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Why would you think Yuzu would not be paying taxes in Japan? He is a Japanese citizen. And a quiet one, so he's not going to be commenting on Japanese public funding of anything. His choice of university would have been both a practical and sensible one, with consideration for his future and the importance of a good education.

We KNOW he is home with his family. He and his mother left Toronto when TCC closed. It is settled fact. What sort of "incontrovertible evidence" do you require? Yuzu is NOT going to put out a photo of himself in front of his family's home with a copy of todays newspaper showing the date. Trust that he is safe and in Japan.

Trudeau is a breath of fresh air compared to what we have in the states - dangerous idiot.

The translation I read didn't seem to imply anything about whether he is on the ice or not. I felt it was really a message of support for the all front line workers and for people having to observe difficult restrictions.

I believe the rink is only closed to the public right now. Hopefully, super strict lockdown rules won't hit Sendai. And, of course, I personally think that the zamboni driver at that rink is an "essential worker" if he's resurfacing the ice for Yuzu.

I couldn't choreo anything, ever, but this actually might be a suitable choice for him - he certainly is familiar with it.

It was publicly known that he would be skating new programs for next season before Worlds was going to happen. He'd have been practicing his programs for Worlds then, but likely spoke with Shae-Lynn and/or Jeff during that time about ideas for next season. The rink is Sendai is currently showing that it is open, though that might change. I am pretty sure that one of his FAOI programs from last year was something that Shae-Lynn sent him via internet and he picked it up in a day. I imagine that he's been in contact with her about next season. All he really needs now is a framework. He can polish is up on his own and then finalize it when he gets back to Toronto (hoping that Canada is open after June...).

I don't think the young and little Russian quad girls will ever have the time or opportunity to develop into complete skaters.

And was a back-to-back Olympic champion. She was at the top of her game for 5 years (?) or more. Of course, that was also in the days of compulsory figures, which alone would discourage someone from going into the sport.

You are a Pooh scholar.

And the girls - that would be an interesting chart. Age and shape. The size and shapelessness of the Russian quad girls compared to "grown-up" female skaters or yesteryear - most were full grown (except a few, like Tara Lipinski) and four or five years older than the current crop of Russian girls (who also have a very short career trajectory). Those little girls have a much easier time doing quads because they basically have no shape to alter their center of gravity. It's why Evgenia had trouble upping her elements from the time she was 16 until now...

Wobbly is commonly used (and does fit jello well) but it's the addition of wibbly that I really like. Evidently, they technically are the same thing, but that, in my mind, is up to interpretation.

Yuzu is taller than the average Japanese male. Jun is still growing. And Conrad isn't on here yet - but is only 1/2 inch shorter than Roman. If you look at heights of men across the world, they are, as an average, a lot shorter than I thought they'd be. (Dutch are the tallest...)

Me guys? I don't think I (grew up in New England) had, before today. Now I'm going to try to use it at least once a day.

Wibbly - I'd like to have the emotional state of wibbly, like the "why am I crying?" thing, but I'd say the wibbly in the trope is a more accurate depiction of my present wibbly-ness.

Is "wibbly" a Canadian word?

Why so cynical?

Zhenya seems to think there will be an ice show in Japan, or that's what she said on an Instagram post. I don't think there will be any ice shows in Japan this year, but she may be able to get rink time. She'll still have to quarantine for 14 days on her arrival...

I hope he is able to skate at his rink (alone, during off hours). He knows how to protect himself and his family is just as protective of him as we would all want them to be. As much as we all care so much about Yuzu and his health and happiness, his family cares more. Just as I care more about my son and his health and happiness than anyone else could.

I was informed by someone who would know that Yuzu and his mother returned To Japan shortly after TCC announced that they would be closed. At the time, and possibly still, there have been ice rinks open in Japan. And even if they do close, he wouldn't be able to skate in Toronto and, I'm sure, would prefer to be with all his family at home. There hasn't been any announcement about his going home nor any press sightings. Let's hope it stays that way so he can be safe and comfortable. The official word is that there is no official word.

He is in Japan.

There are no wheels on my buckets - and they'd probably not support me. I think we'd need official commercial buckets.

Just a baby.

We could race, on wheeled buckets.