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All of this tobacco litigation, to me represents the legal rocketship's departure from planet common sense. First you have people who claim that they had no clue that smoking was bad for them suing the tobacco companies for something that the smoker's themselves are ultimately are responsible for. Then you have tobacco companies and judges saying "oh no, nicotine and cigarettes are not addictive, and they don't cause cancer. What are you plantiffs talking about?" Bith sides need to get their heads out of their asses. There has to be a better solution to the problem of smoking t

mit's right about the hormone test. I think there was a case of an female olympic weightlifter, who couldn't compete or had her medal stripped or something, because her hormone test came back male. With all of the steroids those chicks must do, I'm not surprised in the least. I think in that same story there was something as well about her bits test not even being conclusive cuz all the roid use had severely enlarged her clitoris. whole thing could be urban legend though, i dunno. another anecdotal item i heard was that a series of psychological tests must be passe

so we started out in the limbo thread, but i think it deserves it's own. i guess I'll just start with some questions that some comments in the other thread brought to mind. 1) Do you know/ have you met any transsexuals? If so, what was your impression ? 2) How would you (gender) label a pre-op Transsexual with male parts (he or she)? What about post-op ? 3) If you met and fell in love/like/lust with a transsexual before you knew their deal, but found out later (from them or someone else) would you, er, be intimate with that person? 4) Do you think Transsexuals are j

'cept that tobacco kills more people each year than all forms of dope combined, yet it doesn't get the moniker.

I don't think we have tackled transsexualism on this board yet, someone should start that thread. . .that's good and controversial, and has the added bonus of being speculative - I mean, how many people have met an actual transsexual ?

I really liked 2 of Adam Sandler's first flicks - Happy Gilmore, and Billy Madison. Lowbrow? Yes, that's the point.

Some more whining: It's at my mom's house, and all I do is study, so I can't even make the 2 hour drive to get it. but when I do get it I'll post it, just fer you Fatz.

Nozawa Nozawa Nozawa Not sushi, but the soba they serve in Nozawa is the best I've had, EVER ! ! ! I don't know about Tokyo sushi, but 2 hours trip from Nozawa is Niigata, which has all kinds and all price ranges of excellent sushi.

just for the sake of being whiney, I always hated that word "quiver" when used in this context. " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> It just doesn't bring up the right mental imagery.

The study is vague, but I'll read it again. The most interesting thing that I gleaned was that overwhelmingly, head injury related deaths involve collisions, usually with a tree. So if you treeride, wear a bucket. I was about 65%helmet/35%not this season. It saved my head quite alot early to mid season, but come spring, I just didn't want to wear it anymore. I felt comfortable without it, but that was stupid, considering my hardest stacks were in the spring and without a helmet. My best guess is that helmets are a damn good thing. I got soooo sick of hearing that patrol

I redid my review, cuz it sucked, but much better now.

hi nori-chan freestyler #1 freestyler #2 freerider

great! much of the way that I think about these things isn't really logical, more emotional and based on the small cross section of what I have seen in the industry. core vs. corporate This is a toughy. I always like to cheer for the underdog, but only if he/she has a chance at winning. So if a small company builds what is reputed to be a great board, I will check it out. And that's always how I have bought boards -after much reading, research, and listening to the opinions of others, I look for the best deal on what I think I want. I have never actually ridden a board before

Hey Nils, I support what you are doing, as I think any diversity in the sport of snowboarding is good. So if you create something new, that is successful, it really enriches the sport, but I think you are wrong in your assessment of freestyle snowboarding and snowboarders. I am a freestyler, and I disagree with alot of what you say about us. You Say: Ten more years have past and we’re now ruled by freestyle and 16 year old pierced, tattooed and marketed pro-riders. I say: What's wrong with or what's not core about the punk style and being 16 ? It was exactly that group that b

Just saw Kill Bill My review (no spoilers): First thing, I was surprised at how much Japan there was in this flick. At least half of the dialog was in Japanese. Lucy Liu hid her lack of ability by speaking softly, and it works fairly well. Uma did a fair job for a westerner who probably only practiced her lines. I think they definately spent alot of time, trying to get the Japanese to an acceptable level, which is great in my book, considering how many films seem to do it half-assed, or not at all. Japanese stereotypes were laid on thick. But that was kind of the point, a

Anyone know how to say - "We'll have to agree to disagree."

hey bobby12, I think its hairu, ireru that you are talking about? I'm not sure what iru is, 'cept for to be(living things), or to need. If that is what you are talking about it is the transitive/intransitive verb thing. 入る/入れる 泊まる/泊める 出す/出る etc. Also very difficult for me, but the pairs are like something enters vs. put something in stay somewhere vs. put someone up put something out vs. something goes out Still not 100% on ndesu - what does that mean mogski - qualify an adjective ? Like to assign an adjective to a noun? Like "THAT sushi is delicious." m

So yeah, it's been done before, but I am creating this thread in hopes that other people will post Japanese language questions or at least answer mine. So here are two things that I can't get a clear explanation for or wrap my mind around. . . 1) What's the deal with --んです。?? I learned this about a year ago, but I can't really get a good explanation for it and it's everywhere. Is it an explanation, like "This is why I am going to the park." or "This is where I am living." ? Or is it more of an embedded clause "Why is it that you can use chopsticks?" or "Where is it that you are g

I think it was that same afternoon that we had some killer "pick a line" fun, or was that the day that we found that windlip off the skyline course - oh to build a kicker off that lip on the day after a storm. With that run being as steep as it is, you could fly for miles.

This was me last year, and my friends Mike, Sheep, Michelle, uuhhh, Matt, Al, and a few other dudes/ettes. I pray for the soul of Nova/Eikaiwa employees/students everywhere. I pulled this same crap, and so have plenty of people who aren't English teachers at all, but やっぱり, bums living off of an Eikaiwa system that lets any knucklehead who can dress in a suit and has a degree (or not) teach conversational English, and I say those words with the deepest affection for that system, and the knuckleheads involved. There are plenty of schools, and one NOVA each in Nagano city a

I don't know what you all are bitchin' about zwendernekobelgenbizero that's zwen-der-ne-ko-bel-gen-bi-zer-o for the syllabically challenged sure my friends were ridiculous with their makeup that day, and their sake the night before, but didn't at least two of you get some of the freshest tracks all season that day, while I gave a lesson on the oh-so-gentle groomies for 2 hours ? " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />

Well the Roy dude himself seems to have some perspective, or at least an unhealthy obsession with Tigers, as he was quoted as saying "Don't kill [the tiger]" after he was carted away. If you play with fire . . .

wow, Yoshie is on the forum. Thanks for showing up, Yoshie. I hope you are here to stay. I guess the fact that 80% of your biz is word of mouth or repeat says something, but as you can read in this thread, there are some people (besides myself) who have stayed, but didn't like it. I hope that you address these issues, not just on this forum, but at your establishment. Thanks again, barok

Quote: Originally posted by paizuri: I'll agree that many people are not quick to share info on their favorite off-piste runs. This is a function of the paranoia created by the Patrol, and not meant as some "local" attitude. For those of us who have temporarily (or permanently) lost our expensive season's passes...we aren't really trying to have a traffic jam in the trees. It's not personal, just practical. And this is just crap. I rode Hakuba 50+ days, and for a large part of those, I was riding off-course, and I liked to compare notes with other off-course riders - specifically

Whoah, and I thought this was a dead thread as well. Davo thanks for responding, I understand that there are quite a few people who like snowbeds, so I'm happy to discuss it with those people. First off, on the topic of gutlessness, I would gladly tell Mitch what I thought of him, if I saw him again, and if he cared, but based on what I saw, I don't think he does, and I don't have any plans to return to Hakuba anytime soon. If and when I do go back to snow country, it will be Nozawa or somewhere in Niigata. I don't plan on going back to Hakuba, because there are better places to rid