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I thought the methanol was just the 'cracking' agent. The link I put up a while ago has a 100,000 mile report of one man and his (unconverted) delica, running on separated veggie oil... reckons it runs better than regular diesel.

Actually, I thought you were referring to recent (true) events in Tassie... anumal jokes were furthest from my mind...honest!

You could make a joke about it... but when is a joke not a joke!

I'm leaving here in two weeks for Tassie, my partner started her job there yesterday.

Osaka, No. 2? wat a load of bollox... If you are comparing renting a house from an ex-pat agency with a two to three times markup on market, maybe. Could be cultural bias creeping in here, who's to say what the 'standard' is. My partner has just arrived in Hobart, Tassie, and can't believe how expensive many things are, esp. compared to Osaka! And let's not talk aboout internet connections (an important part of many people's lives)... I get a 48 MB connection here for AU$60 a month... compared (how can you even) to over $100 for a 1MB (like it ever hits that speed) in Oz. These

You must be English... The same amount of fumling was needed to find the torch, but that was an option.

My Dad used to tell us leave the light off when going to the strip lit garage unless we was planning to be there for more than twenty minutes... fumbling through the box of tools in the dark was quite the...er... experience, but I still have all my fingers...

If customs don't steal me studless, I think i'll drop in on a resort on the way back from picking up the car in Brisbane... looking good in Oz... what's the resort with the best BC, and, dare I ask, the best chance of powder?

Good covering, but looks more like concrete! Thanks for the links, I've checked out the Mt Mawson one already, but not the Lomond. I'll probably be heading to Mt Field I think. It's just up the road from Hobart, whereas Lomond is quite a wayz away. To be honest, I'll be doing mostly cross-country, with some downhill thrown in where I can. If it's consistantly crap, I'll prob. just stick to winter mountaineering, I've heard they have some decent climbing...

Good to see... will be in the Tassie BC in a few weeks!

Got seven right, but I haven't lived there for over a decade! It's not a quiz about the UK, though, just about a book on the UK with some 'facts' that are only pertinent to the book. Like the father Christy thing...pah!

Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: (The reason I often hear for Japanese liking excessive lighting, heating, and cooling is to compensate for the discomfort they suffered during the war - basically laughable but with a slight grain of truth. Time to get over it methinks.) That IS amusing... the reasons I hear in England for the reason many older people conserve food, energy, and are not wasteful in their lifestyles are lessons learned and patterns set from the deprivation suffered during the war...

Quote: Originally posted by slow: Maybe this event sets the stage for ignorant people to think about. Better than nothing. Don't expect too much. Once again, ironically, it's often the well informed who are the problem, not the ignorant. You and I, with our foreign travel, skiing, etc. pollute far more than many 'ignorant' stay at home types. Events such as these make people think they're doing something when they are not. Better than nothing? Is throwing a drowning man a cork better than nothing? Anyway, how illogical to have the lights on in the daytime, then have a blackout at nig

The four strip lights above my desk I removed over a year ago, and if I'm first in to my section of the office, all the lights stay off until I go to lunch. It was an uphill battle, but basically the first in rule now seems stuck in place. Taking out my strips lights was amusing, and office staff would often try to place new tubes in the empty slots... it took them a while to get their collective heads around the idea that someone might possibly have chosen to remove them. I still get comments like, vampire, cave dweller, and, "are you sleeping?" as the sun streams through the huge w

I recall having a discussion with a friend of mine who worked for an environmental agency here. After he'd finished elaborating on all the conferences he'd been to every other weekend around the globe I pointed out the irony of environmentalists jetting around the world in business class to save it from the... er... the excesses of mankind... He thanked me for my concern and said it was good to know that average people cared, before moving swiftly on to another topic of conversation. Ever heard of video conferencing? There shouldn't be frequent flyer miles, some sort of penalt

Kintaro, I'd be in favor of being judged by my peers... liberal, free-thinking professionals, pragmatic, with a proven ability to process complex information on subjects they aren't necessarily well versed in. Unfortunately, I don't believe many of the above-qualified make it to jury duty. A jury is more akin to Russian roulette, you could get a linch mob... would anyone but Michael have not been hung on the evidence presented (nature of the crime and all)? "Seems a great many of the daily strifes of life have had an expert or three involved - think medicine & hospitals for starters.

I'm against jury trials in cases where professional knowledge is crucial, especially when there is no 'testing' of jurors to know whether they are even capable of 'critical analysis'. Fair point regarding the potential abuse of power re: non-jury trials, but there's more colors than black and white. Kintaro, no, they can be rehabilitated to an extent, i.e. taught to 'manage' the addiction by helping them recognise the thoughts, feelings and emotions leading up to the offence and taking action to avoid reoffending; typically cognitive behavioural therapy based on the relapse prevention cy

My partner is a psychologist who specializes in the rehabilitation of sex offenders, so I've come to learn a lot in our time together regarding the traits and behaviours of said miscreants. It's interesting, if disturbing, stuff, and amazing how easily sex offenders smooze through society with the full trust of most of joe public. My point is, how can an uninformed jury possibly come to a decision based on a 'common sense' approach, and justice be served. The ignorance in their post-trial statements leads me to believe that either the prosecution failed to provide enough expert testimony

8x4 is, I believe, the only effective deodorant in Japan... comes on a turqious(sp) color. Get the roll on, doesn't stain your shirt, and lasts all day, no real scent, good or bad.

Cap'n Stag... a wise man indeed.

Judging by the answers given by interviewed Jurors, they were woefully ignorant in the ways of molesters... the prosecutors did a rather poor job educating the jurors, by all accounts, and as Snobee said, left much hanging on the words of a questionable source.

oh... a full stop.

What's a period? (other than the female cycle, which doesn't seem to fit the context)...

And we were doing so well until Yamakashi opened the floodgates... sensitive lot, aren't we...

How about removing half of the lighting in all stores, offices, etc. on a permanent basis, rather than holding a pitiful event like this one. What's it really going to do save highlight how 'important' the Japanese consider it to floodlight the world. This addiction to 'bright light' here astounds me (Japanese have told me it's because of their eye color, can anyone back that up?) It's like all the other 'big' events, like No My Car day, or No Shopping Day...make people think they're doing something worthwhile, a bit of guilt relief, when they should really be altering their lifestyles on