Japanese exchange rates/cost of eating out (was Re: "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008")

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Jul 5 17:15:00 2003

--- Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com> wrote:
> And 360 yen to the dollar back in the late 60s.

Wow... that would have been great. I watched the drachma erode
in Greece before they went Euro. :-(

> One of the nice things that Japanese restaurants did - and may still do
> - is display plastic models of their servings at the entrance to the
> place. Very useful for those of us who don't read Kanji.

Much of the good stuff is porcelain or glass. They make lots of
fake Japanese food here in Columbus at an art glass company.

-ethan
Received on Sat Jul 05 2003 - 17:15:00 BST