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Update. Stepping it up. 6-10km, 5 times a week the last few. How's yours going CB?

The smoking ones always get me - what is it, clean (healthy?) smoking life or something. Pah!

The Japan concert is on now on NHK hi-vision. At 5pm it starts on 721 and the other skyperfect channel all through until tomorrow.

Quote: So, we pay less tax, but that makes our net income higher, so our ward tax is then charged from a higher net income rate, and the percentage used to calculate ward tax is double of what it used to be. sunrise.... every single tax I pay - income, health, town - has increased. So the income tax thing going down seems doesn't ring true for me.

OK I have just spend 90 minutes talking to a very friendly lady in the town office. I was determined to get to the bottom of all this and find out what was going on. Anyway, she explained it all to me and I now pretty much understand where all my numbers are coming from. Unfortunately there wasn't a mistake. In my case, basically a combination of the following three things... - an increase in the town tax, basically now 10%; - an increase in the % rate for the national health thing; - a scrapping of some kind of "tax limit" that there used to be, but now isn't ...saw my b

Got mine today - it has doubled. My health tax is about the same as last year. My salary has been constant. I can't see anything that has come down by the amount this one has increased. Where exactly am I supposed to get the balance?

I am doing between 5 and 9km about 4 or 5 times a week at the moment. Always step it up before my summer trip back home.

How long do you have to be here to qualify?

The one at Nakano is avoidable - just take the old main road... only takes about 5-10 minutes longer. Don't know why those stretches in particular cost.

Me too, I really like the shinkansens - when I have a row of seats to myself. I dislike it a lot when I have to stand by the exit doors when it's full. The shink charge just doesn't make that reasonable.

I liked that too. The only film with Clooney in it I remember not liking was Three Kings.

That sounds like a lot of swimming. I did 9km tonight, good for me that

How badly damaged does a HDD need to be before it is not recoverable? I presume most drives it is the mechanical parts that break so the data itself is still on there - is it actually fairly easy to recover for the people who do that?

I chose the Canon one when I was comparing them. That jump is really good.

Then I will do so!

Yes it happens to me as well and as much as I try it never fails to annoy, especially when you know you have had the exact same conversation 10+ times. Lets move on!

Do "decent skiers" make up the bulk of the market?

Yep still going. I usually do between 4 and 7km depending on how I feel. I still haven't really been able to hit 10km consistently but think I'll just keep on doing what I'm comfortable with.

Not sure I wanted to read that! Thanks anyhows

I think you are much more 'hardcor' than I am CB. I'm just trying to keep my weight in check and keep generally fairly fit. I think my jogging probably would be your warming up!

Interesting I'll ask my colleagues today about that. 20 minute warmup. Don't like warmups (but realise I "should" do them).

Most places are like this but Kyoto especially so - got to do your homework before you go I think to make the most of it.

Quote: 10km, 5km, 3km, 5km Whats the meaning behind that?

I didn't know about that - congratulations Bushpig Had a good 6km jog this evening, felt good.

Did you survive that party Creek Boy? Happily the hayfever is gone now and I can get back to some decent jogging. For a period of about 3 weeks there I was totally useless.