On Mar 4, 6:44 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
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> > And while I have no idea why the monk(?)s of that extremely rural
> > temple have left the sign in place for the last 55+ years, it has to
> > be said that it was their decision :-)
>
> I *have* read that MacArthur was revered as a god in some remote places
> of Japan and Korea ... perhaps it it their version of the stone tablets.
>   Would be interesting to hear whether they used it as the reason to
> restrict entry even today.  But, that would bring this thread almost
> back on topic and I am not sure that is allowed.

I don't know which units had responsibility for the Mikawa area or why
the sign was put up. I'll ask them one day. Normally when I go to that
temple there is no one around anyway, let alone restrictions.

> > In any case, it serves you right for drinking weekend discount
> > happoshu - unless it is a reasonably lovely on-tap Belgian lambic,
> > which is naturally the only kind I serve
> >http://www.zigzag.cc/english/bellevue.html
>
> Now *that* is cruel.  I live close to the campus of a major university
> so most liquor and food stores are geared toward providing the most
> massive alcohol infusion at the lowest price.  "Foreign beers" are the
> two bottles of Chimay red and blue and the one weitzen, whose name I
> forget, on the top shelf of the cold case.  There is a shop with a
> greater selection one station away, but I rarely stop in there as
> they've set their prices in accordance with their location at the top of
> the hill.

My bar will be 5 years old this autumn. Its become such an integral
part of my life that its hard to imagine not having it. Last spring we
added an outdoor section, and I'm going to spruce that up a bit next
month.