On Jun 5, 9:16 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 4:58 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 5, 10:31 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > In two weeks in Japan I don't recall seeing a single person using a
> > > bloototh device. Is there some rule against it, or was it because I
> > > was in the relative hinterlands (Himeji)?
>
> > Bluetewth is for gaigins.
>
> > It was nice to meet you by the way.
>
> Likewise. I had a nice headache the next morning thanks to the wine,
> beer, and a mixed drink (I think). And I never got around to Hossanah.

No headache at my end. I always find that a nice Manhattan or two
washes down a bottle of red quite nicely, just as the bottle of red
washed down the pints of Vitamin G. I'm off to Hosanna again next
Saturday.

> How was Okayama?

Fun. Took in Kurashiki first, then some decadence+ at Yuga Onsen, then
backtracked to Okayama.

> We went to Kinosaki and also Yumura; Kinosaki was
> nice as always; Yumura was an odd little onsen town; I hear it's
> really nice in winter when there's snow all around. We also went to a
> place called the Ikuno Ginzan; if you ever take a group through the
> area (it's not too far north of Himeji) it might be a decent side trip
> to see a silver mine.

Will check it out sooner or later.

> I wanted to be a prick and ask if they used WWII
> POW or Korean slave labor, but my wife convinced me not to.

wimp!