Bonio
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It's incredibly usefull for following threads like "This years kanji"
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I use Firefox. Not only is it very useful for blocking unwanted adverts with the Adblock plugin, it also had Rikaichan, a pop-up Japanese dictionary plugin. I find rikaichan very usefull as it provides a translation on Japanese text merely by scrolling the mouse cursor over it and can handle compound words and the like competently.
Sure I should probably work harder at learning the Kanji myself, but untill I'm more capable its a very usefull crutch.
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Crazy game as far as I can tell... not that I've ever tried to get into it.
Over the weekend my mums boyfriend claimed one of its greatest merits was the ability to go to sleep for several hours during a match, wake up, and have not missed anything. Boggles the mind
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I got wireless net while sitting outside the ticket office at the base of 47 last year. Not sure if was intentional or not, and I discovered it by pure fluke but I used it to check my e-mails a couple of times on my iPAQ. I would chuckle if I saw a row of people tapping away at laptops in full ski/snowboard gear this year.Quote:does anyone know if you can get wireless internet anywhere at the resort or at nearby resorts?
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I considered getting one of these for a while:
http://www.ambientweather.com/orat18.html
Nice and self contained, you dont need a rucksack and I could use my iPAQ to watch the videos as they both use SD memory cards. Unfortunately though, due to the massive price hike I would pay buying one of these things in the UK I decided it just wasn't worth it. You can get it from UK sellers, but at more than double the price you would pay for it in the US, and if you buy it from a US retailer and get it shipped, you still end up paying large amounts for the postage, and run the risk of being hit with customs charges ontop of that.
I decided in the end I'll just have a look around harajuku and see if I can pick up anything close to what I'm after.
Here is a video that apparently demonstates the quality of the the camera:
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Nah I kept me mouth shut about where it happend for insurence purposes. Like I said I just boarded down, those warnings about the cost of various rescues were up there last year as well.
If it had been my leg it might have been a different matter, I imagine sliding down on your arse through deep snow would be pretty sketchy, especially as you might do yourself further damage. I did get a bit worried when I turned onto my toe edge though. With my elbow screwed I was ok heel side as I just fell on my back, but when I turned toe side I was worried about falling onto it. Nevermind thoug, its all good now.
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Fractured and dislocated my left elbow last year in the backcountry off 47.
I unintentionally went over a small compacted drift of snow and as I braced myself to hit the ground my elbow smacked right into the trunk of a tree. Didn't really hurt that much when I did it, I was just accutely aware something wasn't right. Carried on down the mountain though, but I was sweating like a fat kid on a treadmill by the time I reached the bottom.
It did get me an upgrade to business class on the flight home but when I got home and they took off the splint off I shat meself because I had pretty much zero movement in the joint. It took about a month to get full range back and for all the orrible dead tissue to be broken down. Its quite scary when a joint you know should be able to bend just wont budge however much you lean on it. Oh and the Japanese Doctors didn't give me any pain killers the fiends.
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Will it work as an inflatable life raft as well?
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Never been a goth myself but their are lots of them where I live. They have a rather irritating habit of gathering in the town centre in a group of about 30, in the same spot and doing absolutely nothing all day. Not really your classic goth though, they are more of a mish mash of goth (wearing almost entirely black + makeup) punk (The more extreme hairdo's plus doc martins) and grunge (there is always at least 4 wearing the exact same nirvana hoody)
I expect they generally intimidate/irritate most people down town at weekends but that is probably the point. It would be nice if goth lolita took off a bit. At least that would be a bit of variation and would show a bit of originality within my town. Might freak out people even more though.
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Maybe alot of people have been "writing their names in the snow" in that particular spot
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Jeans or cargo trousers do it for me. Either that or nice black leather chaps - thong combo
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Ouch, that sux! I did about half a days riding with a bloke from New Zealand teaching in Japan. He was using step-ins with brand new, fresh out the box Burton step-in boots. We went down a mogul run with about a foot of fresh powder on it and the plastic that makes up the part of the boot the teeth grip into split. His foot popped straight out I imagine, as I was ahead of him I didn't see it. I don't ride step-ins myself as I don't think much of them but for the boots to break like that almost immediatly is seriously shabby. Alot of dodgy burton gear seems to get through the net.
I wonder if he ever found his warranty card and receipt
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Exact same thing happend to me except my elbow took the punishment.
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I think punks used to get beat up quite a bit around the sex pistols kinda era, early punk I suppose. Back in the 70's lots of brits were still really pro british monarchy and when God Save the Queen was released for the silver jubilee ect.. I think quite alot of punks got the shit kicked out of them.
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I'm confused, are you offering to shave our backs?
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Yeah I would give them back to her, without the boyfriend in the room, and jokingly say that they don't fit. That will probably lead her to make clear what exactly she intended when she gave them too you.
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I hope you will at least try them on...for the sake of good manners obviously
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In the UK I remember they constantly showed this advert at my local Odeon (I assume the same at them all)
It was like 52weeks a year...7 days a week.....24 hours a day........60minutes an hour...... and so on, with this really irritating music. It ran for years, I think it was just an advert for Odeon but it wasn't a very good one as it irritated me so much whenever I saw it I wanted to set fire to the screen and I can't actually even be sure what it was for.
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I saw the trailer for the "Grizzly Man" film and looked into what happend, it seems quite alot of environmentalists think Treadwell was a massive numpty (idiot), and deserved what he got. Especially as him getting himself killed resulted in two bears being shot and killed.
Do they get that across in the film?
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I have a feeling they wont be modelling any childrens toys off that little fella...
I watched a program yesterday about an egyptian baby girl who when in the womb had partially split as an embryo which would normally result in twins. In her case the split had happend late and her twin had grown attached to her head, as is the case in conjoined twins. Unusually in this case their was not enough blood for the second baby to develop beyond a head and part of the throat. What was really crazy was that the head was concious, or at least it was mentally independant of the twin which it was essentially a parasite of. It would appear to cry, and was often awake when the fully developed twin was asleep.
Eventually after about 14 months, they removed the parasitic twin and the developed one survived, despite them sharing a blood supply ect.. Unfortunately it looks like the little girl is brain damaged but it was still a pretty amazing case.
It kinda raises a few moral questions as well, and debate over exactly how concious the 'head' was actually able to be. Reproduction throws up all kinds of possibilities for odd things, fascinating if your able to get past the initial squeamish response.
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I over shot a landing on a jump I hadn't checked out by about 3meters this year, I had time to think to myself "this is really going to hurt" I then spent about five minutes rolling around on my back totally winded.
I think when you are boarding you tend to rely largely on muscle memory, instict ect.. so you havent really got that much going through your head, so when you stack it or your aware your about to stack it alot more thoughts start bouncing around the old noggin in a short amount of time, making it seem a bit like things are slowing down.
Normally, in my case, these thoughts are limited to a select group of four letter words.
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Yeah, man versus tree and the tree won.
It's out of the splint now but I don't yet have full movement of the elbow, I can only extend it to about 45degrees. That should improve with time.
Thats what happens when you look at the tree rather than the gaps between them
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I broke and dislocated my elbow...but I still got 1 month and a bit boarding so it wasn't too bad. To be honest it has saved me from the risk of bankrupting myself by staying out in Nagano longer than I should.
No snow here in merry old Leicester though.
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I arrived in Tokyo 2 nights ago and I was actually quite surprised by how warm it is. I visited the imperial palace yesterday and the weather was warm enough for people to sit out having picnics,clear skys and warm sunshine all day.
It was alot of fun getting my board and two bags from Narita to my hotel on the Tokyo Subway. My arm almost fell off and I got alot of funny looks. It was not as bad as I had expected though.
Only two more days and i'll be hitting the snow in Hakuba. Head first more than likely.
Snow, Surf and Carve !
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I bought a noSno mountain board this year which I have used far less than I've wanted to, mostly owing to injury but also the lack of suitable terrain around where I live. Unfortunately next year I'm probably moving further south (Kent - England) and the terrain will get even more bland, though I will have beaches to play around on if I buy myself a foil kite. noSno boards incorperate snowboard bindings and boots, which I really like and despite the lack of actual use, I'm still pretty glad I bought that particular product (Though it is my first off-road board).