Ctrl-Z
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And do you want the hassle of having to spend the time and effort when you are in Japan? I know I wouldn't. Unless perhaps you want a gnarly Japan-only board/gear.
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I find the way that generally there does not seem to be outright alarm at the managed slow drip of worse and worse news very unsettling.
Someone said it somewhere else on here - like a frog slowly getting boiled in water.
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They are making a right noise this morning. Up to 11!
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That was almost inevitable wasn't it.
She joins the 27 group as well.
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Loved the first two Supes. 3 was interesting but strange how Pryor took over. 4 is one of those so bad it might even be good jokes.
Definitely worth a 5000 yen note for all that lot.
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Sounds like it.
Other countries?
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She is such a mess.
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A hard life.
Never had a day or part of a day canceled myself. It would be so exciting if that happened.
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Anyone end up getting a 3DS yet?
Curious about that one.
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Do you rent them or record off skyperfect or something?
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But after he said that, he was back. Did he say it again the last time?
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The 3 month forecast says not as hot as last year but "above average" all the same.
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Timing! Me too.
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Don't worry, everything's just fine!
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Slurpies?
I have a few torches now and a few other things reasy to get hold of.
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Never been to a festival like that might have to check it out.
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Nice. There's a good park near where we live and it's usually quite but in sakura time it gets packed. Not into the squash 100 people in 20 square meter on blue mats thing, much prefer a secluded spot.
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I stayed on a farm when I was a kid.
Loved it.
Go get milking. Be kind to the cow, they are wonderful creatures.
Just look at those eyes!
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Nice. Such a long trip counting in the Furano.....
Do you ever, like, 'work'?!
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Week-Bix?!
Why not Weetabix?!
Funny hey. He says grasping for things to find 'funny'.
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The best thing that people can do is to donate money.
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Hundreds of people are feared dead and injured after a huge earthquake struck Japan early today.
Minutes after the earthquake, measuring 8.4 magnitude, struck 150 miles north of Tokyo in the Miyagi prefecture at 2.46 local time, a four metre hight tsunami swept into the coastal port of Kamaishi, sweeping ships and cars away and inundating warehouses. Cars and entire houses were also swept off in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture and fires burned out of controlafter it was inundated by a 7.3 metre wave.
Horrifying television coverage showed the tsunami engulfing towns and countryside in Miyagi, sweeping away hundreds of homes and cars. It was followed by a fast moving second tsunami.
A huge plume of black smoke hovered over the port area of Tokyo, as fires broke out in the industrial zone and workers threw themselves under their desks as buildings shook violently. In Tokyo, a number of people were after a roof collapsed at a hall where a graduation ceremony for 600 students was being held.
Within minutes of the earthquake, which was centred 80 miles off Japan’s eastern coast at a depth of just six miles, a tsunami alert was issued for the whole Japanese coast and the north Pacific including Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Micronesia and Hawaii as the meteorological office warned of a possible 32 foot wave. It later extended the warning to Australia,NZ and the South American Pacific coast including Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Narita airport in Tokyo closed, bullet trains were cancelled and nuclear plants shut down. Sendai airport was completely indundated by the tsunami.
Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister said in an address to parliament: “The government will do everything possible to minimise the damage. it will do its utmost.â€
It was one of the biggest earthquakes ever to hit Japan. We felt it strongly in my office, he 10th floor of a modern building in Tokyo. After the initial big jolt we could feel strong rattling and swaying which last for at least a minute. An aftershock minutes later felt even worse. I sheltered under my desk and through the window could see other workers in buildings across the street also taking refuge.
In 16 years in Japan I have not felt such a strong earthquake.
Face tattoo! It's what cool people do!!
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I think I can see Freddy Kreuger as well.