Comments on: Reader picture submissions

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:31:43 +0000

PCD make forest smile…..Domo arimas will become my new san cu (thank you/3 9) but only here, as arimus has a different meaning.

By: PCD

PCD — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:44:58 +0000

I retreat into my Packer dojo. Domo arimas.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:37:08 +0000

Steve, I have emailed you forest’s email as well … sorry I’m so behind on email

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:03:27 +0000

PCD: Ohayo Gozaimas and neither can I, for the most part. Ichiban Packa fan desho!

Gyro’s! Nummers!

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:15:09 +0000

Hey forest, you can try my official e-mail:

stephen.a.skubinna.civ@msc.navy.mil

And domo arigato (Mister Roboto!).

By: PCD

PCD — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:22:29 +0000

16, Forrest, didn’t have one, and won’t have one this year. When the step-daughter comes down from Green Bay, we’re having home made gyros!

15. “Ohio Gazymus!” I know that’s not how it is spelled, but I can’t read or write in Japanese.

I “Ichiban” Packer Fan.

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:57:10 +0000

Heh……that’s the spirit Steve and thanks ST for the extree effort.

Who’s still havin’ a go at the turkey?

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:43:19 +0000

Oh man, PCD, you blew it! Now everybody know!

By: PCD

PCD — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:50:20 +0000

Steve, Baka Gaijin is “Crazy (or Idiot) White man”. They must be wondering if you are if you call yourself that.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:28:57 +0000

Okay, forest, I’ll ask our lovely and talented hostess to forward my address along. I spoof it on web sites because my old hotmail account eventually got buried under spam.

My favorite tee shirt slogan so far: “Glass harps resound joy is put.”

And who can argue with that? The staff at a hobby shop I frequent in Sasebo always give me a big greeting when I come in. I tell my friends that I’m their number one customer – at least that’s what I think “baka gaijin” means. Then I watch the struggle on their faces as they try to decide a) if I am joking, and b) if they should tell me what that really means.

On the other hand, I am now officially a regular at the Starbuck’s in town. Often when I enter the barista will ask me “douber short mo-ka?”

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:19:35 +0000

PCD, it was a couple years ago, but if memory serves, it was the northern part of the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive.

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:05:00 +0000

Well, at least you got da skills Steve. I’m still trying to get my cave axe sharpened.

Weird English and I saw a Gaijin (foreigner) walking around a few months back with a t-shirt that translates into stoopud foreigner.

Steve why don’t you email me, tried your email but no go. ST has my edress.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:00:44 +0000

Okay, forest, I have some shots of the big bonsai trees here (yes, really!) that I’ll send along to ST tomorrow am when I can get ashore to the WiFi.

Also have some interesting (to me anyway) random shots I took in town the past couple weeks of typical Japanese stuff like weird tee shirt slogans and so on, which I didn’t send. Because if you don’t already know how weird the Japanese can be, the photos are just not gonna make sense. Sasebo had their Yosakoi Festival a few weeks back too, although my dinky little digital camera didn’t deal with the frantic movement of the street dancers.

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:28:38 +0000

By way of one photo you submitted, it seemed pretty obvious that you had some close personal friends aboard ship……thanks for the bay photos.

heh……Steve’s cheating mom (old photos)…..aint Spring grand here!

Speaking of cheating…….., this very close to where I live.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:58:19 +0000

Leslie, yes those are cherry blossoms, shot in spring. I sent them along because they look so much better than the present foliage here.

Forest, we anchored off Yokosuka last Friday and loaded via lighter. We never get to go pierside – that’s life aboard an ammo ship! We’re back in Sasebo for now – at least we didn’t get kicked in the teeth by our good friends the PRC.