Re: [tlug] ... Rant about Akihabara

[Charles Muller <cmuller-lst@example.com>]

On 06/15/2012 05:26 PM, Elvin Eldridge wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Darren Cook <darren@example.com
> <mailto:darren@example.com>> wrote:
>
>      >> My first time in Akihabara was in the late 90s.  I can't
>      >> remember 'back then' very well, but I think there were fewer
>      >> large electronic stores scattered across Tokyo.
>
>     Yes, Akihabara was practically the only choice, especially if
>     you wanted
>     to buy parts. (Anyone else remember Tokyo PC User Group's Sigi's
>     Akihabara tours? Or going round collecting flyers for an hour then
>     squatting in a doorway out of the rain, trying to remember how
>     to get
>     back to the place where you were told the cheapest price.)
>
>
> I simply answered "Bobby, bobby"!

?? Huh ?

Whatever that might mean, I think we are still observing the 
no-top-posting convention here.

Chuck

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