On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 02:26:33 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com (LB) brought
down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>ifignow <ifignow@yawoo.com> wrote, with annotated subtitles, maybe for
>the hard of comprehension:
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>> I grew up in rural Japan 20 years ago when it was a very
>> different culture, where people were earnest and not pretentious.
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>It was? Gosh. I must have missed that, way back then.

I think most people who were of elementary school age back then missed
it as well. That plus the wistful misty veil one can unconsciously
throw over musty memories of the place makes it look better in
hindsight.

It seemed to me that fashion, drinking, and whatever else it was he
bemoaned were just as popular 20 years ago as they are today. In fact,
come to think of it, for the last manymany years hasn't the alcohol
industry been bemoaning a *decrease* in drinking? 





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