On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:43:27 +0000 (UTC), Reg Edwards wrote:

I was either
in Hong Kong at that time or was walking the darkened pavements in Hiroshima
marvelling at the lighter-coloured shadows cast on the paving slabs by the
first of the WMD

A nice story of the perils of new materials technology, Reg, thanks.

If the SA red hasn't taken it's toll, do a little Googling on
"Japanese occupation of Manchuria" + Harbin.

See if you can find the appropriate meaning of the Japanese word
"maruta".
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from
Aero Spike