222010-06-19T13:17:10.943-07:002010-06-19T13:17:10.943-07:00Eryl...
Japan has a great rail-line much like what...Eryl...<br />Japan has a great rail-line much like what you have in the UK... you can get from one place to another quite nicely. It also has several private lines. Coming from an area that you have to have to drive car, I get confused sometimes which line I am on.<br />A seal is a "Chop" that I first wrote then edited... It is like our decorative stamps of today. <br />It has your name engraved on it and you stamp it in red ink and usually print it next to your written name. I think I used mine on a card to you ? I don't always use it but I like to start using mine more again.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-70007415208820361412010-06-19T12:38:08.609-07:002010-06-19T12:38:08.609-07:00I know that picture! I have a copy of it right her...I know that picture! I have a copy of it right here, backed beautifully with brown card. Whatever your son says the line will always be the JR Maroon to me! Unless, of course, I actually get to visit my spiritual homeland one day, in which case I'll have to rethink.<br /><br />What is a name 'seal', rather curious, XErylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-19014104352684134572010-06-19T12:19:41.383-07:002010-06-19T12:19:41.383-07:00Pat...
WOW ! how exciting and now that book has z...Pat...<br /><br />WOW ! how exciting and now that book has zoomed up to the top of my list. <br />I love when a book has a special reason to read it besides the enjoyment.<br /><br />I have on the Den/Cmr World Cup game and it is exciting and the ball is flying everywhere with a mind of it's own.<br />I am still bummed the ref stole our goal from the USA/Slovenia game.... bummerangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-51915483507636104312010-06-19T11:24:03.071-07:002010-06-19T11:24:03.071-07:00What a wonderful trip to look forward to.
I think ...What a wonderful trip to look forward to.<br />I think it is vital to have a treat on the horizon.<br />Guess what - I've just had a hand written letter from Diana Atthill. I must have been so nervous when i wrote to her I signed with me ex-married name. Lovely surprise.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-34133232422008896462010-06-19T09:26:04.466-07:002010-06-19T09:26:04.466-07:00Savanna...
It is a wonderful place to visit.
I do...Savanna...<br />It is a wonderful place to visit. <br />I don't speak Japanese ( i just bought Rosetta Stone ) but I have traveled around on my own and never had any problems.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-21867867216929751742010-06-19T09:20:14.343-07:002010-06-19T09:20:14.343-07:00Joanna ...
I am very lucky and now I have lovely D...Joanna ...<br />I am very lucky and now I have lovely Daughter-In-Law and most beautiful Granddaughter to spoil.<br />It is hard to be so far away, one can not on the spur of the moment just drive over ... but it makes our trips back and forth special and thank goodness for skype !angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-17716004707803758782010-06-19T09:14:41.623-07:002010-06-19T09:14:41.623-07:00David....
Now that you have said that I remember t...David....<br />Now that you have said that I remember the Hankyu Kobe Line... duh ! <br /><br />This time when we are there I am writing EVERYTHING down so I don't mix them up. <br />You know what happnes when you get older.<br /><br />When you were at work, Molly and I took off and spent the day walking around all the places you showed us years before and we found them.<br />But...<br />What remands is how much I love this photo and it was exactly how I felt on that day and still do.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-38498817360772541712010-06-19T08:07:46.296-07:002010-06-19T08:07:46.296-07:00That's really an evocative photo. How lucky y...That's really an evocative photo. How lucky you are to have family to visit in Japan.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449827163911239893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-29513140890060020342010-06-18T23:31:38.587-07:002010-06-18T23:31:38.587-07:00Sorry for a correction Mom, but it's not the J...Sorry for a correction Mom, but it's not the JR Maroon line.<br /><br />In that photo is the Hankyu Kobe line. When I was in Sanda we rode that line and the JR Fukuchiyama line.<br /><br />Hankyu is the privately owned railway that has the Maroon cars. JR is the national, formally state owned, railway that has all different cars.<br /><br />"Chop" could be said seal or inkan.<br /><br />You can see the original photo here:<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepytako/3152491347/in/set-72157611885175422/<br /><br />I can't wait till you come back and get to ride the trains again to some new places this time. A shikansen ride down to Miyajima might be in order too.sleepytakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554508523805590606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184571205434660863.post-84055141394141904642010-06-18T15:59:16.298-07:002010-06-18T15:59:16.298-07:00as much as we've traveled, japan has never bee...as much as we've traveled, japan has never been a destination! i think the we'll have to remedy that soon! xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.com