J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by freezywater

bandit wrote:At the risk of being totally boring (geddit) and pulling the thread back onto topic, it looks like the Telegraph could be correct. I have the Inghams brochures EarlyBird and 1st Edition. Just looked at a couple of ball bark prices for hotels, and the prices were up £50-£67 for a week stay in the same period on the same package.

if you can afford to book with Inghams i'm sure an extra 70 quid won't make a dent :wink:

brad1138 wrote:I have been talking to my boss about it a lot lately, he usually plays in the market a fair amount (in the 5 figure range) but he pulled everything out a week ago. If it gets much worse we might all just be camping out on our porches with shot guns (for the record I don't own a gun), but I told him I am going to be selfish, I just want to ski :mrgreen:

But seriously, this is VERY scary, It looks like G.M. might fail by next year, they were the biggest automaker in the world just over 10 years ago, businesses large and small are starting to failing at an increasing rate. Stock markets are in free fall. Iceland just collapsed, their money is worthless (You guys probably know more about that than I). I am lucky that I live in western Washington, we have been fairly insulated from the problems in the rest of U.S. and now the World, but that wont last forever.

With my wife now working as a teacher (as a sub for now) our income has increased 50+% and when she gets a full time job, it will nearly double. Her job shouldn't go anywhere and mine seems fairly secure for now.

I hope this doesn't get as bad as it could, but as bad as it does get, I hope the best for all of my fellow skiers here :D .

Brad

well done :roll: it's doom sayers like you that compound the problem. All econmies are cyclic, we've had the boom, now comes the bust. Happens every 20 years or so. Yes GM might fail, but equally so may lots of companies, it doesn't make it any different from the last time this happened.

tino_11 wrote:I'm back, I'm alive, I suffered no long term damage!

Off to California tomorrow, so have no time to post pics etc, but will do in the next days!!

can you get a refund on your insurance :?:

Trencher wrote:I don't know why people use tinted lenses for poor light. Best option is clear lenses. No special tint is going to make you see better. What you might gain in contrast from a tint, you'll more than lose from loss of light transmition.

Trencher

agreed, I always carry both sunnies and goggles with me on the slopes just in case but skiing after a heavy snowstorm in january this year I found that the light was that bad I resorted to nothing, clear lenses would have been the order of the day had I had them.

Trencher wrote:I'm a little bored today, so just in case anyone doesn't know the best way to get boot laces tight I took a couple of photos.

Trencher

aren't you supposed to put your foot in first................... :oops:

Trencher wrote: They are also the warmest type of liner.

I should think so judging by...............

Trencher wrote:Just put them in the oven

:lol: :lol:

I think i'll be taking a pair of hire skis looking at those pix :twisted: I'm sure i could carve thru most of that tho' 8)

as a beginner get yourself in the habit now, it's too easy to not wear one, I don't and I know I should, which probably means I'm more of an idiot than someone who deosn't know he should wear one. But I just love the feel of the wind in my hair :twisted: :roll:

help needed... Started by User in Austria, 35 Replies
tino_11 wrote:I'm back, I'm alive, I suffered no long term damage! Off to California tomorrow, so have no time to post pics etc, but will do in the next days!! can you get a refund on your insurance :?:

Flow Rival Boa boots Started by User in Snowboarding, 8 Replies
Trencher wrote:I'm a little bored today, so just in case anyone doesn't know the best way to get boot laces tight I took a couple of photos. Trencher aren't you supposed to put your foot in first................... :oops:

Flow Rival Boa boots Started by User in Snowboarding, 8 Replies
Trencher wrote: They are also the warmest type of liner. I should think so judging by............... Trencher wrote:Just put them in the oven :lol: :lol:

Snow on the Scottish slopes....not long now.... Started by User in Ski Chatter, 7 Replies
I think i'll be taking a pair of hire skis looking at those pix :twisted: I'm sure i could carve thru most of that tho' 8)

Helmets Started by User in Ski Chatter, 7 Replies
as a beginner get yourself in the habit now, it's too easy to not wear one, I don't and I know I should, which probably means I'm more of an idiot than someone who deosn't know he should wear one. But I just love the feel of the wind in my hair :twisted: :roll:

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