PaoloSmythe

cheers TJ; i fink i asked bling aboot it before. i will pester him again if things start to pan out.

mind you, he is likely to recommend his hill and so a hook up might become likely, where he'll cosh me about the the head and ears for using the evil jet planes to get there, whilst leaving a scuzzy streak of pollutants across the sky!

envio-fascist that he is! i hear that he travels long haul, strapped under the wings of a mighty condor!

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Snowolf

They drive the same way!!! I got chased across 5 lines of the 880 in Oakland, Ca. by one merging onto the freeway while reading a map. Mind you, I was in an 18 wheeler with the air horn blasting, but he took no notice. By the time I was on the grass in the median he finally looked up and veered back across said 5 lines the same way without looking

ductape

I've been to a few places in Japan. I lived in Tokyo for 2 1/2 years. I actually snowboarded for the first time at Joetsu Kokusai. I wasn't good enough to explore the entire mountain at the time, but it seemed like a good spot. The place I went to the most was Shiga Kogen. That place is huge and has some amaizing runs. The only complaint I had about it was all of the posers. The Japanese kids that would go out and get all of the most expensive flashy gear, and just sit in the middle of the groomers ALL DAY! I swear, it was like they would set up camp and stay for 6 hours in the same spot trying to look cool.

I never had too much trouble with the language barrier. Most of the younger people (< 30) know some English as it's a manditory class in school from what I was told. I survived for a few years knowing only basic Japanese and not being able to form coherant sentances.