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Well if you have a dial up modem in your computer, your cable provider might have a dial up number you could use to at least get emails. That is if you even have a land line.

You can always tether your cell phone to your computer via USB to use it as a GSM modem so you can browse the web and get your emails. Will eat up your GB, so you might end up paying extra fee for data that month. A few years back after a hurricane we lost our landline phone and DSL when the phone l...

I noticed that the Kanji for book 本 is the same as part of the kanji for Japan 日本. Book in Japanese sounds like the same syllable used in Japan. But I had learned that the kanji for Japan, combines the kanji for 'sun' and 'root', from which we get 'land of the rising sun'. But why is the word for bo...

I hope you enjoyed my early 'trick or treat'. As I said in the introduction, the Malbone Street wreck really happened. Today Malbone Street no longer exists under that name, it's now called 'Empire Blvd', and the station is the Prospect Park stop on the Brighton line. The Consumers Park stop mention...

Dr. Black Jack finished treating the last victim pulled from the tunnel and breathed a sigh of relief. It had been a long night, and exhaustion had started to set in. Pinoko already succumbed to sleep, and she lay on a station bench, snoring. “How many?”, the doctor asked the mayor who had never le...

The fourth car had been through a much more violent ride than the fifth car, which detached itself from the train before attempting to negotiate the sharp S turn in the tunnel. The fourth car had been yanked off the rails by the car in front of it, and slammed into the right hand wall of the tunnel...

“What's wrong, Pinoko?”, Dr. Black Jack asked. Pinoko turned to look at the doctor. He was still dressed in his usual top coat, opened to reveal his ribbon tie. Upon hearing Sensei's voice, the eerie interior of the ancient El car vanished, and was replaced by a more modern stainless steel one with...

Before they knew it, the conductor's voice sounded in a loud and crackly voice from the PA system. “Next stop is Franklin Ave. Change here for the shuttle to the Q line for Coney Island!” “That's our stop,” the doctor told Pinoko as the trains brakes squealed. He tapped Pinoko on the shoulder, and ...

The JAL flight from Tokyo to New York's JFK airport was nearly full, but even so it had been possible for Black Jack and Pinoko to get seats together in first class. Pinoko had been pouting and in a sour mood for most of the flight. The doctor finally broke down and asked her what was going on. “Co...