On Dec 31, 2011, at 6:13 PM, John McCreery wrote: > Here in Yokohama, the countdown was eleven hours ago. The temple bells have > rung, the foghorns have sounded, the last toasts been drunk. It's time to go > out and greet the neighbors with akemashite, ometedou gozaimasu, freely > translatable as "congratulations, we made it." > And what is Japanese for "don't count your chickens"? Happy next bit to everyone. David Ritchie, still on this earth in Portland, Oregon