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Well, they certainly do slap like a girl, so why not go the extra step

Side step him, grab his chonmage, and kick him in the nuts.

when exactly is it that chicks flip the switch to obasan voice?? You never seem to hear the transition stage. It's either one or the other.

Hahahahahaha! If only they knew... Off to get the snow tyres now...

CB, I'm gonna tell them where to put that meeting on the 26th. So no, no hassles for getting up that way. I know what you mean about Taz. Life is certainly never dull with him around. He's pretty considerate of your space too.

tell him he's dreaming.

in-bloody-deed! Enough whingeing about work though. Enjoy the snow this weekend.

yeah, it's better than an office job sitting at a desk all day. IT has it's moments. Toque, was that to me? About the 3 day weekend before that. If it was, then no, I have to work on the 24th as well

He's off this weekend eh? You must be looking forward to getting the place to yourself again. You heading up for the weekend CB? The bastards here called a meeting for the 26th!! I'm piking out on that one.

vinegar fumes up the nose...... Sunrise, I'm not sure about hoke. I haven't heard that one before. Different regions do have different names for the same fish, but the dictionary very definitely has tara as cod. There may be different varieties of cod with different names too.

sorry snobee. Heading to Hakuba over new years. Next time eh! Griller, as Snobee said, when it is snowing it is not too bad. But you generally don't get the big powder dumps like central/northern Japan. More than enought to enjoy from time to time though

Ausbc, you don't happen to know a fella named Greg do ya??? CB, you forked that out for a pass? I guess I probably would too if I was up there for the season.

Nice... no one would ever suspect what it really was.

really? Check Deadwood out people. Really good. Of course if you don't want to wait then most of them are online...

classic

This is Atka Mackerel in all it's colourful glory Sunrise! http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/species/Atka_mackerel.htm Yeah, Schnapper, snapper, sea bream, all of them are Tai. All the same species (ie. bream, or variations of it). Anything finishing with tai or dai will get you close enough to what you want. Oh man.... We gotta stop this fish and chip talk so are you salt and vinegar, sauce or chicken salt fans?? I personally like salt and vinegar, sometimes chicken salt, and perhaps even both together...

yeah, I know that. Ans usually I ignore it and don't get worked up too much about it. But his comment that "You should be wary when there are foreigners around" really got my goat! That coming from a top cop on national TV...

mruuaaaaaggggghhh (Homer Simpson drool) back at ya Nicole! Barramundi is one of the nicest fish I have ever eaten!

I like the algae and tilapia pond idea Ocean11

salmon mackerel Atka mackerel (hehehe) tuna There you go CB

Yeah you want to see what's in her sack of goodies right CB!

oooooo My reaction lasted about 2 weeks! It was agony getting into onsens like that too! Which, considering it was winter, really sucked!

I just caught the last 10 mins of a show called Antenna 22 on Jap TV. It was a documentary following a 19 yo girl who was doing work experience at a the crime unit somewhere in Tochigi. At the end of the show they did a quick follow-up interview with the head of the unit, and they made a big deal about how many crimes are committed by foreigners recently. I know this isn't anything new in Japanese media, but it makes my blood boil to hear it. The chief even emphasized how foreigners are much more likely to get violent and dangerous when faced with arrest. When are they gonna pull their b

Kyoto?

nice work snowglider. By the way, exactly where is 135.750E, 34.506N - 61m???