kuri wrote:
> "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> 
>>>Anyway if you get the same weather as in Osaka today (snow storms), it's
>>>normal you put yourself on hibernation mode.
>>
>>Lotsa snow here in Aichi today, but all wind blown. If only I could head
>>up to Gifu or Nagano tomorrow for some skiing.
> 
> You can. You have a kaze + kafunsho + the bird flu, so tomorrow you'll be in
> a too bad shape to go to work and nobody will come to check because they
> don't want to catch it.

Hmm. The downside of self-employment. If I don't work, there is nobody 
covering me. If this snow had fallen a week earlier (or next week). I'm 
planning one more ski trip for this season. Might give the heliskiing at 
Tsugaike another go.

> The last time I've done that, I was in highschool. That was an incredibly
> sunny day in the mountains, during the next 2 months, I had the face like a
> sort of panda (the part covered by the mask around the eyes still white and
> the rest nicely sunburnt).

Grow a beard and wear a woollen cap that leaves no gap between googles 
and hat and no more panda effect. Bit hard for kids in high school to 
grow a beard though.


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Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Nagoya. Saturday 5th March 2005
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