Messages posted by : AllyG
You have got to be joking Finn! I really hate it when I can't see, and I'm afraid I'm going to ski over the edge of a precipice. As long as I can see, I'm not afraid of anything - long drops under the chairlift, moguls, ice, steep drops etc. And I can never remember which marks mean what on which side of the piste marking poles. I think if I was ever on my own in conditions when I couldn't see anything I'd stay where I was and wait to be rescued (or the weather to clear), rather than risk getting lost. Ally |
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If I had a choice of one or the other, I'd prefer to have it a bit short of snow and beautiful sunny weather, than masses of snow but a bitter cold blizzard so I can't see where I'm going.
Edit - sorry, forgot to say thanks for the lovely photos, Tony. It does look a great place. Ally |
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Stewart, Congratulations on being 'fully fledged'! Perhaps you should celebrate this, instead of worrying about being old :D My older daughter is 22 and at university in London, but she will come home for a few days at Christmas. She is living off her student loan, plus grants, plus a few handouts from us. She tells me now that she wants to do a Masters degree, which I think is a good thing, but it means that it will be another year before she can get a job. So she's not fully fledged yet. My younger daughter is only 16 and at school, so she is still totally dependant on us, but already she thinks she knows far more than me, and keeps trying to boss me about. But all being well she will be off to uni in just under 2 years time. I do know quite a few people who still live at home when they are in their 30's, mainly for economic/housing shortage reasons. But once they get paired up and have kids they usually leave :D Jenno, I think flogging went out with keel-hauling etc :D. You will have to find a more cunning method of getting your kids to leave the nest when the time comes, if they are too comfortable there and not inclined to shift. Of course, the next stage is having to look after one's own parents, when they become too old to manage on their own. And some poor unfortunates have to look after their own young kids and their parents at the same time. Anyway, I think we need to get back to ski-ing now. Quite a lot of elderly people still ski, which I think is why you have to be over 75 years old in the 3 Valleys, before you can have a free lift pass. I am not worried about the snow reports for my own holiday because we're not going until feb half-term, and I'm sure there will be plenty of snow about by then. Ally |
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Tony,
Why were you only ski-ing in Andorra for 2 days? Were you there for work or something? Ally |
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I mean, fully independent, i.e. not living at home or still financially dependent on parents (or bringing washing home to Mum!) etc. So, if your parents still pay for your ski-ing holiday, or help with your packing, then I would say you're not fully fledged yet. Ally |
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Stewart,
You can't possibly be old at 30 :shock: That's ridiculous. There are plenty of 30 year olds not even fully fledged yet. Ally |
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For comparison, a 7 day Three Valley pass in France, covering 600 Km of linked pistes, costs 267 euros this season, and you can base yourself in any of the 3 Valley resorts to access the whole area on skis. It's just a pity you can't use the Austrian area one without a car, because otherwise it sounds quite good value. Ally |
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40 isn't old - it's only the beginning of the middle ages, when you can relax and stop caring when you make an idiot of yourself. In ski-ing terms you're not old until you can get a free lift pass, which is over the age of 75 in the 3 Valleys in France :D So, you've got another 35 years to go Stewart, before you're 'old' :lol: Ally |
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