Marvel wrote:
> <mcalevey@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151569305.669051.193400@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Gday all,
> >
> > Havent been here in about 4 years.
> > Some may remember me as the "other" gaijin truck driver, although I did
> > keep a relatively low profile, bar the odd time or two after waay too
> > many Asahis.
> >
> > Things seem much quieter here compared to back in the days when I
> > relied on this group for my daily dose of English!!
> >
> I can relate to that dose of English thing, I can remember walking up to and
> engaging strangers on the street just to get my verbal fix.

Have you ever lived in a place where there simply aren't many gaigins,
and when you see one you look at them like a 10 year old school kid
who's never seen a gaigin before?

John W.