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@tokyo_todd youtube.com/watch?v=9Drf-k…

Music nerds rejoice - ‘tis once again the night of the world’s most famous chord nytimes.com/2022/12/21/art…

@baanibaani4 Is Weekend. Firmly occupying the top two positions.

@powderbum75 Aah, from Bun Tzu's Art of Life. Happy weekend 🙇‍♂️

1. Greet people warmly with a nod and a sincere smile. 2. Never, ever, be the loudest person in the room. 3. Go out of your way to be kind to others. 4. Compassion, sympathy, empathy. Skills to be cultivated. Nothing takes more strength. A rabbit to balance the gibberish.

@Alundra15 (In truth I appreciate the loud and boisterous part myself. Thinking more about this particular area where we live here. Eat. Drink. Be merry. All that good stuff applies.)

@powderbum75 I try to live my life by these rules (except the being loud part, I'm from a loud family and I'm working on it - not angry loud, but loud when excited).

@roche_dannielle We will definitely agree on the second half.

@powderbum75 Not gibberish at all and the cutest rabbit! 😍

@NomadDragon7 🍁 🐰 🚴 🎁 🚂 🏡

@powderbum75 おはよう🐼🎋❄️♥️

@softtosslefty A bit like mine. From way back when.

@powderbum75 Not gibberish. Here is cat. Not really ours but lives on the back deck.

@Danworldtour It’s a short list.

@powderbum75 This is a good way to experience the world.

@MrJohnnyRainman Something to look forward to. ⚾️ ♥️

Dare to dream @powderbum75 ⚾️🔥

@obenkarp Thank you again.

@powderbum75 What a nice touch with the leaves! I don’t mind sharing publicly a special feeling for the Green Mountains.

I hope he won’t mind a bit of public gratitude. A thank you to my friend @obenkarp for this map of Vermont. Framed, appropriately, I believe, with maples leaves from the yard. It will now find a home on a wall here in Nikko.

@camcavers Ha!

@powderbum75 Conan O’Brien tried, to be fair

Making use of the Furusato-Nozei system. Pheasant Hamburg. Because revenge* will be a dish best served with a side of sweet potatoes and grilled vegetables. *or the Circle of Life, if you prefer

@camcavers It would be a fun LinkedIn account to make. And because I wanted to be the first person in history to use that adjective with LinkedIn.

@powderbum75 That’s what it was where I kept my safe deposit box full of fake passports, random hard currency, and a small handgun, yes!

@camcavers I would think “Peasant Hamburg” might actually be the passphrase of a snootier banker in that region.

@powderbum75 “Pheasant Hamburg” was also the passphrase for my Swiss bank account

@InakaCanuck @Benny_B_Henry Cheers.

@Benny_B_Henry @powderbum75 You can use online calculators like this one furusato-nouzei.event.rakuten.co.jp/mypage/deducti…

@Benny_B_Henry I'll put it this way: my wife and I got four "free" lift tickets to our local ski hill, but attempting to do the same in Hokkaido or a bigger resort in Nagano would be a stretch. It depends on income.

@powderbum75 Looks great. I can never seem to get a clear answer nor have the time for the research. How do you know your spending limit? Based on income? Any help appreciated.

@JapanIntercult @BoarThoughts My pleasure. Wait, wait. That was supposed to be from the Boar account. 😉

@BoarThoughts @powderbum75 Thank you, I needed something to make me smile today!

@JapanIntercult Some of the cuts on offer are tempting. I believe we will have to be repeat customers.

@powderbum75 There is a whole pheasant on the site too. I was eyeing that, for similar. Or just as a treat for myself!

@JapanIntercult Depending on how these turn out, we might have inadvertently settled on a Christmas dinner idea.

@powderbum75 You are too funny. And I just bookmarked some nice pheasant meat on the furusato nozei site. I've done venison and wild boar, hadn't thought to look for pheasant!

@Durf The キジの記事 that came with it notes that they don’t fly well. Which gets a “no shit” in response from me.

@powderbum75 You learned of a problem and you actually did something about it. Much respect!