grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Are you as "bad" as Michael Jackson? He was bad. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 You're bad Michael Jackson. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Originally Posted By: Go Native I actually like the saying 'it's a bit pearl harbour out there tonight' (there's a nasty nip in the air) not nice. Needs a Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Long long time ago, I drove my car into a pub carpark to get a last minute pint. In the bar, "you a student?" It was a pub next to a university campus and me the darkie just parked in the pub gardens. "Yes, I'm a student" Pissed nut: "so you think you're clever do you? Me: "you don't need to be clever to be a student. Even you can be one if you wanted to". Bullet must've went ziiiinnnnng ove his head. He just said "well, I chose not to" Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well after a very refreshing 11 degrees overnight it got to 25 here today with bright sunshine and little humidity. Perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Oh to be living in Hokkaido. I am jealous, pretty much throughout the year!! Off to the US for 3 weeks next week. Should be cooler. See you after. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Only got to 18 today and rain again. To be honest that's a little cool for mid summer. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 But it means bumper snow in winter, right? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I wish! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Me too! I also wish my flight day arrived quick time as I want to escape! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Only 19 yesterday and rain all day. Today is cloudy and still cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Mate, Summer is not Summer without the heat and surf. Humidity I can do without, but I get a bit depressed here in Germany. Hot day, running on the sand down the beach into the water, ahhhhh... Crystal barrels, catching waves.... fish'n chips, cold Bundy's ginger beer Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Mate one of the main reasons I chose to live in Hokkaido is because of the climate and the relatively cool summers. I've never overly enjoyed heat, always preferred winter and have an obsession with snow. You didn't think I chose to live here because I like the Japanese people and their culture did you? Link to post Share on other sites
Zoe 0 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Toooo hot for me, though I am just about managing this year. Lots of time off and in cool houses, lots of drink. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Still stinking hot is it? Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Hasn't been that hot this summer except for a few days. Very rainy though. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I think it has rained almost every day here for the past 6 weeks! It has been very hot on only a few days with other days being hottish - hot. Luckly the humidity here is not that bad most days and at night the temps drop off nicely with little or no humidity, something that doesn't happen in Tokyo. Anyway not long now before the temps start dropping! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 it was hot and humid as hell today. Cloudy but still a sweat box, so I perched myself in a beach bar and drank the afternoon away!! Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 No-one seems to have mentioned, doesnt a not hot summer mean a bad winter? Suppose to be a snowy snowy winter after a hot hot summer isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Don't think the statistics really back up that weather myth. Looking back over the stats in Kutchan I very easily found plenty of examples of cooler summers leading to very snowy winters and warmer summers to low snowfall years. The snowiest year on record here, the winter of 69/70 followed a fairly cool summer. Still it's really warmed up in Hokkaido over the last week. Yesterday saw temps exceed 30 through many inland areas and it looks set to do so again today. We don't get over 30 much here in Kutchan or if we do it's usually only just above. Can get a little uncomfortable though as none of us have airconditioners! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I saw that it was 30! WOW cant imagine that place so warm Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 At least humidity is fairly low so it's not too uncomfortable. It's just we're not too used to such high temps! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 do people go down to the beach a lot in Hokkaido GN? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Sure do. Some of the beaches near Sapporo and Otaru are incredibly crowded at times. I usually go to some less crowded spots near Shakotan peninsula. Of course all the younger, single guys around here prefer going to the crowded beaches. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 are they nice white sandy beaches or dark volcanic variety that are around my area? Link to post Share on other sites
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