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ChrisHB Sep 2016 5:36pm, 2 Sep 2016 13,700 posts	0 ChrisHB Quite unlike me.
Dvorak Sep 2016 6:18pm, 2 Sep 2016 12,114 posts	0 Dvorak That there are still Dixons stores which sell Matsui items (I though they only existed in airports now). To be fair though, I have a Matsui microwave which is maybe 15 years old and still working. Maybe things were made in Japan back then?
Winded Sep 2016 6:38pm, 2 Sep 2016 4,657 posts	0 Winded I had a Matsui TV - it lasted about 3 days before it broke and I took it back - I think I swapped it for a Sony.
GlennR Sep 2016 6:39pm, 2 Sep 2016 21,531 posts	0 GlennR They never were made in Japan, despite using a rising sun logo. Legal case in the 1980s.
Hills of Death (HOD) Sep 2016 10:27pm, 3 Sep 2016 32,575 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Gobi drinks black coffee
jacdaw Sep 2016 9:01pm, 14 Sep 2016 1,723 posts	0 jacdaw That candied giant (chinese) hawthorn berries on a stick are a thing, and a delicious thing, too.
Night-owl Sep 2016 10:15pm, 14 Sep 2016 25,368 posts	0 Night-owl Thomas Hardy wrote poems
GlennR Sep 2016 11:32pm, 14 Sep 2016 21,725 posts	0 GlennR Long after he stopped writing novels Night-owl.
Night-owl Sep 2016 11:43pm, 14 Sep 2016 25,373 posts	0 Night-owl Yes Glenn that's what they said on Eggheads today
Markymarkmark Sep 2016 7:58am, 15 Sep 2016 4,034 posts	0 Markymarkmark That Roald Dahl co-wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.