Thundercat

Yes, gorgeous day, finally. The rain this week has made things seem to drag on but it looks like we might be in for a nice weekend now at least!

Another point for us in Europe. Still top of our table too! Sounds like there was a little trouble between Everton fans and the police though before the match. Twitter was full of disturbing images.

Apparently this Miyazawa character also has some 600 shares in TEPCO. Talk about conflict of interest!

One thing I have noticed is that some resorts offer discounts to people who are from the local area or same prefecture. Others offer discounts to people from specific areas on different days. I think Charmant even offers discounts to people from different parts of the world on different days... Season passes are laughably cheap at most resorts too. Especially if people opt for the early-bird discounts. A place like cortina only charges 30,000Y for an early-bird season pass, which means you only have to go 9 times before you have started saving money. They should charge more.

Not sure that would work?! The locals are the ones that visit on none-powder and none-bluebird days and probably, none-weekends!! So surely they are the ones that bring the money in the most (including restaurants, lockers, ski/board shops @ the resort) as opposed to out-of-town families? Wouldn't make much sense to piss of your local customers by charging them more! They visit on non-powder and non-bluebird days using a season pass. All I ever hear from locals is how good the season ticket value is for them because they go so often. How much extra money does a lift company get from

If you are in Hakone you can go to Yeti. It's not very good and the snow is fake but it's super close to where you'll be.

Which case are you guys using? I'm having a tough time deciding which one to use!

Ippy doesn't have sex though. He finds it troublesome, or something.

LvG also made the worst start to a Man United season in the history of the team.

As long as ManYoo keeps drawing with the likes of West Brom and then VanGal calls it the best they've played all season I think he should stay. Definitely give him more time!

Locals should have to pay more. Especially for things like seasons passes. It's not as if they're going to drive somewhere further away. The inflated prices for locals can subsidize the free tickets for out-of-towner's kids thus bringing in more business and revenue.

Comparing the team now to when Moyes took over is a bit ridiculous really.

Haha. Mine does the same thing. Apparently I complain too much!

Serious business indeed! (expect for Arsenal, of course!)

Bog brush comes through for ManYoo!

Low carb! Meat and veggies is a ridiculously easy way to low weight.

Not all trees have colourful leaves in autumn. Some just turn brown and die.

Totally agree. Had they been playing any team other than QPR they would've got spanked. With Sturridge out for another 2-4 weeks I think we can expect more of the same from them!

Everton looking like we did last season. Amazing what getting a player like Barkley back from injury can do for a team (getting Coleman, Piennar and McCarthy back helped a lot too!). Feeling a lot more positive after that performance. This week we have Lille away followed by the mightly Burnley. Expectations are high!

10 years or older you'll be looking at ¥120,000ish. It's still every two years. I think one year shaken is only for cars designated as work vehicles.

Well, you see Muika, snow dude has lived there for (almost?) a whole year now so he has become an expert on the long term seasonal weather patterns for that area. Here in Shizuoka, we're having another of our perfect autumn days. Sunny and deep blue skies. Love it!

So happy the international break is over. The lose just before the break has made the wait tougher than normal. We better get on track soon or things are going to start looking pretty bleak.

The prices have gone up because of the tax increase, no? Personally, I hope that inflation thingy shows up soon and really takes off! I certainly wouldn't mind paying more for the same old thing... in fact, we should pay more for less (like lifts that stop half way up the hill or something)

Also, be aware that you'll usually need to add about 100,000¥ to the sticker price when you are buying from a second dealer because of paperwork fees and taxes.

Used 4WD Toyota Cardina for the win! I bought one of those used and then put 120,000kms on it without having to make any repairs at all. The seats fold into the floor and a single futon fits perfectly in the back.