Yellow snow shortage in Japan!

[Taro Toporific]

Miserable Start To Year Of The Dog In Snowy Japan
Yahoo! News (AFP) Mon Jan 16, 4:20 PM ET- TOKYO: It may be the Year of the Dog, but in Japan man's best friend has seen better days with a bitter winter leaving the canine population suffering indoors, veterinarians said.
Dogs have suffered a greater number of cases this winter of cystitis, a bladder inflammation, since the snow has kept them from going for walks.
"Like humans, some dogs do not want to go out or go for a pee under the cold spell," said veterinarian Taizo Umeshita, who heads Heart Animal Hospital in the snow-covered central province of Fukui.
.... dogs were also suffering mentally. "Blocks of snow sometimes fall from roofs, making a big sound and terrifying dogs walking nearby," he said.
"Even if they do not get hit directly, timid ones shiver or become mentally unstable. Some owners said their dogs had lost appetite by hearing the thuds from inside the house," he said. "There are sensitive dogs."...more...

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[keirnna]

Last time I checked another name for a timid dog was a cat.

[Greji]

Miserable Start To Year Of The Dog In Snowy Japan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060116/lf_afp/afplifestylejapan_060116212029

Gomi, I think I recognize that handwriting, but how many pints did it take to write it?

[Sarutaro]

[quote="Taro Toporific"]Miserable Start To Year Of The Dog In Snowy Japan
"Like humans, some dogs do not want to go out or go for a pee under the cold spell," said veterinarian Taizo Umeshita, I]

It sounds more like the Japanese dog owner, afraid of catching a cold "that will never go away" didn't take the dog out for a walk and instead relied on those paper-thin absorbant mats that no dog wants to use.
Any dog that needs to pee would gladly take walk, even if it is minus 20 C outside.

[keirnna]

Miserable Start To Year Of The Dog In Snowy Japan
"Like humans, some dogs do not want to go out or go for a pee under the cold spell," said veterinarian Taizo Umeshita, I]

It sounds more like the Japanese dog owner, afraid of catching a cold "that will never go away" didn't take the dog out for a walk and instead relied on those paper-thin absorbant mats that no dog wants to use.
Any dog that needs to pee would gladly take walk, even if it is minus 20 C outside.

I would say any real dog would take a walk, but not these palmtop toy dogs many people have.

[kurohinge1]

Miserable Start To Year Of The Dog In Snowy Japan
Yahoo! News (AFP) Mon Jan 16, 4:20 PM ET- TOKYO: ... dogs were also suffering mentally. "Blocks of snow sometimes fall from roofs, making a big sound and terrifying dogs walking nearby," he said.
"Even if they do not get hit directly, timid ones shiver or become mentally unstable. Some owners said their dogs had lost appetite by hearing the thuds from inside the house," he said. "There are sensitive dogs."...

Sounds like these shell-shocked pooches need ... *drum roll* ...

[kurohinge1]

Gomi, I think I recognize that handwriting, but how many pints did it take to write it?

It only took me two pints but, you're right, it was Gomi's handwriting.

[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]It only took me two pints but, you're right, it was Gomi's handwriting.

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Hehehehe


Gomi, are you going to take that lying down?

[Mulboyne]

WashingtonPost: For Elderly in Japan, a Very Long Winter
When the harshest winter in two decades heaped five feet of ice and snow onto 71-year-old Takeo Tokozumi's creaky roof last month, the proud rice farmer and his wife weren't about to call anyone for help...So the sinewy Tokozumi stubbornly grabbed a ladder and shovel, and attempted to clear the roof himself...[He] slipped and fell 10 feet onto the icy concrete, shattering both his heel bones. His injuries have confined him for the past two months to the local hospital, now brimming with elderly people hit hard by Japan's deadliest winter on record since 1983-84...more...

[kurohinge1]

WashingtonPost: For Elderly in Japan, a Very Long Winter
When the harshest winter in two decades heaped five feet of ice and snow onto 71-year-old Takeo Tokozumi's creaky roof last month, the proud rice farmer and his wife weren't about to call anyone for help...So the sinewy Tokozumi stubbornly grabbed a ladder and shovel, and attempted to clear the roof himself...[He] slipped and fell 10 feet onto the icy concrete, shattering both his heel bones. His injuries have confined him for the past two months to the local hospital, now brimming with elderly people hit hard by Japan's deadliest winter on record since 1983-84...more...

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[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]My cut is 10%. See below for payment instructions:



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