On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:31:34 +0900, "Shannon Jacobs"
<shanen@my-deja.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>I stopped by the 麻生区 branch yesterday, and lo and behold, there was
>_Against_All_Enemies_, right on the shelf. Okay, so they were rather slow
>about it (at least 6 weeks), but it's there now, and in the computer system
>and everything. If I was a some sort of a cynic, I'd speculate about
>"external pressure factors", but let's face it, they probably never even
>found out about the discussion here.  ;-)  (Still, I'm strongly obligated to
>post this public apology.)
>
>However, I'd still like to know about the best public libraries around
>Tokyo, and it actually might make a decision in my next move.... My "life
>pattern" has been to move every couple of years, but I've been here many
>years now, and I'm starting to feel antsy. Also, I'm just too close to my
>office, so there's not enough study time on the trains... I still think 板橋
>区 had the overall best public library system of the 20 or 30 that I've
>investigated in Japan.
>
>Given my typical reception around this place, that's your cue for a string
>of "We have the worst public library in the world here" posts. (Actually, I
>think 中央区 and 文京区 were probably the worst I've seen here, but that's
>actually a complicated topic, and anyway I'm not considering those venues.)
>
>By the way, is anyone else having problems posting to Asahi-Net's news3
>server?

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