J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

It's lovely and sunny here this morning :D

My next project is risking my life and helping my daughter learn to drive over Easter (she's having lessons as well).

It's extremely scary :shock:

Sort of like being tied to a beginner on the piste :shock:

I wonder how much it would cost to have my car converted to dual control :?:

I phoned Saatchi and Saatchi and they said they didn't know any Ptolemy or Bedrock Barney :cry:

Well I suppose we could always use that Feedback button and see if Admin will design us one for Christmas :lol:

Oh - and one for a Christmas card as well please Admin :D

Bedrock barney,
It's just occurred to me that all we need really is the design. I mean, there's a guy in our local village who does T-shirt printing, and I expect there are plenty of others around the country.

So, all we need is the design and Admin's permission to use it, and then we can sort out the rest ourselves. And, I suppose we could have a couple of alternative designs so that we don't have huge long lists.

It's very kind of you to volunteer to be the J2Ski t-shirt designer 8)

Ally

OldAndy,
We could solve the ticks problem very simply - just include an indelible ink pen in the parcel with the T-shirt and they could tick it themselves :D

I don't think we should put countries down though, someone's bound to complain that we've missed out Latvia or somewhere :lol:

Snapzzz,
The agency that we use for our cottages here in the U.K. has a policy of not letting holidaymakers into the cottages before 3 p.m. In fact, it's usually quite a rush to get them ready in time.

But if holidaymakers turn up early I allow them to leave their luggage, and in exceptional circumstances (like if they're elderly or it's bucketing down rain or something) to wait in the cottage whilst I clean around them.

However, I do think it's very bad that Crystal don't make it clear in their brochure or on the web that the apartment you wanted to book isn't normally ready before 5 p.m. or that the reception shuts at midday and doesn't open until 3 p.m.

It would have been awful if you'd turned up early and everything was shut. I have found that if you book the apartment directly yourself with P&V they will send you this sort of information in their pack - but only after you've booked. Whereas when we booked through Igluski they didn't tell us any of this vital information, even when I phoned to ask.

When we went to Val Thorens we discovered that on Saturdays the sports hall becomes a huge left luggage centre, and they let you use the toilets etc. so we could leave our luggage there whilst we skied.

And when we were in Courchevel 1550 the manager of the residence let us leave our baggage on the balcony.

But the apartment block Les Ravines where we last stayed in Meribel was the best for this. They had a huge left luggage room with shower and toilets handy by so that people could leave their luggage there either when they arrived early or if they skied the final Saturday. And there was no charge for this.

Incidentally, we stayed in a Mercure in Bristol and they had a similar policy with regard to paying extra for early check-in (or late checking-out).

If you e-mailed the tourist board there might be somewhere you could leave your luggage in Montgenevre, like in Val Thorens, with changing facilities.

I didn't know you were teetotal as well, OldAndy. Well, that's very comforting to know. Thank you for letting me know. It is rather scary being massively outnumbered :shock:

I would like one of those T-shirts please, provided Bedrock Barney can add wibble and a nice cup of tea to his graphics. Who's going to make them, and how much will they cost?

It's very good Bedrock Barney - but you've missed out my cup of tea :cry:

Surely I can't be the only J2Ski tea-totaller?

I was sitting next to someone on a bus a couple of years ago, coming back from a ski holiday, and he said he'd just been let out of prison and he showed me his ankle monitoring device. It was most interesting. I'd never seen one before - only on the telly. I don't know how many crimes he'd committed in total but he'd broken into our local post office and he entertained me for ages telling me all about it.

Come to think of it - maybe I should be more careful about who I sit next to :shock: :lol: