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From: Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Rob Gray is a bastard.
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:22:26 -0800 (PST)
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On Feb 10, 10:19=A0pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 10, 6:33=A0am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 10, 4:19=A0am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 8, 9:23=A0am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I just stumbled back from the onsen in my hotel in Noboribetsu, ope=
ned
> > > > a(nother) bottle of Baron Phillipe de Rothschild, and raided the
> > > > fridge for some Grand Mariner liquer based chocolates. Life could b=
e
> > > > worse - especially if I wasn't being paid for this trip. However, t=
he
> > > > grass is always greener...
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> > > > Why aren't I doing this instead?
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> > > >http://www.robgray.com/wothahellizat/wot2/diaries/index.php
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> > > > 22 diaries, the almost perfect off-road home.
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> > > I look at your life with similar envy.
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> > Is that because you have some kind of Japan fetish? You fetishist.
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> More like a Declan fetish.

Now thats just disturbing.

I had a long conversation (5 days I guess) about the various +/- of
living in Japan, with a former Yamasa student who re-joined us in
Hokkaido last week at late notice for the week. He's an MIT grad
(engineering, but subsequently hijacked into the evil world of hedge
funds) wondering what to do next. Over the past 5 or so years I've
come to a "I'll live in Japan but only on my own terms & conditions"
position, and until this week it hadn't really occurred to me how
unusual that was.