170cm of base at Sapporo Kokusai and a forecast of continuing snow and below-freezing temperatures through the New Year means using up those last vacation days, packing up the Hovercraft, and getting a flight up to Hokkaido! I’ll probably hit Niseko over the weekend, and maybe try and get to the “under new management” Onze sometime during the week if I get a late start, or it isn’t off the hook at Kokusai.
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First it was weird kids putting Southeast-Asia Altis badges on their Corollas, now it’s K-boy wannabes putting YF badges on their Hyundai Sonatas. Forget the fact that the Korean-market Sonatas DON’T actually come with YF badges where the oval marque badge should be, nor at the wheel centers (the YF is red subtext to the Sonata nameplate).
(0)While wandering around Shirokiya’s yatai-mura, I happened across Akimune-an’s taiyaki stall. I guess they didn’t shut down as I thought, but had just been relocated to the second floor. My unfavorite Micronesian worker had a cold as evidenced by a mask, but she was holding the mask to her face with one hand. Great. I hope that hand gets washed before it touches food or food making apparatus! I’m sure that’s wishful thinking.
Nagoya’s Jiraya is back at Shirokiya, this time all the way at the back of the yatai-mura food court. I gave their takana tenmusu this time. The salted, pickled takana adds a nice flavor to the rice. I prefer this over the regular tenmusu. It adds a buck or so to the price, but I think it’s worth it.
Recommended
Three-and-a-half out of four musu-monkeys
$8.89 USD with sales tax
Okay, 97.1 is back from the dead today. The morning DJ was apologetic, saying there was an electrical issue at the transmission tower. I did check yesterday, and their K-pop station was also out, so this makes sense. Even with them back on, there were occasional random dead spots throughout the day.
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I noticed a crack on the front edge of the gas pedals of my 08/09 Burton Doom bindings on the first day of riding this Thanksgiving weekend at Solitude. I figured the plastic was getting old and just ignored it. At the end of the second riding day, the left gas pedal actually fell off when I unstrapped my boot. This was moments after performing a field-expedient repair on Fabio’s binding strap. I kind of jammed it back in in hopes it would stay in place from the toestrap pressure, but by the bottom of the hill, it was gone to parts unknown. It was the end of the day, my board had taken some major hits, and I was tired, so I didn’t think too much of it. We spun by REI to look for replacement bits on the way home. Fabio found a replacement strap segment, but there were no gas pedals as parts. That ended up being the last riding day of the trip, so I figured I would try to resurrect the bindings with donor parts, or get new bindings when I got home. Continue reading ‘Brittle Bindings’
Chris spun by the Pit on Tuesday after his Saint Louis ride. On the rock drop before the little tree, he unclipped and proceeded to immediately rat-trap himself. Nice! The picture is pretty grotesque, so it’s after the break. Continue reading ‘We Like Riding Bicycles Why?’
Did the Nihongo FM radio station experiment fail once again? 97.1 was dead space last night when I was driving home. At least if it dies, there weren’t a pile of radio personalities to get used to not hearing anymore.
(2)Does every KARA song sound exactly the same? Not 15-seconds into “Electric Boy” was I forced to change the station away from 97.1 KORL.
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