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As the the sky, think of it like a big swimming pool and you'll be right. Things float and fly in the sky the same as things float and swim in a pool.
We use "get on" for mass public transport, planes trains, buses etc but "get in" is for smaller private cars/boats....At least I think that's how it works?
Why?..the same reason you say 電車をおりる but 電車に乗る. Why を in one case but に in the other? Japanese particles do my head in too!! If you try and think too much about why certain things are said you're brain will explode!!! Mines come close plenty of times! Sometimes there is no reason and sounds like you've it before but sorry- that's just how it is.
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This should be in the silly question thread that was goin here a little while ago!
Is snowbaording addictive!!
Oh yeah!!!
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Why don't you ask her?
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Nothing surprises me in this place anymore!
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They're not this year's model but the year before. So that'll make them the 2003 model I suppose. So you reckon they sorted all the problems out, hey?
So they should, making bindings is all Drake do, you would expect them to do a better job.
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Yeah the drivers on my line do it all the way through the trip. They point at signs or something every km or so. It is pretty funny but it must keep them awake. Can't say the same for that boom gate operator yesterday...oops was that up or down when a train comes?..I can never remember!
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Sakebomb, I think you're right about the Sports Alpen Shops marketing the Kismark gear. Last time I was in their shop in my city, Kissmark was about 80% of the stuff they sold. I'd be surprised if Kissmark didn't do three hole baseplates.
I wish Burton would stop inconveniencing everyone by being the only manufacturer using a three hole stud pattern.
My matrix bindings are stiff and responsive too, but only at low speeds. If I'm going flat out (when you want the control) they get real sloppy, not a good feeling. It feels a bit like bad heel lift but I'm sure its actually the binding baseplate flexing off the board. Other complaints I have about them are:
1. they're heavy
2. the screws come loose easily and I've had to locktite them up.
3.The sliding foot bed covers the baseplate screws and makes it a pain in the bum taking the bindings on and off.
4. 2 or 3 times the ankle strap rachet has actually popped and released by itself. (never had a binding do that to me before, ever!)
5. Basic bad engineering ie; locating steel locknuts in plastic components. When you tighten the screws that have loosened, the nut just chews the plastic seat out and spins freely making it impossible to tighten.
That's cool yours have worked out for you but I'm a bit dissapointed.
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My previous bindings were missions. Good no BS bindings. I'm riding drake matrix this season and they're like being stuck to the board with sloppy poo.
I'm probably gunna go back to Burton missions next year. -
Cheers Markie, It doesn't really affect me but like I said, just curious.
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Sad but true.
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What about the parents!! I mean seriously.. Would you let your kids sleep in the same bed as Michael Jackson? F'n idiots!!
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Just out of curiousity, why do your financial assets need to be protected from a disease outbreak?
And how do you go about protecting your assets from something like that exactly?
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Yep, definitely feeling pretty springy. Sad to say I've probably seen all the powder days I'll see this season.
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I'm with you there fukdane, yesterday was a shocker. Fukushima was like boiler plate. It stayed cold all day and didn't melt.
Even worse I hit it after three hours sleep, hungover.
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I don't know about making you look good, my girlfriend reckons I look like a cockroache in my armour. yaa, gokiburi da!
It does the job though, I spent all day in a half pipe yesterday, hit the ice so many times. My upper body is fine, but my arse is killing me.
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Hunter mountain is your best bet in Tochigi, the rest are pretty tragic. I've lived in Ibaraki for four years now. So the tochigi resorts are actually the closest for me but I rarely go out there. If I know there's not gunna be any fresh snow around I sometimes shoot across to Hunter mountain to muck around in the half pipe there. But otherwise would not waste my time with the skijos in Tochigi. But you're so close so it's a bit different.
If you're in Utsunomiya, just a quick drive up the tohoku expressway will get into Fukushima and Yamagata. The snow quality up there is so much better than tochigi. I go up every weekend. Although Fukushima doesn't get the massive quantity of snow that Niigata does, the powder is always nice and dry. (Niigata people correct me if I'm wrong) But the snow seems to be alot wetter and heavier there.
My favorite place in Fukushima at the moment is Nekoma, good snow, trees, and less bullshit than other places, slow lifts though. Grandeco is good too but the staff are on your back about ducking ropes. Minowa has some good tree lines, Zao-like snow monsters at the top, not crowded but a bit mellow. ALTS is big by local standards, has some fun little tree lines, good park for the jibbers, but real crowded and seems to attract the "all the gear, no idea" tokyo crowd which shits me so I rarely go there. Haven't been there but I've heard Adatara is alright too. My don't bother list for that area is Numajiri, Hatoriko, Inawashiro and Inawashiro resort.
I've personally never made the trip out there but heard good reports about the Aizu kogen area too. Nango in particular.
Like the other guys have said Gunma and Niigata are good options too, from where you are. But I really can't tell you much cause I rarely venture into those places because of the travel time.
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Wiggles, make up your mind mate!Quote:Originally posted by Mr Wiggles:
I suppose Australia must have some deep cultural tradition that the rest of the world and the Australian I have quoted are missing.
As for the "savages" comment, I'll just say that Australia would be better off if its people didn't dismiss the cultural contribution of the people who were there more than "200 years" ago. People who are well versed in bushcraft and have one of the world's most incredible musical instruments....
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In your first line you sarcastically imply that Australia is devoid of culture, then in your next breath you contradict youself by bringing up Australia's indigenous culture.
And anyway, my use of the word "savages" was in no way a reference to aboriginal people. I was mimicing the condescending tone of your original post and refering to your image of Australians in general to be lacking culture.
Australians are not impervious to criticism from others. Most Australians will admit to their failings when the criticsim is based on fact and well intended. But if you're just being a wanker, we'll tell you pretty quickly. Nobody likes having their culture insulted.
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but a much shallower culture.
You're jolly right, me old Wiggles. They're a bunch of savages down there in the colonies.
Wanker.
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That never gettting married superstition came up in conversation with some private students of mine last night so I quized them for some other silly japanese superstitions.
They reckon when kids lose their baby teeth they throw teeth from the top jaw under the house and teeth from the bottom jaw on the roof. The belief is that if you do that the new teeth will grow through nice and straight.
Just got to look around to see it's obviously not workin...
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Yeah, Farquah, those things are classic. My oldies have one on their farm in Tasmania. It also heats steam pipes that run through the whole house for central heating.
And I could definitely do with that in my apartment cause it's freeeeeezing
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Mine cost 26k. Usually about 40k. That one in the picture is more of a mountan bike job, my local bike shop had one for 32k when I looked. Not that they are that much different.
I suppose the spine protector might be overkill for some people. Better to have too much than not enough with something like that. If you check out the dainese website they do all sorts of variations of jackets/vests with/without plates in different places.
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I got a Dainese Fullcoat Next. Let you know next week after I give it a run on the weekend.
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Cruising into the last kicker of a park, on the way back for lunch, not really concentrating, I'm not even sure where things went pear shaped but I think I caught an edge on the lip and got flipped upside down. Anyway, after a bit of airtime my head hit the ground first, followed by my shoulder, back and hip. I couldn't breath for a while, just lay there groaning like a bitch waiting for my chest to decide to start working again. My mate riding behind me got a good laugh out of it but I wasn't smiling.
I always wear a helmet so my head wasn't rocked too badly, and fortunately nothing was broken. The weird thing was eventhough I had smacked the ice with my back, what hurt the most was inside the front of my lower stomach. It took me a couple of hours to get my shit together to ride the day out. And then the stomach pain didn't go away for over a week.
So to cut a long story short it hurt a bit but could very easily have been much much worse.
I picked up some armour off yahoo the other night. It should come tomorrow
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Stepchild, There are some japanese out there that view foreigners with absolute contempt. Just your presence is an inconvenience for them. You have probably just come across a few of them. My guess is less to do with pointing and more to do with the fact that you're not japanese.
Furm, if returning the death stare doesn't crack em, give them a good "nani-o mitenndaroo" in your best tongue-curling tough-guy japanese. It's a bit like saying "What the f*** are you lookin at?" That usually has em staring at the floor for the rest of the train ride.
Keeping in touch with old friends
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Ive been seeing my old mates from HS/Uni and its been sweet. Feels like I hadnt seen em for like a week or something. Nice having some good mates like that