Yuki's Passion

Side note - we used to call the wall to the left of the Super Course, on the left riding up Center 4, Ni Kabe...so many name changes who can keep up. I always thought that was like a green MB...course I dunno colors so prolly the last person to ask. There is that one section that has two quasi rollovers which have a decent pitch to em. But not not even 15 meters worth.

No worries, is that what you're doing your dissertation on? You're finishing up your masters eh?

RB that link is fine

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Great threads you got going BM - sweet pics!

Originally Posted By: RobBright I wish it wasnt a Gentei beer...it really needs to be around throughout the year.

I consulted with my magic crystal ball and asked, "Will it be a very snowy winter and will I be balls deep in powder everyday?" It responded by saying "are you coming on to me?"

Originally Posted By: ger I think it's from Iwate maybe. Good stuff. Better in a bottle than can. Seems like most J-micro brews are REALLY MICRO, except for Ginga Kogen. Like you know where it comes from, you live on Shikoku 　 It's Tohoku, good 'nuff

Id love to try all of those pie eater...look delish! Drank Kirin's 秋味 last night for the first time this year - quite pleased. Very nice flavor with a little kick to it at 6%. Of all Japan's mass produced, non micro variety, I think its my favorite. I wonder if Ginga Kogen (from Yamagata??) would be considered a mass produced? Quite enjoy their white

Originally Posted By: nagoid Isn't a Hokkaido shink planned - extended from the Tohoku to Sapporo? How close to Niseko would that get? It depends from where in Tohoku...do they mean Aomori? If there, then prolly pretty quickly. I could see it being less than 2 hours from there with the main stops prolly being Hakodate, Kutchan, then Sapporo. There isnt much around the way between Hakodate and Sapporo - quite beautiful Inaka.

Those first 3 pics should be on post cards

Originally Posted By: SJ-David If anyone crosses any lines or whatever, we'll deal with it. Yakuza connections? In the long scheme of things, especially when people are coming from 12 hour flights from overseas, it's not like 20 mins saves THAT much time. But, on some occasions, that could help you get the last connection to whatever destination you are going, so in that situation thats pretty useful. Itd be nicer if the buses from Shin Chitose to Niseko werent 2.5 plus hours. Quite a long smoke break at that automatic piano million dollar bathroom too. Think they couldn

Originally Posted By: RobBright Worrying thing is that is a similar style to my wife and I. Maybe your missus, but we all know you speak jibberish.

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Originally Posted By: spook Yeah, they even had pig fat satay. i don't mind a bit of tender grilled fat on my meat, but not a whole skewer of it just uploaded some new shots from the togean islands in central sulawesi. we spent two weeks lounging around on a couple of islands. the first place we stayed was a nice low-key beach resort place. super comfy ,great vibe, but not the nicest beach. good snorkelling nearby, and we could paddle outrigger canoes to the other islands. pretty fun. then we went and stayed somewhere a bit more basic for the second week - just a hut on a beach and gr

Originally Posted By: RobBright Kids don't need to be given a native language with priority. Lightbrown and Spada et al have done numerous studies into this, ie 1st and 2nd language acquisition, and as long as they are given EQUAL priority, e.g. one language for home, one language for school, then a knowledge gap is not an issue. The entire notion of somebody having to learn their native language first is so off the mark its not even funny. Our brains are naturally wired to learn languages. There are tons of examples out there to support it: twins being separated at birth and in diffe

When it happens to you over and over and over spanning 11 plus years, Im not sure how its sterotyping.

Originally Posted By: Go Native Not sure if this has already been mentioned but have you noticed some places advertising hours of operation and they attempt to do it using a 24 hour clock but stuff it up by having times like 25 or 26 hours! Another fantastic example. WTF? Is it really that hard to understand 24 clocks? Can Japanese seriously be that dumb? Please god I hope not. Surely they arent. Well, maybe they are... Its now am 8:54. Why do they insist on using English words but in Japanese usage? If you cant use it right in the first place, then dont bother using it at all. I mea

Ive noticed that Japanese really do avoid sitting next to gaijin on trains. People will squeeze in somewhere else, or walk to the far end of the car, but not next to me or others. Japanese dont watch where they go - I was out with a friend and had 6 different people walk right into me because they werent looking where they were going. My friend kept laughing but I just find it irritating Noise pollution in this country has been getting to me this summer. You have to head out into the inaka to actually get some peace and quiet. Megaphones, loudspeakers, music being blasted out fro

Id get something between 90-100. Those arent that fat and I can carve on skis that are 105 and shred on them all over the mountain. At first it will feel different because you have to get that much more over on the ski edge, but its nothing that a few runs wont take care of. A 95ish waist like the Mantra (96), Chronic (92), if you want something thinner Prophet (90), would all be really nice.

Originally Posted By: MagSeven I'm a skier, so can't wait for the winter. I'm thinking I will probably use Kamui Ski Links as my regular haunt, as the expressway up there is free now apparently. Anyone else regularly ride there? Any other suggestions for good local hills? Also any tips on buying season passes, or the most economical way of seeing a number of different resorts over the winter? I had my best powder day up at Kamui last winter. The snow is so dry its not even funny. It actually makes most other mountains feel heavy (in comparison), but the mountain is small, th

I would love to see off sides abolished in soccer. I think it needs to be a higher scoring game and it would have more action/suspense, too. Agreed with Nagoids comment about anybody faking an injury trying to get a call should get a (yellow/red) card for sure. baseball: It should be abolished 100% as well. Its as interesting as getting a root canal. American Football: First off it needs a name change. To what, who cares, but football just doesnt suit it. Next, in between plays the time should be decreased. I hate waiting for the next play, and that is one aspect that

Originally Posted By: Kintaro Got be! Matsumoto shaved ice! da kine ONO brah!!!

Thanks for the info

Originally Posted By: bobby12 I plyaed Wii on two occasions but I thought the infrared sensing didnt work very well at all. I'll wait for hi-res wii with better wiimote. Thats what I thought as well. Hmmmm, Xbox 360 or PS3...maybe wait till a newer machine comes out? Any of the gamers out there think there will be a new machine launched next year???