Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: wow! Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Subtlties R'nt Us Lines: 30 Sender: Mike Fester Message-ID: References: <1gm4f7h.8238c31u10n2uN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <2tv2u6F22rpdiU26@uni-berlin.de> <2tv84bF23hs6cU2@uni-berlin.de> <417BBB22.60205@yahoo.com> <2u1s6mF20urulU12@uni-berlin.de> <417C57E6.6000808@yahoo.com> <73fde4f0.0410250522.2df4dea@posting.google.com> <73fde4f0.0410251048.216f4b7e@posting.google.com> Reply-To: mtfester@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.stanford.edu X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1098748966 28479 171.67.16.19 (26 Oct 2004 00:02:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: tin/1.5.12-20020311 ("Toxicity") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.26 (i686)) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:20147 John W. wrote: > mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:... >> BTW, where were you during the quake? We were up on the mountain. > Do you know where Kansai Time Out is in Shin Kobe? I lived about > twenty meters down the hill and across the street. If you're familiar > with the area, there used to be a preschool right next to my building; > now I think it's a geriatric facility. > I don't remember the pub's name, but there was a place in Sannomiya > north of the station that brought out a keg of Guiness that they had > tapped right on the street; I think it was a hundred yen or so for a > pint. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and I drank a couple of stiff > pints with my fellow stunned gaigin. Yes, we had a nice view of you guys burning down there; the Hotel (see below) was cut off, as was power, 'cept for a generator that they had going. Since we couldn't get off the mountain, the hotel staff served everyone gratis for about a day-and-a-half. I can remember looking out and seeing these little (from that distance) circles of of fire spreading out ever so slowly... > Where exactly were you? Did you live up on the mountain, or were you > just visiting? I spent a great deal of time cycling and rock climbing > up there. I've only been in Kobe once in my life, for my sister-in-law's wedding in the Rokkosan Hotel. Mike