On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:12:33 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
<ginstrom@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>
>"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:42144380.80805@hotmail.com...
>> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>>
>> > the Okinawans developed a taste for such things as
>> > bacon, spam and root beer.
>>
>> Yuck. And to think I used to want to live in Okinawa.
>
>Agree on the spam, but the bacon and root beer are great.
>
>There is a chain of fast-food restaurants down here called "A&W." This was
>an American chain, but the last one in the US went out of business 20-odd
>years ago. Here, they still have the drive-up speaker, where you park your
>car, and bark your order into the speaker. A waitress then brings you out
>your order to your car. Just like on "Happy Days," except without the roller
>skates.


If they put in a "Sonic", I'm moving to Okinawa.





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