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I might go against the grain a bit here but esp out in the stix its hard to make good solid Japanese friends. Many reasons not so many young people cos theyre either at uni in the city or working in the city they just want to be my English buddy my idea of a good time (eg dancing all night) isnt what they are into the chicks often want to hook up with my guy mates and the guys are just shy most people my age live at home so dont invite me round much those that dont live at home are married so doing the couple/baby thing the people I work with are a bunch of boring sad sacks I kn

Now that looks like a real resort. Imagine that place with 1m of powder overnight. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah its a good few months before Ill be skiing again " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />

Just to add a womens perspective Ocean you say its both the womens and mans responsibility to sort it out, but in reality how often is this the case? I mean it all seems fair and good and Im guessing you might be one of the decent guys but is it really that way all the time? Say for example I go on holiday to Thailand say, have a tryst, and next month dont get my period. I have no details for this guy other than that he lives in France and I know his name is Michael and hes got a DAMN fine bod... The reality of this is that I reckon in 85% or so of cases the woman is going to bear t

I was a devot Coke gal but when I moved to my town they only had diet Pepsi and not diet coke and the 1.5l were 50 yen cheaper for some reason so started drinking Pepsi and it kind of stuck so I just automaticlly reach for the P now. The lemon coke/pepsi is evil. Tastes chemically and awful. Agreed that when using as a mixer coke is better

Quote: Originally posted by brit-gob: Vanuatu? Where there? South Pacific. Just laid back, easy going, relatively untouched, life is simple and the diving absolutely stunning. The last place I dived was Papua New Guinea and Im thinking its going to be hard to even come near what I saw there.

Yeah Im with Fatty about powder heaven. I really dont believe that Im gonna get it this good again, alas. I skied before I came here, but now Ive got more money and time to ride so go a lot lot more.

Quote: Originally posted by snowboard_freak: Niseko does have a couple of very short rope tows just to get you up a smalll incline. Yeah those were so crappy. when we were there we just took our gear off and walked up the hill. What I hate about Tbars and platters is when some pillock falls off and youre sitting there waiting and then they start up, someone else falls off and it stops.... I still feel bad about tearing your gloves a bit on those bastard rope tows at Niseko MrSparkle. gomen

Ha ha Sparkles, some funny memories there Ive never seen anyone like that before... nor since mercifully.

I am enjoying that I can sit in my kitchen at the table and eat brekkie and drink oj while reading the newspaper. Yes its not minus 1 in there anymore and actually quite plesant!

Wow Im not complaining anymore! My kitchen is about 5 mats and there is about a 6 mat joined by sliding doors which is the "dining room" that I prepare food in. So total about 9 mats. Ive got a high enough so you dont bust your back bench, huge sink and a kitchen table in there. One of the coolest things is there is a big sliding window into the backyard so you can pass out drinks and food when you have a BBQ and no need to trapise through the house. The only thing I hate is that the washing machine is in the kitchen. It just doenst make sense in my book.

That is TERRIBLE. If a guy looking like that came up and talked to me Id be outta there. But his usual gorgeous self, now thats a different matter.

Mongolia French Polynesia Safari in Africa, Botsawana maybe Canada Vanuatu

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: Oh well Not much out there as the ski season is over. For some! Bring on the Southern Hemisphere heh heh heh

I argue 10x more than I used to. I used to be a meek mild wee thing, but them something happened, dunno if it was getting a bit older or living in Japan or dating certian people but I definately speak my mind a lot more and stick up for myself much more than I used to. I dont know if its a good or bad thing though!

Tell him youll make him an uncle unless he agress.

Most of what Sparkles said applies to where I live - except for the efficency thing of course! Who the hell made that one up eh! The thing that no one tells you is that rural and urban are so different. Whenever I go to Tokyo or Osaka I feel like Ive gone overseas for the weekend. Its cool

I met a dude at Nozawa from Oz last January in the middle of a monster blizzard. He aparently was the producer of one of those tv programmes where they do up peoples backyards..? AAAANYWAY he said he had read about Japan in a magazine and checked it all out and decided on Nozawa because the skiing is great and there is more of a village atmosphere. Again like Fattwins said it depends what you want. Different places different atmosphere but where ever you go in Jan youd be unlucky to get crap snow.

You can call them what you want. Im not saying that they are bad people nor that they are all bozos but that the majority werent the type of people Id want to spend 24/7 with them for 6 months at a time. Nice eye candy though! Until they open their mouths...

Yeah I think there is a big difference between 10 mins and 30mins. Also location is a factor: If someone is standing outside a station for 15mins waiting for you then that is bad. If you are picking up the person from their house and you are 15 mins late then thats no biggie. Also depends on how many people there are. If there are 8 people then being late is bad. If its just meeting your mate at a restaurant then being 15 mins late isnt the end of the world. Also depends on how well you know the person. If they are my good buddy then meeting them at kappa sushi 10 mins late isnt so

Quote: Originally posted by Kambei: Zwelgen - but what about the jets? Surely being so close to the jetfighters 'n' stuff would have been pretty cool. Loud too I suspect. There are plenty of jobs in the military for guys who are not very smart but who can left heavy things (a bit like Plucky). If you spend 5 minutes talking to the average artillery soldier you will know what I mean. Yeah the jets were cool, and standing on the deck about 30m or so away watching them catapult off and burn off into the sunset is something that Ill still remember when Im an old lady. It was cool but I w

And at the same time ban all sex except for procreation as to stop the AIDS epidemic, make everyone that goes to a country with unsanitary food preparation bring enough instant noodles so they dont get sick and anyone who has had a runny nose in the last 30 be denied entry to this country. (it makes me laugh that they have the dirohhea question on the health questionaire. I mean who HASNT had the shits when you go to most of the countries in Asia?!)

Speaking of music Enderzero gimme back my MDs! I got some stuff of a kiwi band called Rhombus and it kicks ass. Strangely in the last year or so my music tastes have gone from more trance/ clubby stuff to more guitar/band-ish stuff. Very broadly speaking of course. Im wondering if its because I go to clubs/raves a lot less than I used to or if there is another reason.

I think cadburys is the creme de la creme of chocolate. I can honestly say that I have never had better (and having the worst sweet tooth ever I have eating choco from many lands). But perhaps its like rice or green tea. I cant tell the difference between differnt rices and am not a conoseur. Perhaps Ms Green isnt wise in the way of chocolate. Please excuse her. The "tank trap" ocean is a saver. It means you have to break bits off rather than scoffing straight off the bar. Honey nougat Cadburys is my fav mmmmmmmmmmmm

Heartily agreed there Markie. In NZ I had the poster for it from the vid shop. Its off the dude when he breaks out and its standing in the pond in the rain. It always used to make me feel good when I looked at that poster.

I was cutting the weeds in my garden yesterday and something H U G E crawled out of a patch of weeds. I swear if it was bigger than my hands clasped together! It brought out a "what the..." and I realised it was a big ass frog. Huge. Brown. Maybe its the type they call mountain chicken...?