RobBright

It reached 139 at one point today!

How is that a joke? You've just ruined my Friday now!

depends if you're the supplier or the consumer ger

Also as well, the banks didnt lump much of their assets into foreign institutions - so when the other crashed, the Japanese banks we're relatively safe - a lesson they learnt from the bubble era.

Well that depends on the USA, UK and Europe. But this would need moving to off topic, as not really related to snow is it?

have just done that myself muika - worried though as at this rate it KEEPS dropping and when will it stop?

today on xe.com its 158yen to the pound!

Ebay takes a listing fee depending on the starting price and also if you use paypal, fees from that too.

And also don't have any expectations on how much the thing will sell for - sometimes it goes for more/other times for less. And always add in the fees to the final price as well.

Well simply put - as long as you are honest and explain if there are any problems with it and also post pics of the problems - ie scratches or the such, then you should be fine. And as Mamabear says, clear descriptions are the way, and no misleading the customer.

zdl - am in the same boat as you now mate - and it ain't easy. We've decided to go a bit minimal really. Some of these places, I swear, they just choose random numbers and put that as the price!

JR View Plaza in Ofuna were putting out the brochures yesterday for the new seasons - ran across the station, smiling and the lady who was putting them out simply said ’楽ã—ã¿ã­â€™ - made her and me laugh. Ah that first day excitement - can feel it coming!

Who cares about saying it properly - simply the effort of you attempting to say it will endear you to them. They might go 'hah?' at first, but then they will try harder.

Am not surprised with that really - especially in the countryside where they don't have much contact with foreigners. That kind of attitude prevails the world over - people are generally scared of the unknown or sometimes reputations precede people. Moreover, some foreigners that I've met, without sounding superior, piss me off as they make no attempt to learn any basic phrases or words in Japanese, and instead they expect the other person to immediately understand/speak their language. Guess that really is true for English speakers mostly, which tends to alienate them even more. How

Whats the difference between Tottenham Hotspur and a triangle? A triangle has three points

Can you beat it this year?

really?

How about some fields? ie best action shot? best wipeout? etc

How about the one outside Fujisawa TB?

Jeez - how would the salaryman cope with that? I mean after the morning spent nursing a hangover from the night before, they'd only have 3 hours left to do any work?

Tsondaboy - you've just put a HUGE smile on my face with that pic.

Sorry TB - thats wrong, it used to be timing hence the high mortality rate as they would be pushed to the edge. Now its down on a weight quota and they have as much time as they need to do it in - think its a 2 week window instead of the 3 days?

yeah so expensive at 4000yen a year

no way?! might have to pop up on the 24th then.

that. was. just. WRONG!