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Originally Posted By: Rag-Doll
Maybe this is all a grand strategy by Iran to obtain concessions, who knows?
It might be who knows, there are plenty of examples including acceptance and even help to the Indian nuclear programme!? but are they really after that? After 20+ years of sanctions based on what?
Sofar Iran denies that they are after nukes with their nuclear programme. Why dont we believe them, although most signs (heavy water reactor) are against Iran + the statement of ahmedjinedad "Iran has no plans to attack Israel". We dont hear anything from Iran unless it can used by western government to point to Iran. Who knows it might all be another made up story by Bush and his neo-cons, but this time their script got stalled, but it looks kind of similar to Iraq (where are the biologic weapons?)
I believe that Iran wants very much to be accepted as a respected member of the world community. An Iran that is an accepted member of that community would be an enormous benefit to everyone. But working towards such a situation has been (willfully) squandered, by the pointless hostility and belligerence of US “diplomatic†language --- starting with the “axis of evilâ€. The use of the quote from Khomeiny about wiping out Israel by Admedjinedad can be seen as a late response.
I am not a supporter of Iran and I think a lot of strange mishaps are going on in that country. But I am a supporter of their snow. It is easy to see this issue form the US/western perspective, just read a newspaper or watch the tv. Try taking a look at it from the Iranian perspective. -
finaly an exciting Tour, if you look passed the doping cases.
But I hope for you guys that Cadel does better in the Alps. in the pyrenees he didn't look strong enough to keep it all together by himself.
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Originally Posted By: Rag-DollI reckon the blame lies with Iran. They are the ones who deny Israel's right to exist (not the other way around)
I am not so sure about that. I think since the islamic revolution the US and Israel are trying to neutralise or completely trying to bring the country down, probably using words like mentioned above behind closed doors.
Just because 1 guy says something adressing a crowd of supporters and that is used by the US and Israel as reverse propaganda and easily picked up by Fox news and CNN and then the rest of the world. Thats why Iran is to blame? -
That's finally a clear answer
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will they also measure the sumo wrestlers?
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I hope McCain selects a good running mate and not some kind of moron in case he dies during his term in office. Who knows we might end up with someone worse than Bush Jr.
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I was just waking up in my hotel after an evening flight out of New York. I even made a picture of the twin towers flying passed them on my way south. Actually I was supposed to fly on the 11th but I had to reschedule due to a last minute planned meeting (that was cancelled due to the events on 9/11)
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To me it seemed that almost everyone had 4 or 5 stars except 1 or 2 like O11, but they were usually a blast to read. So to me the number of stars doesn't say anything. It is more based on the topic and handle name whether I read it or not.
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I added not really anything to this thread just to make my 750th post
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a guide I toured with this season had taken out the release bolt making the Dynafit a no-release binding. Would it work for you?
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FT, interesting read.
What is the size of the skins you used and why do they suck?
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My neighboors were Pakistani and after your question I looked up some old pictures (including one with their license plate on it)
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SerreChe, 63 is Pakistan, not 68. Also Netherlands is 53, not 58.
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I believe many phones have a preinstalled tipcalculater buttons these days. Never bottered using it, but some of my friends I have seen using it all the time.
The best that was ever given to a waiter in my presence was in Chicago. After sitting through a meal that was ruined by an annoying, rude, unattentive waiter, that bluntly asked for his tip. A friend of mine snapped back: "i'll give you a tip, be nice to your customers." It might have made him a lot of money, although I seriously doubt that.
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I used to have a list. but I think I threw it away when I moved.
There must be an official list by Gaimusho, but I got one that was made by some embassy drivers, but it was a complete list (back then).
basically it is in alphabetical order, although recently a lot of 'new' countries opened an embassy in Tokyo. Those countries were just added to the list. Then there are some embassies having so many cars driving around that they have more than 1 number (USA, Russia, China, Korea and some others)
From what I remember
02 Argentina
03 Australia
05 Brasil
09 Chile
10 China
38 Korea
48 Korea
58 Netherlands
68 Pakistan
The first 2 or 3 digits is the country code the last 2 digits is the car number. If the car has 01 as last digits it is the official ambassadors car, but all other numbers can be at random (or not)
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I had to go home asap to undergo surgery otherwise I would have stayed and skied some more.
This trip really made think about arai. What happened to the grooming machines up there. wouldn't it be possible to lease one of those and use it to get up the mountain with a group.
snowcat skiing in Japan!
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One of the special things they offer is full moon skiing. As they have a cat they can go on the mountain whenever they want. If the weather permits they go full moon skiing, but also on other nights they might just head up the mountain the enjoy the spectacular night view. We tried it but we ended up in a snowstorm and it took us 30 minutes to just find the tracks back down the mountain.
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Last week I went catskiing in Macedonia, not the greek part but the independent country just north of Greece. Somehow there is a lot of discussion about the name and the use of Alexander the Great betwen Greece and Macedonia, but TsondaBoy might be better informed about this.
Anyhow in the northwest corner or the country very close to Albania and Kosovo there is the little sleepy village of Popova Shapka. It has a number of lifts but those weren't running, but there was the newly started cat skiing operation. Somehow they named it Eskimo Freeride, but then without any eskimos within a circle of 3000km of the place. That doesn't mean that there isn't snow on this crazy mountain.
It started snowing the moment we arrived and we all got really excited. The following morning I was out at 6.30 and it promised to become a great day with some fresh snow but also bright blue skies. But we had to wait for some other and by the tiem they came it was already 9.30. so we hopped into the snowcat and went up to 'Antenna'. There was a lot of wind blowing away the freshly fallen snow from the night before.
So we jumped in towards the lower parts of the mountain where the snow was better. I went in second behind the guide . Following him a part down the mountain. Somehow he fell and me not realising what happened hit the same zastrusi when my ski released and I crashed into the compact snow. We I stopped I immediately felt that something was wrong. And yes on my first run I broke my thumb. So instead of the good snowtrip I can tell you a lot about the hospital in nearby Tetovo, but not so much about skiing here. Although the mountain looks promising, maybe not really steep but with plenty of shutes, some cliffs and trees to have some fun days.
I will go back next year to really enjoy of what I have missed here.
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great shots of delicious pow.
the green jacket might not be your choice but it comes out a lot better than the dark colors in pictures.
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Shinagawa Prince is a good hotel and close to the aquarium but that's about it. There is so much more to see and do around Ueno. So staying there you will need to take the train if you want to see something of Tokyo.
Novotel in Ueno is alright. strange looking christmas tree like building south-west from the JR station.
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do'nt know exactly and haven't the races, but it can be sprayed on due to the light conditions. With flatlight the vis can be good but no depth by spraying the lines the racers can see a little more depth.
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Start a new thread 'FT Pontoons try-out waiting list' or so.
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My brother-in-law also uses the largest sanitary pads he can put his hands on. Has been using the system for years while trying several other things but he keeps coming back to the pads. It is cheap and it works.
My sister doesn't want to be seen near him when he buys the things, because even after explaining his story everyone looks at her (so she says)
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The "not yet been to Japan" thread
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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Quite a lot of people hanging around here that have never been to Japan, interesting