Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> suspect you probably already have
> the suitable language skills, but need to work more on the non-verbals.

Well, I might want to thank you for the implicit compliment, but about
the second part: nice try, but no Cuban pleasure stick this time. :-)

As a country boy I've got my country non-verbals working as they should
in this inaka setting, and that's why I have a good life here and plenty
of nice people to play with. :-)

What you can't see from the point of view of a newsgroup, of course, is
that there are times for quiet conversation, and "making out in
Japanese" may have been a big hit in some cities some time ago but i
doubt it was, or ever will be, a hit here on the islands. :-)

Ah... but thanks for trying...

Al

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