On Mar 30, 5:05 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 29, 12:38 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mar 29, 9:02 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Mar 28, 3:05 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Mar 28, 9:06 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Mar 27, 9:41 pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
> > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > They gave me the opportunity to voice observations about the event, however
> > > > > > tenuous my connection to it; I obliged since I wanted to be one of the tiny
> > > > > > voices of relative calm in the maelstrom of people screeching about the End
> > > > > > Times.
>
> > > > > After the Kobe quake I wrote a piece for my hometown rag. My
> > > > > grandmother was somewhat perturbed that I wrote about drinking beer on
> > > > > a hill overlooking the city watching the city burn. Her displeasure
> > > > > had little to do with the fire; as a good Southern Baptist she
> > > > > couldn't believe I'd public own up to drinking.
>
> > > > Was this was the lovely drinking-Guinness-in-the-street-while-Kobe-
> > > > burned story? I loved that one.
>
> > > Yes, same one. My Austrian friend and I had an ample supply of beer
> > > but precious little water, so after we got depressed about standing
> > > around Sannomiya we took some onigiri and went into the wilderness, so
> > > to speak. He still lives in Kobe; makes custom shoes.
>
> > For some reason I remember the lovely drinking-Guinness-in-the-street-
> > while-Kobe-burned bit, but not the John & (male) Austrian friend head
> > into the woods bromance bit. Selective memory and all that I guess
>
> Well, you weren't there, that's why. My wife was, though.

I know I wasn't there, but I also don't remember the "irresponsibly
abandoning an ample supply of beer and heading to the hills" part of
the story. With or without wife. Mind you, I think this was one of the
stories you were telling me during a somewhat boozy evening in Himeji.