Sure, they're just up the road. Or train line, or whatever.
"Yo, Honourable Sony Mo-Fos!"
That enough for ya, Ducks?
Another phrase I've learned here is "the Sony Clock".
Sony has supposedly got the planned product life-spans down to a fine art. It has a one year warranty, right? So one year and a day after you buy it, to the day ... phfoitingggggg!!!!!