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Originally Posted By: thursday i pound to use the toilet. So make good use of it. Like have a sit down. and then "oh no! my time has expired" Door opens

No joint account, but all of his savings goes into my savings account, mwahaha!!

That's the one TB! hehe No I meant more like

I know people who own bengals are encouraged to walk their cats - bengals also can learn to swim quite easily

Sounds delicious!

Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver me too. I can barely motivate myself to get up and jump in the shower nevermind go out for a run. I much prefer doing it after work, and building it into my daily schedule that way....and actually on that note I'm off to the gym! me too - I get up for work when it's dark, so no way am I going to forgo my warm bed before I have to! It's also easy to drive to the gym from work, get an hour or so in, have the bestest shower of my life (we need to sort out our home water pressure!) and then drive 5 min home and enjoy my evening I totally get where yo

Originally Posted By: thursday don't buy that one. You eat excessively 'cso you have low self control. an example of someone who doesn't understand body image issues whatsoever that's ok thursday, I'm sure there's other stuff you do understand

Originally Posted By: Jynxx Far from perfect scenario, Mitch. We had the best times in the beginning and the worst you cannot imagine. Mental health, say no more. Now we try and find happiness in small things, day at a time. I understand very well you sound like a good person. I have decided to become a more tolerant person - it has actually been quite an easy undertaking. Basically I look at something someone is doing which I usually would find a fault in, and then I reason to myself why they might do that thing or say that thing, whatever. I.e. Negative hurtful me says:

Originally Posted By: RobBright Originally Posted By: MintyNZ As for the whole "americans don't need to travel because they have such a broad range of experiences available within their own borders." Yet the same can be said of New Zealand and we're exceedingly active in working in bars around the world in general, same for australians. that's why you guys travel. hahaha touche

Originally Posted By: thursday Australia requires EVERYONE to have a visa for entry. Good system, keeps the scum out. Unfortunately cannot help with the domestic scum problem. bar NZ - we have automatic residency in australia unless a prior conviction results in a bar at the entry point. I have never needed a visa for aussie, and for a few years I was visiting once every three months to see my parents while on uni holidays, who were living there without applying for residency - legally. As for the whole "americans don't need to travel because they have such a broad range of exper

Originally Posted By: thursday Originally Posted By: Plucky Quote: Originally posted by Kintaro: I don't know if military need passports to travel outside the US....anyone? The military do not need passports to travel from the US to the country where they are stationed. If a US military member stationed in Japan left for a personal trip to Thailand or Australia, they would have to get a passport. Come to think of it, I don't know that many people with passports back in my home town. North America is a big area, however, and no, US citizens do not need a passport to travel to Can

Oh my goodness, that chick just laid a soccer ball. I know it's a day late but - New Zealand exit the world cup unbeaten! I didn't get my shirt off for the boys, was too tired, got two hours sleep in before work! Fun fun

Shirts off for the boys!!! (search it on facebook ) Just over two hours till kick off between NZ and Paraguay. If we win then we advance with probably Italy - I don't see Slovakia drawing or beating Italy. If we draw, well oh well, better luck next time Anyway, we'll be up until nearly 4am watching just in case NZ never go to a football world cup again in our lifetimes

Kraut I am so scared of hair dye now

In the pics I've seen of Nozawa Onsen at night, the streets seem lined with stores, bars, restaurants, and something that looked like food stalls like you see at markets. Also, from the map we got from Mark at Lodge Nagano there seems to be about 28 various restaurants and bars with all sorts of different foods. We picked Noz because it actually seems to cater really well for people like me and my fiancee - we like to try new food and eat out heaps, so would hate a place where we were restricted to our hotel at the end of each day.

Originally Posted By: klebber Came to live in New Zealand. Easy decision! hai kiwi!

Quite crazy! Mt Ruapehu have been rather unlucky - there was an arson attack last year on their main Whakapapa cafeteria and a snow groomer shed with 3 groomers in it (link - Stuff.co.nz)

Originally Posted By: SKI How huge is huge MintyNZ? THIS BIG (stretching my arms out really wide!) I haven't been up, but everyone who has been is very very excited about the amount of snow we've had. It's probably pittance compared to what Japan gets, but at least we won't be skiing on rocks this winter

Originally Posted By: RobBright But lets be real, they are weak arse cigarettes in Japan. Haha, when I went to Japan 7 years ago, one of the guys was a smoker and decided to buy from a vending machine (a huge novelty for him as he was 16 and the purchasing age in NZ is 18) He was puking after his first cig, reckoned they were really strong!

I agree with Mamabears first post - It's easy to go without, but I do have a few big nights a year I'm actually a cellarhand (apprentice winemaker) so I don't go a single day without at least tasting off a few filters for bottling, or tasting off some transfers, but I prefer beer to wine, and juice to beer I definitely don't come home and drink. I did go through a period of semi-alcoholism when I worked night-shift last year, the guys and I had an agreement - a 20 pack of carlsburg a night to wash down a couple of bottles of wine. (For three of us) Thank goodness vintage only laste

Thanks guys! eek, sorry about the long story! There is a question in the last paragraph We did quite a lot of research, nearly booked for Niseko, but luckily the same package was much cheaper in Nozawa. I want to show my husband-to-be the same side of Japan I was shown 7 years ago so I'm glad we found Nozawa. Nothing against Niseko, but we've both been to Aussie before. Neither of us speak Japanese or read kanji, the extent of my vocab is (in English because I can't spell the Japanese!) Hello, thank you, sorry, and toilet? So it's going to be good fun and full on, but as far as I c

Two week honeymoon in Japan in January!! Will be going to Kyoto, Osaka, Kakogawa, Himeji, Hiroshima, and also spending a week in Nozawa Onsen at Lodge Nagano!

Man, 1 min waits, that's just OTT! lol This thread made me about 10x more excited about Nozawa 10/11! Might see you on the hill come January Plastiktree.

Love the stories I've read so far! I first skied at Whakapapa in NZ when I was 16, it was october, visibility was so poor that only happy valley and rock garden were open. I felt like I was skiing on ice. Fell over so much, but really enjoyed it. I thought I broke my leg halfway down rock garden I fell so badly! I can laugh about it now 6 years later my boyfriend took me on a week holiday to Cardrona - where he spent a fortnight every year as a kid and teen. He taught me enough to get me onto captains on day 1 and whitestar on day 3. On day 5 he proposed and now we're booked and goi

I hope this includes southern hemisphere 09 too or my vote is invalid 5 days at Cardrona, NZ. Planning to get a lot more in this winter though - we had a huge dump in NZ last weekend and I've been checking out the alps from the catwalk at work all week. Another big front coming through this weekend too!