In a message dated 97-09-18 11:33:52 EDT, you write:

<< Dunno about tobacco or pachinko, (think pachinko is 18, but am not sure)
 >but the legal age of consent in Japan is 13.  However, to be employed in
 >the 'industry' as it were, you must be at least 18.
 > >>

 My spam is spinning completely out of control. No, i'm kidding, really I am.
I'm just so incredibly amazed that my first-ever post got so much of a
response. Thanx to all for the clearing up my confusion about this, AND for
all the interesting stuff I didn't think to ask about {not JUST the bits
about sex <yeah right>}, and of course to Tybalt, for taking a vacation and
not being able to kill this and all those other threads out there. Oh, and
the ASCII vrsion of Be Careful What You Wish For will be here in...oh, about
30 seconds. READ IT!!! NOW!!! NOWNOWNOW!!!!!!!

                        -Matthew Giglia, the Magnificient Mr.Bean-