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Started by jimmy olsen, July 21, 2009, 10:35:11 AM

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Grinning_Colossus

Just FYI so you don't think I died: Joined the Peace Corps; be back in 2 years.
Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

HisMajestyBOB

Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on April 22, 2011, 05:37:08 PM
Just FYI so you don't think I died: Joined the Peace Corps; be back in 2 years.

Cool!
Where are you going?
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Grinning_Colossus

Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

Ed Anger

Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Razgovory

Hey, maybe you can meet Eddie Teach.  Also Habakkuk and little Habakkuk live there I think.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

HisMajestyBOB

Are you teaching them proper Yankee English?  ;)
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Razgovory on April 22, 2011, 06:46:07 PM
Hey, maybe you can meet Eddie Teach.  Also Habakkuk and little Habakkuk live there I think.

I have yet to meet anyone.
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jimmy olsen

It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Tonitrus


jimmy olsen

Quote from: Tonitrus on June 12, 2011, 04:55:09 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 12, 2011, 04:37:16 AM
80 yen to the dollar  :hmm:

Yes, Japan is expensive.
80 to 1 is excellent. It was like 105 to 1 when I came to Korea, that's a huge improvement.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Eddie Teach

Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 12, 2011, 05:04:57 AM
80 to 1 is excellent. It was like 105 to 1 when I came to Korea, that's a huge improvement.

Not for American tourists.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 12, 2011, 05:46:50 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 12, 2011, 05:04:57 AM
80 to 1 is excellent. It was like 105 to 1 when I came to Korea, that's a huge improvement.

Not for American tourists.
I want to work there.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

HisMajestyBOB

The Japanese economy will crash as soon as you arrive.
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Josquius

Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 12, 2011, 04:37:16 AM
80 yen to the dollar  :hmm:
:unsure:
Planning a holiday?


I've been assured again and again that Japan isn't as expensive as its reputation dictates. That they have 100 yen shops puts things kind of in perspective.
We shall see.
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Tonitrus

Quote from: Tyr on June 12, 2011, 04:08:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 12, 2011, 04:37:16 AM
80 yen to the dollar  :hmm:
:unsure:
Planning a holiday?


I've been assured again and again that Japan isn't as expensive as its reputation dictates. That they have 100 yen shops puts things kind of in perspective.
We shall see.

When I was there, even at about 90 yen to the $, I saw a number of items, also available in the U.S., at significantly higher prices.

Also, and more a sting to tourists, many of the hotels (I think maybe more the non-western Ryoken-style), charge a per-person rate comparable to what we'd charge over here for one room (with as much as 2-3 people).