John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 20, 12:12?pm, RoshTheWalker <genuse...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Welcome to the Banana Republic of Japan.

> After the Kansai earthquake I really would have liked to "have a say"
> how far the trains ran, or when, etc. But I didn't. And you know what?
> I was happy to be alive, happy to ride my bike by the destroyed houses
> of friends, some of whom died, and happy to have a job to go to, which
> wasn't true for some friends whose companies (and bosses) had been
> destroyed.

We had to be escorted off the mountain (not as adventurous as it sounds)
by the SDF forces. Had to carry my father-in-law several times (he'd had
a stroke the year before.) Oddly, since we were all safe, it didn't seem 
so bad.

> So get off your high horse and stop sounding like a spoiled, petulant
> teenager that's been told you have to endure a small amount of
> hardship.

Well, where's the fun in that?

Mike