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Cricket Swarm Notice they have priorities: Beer carton before coke.

I like there sound especially at night under the stars. Hard to find all but there skins. Noisey AND sneaky!

Originally Posted By: brit-gob It's got absolutely nothing to do with pride. And in general I'm not a big fan of people who take the pride thing far. It's not an appealing trait when overused. Well I think it has a lot to do with pride and being proud of where you choose to call home, your country I agree that overused it is very unappealing Originally Posted By: brit-gob Actually I'm half American/half British officially. Dual citizenship? Originally Posted By: brit-gob But why do I need to sing a silly song that someone tells me to prove anything about my love f

Originally Posted By: bobby12 Well, over here an 80s mullet and a shiny shellsuit is a sign of wealth and taste.

Not proud to be a brit then? Or just show pride in different ways?

Originally Posted By: brit-gob How does just getting some piece of paper from the town office and perhaps changing your name make you fit in? You can still do that and not fit in by most people's meaning of the phrase. Surely fitting is more a case of joining in and taking part in your neighbourhood and society in general. Well you swear an allegiance, take an oath, fly/salute that flag sing the national anthem as your own etc (at least here) obviously that isn't really worth all that much to a lot of people these days

Originally Posted By: Ocean11 Originally Posted By: Go Native It's a bit like saying what kind of vague bullshit is marriage. Not at all. You can make a real commitment to a person, which generally works better within some sort of formalized framework. With something as big and amorphous as a country, it's just ... vague bullshit. (Sarah Palin is a good example of where that sort of thing leads.) When you make this 'commitment' to Japan, what does that mean? Are you going to fight for the country? Spy for it? Throw your electoral weight behind some politician? Pay taxes? What would

Originally Posted By: @tokyo Originally Posted By: Go Native Most western nations (like the ones we are from) would expect people living in their country for the rest of their lives to naturalize I'd think. Really? Hmmmm, I wouldn't. I'd expect them to fit into society, for sure. Fit into society but not as a citizen? Personal choice of course... though I would have thought citizenship IS fitting in, officially Very interesting points of view here

Don't see why not, he seems a pretty hands on kind of guy

Nice vid thx Jinx. I have been keen to try and build one but never enough time... even less to try it out.

6 years in a row, how embarrassing it would be to be a New South Welsh person

Hey Sanjo, Is there a light near by... they could be chasing bugs attracted to the lights... or maybe it is just cooler on the AC unit Frogs are very good climbers, well at least green tree frogs are.

Originally Posted By: r45 I don't understand why the yen hasn't collapsed, or at least become weaker, because of March 11th and all. Not that I have any idea about how all these things work anyway but.. Apparently "Carry trade" and repatriation of funds is the reason. Just reading some forecasts that it will weaken Sept-Oct before strengthening again early 2012 (vs USD that is).

Originally Posted By: MitchPee or did you mean this right to bear arms... What about the right to arm bears. That would cripple the country... well parts of Alaska

I do some crossfit... just pic workouts you like and definitely do them to your own capacity than increase as required as Indo says. That makes it really good, use only yourself as the gauge. It sucks but as my chin up are bad big time and I hate them. They do use them a bit. So MANY MANY workouts to choose from but. I like to do a 30 min run then select an very short cross fit regime (20min) and pump that out. Good time to benefit ratio. On another note... running a program (hill) on the running machine and keep knocking off the 'emergency switch' about half way through. Fully

Thanks for the insight. Curiouser and curiouser... absolutely mind boggling they are upgrading the gondola but not the end location.

I like these... they are sporty looking however but GREAT lenses. Not cheap either... Adidas Evil Eye

1 down 2 to go! (but just 1 more will do )

Hash Running - The concept

Video of me playing golf is pretty boring (and embarrassing) so here is my other summer pursuit courtesy of the Go Pro

Yup good start!

Originally Posted By: sanjo Problem with running is it is just so boring. And unless you drive out to a new start place, the course gets real boring too. Music doesn't seem to help much either. Yeh boring alright. I like to run courses I know however, so I can break them up into sections and better pace myself, know where you get a rest etc. So a 5km run becomes say 3 x 9-10 minute sections.

I am the opposite Mantas, beach running hurts too much I have run on and off over my life and hate it... finishing however is very rewarding Try and run at least a couple of times a week - 5km and occasionally do a 10k at an amble. I always try and do hills and/or fartlek (intervals). Best work out to time ratio.