daver

Kagoshima

yeah you must. it really is easy and since you are living in saitama it will be cheaper to fly to thailand than travel anywhere in japan via shinkansen. 1)Nepal 2)India 3)New Zealand i will certainly get to one of these and hope to get to at least two by this time next year.

trip was to hachimantai, and for the sake of samurai's season next year i will not divulge any details regarding terrain.

season was great in a lot of ways, and incomplete in others. discovered new terrain, got to take a cool trip. however it started late, and ended earlier than i wanted. and i wasn't able to check out terrain i had been hoping to ski due to weather.

they might be charging twice as much as the best resorts in japan but then again they are at least 5 times as big and easily 50 times better. over kill? hmmmm IT'S A SKI RESORT!!!! over kill, as long as it is logical, serves a purpose, and well thought out, is the industry. from its first inception intrawest has always embodied over kill. but yeah, pretty pointless. they say skiers will be able to choose the resort according to conditions and weather, but when has it been storming on one mountain and not on the other? and even so, what are the chances of the lift operating during a st

Originally Posted By: samurai Come on daver... which professor? why Roy Hinkley of course; the alleged love of Mary Anne Summers.

i was wondering how they would deal with emergency evacuations.

what's whistler good for? check this out! PEAK TO PEAK GONDOLA TO UNITE WHISTLER AND BLACKCOMB AT THE TOP Record breaking lift will revolutionize resort experience Whistler Blackcomb, a mountain resort already renowned for daring innovation, is thrilled to announce its boldest move yet with the construction of the Peak to Peak Gondola, for completion December 2008. The two mountains will be united by a gondola that will set world records for length and height while providing an unmatched experience for winter and summer resort guests. The Peak to Peak Gondola will travel 4.

so the professor was actually onto something.

i've heard people describe Laos as Thailand 30 years ago. sounds nice. i would go simply for the BeerLao!

iwate man. for snow at least. morioka would be a great little city to live in. akita is really the sticks. where as iwate although quite small by comparison to much of japan still has access to the outside world.

Originally Posted By: scouser Man cuts off penis in restaurant It is understood surgeons were unable to reattach his penis. i suspect he isn't going to mind

ger is right about the smaller resorts in canada. they are also top notch and offer lots of spectacular terrain at a significantly cheaper rate. but in late january in the interior you have to be ready for a canadian style cold front. most people can't even begin to fathom what that means let alone enjoy themselves if they are unlucky enough to encounter one. at that time whistler will have the most agreeable temperatures.

the whistler/blackcomb area is massive. niseko doesn't compare. in fact most resorts in the world don't. do yourself a favour and get hire a guide for a few days. Ski Esprit is a great programme, but i don't know if they have a snowboard version. whistler is where the world's best live and ride everyday. the locals know how to ride that mountain on a pow day, they know what chairs open first, what areas get controlled first, and what areas to avoid. not only that, they have been racing each other every pow day. so they go FAST. on a fresh day you can expect it to be tracked out by noon.

Quote: Originally posted by k3: I'm not sure if it is confidence, technique or equipment - or a mix of those. Any thoughts? it's all of them. but mainly the last two.

samurai, the point some of us are trying to make with the whole gun culture issue is that this is an issue that reaches beyond legislation. the culture of glorified violence finds its core audience in america. there is simply no denying that. man, i have spend my life straddling two media outlets; the massive american, and the meagre canadian. i can assure you that we don't get the same type of bombardment of sensationalized violence that finds its way on to every network in american media on the cbc or global tv. surely this must have an effect on the way vulnerable people deal wit

Quote: Originally posted by Mantas: Unlike in the US . Aussies don't elevate them to leaders. that doesn't mean you are capable of choosing quality leaders though now does it?

Quote: Originally posted by daver: you won't be able to carve the chute in the Jaks, but then again you won't to in the Jaks either. just to clear any confusion, i meant to say ....Jaks, but... LBFs either.

if it were for simply this one run and you had both to choose from, i would take the LBF. but this is for your set up for the run and beyond until you retire the set up. they are the same weight and although the Jaks are bigger, they are quite similar in dimension as the LBF. you won't be able to carve the chute in the Jaks, but then again you won't to in the Jaks either. i can't see why you would want to slim down you system for simply one run. if it need come to it on the run, you will still be able to do 100m of spiess on your Jaks. that's not worth changing your whole set up for. i c

next set of questions; how tight is the chute, how sustained is it like that? how steep is it?

Quote: Originally posted by Mantas: Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: John Howard is a cock. He might be a cock BP but I'd rather have him for a leader than Arnold bloody Schwarzenegger Big Arni.....The governor off California , the worlds 6th largest economy and home to 35 million people. How did he get this position? The man rose to fame doing 'blood porn' films in the 80's and 90's. If you've ever seen his films you would know what I mean by 'blood porn'. Basically he spends about 60 minutes of a 90 minute movie running around blasting people away with various types of s

i think rather than addressing the issue of gun laws and registration, a more apt discussion is the perversion of personal freedoms and the pervasiveness of gun culture in the United States. Samurai, although you do have a bit of a gun fetish, i know you have a healthy attitude towards firearms. and you are right in that people with healthy attitudes towards firearms don't kill people with guns. nor do their kids as the guns are locked up. however, why is it believed to be a god given right, not a constitutional privilege, to own a firearm? and why are guns so sexy in American media? i

both? let me think on this a little more.

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Quote: Originally posted by YellowSnow: The biggest complainers about sex in Japan is women who cant get any and their preconceived ideas almost draw negative attention. ummm... please expand on that one. it sounds rather ignorant, convoluted, and unlike your posts up till now.