J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Don't go to Ischgl in Austria. They will hit you with a €2000 fine if you are in town and wearing ski boots after 8.00pm!

Yeah, right Far Queue!
This little lovely was outside a friend's house, just outside of Vail.

Our current GD trainee, Ushka, (Ushka is Russian for bear, we don't choose their names) Ushka is our ninth GD, plus two that we finished off their training.

Oh, and Verbier Ski Bum called my comments "ridiculous". This was a surprise, since I hold VSB in the highest regard. There was no response when I gave the citation asked for. I could have given hundreds of citations.

I am an engineer, and together with many scientists there is a common view that CC is a naturally occurring feature.

Climate change scientists hold a different view, but then, their jobs depend on it. The citation points out that although the CC carbon agreements are based on 97% of CC scientists believing in the man made causal effects, many, many of the scientists quoted subsequently denied holding that view.

I don't think that anyone denies that the climate does not change. It has done so for millions of years. The change has been multi-directional.
However, the proposition is that the change is predominately man made. There are a number of different causes of climate change. One of the most prominent is sun spot activity. It was assumed that this was cyclical, but it looks like this is not the case.

There is a train of thought that SS activity is reducing, and this will have a cooling effect.

Sadly, (for me), I can look BACK 50 years at snow conditions. There is little difference, then and now. The warmest period I can recall was January ~ April 1972, when it did not snow.

You will not find this an any graph or chart. It pre-dated machine snow, and the ski school was in-operational for 3 months.

Far Queue wrote:
We saw many of them in the 10 days we were out there, but sadly only the one at closing time :(

SO inconsiderate of the Moose!

It's a whole eight days since I came back from the Dolomites.

I have to wait another six days before returning to Niederau, my fifth visit in fifteen months....

I use EJ several times a year, often Edinburgh to Munich, but other destinations too. Prices are generally good, the luggage is very sensible, (no upper limit on weight of hand baggage).
I pay extra for front row extra leg room, thus allowing me first on and off. (I am fairly tall, so need the leg room).

Weaker pound? I have a history of Mac ski budgets going back a while. Hence in January 2010, I was able to buy Euros at the rate of 1.08, c/w todays 1.12, and a few weeks back 1.15.

Brexit is a decision largely based on personal experiences and decisions. I worked in Austria prior to the formation of the EU. Later in life, I won many European business orders, and worked in Europe and world wide. My observation is that there was little difference wherever I worked. I do note the very high costs of being a member of the EU.

Certainly, in January, the locals reported that many places in Tirol were fairly quiet. Good.

I can report that 2 weeks ago, the Dolomites were VERY crowded.

I sincerely hope that one week hence, Tirol remains quiet.....

Absolutely love the guy.

He is not world class,but he is the best that we have in terms of British class, and so good luck to him.