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I’m sure there was an article about these same guys a few months back.

We’ve got a tree here in Japan, but the amount of fruit it gives us is not great at all. Couple of years ago it loaded us up with heaps, but most years we’re lucky to get 10 or so decent sized Feijoas. They are really good when eaten at the right time, and as InspectorGadget mentioned above, yes, the flavour is polarising. I find them quite a herbal flavour.

Subway? Looks like the Chuo line.

Leo spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday in his first known conversation with a foreign leader as pope.

And they’re still doing it, like the recent Azerbaijan plane.

By issues, he is actually referring to the fact that Japan needs to get to Olympic level corruption before trying again. 

Bach wants Japan to get better at covering the corruption as per the IOC ideals.

Right? I nearly died laughing when I saw it was Bach talking about Japan and the Olympic corruption.

I'd not advise all to NOT take any helicopter rides in NYC or anywhere

So you’d advise all to take helicopter rides in NYC or anywhere?

Anyone got any intel on if/when this will be released in Japan?

Streaming on Disney + starting June 8th.

How about a place for their Allied partner, the decent Russians,

They’re all gone.

Because it is! A normal パルム bar has 142 kcal. The almond one is 162. Even a tiramisu Haagen Dasz bar only has about 260. This is a hundred more. 

so for curiosity I just stopped in at a 7 eleven on the way home. The standard red foil Parm bar is 230 and the Black Thunder is 326. I didn’t check any others

Definitely isn't. Maybe depending on the area? The 7/11 near the place I live now or the ones I lived previously for a long time didn't have it all year round at all.

Not sure where you lived, but in my area not all stores had it a couple of years back but the ones that did had it all year. Now they’ve all got it and it doesn’t appear to be seasonal or anything. Have no idea about the calories. If I’m going to eat ice cream I’m not going to worry about that.

For an Ice Cream Seven Eleven Almonds Dark choco bar will do.

My go to ice cream at the Seven Eleven is the Black Thunder Ice cream bar. Fantastic, and reasonably priced.

 In America people have ice cream at least twice a day.

Funny.

Or maybe people go there once for the novelty, then realize it's crap and never go back again.

That’s true for a lot of things. Kind of makes me wonder why Starbucks is still so popular though. Not even a novelty thing.

I thought Japanese schoolgirls loved their enormous sundaes. Maybe the problem is that it wasn't done elegantly enough.

They’re all about bubble tea these days.

The answer is pretty easy. Cold Stone’s unique component was a fun staff that loudly sang cute tunes as the mix-ins were added. That came to an abrupt halt with the advent of COVID in 2020.

First time I visited a Cold Stone Creamery the staff were awesome. Had specific songs for when specific flavors were ordered, and customers never needed to ask them to sing. There was a rhythm to the whole experience. After that first time though, the staff were much more muted and didn’t seem to want to sing… I have a feeling they’d been asked to tone it down a bit from the neighboring eateries… and the last time I went was actually a complete letdown. The staff didn’t appear happy to be there. That was in 2017 I think, so I don’t think COVID had that much to do with the problem, although it may have been the final nail so to speak.

Any nation involved in an action against Russia like what Japan has been accused of here needs to ask themselves one question.

Is it enough?

Russia adds 21 British lawmakers to its 'banned' list

It’s quite an honor.

@ Sven...

 but personally I prefer and consider money only the real and legal money.

No worries mate. Just send me all your digital and virtual payments and you won't have to worry about a thing.

Dire wolves, which went extinct more than 10,000 years old, are much larger than gray wolves, their closest living relatives today.

10,000 years ago, were….

Probably the right thing to do then.

Police said Ando, who appeared to be intoxicated when arrested, has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying, “I didn’t do it and I have nothing more to say.”

Let’s hope the cameras that are in all cars can reveal the truth. That’s quite a busy train between those two stations before 11pm. Don’t usually ride it after 11:00 so don’t know exactly how busy it is at that time. Cameras might be obscured there.

Russia? Decent friend? Hahahahahahahahahaha

There does seem to be a lot of people needing to be told what to think here. I see it everywhere. I’ve always thought of it as a combination of risk aversion and a lack of self confidence.

If authoritarianism ever required people to stop dead at the top of an escalator to ponder their next move, Japan would lead the charge.

oh don’t get me started on that. A fair part of that though is poor design. Placing store information right at the top and bottom of escalators is terrible planning. So many stores and malls do that though.

For me personally… maybe not… but for today’s youth the situation is going to be much different. I don’t think there is any job that can’t at some point be replaced by AI.

Prices down for a couple of weeks… and now they’re at the lowest since late October… cool…

I’ll be more interested in gauging the performance in six months.

Russia just a few days ago launched a massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine, killing more than 20 people, believing that Ukraine no longer having US intelligence to support strikes on Russian territory will mean Ukraine won’t fight back. Doesn’t matter what Trump cedes to Russia, this whole thing has made Russians less safe in their homeland, and it won’t improve soon.

I never was a fan of Goff. This time though, I can respect his comments. Peters on the other hand… I don’t like him at all. Never have, never will. He’s always been a smug opportunist and he’s the sole reason NZ got Ardern.

there is no confusion anywhere about his proposed pathway peace and the need to avoid US Russian direct engagement at all costs.

This deal going through would almost guarantee that engagement if Trump is planning to defend US interests

As for Zelesnsky, what did he do that was so rude during the Trump-Vance meltdown? Zelensky didn't do a thing!

Exactly. They couldn’t answer his question about the diplomacy, so they attacked him.

For those continually suggesting Zelenskyy is risking WW3… what was this deal going to do? As has been mentioned, a large amount of the resources are in Russian occupied areas? Trump wants a deal that threatens WW3? The Russians have said these areas are non negotiable. It could just be that Trump has no plan to defend US interests.

Around the 42nd minute of it, where they tried to tell Zelenskyy his country was in a bad situation as if he didn’t know, he asked Vance if he’d been to Ukraine. Vance’s response was like the internet troll telling the actual expert “I’ve watched YouTube videos”.

Pathetic.