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White! You know for those blackouts!

Hey Indo - sent yu a note but box is full. Stayed in a great place in Hirugano (nice quiet town) only 5 ~ 10 mins to Takasu, called Green Gardens. http://green.takasu.or.jp It's a small Japanese hotel, which also has a few log cabins spread around nice grounds. We stayed in Cottage C - good for a family. Clean, comfortable, good bathroom & kitchen, floor heating...etc Really friendly helpful owners. 3 nights was about 5~ 6 man all up which is not too bad for the space, independence, privacy, facilities etc. Only good memories. Good Luck. And we will

Mao the untold story by Jung Chang & Jon Halliday. Halfway thru. Bared. A good read.

OC - As I recall in John Irvings raving book "The world according to Garp" Garps father was exactly that - A comatose dude with a boner - who was promptly set / sat upon by a wishful women who was duely rewarded with the Garp. Also saw a movie a whiles aback about a bastard, arsehole Columbian(I think) drug lord who wantonly killed and treated the locals as less than shite. But what goes aroun' comes aroun. Speeding on the jungle road. Accident. Flung out of car. Motionless. For all intents dead 'cept he can hear & see. Local villagers, find him & steal everything. As on

THe Milk Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom A little deviation from the mob.

OC - I don't know about that!!! I'm sometimes generally game. And so's my wife.

I'm not a park man but I think FT is on the money. What I've seen at Takasu & Dyna appear to be the goods. Well laid out, variety, big (to me) and s-p-r-e-a-d out. Mid week was not crowded at all and the park pigs were wallowing.

I know a stylish woman - you know late 30's head turner - who rips it (skiing since 3yrs). She wouldn't leave her room if she wasn't made up. AND she just wants to ski hard. Makeup is just part of some peoples daily bits & pieces.

Spud - now that's good.I agree with you. What the hell is stardom and why do we have to be bombarded with all of it's banal trappings??? And I wouldn't stop at just screen stardom. Royalty and all it's god-for-saken baggage, Plasticine Politicians, Sports Heroes ad nauseum. OC - producer or no producer - I'm not sure whether good ol' Stevo would be alive today or not. His days were statistically numbered from dot. Operating at mega-pace mixed with elements of danger & tom-foolery will always put the odds against you. No diff to the Xboarders & skiers or in f

Aww - come on guyz - don't stop now. OC - the adversion to drink comes from years ago when he went on a binge with a kangaroo, woke up next day in the middle of the bush coughing up fur-balls.

Spud - that WAS the chilled out version. Just trying to de-laminate(sno-talk) the discussion. You know - peel away a few layers.

So what about Dr. John's prattle. He has his views & ways - bless him. Animal exploitation is hardly a NEW issue in any shape or form. Celluloid reeled it in with lassie, cheetah, flipper, Mr Ed and 1,000's of other unpaid extras. Sure he has the creds but he lost me when he said the animal world would be better off with Irwin dead. Grizz got up his arse I think. And if the "Real Authorities" on Wildlife want to put some focus on the true horrors of animal suffering en masse -ie. humankinds inhumanity to animalkind - start with the bloody halls of abbatoirs o

OC- I guess it shook pretty much in Matsuyama. Anything fall? Here in Takamatsu I was lying in bed wondering if my recent 日曜大工さん　concrete & brick work　would stand the test. No Worries

Been away busy since yesterday and didn't even know who won till this eve. I guess I dips me lid to ya Bushy. Sounded like a real game. Gonna watch the replay tonite. The consolation for me is my next 2 fave teams - eagles & swans are playing off for the biggie. Carn the birds. G'luck.

Indo - sorry for milking it! Yeh sure will be tough. Potentially the game of the season - but anything goes in finals - heh! Bushy knows that. And may the better team(crows) win Good Luck!

Bushy - Is that ex pic showing the crows flying above the grounded eagles???

Indo - simple solution. DON'T READ THE POST. RESTRAINT IS A VIRTUE

Indo - I promise I won't write the match result on here after the Crows Win tomorrow.

Yes the lack of variety is quite noticeable. A couple of kinds of peaches, a few types of grapes, 1 or 2 watermelons.......etc. And the sizes are often WAY too big - just to please the unknowing consumers who think big = better. Most cases you're buying extra water with the delicate sugar balances thrown akilter and flavours diluted. I've had delicious fruit here, but hardly the stuff to be championing on about - given the raw conditions. A$50+ is not uncommon for a melon that frankly would have nought on any home grown number in Australia. And on melons - wow the dearth of v

Thank God!

L'spud Short Answer - I think you missed the point. Long Answer - The point that you missed is think, I. methinks

OC- How about Attenboroughs beatin-it-fication? Worthy of a few hail marys(ies) for devotion to seriousness and doin the rite fing.

Now OCee - I'm sure you could find that lil' bit if only you tried. Got to the mirror and look deeply and it'll appear. Don't give up. You'll know when you see it. Breathe. L'spud - now you're tarring us with all the same brush. Us Sou'Ozzies are NOT descendant from the convict rabble that spewed forth. We is civilized.

Too Bad Bushi. Must have been a heart stopper. 1 point!!!! The 2 westies playing next week. I can sit back for 13 days.

Hey Indo - Don't worry! I was referring to the crowz as in "The crows go past my window fast" You know "WOW, Go Crowz" I think the ozzie rules crowz lost by 39 points.