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This isn't directed at anyone or anyone's post. Just festering feelings that this feature article compelled me to put into words. I am sick of hearing the same tired old anticapitalist, often misanthropic, doomsday rhetoric about greenhouse gasses. I am not a scientist, but I have been an academic for the past six years. If there's one thing that experience taught me its that academics (scientists included) are just as (if not more) capable of tunnel vision about their own work and being influenced by other "academic studies" and brainless rhetoric as the rest of us. Are greenh

I completely missed Bigwill's comment about cheesedog the first time around Haven't had one of them in decades! Are they still around?

Today, most tatami mats are about 95% styrofoam on bottom with a tatami cover (try lifting the mats in your room to see which you have). They're a lot warmer, quieter, and don't have the bug problems that the 100% tatami tatami mats have. Just don't jump up and down too much on the new ones or you'll end up with Edward James Omlos tatami.

Thunder storms are excellent. When living in California for 4 years of uni, there wasn't a single one. When I returned to the East coast, and experienced my first T-storm in years, it was truly phenomenal.

Those "sale" prices are exactly the same as in most other shops that haven't marked them as sale at this time of year. For Jinbocho's ski gai, marked prices are irrelevant. Know what you want before you go, visit a bunch of stores with pencil/paper & make note of the lowest price you find. You can then buy what you want from any shop at that price. They know what the cheapest offering in town is, and if you know it too, all of them will give it to you or even beat it. The store you chose should be the one with the best after service. I've been happiest with Fuso in that depa

NZ is quite photogenic. So is the lump. I know what I'm doing next summer. That fall must have hurt, but if you don't stop tripping out on it, you'll never get over the fear. I just hope it isn't too late. Be thankful there was no fence waiting to impale yourself on at the bottom. Great pics. Great trip. Thanks.

Nah, a baby brie! (You stole my joke, AmericansstuckBushlikeapig!) But congrats anyway Cheeseman!

Quote: Originally posted by dizzy: what size r ur feet? 26.5 Japanese give or take 0.5 But my stuff should be on its way. Let's hope mom didn't use sea mail.

Yeah for North American ski resorts! http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/11/08/ski.power.ap/index.html I hope Japanese resorts get some ideas and follow suit.

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Thanks diz. got the pm. All this talk is bringing back the itch. All my gear is back in the states, though (kicking self). Will try to get the rents to send it over and make it down.

Dizzy, where is your gym in Tokyo? ? Got a link?

Congratulations!

RIP

Saw the first pictures of people on such a pre-season run here on the tele this evening.

Score 2 points for your pr person SJ!

Don't see why they couldn't . . but. . . Wouldn't the banrupt owner and/or bank have already sold off all saleable assets including lifts, snow-making equip, etc.??? And aren't property taxes assessed to whoever owns a property on Jan 1?? Thats certainly not an insignifanct hunk of change on a multi-million $ prop. and and and I would be extremely surprised if anyone bought any of it at this point.

Quote: Originally posted by Fossil: Let me get this straight an okamashika is an african Wildebeest right? Nah, mate. Its santa's reindeer Prancer.

Weddings and funerals are the two biggest money-makers for churches (and temples, and Shrines, and and and). Of course priests are going to be pissed. Many call that feeling of hurt "sacrilege" or something spirit related, though.

Just went for a jog here in Tokyo in shorts and a short-sleeve shirt this morning. Also just looked at my wall and realized the calender on my wall still says its September. Maybe this weather is my fault. I'm ripping pages off right after I post this. (damn, can't believe I'm joining the sewing circle, too!)

I didn't know she was related to Condaleeza Rice.

Yeah, the standard contract at our company is national holidays, 6 pre-determined company holidays. and six days of paid vaca. You wouldn't happen to be a teacher would you, Indy? I gave up that life. The vaca was great, but the job just didn't get me out of bed in the mornings.

Unlike in the states, landlords in Japan as a general rule change the locks with each new tenant (that's one of many post-move fixes that reduces your deposit to near-zero)

Doesn't make up for the lack of paid vacation, though.

2 in november alone