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Agreed. Like we said, in over 3 years online, there have been only a handful of occasions when we have edited or deleted posts on the Forum. We do not want to come down hard on posting,far from it.....honest, and in general not that strict at all concerning posts FYI, I've also enjoyed reading your posts, deebee. Perhaps we could have a swearing competition at the SJG Christmas Party! Thanks again. SJG

We hadn't heard, but we'll look into that mogski, thanks!

Thanks for the mail again deebee. There really are only a handful of words that are blocked on this forum - it seems that some people don't have tolerance for them at all and some people just don't really want to see unnecessary over-usage of them. Less than 5% of the people who read the forum actually post messages here, there's a lot of people reading and we do have to take that into account in general decisions. Anyway, we hope you can understand the situation. We hope you will continue to use and enjoy the Forum and site. Cheers SJG

Hi deebee Thanks for the post. About swearing - yes, believe it or not, we do get people complaining about it. Until recently there were only a very few words blocked, it is only very recently that we have added a few to the black list due to them appearing with increasing regularity. About the abuse issue, that wasn't meant to be directed particulaly at you, but a general comment. Apologies for that Yes, it is a "free communication environment". But we don't really appreciate people posting messages to "take a dig at us". If we must spend time moderating in that

Not much snow on that second image now is there Erm, we'll ask them when they're going to point it in the right direction Thanks Ocean

Quote: sense of humour starved SJG team Well thanks for that comment deebee: We very very rarely edit or delete posts on the Forum. And we don't want to start doing it either. However, on numerous occasions your postings have been brought to our attention by other readers of the Forum. It seems that the majority of people using the Forums simply do not want to read mails filled with unnessecary swearing/expletive/abuse. If you are offended by the fact that we don't want the Forum to degenerate in that way, then you can simply choose not use the Forums and find another plac

Cheeseman, we might have to leave that for a future date, but definitely something to think about By the way, cheeseman, are you a skier or snowboarder - or what?

Thanks Hutch and best wishes for your after-Japan life! Keep watching the site from afar, OK?! Andrew SJG

Thanks Raury - hope you like the big changes coming in a few weeks too....

WELCOME TO THE NEW OFF TOPIC FORUM As you might have already noticed, we have today created a new "Off Topic" Forum. So there are now two main Forums to enjoy - "Snow Talk" and "Off Topic". We didn't want to split the boards up too much, but felt that with the rapidly increasing volume of postings, just the one forum was not enough. We hope that the setup will meet with your approval. No posts have been deleted, but we are in the process of moving off-topic posts into the Off Topic forum. Please note that there are still many topics in the main forum that have yet

As you might have already noticed, we have today created a new "Off Topic" Forum. So there are now two main Forums to enjoy - "Snow Talk" and "Off Topic". We didn't want to split the boards up too much, but felt that with the rapidly increasing volume of postings, just the one forum was not enough. We hope that the setup will meet with your approval. No posts have been deleted, but we are in the process of moving off-topic posts into the Off Topic forum. Please note that there are still many topics in the main forum that have yet to be moved to the Off Topic foru

Not yet here in Yuzawa, but nights are getting a bit chilly. Andrew

Sorry mogski, early Christmas cheer to come in about 3 weeks, OK?

Thank you Nat. The whole site is going to change in a few weeks time. hopefully. we think so. really.

I think you'll find there are quite a few of them at some resorts here, higuma. I went to one last year at Shiga Kogen at the beginning of the season...sure there are more. We'll try to find out once it gets a bit closer. thanks

We're still finalising a lot of functionality issues, it'll all be online soon. Hope you like it.

I've seen it.

Nice pics higuma....

Sure is, work continues on it right now.... is there a smiley for 'very tired' out there

There is a rumour (repeat: RUMOUR!) going round Yuzawa that one of the smaller places in the area (a small resort very close to Ishiuchi Maruyama) will be snowboarders-only this coming season. Now that will be interesting if it does happen....

Hi Ocean, careful with the full stops when you post a URL, it won't link up properly if you add that. Interesting link, would they be interested in talking to us about their work.......

Can't wait for that snowboarding feeling before the snow starts to fall? Neither can we.... Take a look at our new interview with the people at Dirtsurfer: http://www.skijapanguide.com/2002/features/general-65.html Then go on over to our Specials page for a chance to win one! http://www.skijapanguide.com/2002/specials/index.html Good luck!

FORUM REGISTRATION: Registration is now required to post messages on the SJG Forum. There are now only a small number of people who use the forum who are not registered - if you are still unregistered, and wish to continue posting here, then please click on the Register link in the top right of the page to register. Once you have done that you will be able to continue using the Forum. Thanks for using the Forum and enjoy!

Just beat me to that one Ocean, thanks.

The network issues mentioned above seem to be all clear now, so eveyone should be able to access the site with ease now. Apologies if you had problems trying to use SJG yesterday. SJG