jgraves
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Heal fast AK.
I was coming up about an hour or so behind you in nothing but a long sleeve T and watched you drop in from afar around 2:00. At the time I was a bit surprised you went. Glad you all made it out.
Thanks for the pics and the honesty. I don't feel nearly as bad about having bailed that afternoon.
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You can tell he's not wearing any undies by the look on his face.
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Why, so we can get more photos of in-focus trees and out-of-focus kamoshika?
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Actually AK, I think I saw your used underwear being sold in a vending machine in Kabukicho
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Quote:Originally posted by Kumapix:
tohoku bum beware of ebc's secret spots
I've heard EBC's secret spot is quite bushy
Today was rather on the epic side, aside from the group of aussies who poached my poach. Even saw a bear.
Just tell me where to be and when. Looking forward to getting piste with you. -
Just rolled into Hakuba this morning for what is prolly the last gig of the season for me.
Any of you local types up to anything interesting the next few days?? Would love to meet up with you on piste, off piste, to take the piste out of EBC, or to have a night out on the piste. I'm here till tuesday.
Holy kyofu! I've never gone horizontal on a lift before!
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It looks SJ forgot to put thier mark in the lower right corner of those two pics. Of course, one of them doesn't actually need it.
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How could the rust set in after 5 days? Just go skiing again next weekend and it'll come right off.
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True for normal parcels, but not for sending stuff to the airport for some reason.Quote:Originally posted by tsondaboy:
If the delivery point is within honshu, they deliver next morning after they pick up.
Just let them know that you are in a hurry when you fill in the form.
KNY told me 3 days to Narita from Aizu. Pelican said 2 days, so I have always use them. Call around.
Maybe the guys at KNY need the extra time to try on all your underwear. -
I flushed it down the toilet after wiping my @ss with it so this is from memory, but the bill broke down something like...
lease renewal fee: =1 month's rent (for owner)
insurance contract renewal fee: $300 (no, not the actual insurance premium, just grease)
real estate agent fee: 25% of subtotal
etc
The most absurd part about it is you gotta pay 5% sales tax on the fictitious "service" you're receiving.
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C'mon, what's wrong with it?
I piss on people from the lifts all the time. $hit once too. I just haven't hit you yet. Thanks, you've just given me a mission for the season. Heads up, ger!
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Not necessarily. Skimming is huge in Japan with card readers being sold openly on the streets of Akihabara.Quote:Originally posted by Hokkaidough:
Thing is I still have my card, it was never stolen. "An online transaction", apparently.
Here, you don't know if you've been pickpocketed, cuz they put it back after they've skimmed your card info. -
The snowbunnies it is, then.Quote:Originally posted by yamayamayama:
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Quote:Originally posted by ger:
My purpose is to observe and report on Elementary School English lessons and make a positive contribution to English Education in Japan. So which town has the easiest access to powder and big mountains???
You should teach that use of the word "so" to your students. -
Yeah, when I signed the contract, I was planning to head back to the states after it was up, so the renewal fee part of the lease wasn't even on my radar.
Now with a baby on the way, a sweet job, and and and. Well, let's just say I could be here for a while or two.
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Conditions? Fun? Skills? What?
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Actually was thinking about Hakuba this weekend. Is it pretty stable up there these days?
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The new apartment does kick ass, though.
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So I just got the lease renewal papers for my apartment in the mail the other week.
200,000 yen just to renew my rental contract! WTF? I don't even like the apartment. $2000 dollars? Just to change the date, push print, sign what comes out, and put a stamp on the friggin envelope? No way.
So I've spent the past two weekends (both of which I had planned to spend up in the mountains) looking for a new apartment. I finally found an absolutely amazing apartment and signed for it today.
I'll take vindication over revenge anyday! I love this feeling.
The only problem is, I will probably lose two MORE weekends in the snow moving in.
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You alcoholic kleptomaniacQuote:Originally posted by skidaisuki:
even in Tokyo, shops leave high value stock (bottles of whisky for example...) lying around outside on display on the pavement with no-one looking over them. When people ask why I live in this country, after the girls and the mountains, that point's a close third...
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Hey Dom welcome.
I was excited when you said Mishima, cause there's a Mishima up in Aizu (Fukushima Pref) near me. Its not just south of Fuji, though. I'm sure there are tons of Mishimas, though. What Prefecture?
Good gear tends to be on the expensive side here, so I'd bring what you've got and leave it behind when you leave, depending on how nice it is. Also depends on how much you plan to get on the slopes.
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The rainy season in Tokyo this past summer was surprisingly dry too
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The top two buckles were on #1. That said, they are really stiff boots. So you might be on to something.
A rando boot would be best, but unfortunately just not an option this year. You think resurrecting an old soft alpine boot might help?
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Now there's a religion I could subscribe to.
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TB - wasn't your plan always to go up the ridge and back down it, like journey man? I thought you didn't have a beacon or something... but maybe i'm totally mistaken?
But I was solo, and hungry, and (#1 reason) something about being alone on that ridge just started messing with my mind so I went up to the 3rd cairn and headed back.