"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
08.28.2018, 06:15 PM
foreignfilmfreak
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Hey! It's been almost a month since I moved to Japan. I'm not sure if it's just Hokkaido, but it doesn't feel like I've even left Canada (except everyone speaks Japanese). I love my job and apparently love working with teenagers. I didn't think it would be this fun but it is.
09.03.2018, 06:58 AM
husky51
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WAY TO GO, FFF...
SO HAPPY FOR YOU, now I hate you, too...lol you're there in Japan and I'm not... sigh... You know I'm funning with you.
I so happy for you !!!
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09.03.2018, 10:17 AM
Saddletank
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That's good to hear FFF, as a Canadian you'll feel right at home when the Hokkaido winter comes.
"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
09.03.2018, 05:07 PM
Saddletank
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quote:Originally posted by husky51 That would be cool to have seen, Saddles...
Tell Megan I said 'Hi'...
You said that she was filming at the time, is there any chance on seeing the clip???
Husky, Megan finally got around to sending me the videos she took that day. Here is the one in question.
This is the only place in Britain and maybe in Europe where standard gauge steam hauled trains pass each other at speed (although the line speed is limited to 25mph) and Megan was lucky enough to experience it - and was filming at the time.
quote:Originally posted by foreignfilmfreak Hey! It's been almost a month since I moved to Japan. I'm not sure if it's just Hokkaido, but it doesn't feel like I've even left Canada (except everyone speaks Japanese). I love my job and apparently love working with teenagers. I didn't think it would be this fun but it is.
Great! It didn't occur to me you would already have been there so long now. I'm glad it's going well.
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09.03.2018, 07:12 PM
husky51
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I think that you might enjoy these 65 'punny' signboards that a guy in Australia sent me...
@Kazagami: Take a look at #16, you might be able to relate to that one, lol...
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The third one is different. I tried to understand the lore behind Warhammer, I only understood the key parts. Could not figure out where do we fit in
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09.23.2018, 03:29 PM
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The top one seems vaguely familiar, but I can't place it...
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09.23.2018, 04:11 PM
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Two well known animated TV shows; one Japanese, one American. Combined characters.
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quote:Originally posted by fenkashi Just a ship passing through in the night
Many ships have passed by in the calm and raging waters, but it is ALWAYS great to see these ships as it relieves the loneliness of the open sea... Your eyes get tired of searching and searching and seeing nothing but horizon and water and sky... plus you're standing out there in the open weather, be it sunny and hot or rainy and cold...
Great to see you, fen.... come pass by our portals more often... Once in a while, drop anchor and we can exchange some 'scuttlebutt'... (means one of two things in the Navy, "gossip' or a 'water fountain')...
How are things going with you and your family? All are well and healthy, we hope...
Reminds of when I was topside lookout one night and we saw another ship passing at a distance. It was normal to 'challenge' these ships just to see who they were, not for any aggresssive reason. This one night there was no signalmen on the topside bridge at that moment (getting coffee or something) and the officer asked us lookouts if we knew how to signal a challenge with the signal light. I don't know how to do signals in general, but I could do that at least until one of the signalmen showed up... It was to simply flash an "A" three times in a row, one short light and one long then pause and repeat. The other ship never answered, but that was actually normal as many civilan ships do not always have a signalman on board, much less up on watch at night.
When you see the old movies of naval ships signaling in the day or night, this one time, that was ME!!! although no one was around to film it... lol
Thanks for the memory, fen... I hadn't thought about that event for years... lol
Take care of yourself...
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08.28.2018, 06:15 PM
lol