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[Saintbloke]

Just reading the report on the happiest clubs to the not happiest in the AFL (from a player perspective)- Swans and Geelong up the top, but the unhappiest kept secret- most other clubs mentioned except the Saints

 

[Sully111]

Thinking of taking my 12 year old son to Tokyo for 10 days at the end of the month. I haven't been before. Any tips?

 

[gringo2011]

Thinking of taking my 12 year old son to Tokyo for 10 days at the end of the month. I haven't been before. Any tips?

I'm going in August too. Tokyo is mostly about just checking out different neighbourhoods. Depending on age the Ghibli museum, Tokyo Disney, shopping, lots of tourist things. A friend said to check out teamLab Planets, haven't tried it but meant to be awesome.

If you've got 10 days go on a trip somewhere too. Hokone is good. Has a huge sculpture park, can ride tourist pirate ships and you get to it by a weird train. It's a very Japanese experience. Lots of traditional onsens and shit there too. Few hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo.

 

[gringo2011]

Actually check out Harajuku, they have a park full of dancing rockabillies.


You'll probably die of joy in Ochanomizu guitar street. Guitars are really good value. You'll probably end up buying a few.

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[Sully111]

I'm going in August too. Tokyo is mostly about just checking out different neighbourhoods. Depending on age the Ghibli museum, Tokyo Disney, shopping, lots of tourist things. A friend said to check out teamLab Planets, haven't tried it but meant to be awesome.

If you've got 10 days go on a trip somewhere too. Hokone is good. Has a huge sculpture park, can ride tourist pirate ships and you get to it by a weird train. It's a very Japanese experience. Lots of traditional onsens and shit there too. Few hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo.

Yeah Teamlab planets is definitely on the list. We'll probably do at least one trip out of the city

 

[Sully111]

Actually check out Harajuku, they have a park full of dancing rockabillies.


You'll probably die of joy in Ochanomizu guitar street. Guitars are really good value. You'll probably end up buying a few.

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I know rockabilly is huge in Japan. They love some stray cats etc.

Yeah I'll hit a few guitar shops. Don't want to bore my son too much but I can't go there without checking out some guitars.

 

[dct66]

Thinking of taking my 12 year old son to Tokyo for 10 days at the end of the month. I haven't been before. Any tips?

Fully endorse what others have said. TeamLab is a must. Timed-entry so book a few days before you go. Rockers in Yoyogi Park in Harajuku on Sundays. Good fun free entertainment. Have a look at the Suica Card. You can load it onto your phone and pay for the subway which is a great way to get around Tokyo. Easy to top up online and if there is anything left on it you can spend it in the convenience stores at the airport. Google maps has fantastic public transport integration. Tells you which exit and even which carriage to be near the correct exit.

Went to Tokyo last December and loved it.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

A decade after StKilda was named, a tragic emigration from StKilda to Melbourne occured.

Scotland's History: Emigration from St Kilda | ScotlandsPeople

The story of 36 islanders who sailed to Australia on the 'Priscilla' in 1852

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

I wonder what became of the surviving StKildanians.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Perhaps Moorabbin is more a homeland for StKilda than StKilda is.

History - From St Kilda to St Kilda

The Saint in St Kilda There is no reason to believe that a Saint called Kilda ever lived, and the islanders rarely referred to their home by that name. To the St Kildans, the island of their birth was Hiort … Read More

fromstkildatostkilda.com

Despite the economic circumstances in Melbourne at the time, most of the St Kildans found work at the newly-established brick works in New Brighton, and a few families settled in what had become known as Gaelic Town in the Mordialloc district.

 

[Saintbloke]

I know rockabilly is huge in Japan. They love some stray cats etc.

Yeah I'll hit a few guitar shops. Don't want to bore my son too much but I can't go there without checking out some guitars.

Grab yourself a nice Gretsch while you're over there.

 

[Sully111]

Grab yourself a nice Gretsch while you're over there.

Yeah to be honest I think that's the only thing that would tempt me. I have a really cool Grestch, a 6120 Brian Setzer Smoke model, fantastic guitar but I could be tempted by the right Jet. I freakin' love Gretsch guitars.

I'm really into old Harmony and Silvertones at the moment. Ones with Gold Foil pickups. Not sure if they're a thing in the vintage Japanese guitar market. I'm sure they'd have heaps of teiscos etc

Some of the Japanese made acoustics could maybe tempt me too. Their vintage lawsuit Martins etc are supposedly great guitars.

 

[gringo2011]

Yeah to be honest I think that's the only thing that would tempt me. I have a really cool Grestch, a 6120 Brian Setzer Smoke model, fantastic guitar but I could be tempted by the right Jet. I freakin' love Gretsch guitars.

I'm really into old Harmony and Silvertones at the moment. Ones with Gold Foil pickups. Not sure if they're a thing in the vintage Japanese guitar market. I'm sure they'd have heaps of teiscos etc

Some of the Japanese made acoustics could maybe tempt me too. Their vintage lawsuit Martins etc are supposedly great guitars.

Teiscos and stuff are more at flea markets. More Japanese Fenders and Ibanez and all those vintage Japanese copies which are often more expensive than Strats and teles.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I'm going in August too. Tokyo is mostly about just checking out different neighbourhoods. Depending on age the Ghibli museum, Tokyo Disney, shopping, lots of tourist things. A friend said to check out teamLab Planets, haven't tried it but meant to be awesome.

If you've got 10 days go on a trip somewhere too. Hokone is good. Has a huge sculpture park, can ride tourist pirate ships and you get to it by a weird train. It's a very Japanese experience. Lots of traditional onsens and shit there too. Few hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo.

Is there much difference between the different Disney's?
My Wife and I went to the original back in the day, and she later went to Euro Disney and said it didn't strike her as significantly different?
I'd have thought that Tokyo would be one of the more expensive ways to experience it.

 

[gringo2011]

Is there much difference between the different Disney's?
My Wife and I went to the original back in the day, and she later went to Euro Disney and said it didn't strike her as significantly different?
I'd have thought that Tokyo would be one of the more expensive ways to experience it.

Only been to Tokyo Disney. It looks the same thing with the same rides but if it is they are all boring.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Only been to Tokyo Disney. It looks the same thing with the same rides but if it is they are all boring.

Still remember ( and its been a long time ), the food in the California one being just horrible.
Worst nacho's i ever had, they hand you a bag of CC's only without flavor, ( just plain corn chips in a paper bag ) and give a medium squirt with some sort of cheesy stuff out of a bottle like a tomato sauce bottle. I'm staring at it thinking ," i wouldn't have called this nachos".

They had all these different themed food places, but all of them had the same food. Like the "backwards bear mountain crap in the forest burger" , was the same as the "super pirate avast ye lubbers arrrghh burger".

Ok i might have forgotten the names.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Still remember ( and its been a long time ), the food in the California one being just horrible.
Worst nacho's i ever had, they hand you a bag of CC's only without flavor, ( just plain corn chips in a paper bag ) and give a medium squirt with some sort of cheesy stuff out of a bottle like a tomato sauce bottle. I'm staring at it thinking ," i wouldn't have called this nachos".

They had all these different themed food places, but all of them had the same food. Like the "backwards bear mountain crap in the forest burger" , was the same as the "super pirate avast ye lubbers arrrghh burger".

Ok i might have forgotten the names.

At the one in Anaheim back in 2007 around midday and it was like some bell had gone off signalling lunchtime. Suddenly hundreds of people of all ages, sexes and races are walking around munching on giant turkey legs. Quite raw looking turkey legs at that.

It was like they were extras from a Flintstones movie.

Immediately lost our appetites.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

At the one in Anaheim back in 2007 around midday and it was like some bell had gone off signalling lunchtime. Suddenly hundreds of people of all ages, sexes and races are walking around munching on giant turkey legs. Quite raw looking turkey legs at that.

It was like they were extras from a Flintstones movie.

Immediately lost our appetites.

We stayed in some crap hotel in Anaheim, because the travel agent did everything she could to talk us out of staying in Downtown LA ( Western Bonaventure ). I haven't used travel agents since.

But i do remember our hotel was next to a Denny's and you could get mexican breakfast cheap as chips.
So i did enjoy the breakfasts there.

 

[Sully111]

Is there much difference between the different Disney's?
My Wife and I went to the original back in the day, and she later went to Euro Disney and said it didn't strike her as significantly different?
I'd have thought that Tokyo would be one of the more expensive ways to experience it.

I've only been to the one in Paris. Took my kids 6 years ago. They were 5 and 7. One of the greatest times of my life.

I don't think we'll go to the one in Tokyo. I doubt my son would be interested.

 

[gringo2011]

I've only been to the one in Paris. Took my kids 6 years ago. They were 5 and 7. One of the greatest times of my life.

I don't think we'll go to the one in Tokyo. I doubt my son would be interested.

Yeah it's for little kids. Probably not that good for them any more.

 

[phantom13]

Is there much difference between the different Disney's?
My Wife and I went to the original back in the day, and she later went to Euro Disney and said it didn't strike her as significantly different?
I'd have thought that Tokyo would be one of the more expensive ways to experience it.

Nah Tokyo Disney is the cream of the crop and the Japanese punters are unreal. If you can do both Disney and Disney sea are great.

 

[StFly]

In other news, I so forgot I had meat in the fridge, and what the date was, turns out the chicken was "best before" tomorrow so...

Rice, spices, tomato "ooh a spiced dish" done.

Had one breast left over, looked in pantry and I guess...

Eyeball amount of honey.
Eyeball amount of paprika.
Why not eyeball some cayenne pepper also.
'This is a bit dry" olive oil drizzle.
In the fridge marinating for later tonight.

I'm now wishing I had time to make wraps or something.... or lettuce, or you know, a plan at the beginning instead of "why not?" for a late night T20 snacko of honey paprika chili chicken I guess?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Thinking of taking my 12 year old son to Tokyo for 10 days at the end of the month. I haven't been before. Any tips?

At this point in time you can't buy a normal Suica Card. You can get a Welcome Suica however.

 

[Sully111]

At this point in time you can't buy a normal Suica Card. You can get a Welcome Suica however.

Aren't there digital ones now?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Aren't there digital ones now?

I believe it can be done. Not sure for foreigners though.

My mate went to Tokyo in October last year and got caught out having to buy separate tickets for everything.

You can't just buy a Tokyo Metro ticket and use it on JR East or the Toei Subway for instance. Where a Suica and Passmo you can

The other card is Passmo Passport.

 

[SaintsSeptember]