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just had this conversation with a work colleague and he has a friend over from USA who is called, Cable?!?!? Not almost..actually is! Maybe baby naming after inanimate objects is becoming the rage there now, not sure?!

chatting the folks last night and turns out I was about to be called.....Podriagh (or Podder for short!)!! To do with Irish roots. Think I would have turned out a completely different person. Anyone else?

Had a few problems trying to watch the Tri Nations on Sat. night and need some help on how to get streaming TV feeds (particularly sport) off the internet. I know there is AUstralian network which had it but you had to pay a subscription fee and have fibre optic web, was thinking more in the free bracket of things, being the tight walleted bugger I am! Any of you in the know about this? Am using a mac if that makes a difference also. Also tested internet speed with free test, and it came out as 123636.4 Kbps 15151.5 K bytes/sec Is that fast or slow, it`s wi-fi?

Top battle, Mantas not sure NZ were outclassed at all, OZ were made to battle for every bit of their ball with some absolute rock hard NZ defence. Only until the last few minutes was it snatched away, you have a lot to thank you child prodigy Inglis for!! NZ were ontop right until the final few. BB- Mate top day at the rugby then in the Kiwi Bar, have to do it again some time. Ended up craning my head next to the speakers during the game as we got the audio feed sorted, felt like I should have been mowing the lawn with my radio in me ears at home or something!!! Did you get it at the spor

BB- not sure if you will read this before tomorrow, (sat.) but it`s all on! Got in contact with some boys, a mate of mine who is rugby analyst or some malarky at Suntory swung me a few free tix also. Will be down in Chichibu for game early doors, 12 KO, then as soon as that is done on to the Kiwi Bar for meat pies and Air NZ final, followed by the tri nations which I am pretty sure KO at 7pm, but may be mistaken. I PM`d you earlier with my number but wil get in touch tomorrow morning when heading in for a day of contact and Kewel style elbow pie! Going to be a huge day of rugby size portions!

Boshes and scores are two different concepts Mantas! Am hoping for UK NZ final, but a good game in Melbourne tomorrow with plenty of "hows your father"! BB- Just remembered its Air NZ FINAL tomorrow as well, Welli V Waikato!!! Spoke to the guy at Kiwi bar and its all on! I will be down there from 3sih for an avo session if you are keen for it.

Link for the Kiwi Bar let me know if you plan on heading down. What time is KO? P.S Just seen the hit! BOSH! Mason who is your mate? Bosh, what do you love? Contact!!! He deserved that!

Mate am thinking of heading down to the Kiwi Bar in Motoyawata. Its a bit of a trek but top place owned by a kiwi who also runs the wakeboarding there. Will try and find a link and post it later. They get all the sports from some kind of internet feed hooked up to TV, and you can have a mean shepherds pie!!! Is the Clubhouse not showing it?

let the giveaways begin!!

wasn`t there a Yuki Yaro here once too?

Does anyone actually wash their gear? Can`t say I have ever washed my pants have at the moment, about 3 seasons now!! Nice! How well does the waterproofing last if you do wash, or is that an urban myth?!?!

Red, easy to spot, but then not if everyone else is wearing it too!

Quote: Originally posted by db le spud: Please don't tell me his girlfriends name was Yuki-chan Pin Pon! Hope he had a permanent tattoo of that across his arse too!

Spud and his misses under the kotatsu for a bit of Quote: wink wink, nudge nudge,........

heard that Sting has just released a new album and is trying a revival of the Elizabethan Lute!!! Apparently smashed into 24 of the classical chart, and 30 something in the pops chart!! That`s what Yoga does for you!

Nabe me up! Last year in South Chiba we had some nabe and the folks i was eating with had shot some wild boar from the land they own. Tasted awsome!! And there is no other way to enjoy nabe than under your kotatsu "no pants" style (not only shabu shabu can be a naturist`s food!)!! Not sure about slurping the sauce out the belly botton though! Only downer to nabe is the oden slipping out of your chops and into the kimchee boiling away and splashing right into your eye!!

Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Hey, Sock Monkey, Sunrise and I were speculating at your name. Is it a reference to the guy in Shrek? No, it has to do with a combo of Mickey Skinner an ex English rugby player (his bosh catch phrase) and my grandad`s middle name. Good to know I was a topic of speculation though!

I didn`t know whether I should have been laughing or crying at the news the other night. They interviewed a chinese man and his opinion on the DPRK nuclear test, "The United Nations Security Council should be congratulating the DPRK on their scientific achievement..." Well done N.Korea have a collective pat on the back from us all! Its all coming to a head now but this has been sat on since the 1980`s when the construction of a 200MWa nuclear reactor and reprocessing plant and a series of high explosive detonation tests. There are ways to look at it in light of previous st

funny I was going to post somthing about this the other day but forgot! Sustainable snowboards and skateboards can be found here Arbor Sports They make their boards from environmentally friendly natural fibers. Made from sustainably harvested wood, cork damping stringers and have a dedicated policy toward environmental production methods. Apparently even available at Murasaki sports this year.

Apologise for not making it in on Sat. Had a couple of turtle carcasses wash up in afternoon, and by the time I had finished the roads were chocablock! Hope it was a good one anyway, and will hopefully make amends next time! Get any new gear in BP whilst down?

Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: I dictate everything to my super sexy secretary Kaoru. She never complains when I say, "Let's stop this boring translation for a mo, and post something whimsical on Snow Japan." Everything's "OK!" with sexy Kaoru. Kaoru>>>>

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BP, am out with some mates Sat night in tokyo also I think, maybe meet up for a few cheeky cold ones if you`re near?

My firend who works for a NPO researching forest dwelling mammals in Japan has been stidying the increased use of snowmobiles in winter times, mainly in Hokkaido (similar studies have been done in Canada also). He found that the use of them over about 4 years has been increasing quite significantly and has increased winter mortality of large mammals due to wildelife displacement and expanded home ranges therefore meaning more energy expended and the loss of land normally used　by these mammals, for example bears. Also samller mammals have been effected by the compacting and erosion of the subni