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Hi Haruka,

We are so similar to each other, I also have a 93 years old father and I am the oldest son in the family. He is also living in a old people’s centre, but I suppose I am a little bit luckier than you, because if my father has any problems my sister will help him at once, her house is only a street away from my father’s rest home in Hong Kong and all his rest house expense is paid by the Hong Kong government.

Your Japanese culture is similar to our old traditional culture, the oldest son always has the duty to look after their parents and all their expense. But on the other hand, he will be the only one who will inherit everything that is left. Nowadays, this duty is gradually becoming the government’s duty. That is all because the western culture replaces ours and the birth rate is getting lower, so this traditional culture is not only for the oldest son any more. The daughter is also willing to offer the duty to look after their parents, but it is also that the inheritance will not just go to the son as well!

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Benly; Thank you for your message to my students. Duane; Thank you for your guidance of line change. Yes, my students have gone into recess. They are unlikely to come back to the message board until late September as I told them Jo would start reconstruction of the message board while they are away.
This morning I had to move my frail father from one hospial to another as he stayed too long in hospital without much change of condition. He had started to live in a nursing home back last November but had to be hospitalized twice since. At his age of 94, he is prone to incur one problem after another. He hasn't cleared up his house, so, he is now paying the expense for three accomodations; his own house, nursing home, and hospital. Being his eldest son, I have to take care of everything (well, I for sure have help from my wife and three younger sisters) though I myself am aged enough to be taken care. We have 10 million people who are over 75 years old. In that sense, I may as well fall under the class of caregivers.

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Well, my examples did not show up on my message but I think my instructions are fairly clear.
Just type "<" and the letters "br" and then ">" with no spaces between them and that should create a "carriage return" as they used to call it on an IBM Selectric Typewriter. Have fun trying.

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excuse this entry, i am just practicing.

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Mayumi: I don't know if I can explain this feature so you will understand, but I will try. You were asking how it is possible to do a "return" on Jo's Message Board. When you are typing and you want to do a return, you must type in the "less than" symbol "<", then the letters "br" and then the "greater than" symbol, ">". I don't know if this will show up on the board but it should look like this when you type it: "
". If you what to do a double return you must enter the same thing twice. "

". I don't know if this will show up on Jo's Message Board because when I type it, it will probably just do what it is programmed to do. I hope that helps you, at least a little bit.
the "less than" symbol is the upper case above the comma(,)and the "greater than" symbol is the upper case above the period (.)
The "less than symbol looks like the letter "v" turned 90 degrees to the right and the "greater than" symbol looks like the letter "v" turned 90 degrees to the left. I hope you can find them and use them.
Bye for now, Duane

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Haruka: will your students be leaving soon for their summer vacation? Will they continue to follow Jo's message board through the summer?

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Hello Miyuki, Mayumi

Nice to know you are coming to England in your Summer holiday. Southampton is not far away from Bournemouth or Oxford. Both are only 45 minutes away by train or bus. So you must take a day to come to our beautiful and modern city on the south coast. Southampton is several times bigger than Bournemouth and Oxford. We have the most beautiful parks in England, the biggest shopping centre in the south and lots of other facilities you may be interested in. So you must not miss out Southampton. By the way, I wish you all the success in your studying and exams.