Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 05 May 2006 22:44:36 +0900, Scott Reynolds
> <scottreyn@gmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> >MMike wrote:
> >> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >>> Welcome to the group and settle in to enjoy the ride!
> >> 
> >> Thanks Scott. I had known of this group and the soc group for quite a
> >> long time, but didn't have any real use for talking to foreigners. No
> >> offense, but I was trying to understand Japanese for myself rather than
> >> through the eyes of visitors or short termers.
> >
> >Sounds good to me. I can understand why someone might want to avoid 
> >relying on others while making sense of things here. I suppose many of
> >the regulars in this group felt or feel the same way.
> >
> >All the same, it is nice to just relax and chew the fat with other 
> >gaigins from time to time, shameful as that may be to admit.
> >
> >> It's difficult to discuss issues even with single long termers. The fun
> >> is GREAT, and a good release, but I would also like to find those who
> >> are planning to spend the rest of their life living here.
> >
> >As Mike mentions in his response, for many of us this was not exactly
> >planned. It just sort of turned out the way it has without us realizing it.
> 
> I think it generally turns out to be the people who plan to come here
> and stay forever-n-ever-n-ever-n-ever who either 1) never show up at
> all or b) get disgusted and leave after 3 or 4 years.

It seems that 3 or 4 years is far longer than most of such people can
manage....

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