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Old 09-23-2003, 08:38 PM   #12
PeterR
 
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Bruce - ok you are having fun but for infos sake.

Only Finland has more forests per land area than Japan (surprised me too when I first heard it)- it easily beats Canada. You look out of my window and all you see is vast stretches of green. Of course an hour away from here is Osaka with all the attendent cliches.

I was born in New Brunswick, passed through there quite recently and at 6'1" and 65 kg soaking wet I have participated in a Sumo contest. I lost but not that quickly. It's not just a bunch of sweaty fat guys. Of course the pros (like football) tend towards the hefty.
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Bruce Kimpel (BKimpel) wrote:
Well honk my hooter - who would have guessed that! Did they clear out 1000 houses to make room for the track? That's crazy, I love it, the Japanese fit everything onto that little island.

You guys are getting me going now, I might have to take a serious look into Sumo (watching it that is, not participating - I'm not quite big enough yet).

Bruce

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