surfarthur

It is a joke from NZ about Australians being dumb, part of a tradition of trans-tasman rivalries and bad jokes. It is often said that when a Kiwi moves to Australia, he is raising the average IQ of both countries. The Australians like to give us stick about sheep, and sex shops that sell velcro gloves.

I am not sure JellyBelly, but it makes sense to me that it would be less impact to your knees on a snowboard, unless you are doing lots of stuff in the terrain park or cliff drops and the like.

Close. Actually, it is because Australians can't spell beer

XXXX is a premium beer compared to Emu though By the way, do you know why they called it XXXX?

Have a safe trip Kokodoko, where in Aus are you heading?

same sort of price as any premium imported beer goes for in a restaurant in Perth, so yes, extortionate pricing. However so much better than the domestic beer for not that much more.

One of the news programs I watched over the weekend mentioned that the number of volunteers is slowly dwindling, as well as donations. Good on you if you do go to help out

Tubby is right, I was in a generic Asian grocery store today, so I had a look, found 3 different varieties, which triggered my memory. I have seen these at pretty much every Asian grocer I have been to in Perth. You should have no problems finding some. There are also a few Japanese restaurants in the city, catering mainly to the lunch crowd, that have cheap (for Perth) katsu curry, among other dishes. There is one down Shafto lane, can't remember where the other ones I have been to are though.

I didn't see any, was the first time I had seen Ebisu premium over here though

Good luck to Stemik Jr with his Japan cup attempt! I had a condition called Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmented_villonodular_synovitis It is essentially a benign tumour of the synovium, which is the lining of the knee, and also helps to lubricate it. Surgery is required as if the tumour is left it will destroy the bone in the knee. It has in rare cases, destroyed titanium knee replacements. The likelihood of recurrence is about 50% within 10 years, which drops to 10% with a course of radiotherapy following the surgery. I had my surgery on

Found a restaurant in Perth that has a good selection of Japanese beer, now to find out where they get it from...

Saw some coverage on the news over here today, so many people still living in temporary accomodation, the scale of it all is quite staggering. The footage of the Tsunami is still shocking to watch. One of the statistics they have been talking about is that over 100 of the designated evacuation points were inundated by the Tsunami, I cant imagine what that would be like, to go to a "safe" place and still not be out of the path of destruction. My thoughts go out to those who have been affected by this disaster.

Not too sure if they have the curry, but there is a small Japanese grocer in Subiaco. http://www.accesswa.com.au/Pages/Feature.aspx?FeatureID=1081

Must be their sense of fair play to the weekend warriors

How do we get on the list for the calendar?

Nice photos Kokodoko

I have no musical talent though.... I am not asking to get music for free, in fact I still buy CD's as I like to have the physical product, however when the market changes, in any business, you need to keep up with it, rather than try to protect a business model that is no longer relevant to the marketplace.

I think this is the attitude of a lot younger musicians and bands. There are a lot of bands that release a free download of their album, and ask for a donation in return. This is a good way to get your name out there. It is not as if they don't still make money from record sales though. I think bands that go on a big rant (i.e Metallica) about people stealing their music, are making themselves look bad, let the record company be the a***holes, and just concentrate on releasing and performing good music.

My girlfriend is a gymnastics coach. Where this becomes an issue for her, is if she records a video of her students competing, and there happens to be music in the background (i.e. at the venue, not added to the video later), when the video is uploaded to youtube, either the video won't play, or will play without sound. The only reason that these videos are being recorded is for the families of these children to be able to share their children's sporting achievements with the people that they want. The music in the background in this instance, is out of the control of the creator of the vid

You are right BM, people putting music into their home videos should be viewed by the record companies as free advertising for their songs. IMHO, this is completely different to illegally downloading music, although technically to the letter of the law, it is still copyright infringement...

There are a surprising number of club ski fields in NZ which rely on these nutcracker tows.

Is that from the same crack that appeared in January?

but having said that, people often don't give you enough time to get properly seated before they are pulling the bar down, if you are still leaning forward, it will hit you in the head. I like it when people say "bar" right before they pull it down, that at least gives you a chance.

Even worse when you stick a gopro on top!