thursday 1 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 round up young virgins... Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Okay everyone as Christmas draws closer I think we should all take a minute to realise how lucky we are and what we have and also give a thought to those people who a less fortunate than ourselves. I had 3 very sad stories in my store this week and it reminds me of how lucky I am. 1) A gentleman's wife has terminal cancer and this will be her last christmas so they are trying to make it as special as the can for her and hoping she can make it through to the new year. 45 years young 2) A young man came in and he has just be diagnosed with testical cancer and there is nothing they can do for him as it has traveled through out his body - no signs of illness at all just noticed one day that one of his testicles had gone a little hard. 27 years young. 3) Another one of my customers just lost their 3 year old daughter to Leukemia. So snow or no snow in Niseko I am truly blessed in life Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Wow! Snowhuntress those are some pretty sad cases! I hate hearing stories like that Truly makes you realize how lucky we are to have each and every day. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 no thanks. I'd like to spend my holidays thinking about the snow I'm gonna hit. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Quite a few Japanese seem convinced that Christmas is December 24th. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Isn't it? 25th is for taking the tree down and putting up the new year stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 So...Thursday. Got a gift for the wife yet? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I know some shops that take the tree down after closing on the 24th, don't even wait until the 25th. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 in Japan? That's pretty common. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I am really quite excited about being in Tokyo for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I have never been away from home for Christmas before! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 It will probably be much better than back home in the UK. Apparently, the UK doesn't go overboard on Christmas any more, though that is the story from an uncle who tends to over-exaggerate things! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Originally Posted By: scouser It will probably be much better than back home in the UK. Apparently, the UK doesn't go overboard on Christmas any more, though that is the story from an uncle who tends to over-exaggerate things! I was in London on the 27th of Dec last year and there was plenty of Christmas stuff around then!! Especially liked the Christmas Faire in Hyde Park - there is nothing like that here in Perth! Just the atmosphere of people strolling around all rugged up against the cold, stopping for a Gluewhein or Hot Chocolate, buying decorations for the tree, interesting gift items - all still there POST Christmas. It wouldn't work in hot old Perth. No wonder ex-pats lament their lost cold weather Christmases when they are living here. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Harods. 27th December. The sale to end sales. It's always on the news and nobody dies. So how come it's always on the news? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear So...Thursday. Got a gift for the wife yet? Nah, not yet. Looks like a mad mad rush or a saucepan on the head. Same thing really. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Is it not already on? There seem to be Sales on in shops there constantly now and I did read that there were some pretty mean sales going on over the weekend to try and get the business. All the old traditions crumbling away. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Well isn't everything coming to a grinding halt in Europe and the US due to snowstorms... The news reports here suggest that retail sales are well low due to snowy weather. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 and people being stuck indoors without lecky. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear I am really quite excited about being in Tokyo for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I have never been away from home for Christmas before! hope you enjoy it BUT there isn't much of a Christmas feel over here. Although Fujisawa station is decked out nicely in lots of Christmas lights Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 get yourself in the KFC queue Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 NO! Teppanyaki all the way fella's! What could be more Christmassy than buying new gear in Kanda! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Who here likes Christmas? I think I like it more recently because my lady friend loves it so much. THere's so little of the baggage and all of the commerciality but in a fun and innocent way, somehow. And of course hopefully some skiing. Miss family though. So what about presents. I have just ordered my present for me, a new 70-300mm Nikkor lens. Of course, giving is so much more fun. shhet, you're gonna have a great Christmas Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Got it and I got the 16-85mm as well - used that one at Marunuma yesterday but haven't really tried the 70-300 yet. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Lens blowout! I'm hoping for some socks. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Why not, I say! Ho ho ho. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 So who else will be working xmas day? Almost can't remember the last xmas where I didn't work.... Link to post Share on other sites
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