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I threw the money back at him and said "That was 2000, not 5000. Stupid cabby!!"

Originally Posted By: Go Native I haven't had too many breaks actually. Got a broken cheek bone whilst playing cricket in grade 6 (didn't wear helmet back then). Broke an ankle at 16 in a motorcycle accident and was very lucky that was all after flying off the bike at 90km/hr and going through the air for around 20m. Broke a few fingers in another motorbike fall. And broke my other ankle in a rockclimbing fall. Other than that have dislocated my shoulder twice and dislocated a couple of fingers and toes. Overall not too bad with no major bones being broken. See, now you must be a least a

Interesting. A PR/landed immigrant visa in canada comes with all kinds of strings attached, but in Japan it seems you can just bugger off, as long as you manage to renew your re-entry....

Paid for a taxi with one and the cabby started giving me change for a 5000.

Originally Posted By: RobBright My DipTESOL. Masters went tits up as Uni of Birmingham got caught up in some financial issues in Japan. What happened and how can you work your way around it?

Well, maybe I shouldn't go that far but among that cast of idiots...

The original plan was solid though -- Get elected on a bunch of crazy unrealistic promises -- let the goofy guy (Hatoyama) take the fall -- Then put in the real deal - Kan. I guess Ozawa didn't get the memo.

Been listening to a lot of Grateful Dead recently. Even took the day off work today to learn Help on the way/Slipknot. What a fun song! Love that diminished shit in the middle.

I don't know if I'll be in Numazu anytime soon but I'll be out and about a bit this winter. Probably hit the usual spots...

Numazu.... I've been there, I think. That's where Kato Gakuen is, right?

Bet it was nice and cool up there.

Little nationalist plugs that they sneak into English and other textbooks. Well, that's MEXT for you! (For those that don't live here, MEXT is the board of education. It stands for Ministry of Education, Xenophobia and Technology)

Thinking of going, Rob?

been hot as f*** every day.

I think it's from Iwate maybe. Good stuff. Better in a bottle than can. Seems like most J-micro brews are REALLY MICRO, except for Ginga Kogen.

This one really bugs me. So much for 'cautious optimism'.

Maybe you're just not cut out for mining in the first place, Snowhuntress.

Good then. Still young in this corner. I can check off some of those -- like "You'd rather go to work than call in sick" but that's just coz I have two kids under the age of three at home, so that's understandable. And the weather channel one, well I've always been strangely into the weather network....

I wonder how they're going to break the four month thing to them.

The Shining -- Really? That makes me want to read it. I had thought that that was one of the rare occasions where the movie was better than the book.

Originally Posted By: MintyNZ omg! it's a double rainbow omg! *cry* it's so intense This one picks up after around the 1 minute mark. Must be the same guy as in Tubby's offering above.

True, actually. That's OK...

Troll. Somebody ban him.

Originally Posted By: thursday What were you packing condoms for? In case you got lucky with the fat lady next to you on the flight? She's not fat.

They're a long way down but there must be a way to get em out quicker than that. Bring in the cavalry or something.... Maybe they can get BP to help out or something.