On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:19:19 +0900, Ernest Schaal
<eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>in article 84ler39g5dl3$.1874oruux44k1$.dlg@40tude.net, Edward Mills at
>spam@hotmail.com wrote on 2/15/05 4:46 PM:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:19:33 -0600, Walter Canady wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm really looking forward to a 5 day trip to Nagoya in April .  I know
>>> absolutely nothing about the place.  We have reservations at the Gifu
>>> renaissance Hotel.  Where should we try and see from this area?
>> 
>> Why are you excited about coming to Japan? Maybe you should understand that
>> a lot of us here have lived in Japan for many years and find the notion of
>> returning home after a couple weeks or months in God's country to be
>> somewhat less than appealing.
>> 
>> Are you interested in seeing Geisha girls and falling cherry blossoms? Or
>> maybe soaking in some of that good ol' Japanese culture like Tom Cruise did
>> in 'Last Samurai' when he got taken to that little village out in the
>> middle of nowhere? Or maybe just figuring out if there's something worth
>> seeing within a block of your hotel because you're afraid of getting lost?
>
>If Japan is so bad, what is keeping you here?

Stasis.




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Michael Cash

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                                Prof. Ernest T. Bass
                                Mount Pilot College