Re: OT - I've Picked Up a Stalker



Rolomail <rolomail@xxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
>On 6/19/05 4:12, in article 2O9te.22549$F7.15369@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>"jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ceo (at) fat24.com> wrote:
Don>>> Pass along my greetings to Shimpei next time you bump again. He used to
Don>>> handle the FAQ in one of the soc.culture.?? newsgroups I more or less
Don>>> lurk in. He was much missed when he dropped out of sight and site.
>>
>> Here's a picture with us both in it:
>> http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/pix/H_DSCF0051.jpg Shimpei
>> is in the middle with the white shirt. FWIW it was taken in the Hobgoblin
>> in Akasaka after a TLUG meeting. It was May 12th 2001 (my 54th birthday)
>> and they'd just sang Happy Birthday.

>Drinking Guinness in Tokyo... and they said Japan was not open to foreign
>products.

Those gaigin pubs are awash with imported beers. ISTR the Hobgoblin
had Coopers (in bottles), as well as the ubiquitous Fosters. I didn't have
any as I don't go to Japan in order to drink Australian beer

Don't expect to find any of those beers in the local コンビニ.

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Jim Breen http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Computer Science & Software Engineering,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学
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