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Many "yellow" days been had this season here in Shikoku. Covers a washed car in a day, so I guess that means it's covering everything else too. No counts of yellow fever to date.

I went through it as a parent many years ago. Lots of bitter, sweet, angst, happy, lonely, swinging type feelings and put unecessary pressures on my young kid at that time and for future years. Now I'm the mutual friend acting as a go between for a seperated international couple. She Canadian, he Japanese and 2 little kids. She's been back in Canada for 8 months and now he's got a secret girlfriend and both want to reconcile, but also they don't/can't. Many tough phonecalls & e-mails. I wish they'd sort out & accept their differences and get back together. Lif

Excuse my ignorance but what's a peckerwood? pe-mo (ペニス木)　p'raps? or a kind of bird?

Thanks Bushy - that means at least one person could pick up on my pedestrian monotonous mimicry. And it was finished, that.

Today it's rainy & blustery. Out and about are those who ride bicycles 1 handed while holding (gripping) onto umbrellas, shaking and swerving all over the place. The heavier it rains, the stronger the wind blows, they just withdraw further under their protection(?) - becoming oblivious to all 'cept their feet on the pedals. 30 mins ago one such person dashed across a small intersection in front of a car causing it to brake heard and causing me following behind to brake even harder and the guy behind me to have a fit. Luckily no contact made. The rider continued blindly.

I showed those pix to a knowledgable friend last night and he thought all of the above was possible - but the likely cause was Snow Lines. Like the ubiquitous Crop Circles of England and elsewhere, there has been an emergence of Snow Lines in various places across the planet. It is believed that they are caused by oblong shaped space craft (as opposed to the saucer variety responsinle for crop circles). He suggested a few confirming checks: 1 - the presence of a waxy, sooty substance in the mud - low-tech craft after burner residue 2 - your watch spins wildly when standing in t

O-11 - I think the Oz natives from Niseko would be more inclined to use a boomerang than blowpipe. And in the event of a shortage of bent branches, probably resort to the next most useful and abundant thing at hand. The famous "brown neck" also known as a spent beer bottle.

Sounds the go Sobri. I'll take a full load. Could you just hold onto it until August and then dump it in my front yard.

I think what you have here is a clear example of the ever increasing problem of - Snow Theft. In the darkest hours of the night they come with their loaders and trucks, select only the best prime bits, cut it like cake and they're gone. Rumour has it that some of the resorts out west here are involved in a dramatic attempt to stretch the season with some high quality pack. Personally I think they're selling it on the black market as bottled miracle snow-aqua.

Thanks soubri - that's a refreshing report. Nice pics, Nice graphics, Nice talk. Seeing the season has ended (is ending)abruptly, it's good to get that "Endless Winter" feel a la surf movie "Endless Summer". Unfortunately my mind won't be entering that portal this season.

Yeh - don't think going out is very wise at all. For you or others. Not arguing the point about how shyte you feel, but if you had flu A or B with associated high fevers, chill, lethargy, bopdy aches & pains and p'raps sore throat & cough, I don't think you'd be moving far, still so early in the piece. Better rest and recover soon. Don't want complications.

Shredded cabbage - now that's something all honest to goodness earthlings should gorge on. Yummy stuff. Pampered palates - munch into the unknown And trivial irritations. I don't think I'll ever get used to the habit here of people constantly sniffing when they have a cold. Blowing nasal bubbles. Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, Sniff - drives me nuts.

I guess it's too late now - has 12~24hrs passed??? If not, Tamiflu works. No question. However, many people think they have influenza when they just have a shytty cold. In oz many folks say "I've got a touch of the flu." or " I feel a bit flu(ey)" or "I think I've got the flu".......etc. Which more than likely means they haven't. Nicole - If all of the above doesn't apply then sub0's advice is pretty spot on. Hope you recover soon.

Long long ago in the era of hazy smoke when I was a surfie/hippie some good friends were full on original punks. A couple were toughies but totally non-agro and they all were fairly hell bent on self-destructo. Ah - Weren't we all. Smack played it's insidious part - leaving Billy frozen stiff on the bathroom floor at the age of 18. They looked the part and lived it('cept Billy)

Sorry to add - that was check in - not customs. Nary an expression of gaiety amongst that lot.

l'spud - Had a similar experience in malaysia with a campish guy. He was the senior boy and acted the benevolent bitch type to the other workers. But with me, with a group of 15 in tow, he bantered and cooed and of course I reciprocated. In no time at all we were all checked in, good seats and smiles abounding. I forget his last words, but I winked. A nice flight was had.

My dear old granny's Fig Jam & Fig & Ginger. Truly memorable. But for Jam Supreme imho there is only "APRICOT JAM." And the oz stuff is the best I've ever tasted. 最高　－　PSYCHO!

l'spud - I agree with your sentiments re ozzie customs. They, (p'raps not all) take smarminess and officiousness to stupefying heights. I don't know what's worse - a cold, blank, couldn't give a **** attitude or the above. I suppose one could say, that at least by not ignoring you "They care". HA ****IN HA. Indifferent, pompous little hitlers on too many occasions for my liking.

Now you just gotta love that quote- " No safety bars and No Botox - unlike Colorado" Taos - BOTOX FREE ZONE.

O-11 -Yeah I'm not sure which is worst. The feigned protocol of eating esp. re woman can be downright painful. As can be sitting next to a lawn mower eating. Which I experienced not so long ago. The piece de resistance was him lowering his head to the plate and proceeding to suck/slurp the soft egg up. All the while, talking with his girlfriend who sat and nibbled so delicately. Digressing a little - a few years ago at a backpackers in Kyoto, an Ozzie guy who had been in Japan for a year was always slurping, slapping and sucking his way through his noodles/food (in the sh

After a few years one certainly gets used to the noises at feeding time. Even the yabbering with a mouthful and the GULPING of drinks, irregardless of how thirsty one is, and stuffing food in like there's no tomorrow, doesn't bother me much these days. However I've been told by friends (Japanese) on occasions when discussing this, that they are embarrassed by the level of noises people make. To them it's not acceptable in many situations to be loudly slurping or shovelling food. Peasants and slobs popularized by bad TV. It's all about style.

Markie - it was a few years ago now, but as I understand it she had no prior Japanese experience. She was from Beijing and in the local Chinese student community she was very respected as "the brainy one". And that was amongst a lot of brainy ones. On reflection she probably would have done the 6 month intensive Japanese course which all scholarship recievers undertook. And she would have been enrolled in at least 3~4 Japanese classes/week at uni as part of her studies. But 1 year - so the story goes.

Next week it's gonna be cold and accompanied by good ~ v.g. snow for March. No question about it!

Bushy - That's pretty insane. Jeez - 10 months. I know this isn't the same because the person involved is Chinese and she is very, very smart, but a few years back my Chinese friends friend passed 1kyu in one year - from scratch. Kanji aside - getting a handle on any language in that time is down right filthy. In my sad case, 3kyu 10 yrs ago, began preparing for 2kyu and thought that's enough of that. Consequently - that's where I'm at - or less. Oh well, Some of us just weren't meant to "speak in tongues"

Go jonny. P'raps they didn't know and invited sid too.