On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8:46:02 PM UTC-7, mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net wrote:
> j:
> > On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 7:35:09 PM UTC-7, mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net wrote:
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 1:42:03 PM UTC-7, -- o s g o -- > wrote:
> > > > > WTF?  I travel the planet, go fight in wars, have phun with people's 
> > > > > servers...for about 9-10 years or so...come back...and nobody posts 
> > > > > here anymore?
> > > > > 
> > > > > They still hand out tissue at the stations and I still get hardc0re 
> > > > > p0rn (blindfolds this time!) in my snail-mailbox and left on my 
> > > > > door...so things haven't changed *that* much...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Albeit the cough medicine isn't quite what it was...
> > > > > 
> > > > > -osgo-
> > > 
> > > > > Wow!  A reunion thread!  I was Wandering Jacob in those days
> > > > 2000-2003ish and always promoted my actinjapan website selling contact
> > > > info and maps to the gaijin talento agenecies (since made free, and then
> > > > abandoned) and my wanderingjacob site (also abandoned after marriage).
> > > > Good to see most everyone representing here.  I guess like me most
> > > > people moved away or got other interests.  But sure is great to have
> > > > lots of stories!  My wife constantly rolls her eyes when I start out
> > > > "When I lived in Japan...."
> > > 
> > > My daughters roll their eyes when I say this; mostly because it's (Tokyo)
> > > gotten a lot cooler to live in, and they hate hearing about the "old days".
> > > 
> > > Mike
> 
> > Really?  That's interesting and great to hear.  My daughter (13 yo)
> > has been begging to go there.  In what ways has it gotten cooler?
> 
> More 20-something things going on, the city is a bit cleaner, more sky-
> scrapers (which gives it more of a city vibe) Odaiba was basically seaside
> 20 years ago, etc.
> 
> Mike

Well, I'm actually very glad to hear that.  Maybe I'll take her to see Japan in a few years.  Thanks!

Jake