HotMagma

I've been 10 days now. Probably half way through my season.

Thanks for that nekobi, good to see some pics of the thing. Did you make that vid yourself?

A hot bath and a good book. Or preferably a vigorous day on the slopes.

Like davo - college was a lot of fun and great to look back on, but I prefer life now.

Good grief - 80cm on top of a car must be seen as dangerous. Must look funny too.

Tanigawa is on 290. It's usually nearer 400 by this time isn't it? mina2?

I've seen one of them!

I use Lloyds - great service, highly recommended. Now if I only had more cash to send home

I'm not an expert on these matters, but I have been advised by my tech-otaku buddy to leave off the disc based systems until they get better.

So, how many times you been out on the slopes up till now this season?

He certainly did. Not a bad paycheque though for his "work".

What do you think? I'm often taken aback at how ugly most towns here seem to be. Looks as if no planning at all went into what went up. Garbage dumps and rusty cars just nearby a spanking new hotel. But one thing I really love to do is just walk round some of the back streets in a city and take in the sights. Some interesting scenes to be had, the hidden beauty (maybe not the right word!)

You found out! Even more now

Tried rakuten.co.jp?

my brains not clicking in today, but what exactly do you mean by "assisted"????

And on the same subject, the point of your post was......?

Good idea. You'd think they would be a bit smarter and vary it.

Janes Addiction. I like them. Wherever did they get that name?

I hate seeing the full fish and fish that are still moving. Makes me cringe.

Cigs. McDs.

Nah. You just don't surf porn.

It sometimes sounds like you have no pleasure there, mate

Hmm. I just watched a prog listing their top 20 funniest. What'ya think? Apparently the criteria were : most laughs; become part of pop culture; stand up to repeat viewing 20 Meet the Parents 19 Young Frankenstein 18 Pee Wees Big Adventure 17 Waiting for Gufman 16 Lost in America 15 The Jerk 14 Dumb & Dumber 13 Bananas 12 Missed this one..... 11 The Holy Grail 10 The Naked Gun 9 This is Spinal Tap 8 Beverly Hills Cop 7 Missed this one too..... 6 Caddyshack 5 Austin Powers 4 Blazing Saddles 3 There's Something About Mary 2 National L

Got one of the Japanese ski mags yesterday and in it is a "top 20 ski area" in Japan list. And here it is! 1 Shiga Kogen 2 Naeba 3 Happo 4 Nozawa Onsen 5 Tsugaike Kogen 6 Niseko 7 Oze Iwakura 8 Appi Kogen 9 Meihou 10 Zao 11 Tanbara 12 Takasu Snow Park 13 Blanche Takayama 14 Hunter Mtn 15 Maiko Kogen 16 Rusutsu 17 Ski Jam Katsuyama 18 Goryu/47 19 Myoko Suginohara 20 Dynaland Voted for by readers, apparently. Hmmm.

If you want the choice and different resorts every day - Hakuba.