Japan

From: art <aholt11552_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:47:03 -0000

I'd been in correspondence with Akihiro Danjo over the past week concerning money transfer for a winder. I got myself hooked up with paypal, but Aki said that the Japanese don't much like paypal and that he'd get some USD's locally and just mail it as the mail is quite secure.

I e-mailed him yesterday morning just to see if he was okay, as he lives just 4 miles from Tokyo harbor. He said Tokyo was mostly okay, at least he and his apartment were.

Then the second big quake hit, and I e-mailed again, not really expecting it to go thru. He wrote me last night at 10:58, that there would be a delay in sending the money as things were confused there right then. Perhaps in a week.

After that, nothing. So his winder is boxed, addressed, has the Customs papers attached, and is sitting on the workbench just staring at me and making me feel bad about him, and lucky to be only in Hurricane Country.

I would imagine that indoor flying is way down the list of priorities over there right now.

Art.
Received on Sat Mar 12 2011 - 07:47:06 CET