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From: "MMike" <mike@gaijin-in-japan.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: How long have you been in Japan?
Date: 5 May 2006 02:11:14 -0700
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Declan Murphy wrote:
> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> > gaijin-in-japan wrote:
> >
> > > I'm going on 7 years and will be here for a much longer time. I was
> > > wondering who else might be joining me, and why?
> >
> > Many of the regulars on this group are long-termers. If it's only taken
> > you seven years to discover fjlij I'd say you're off to a good start.
>
> I wish I'd found the group in only 7 years.

Maybe now I am understanding what Scott was saying. You two have been
here much longer than seven years and had not found this group until
years in to your residence here. Am I right?

If so, how long have you been here? If you don't mind me asking.