J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Tony,

You're quite right :D. It's definitely not the Sahara desert, or the Pacific Ocean, or a few other places.

I suppose, as you say, it must be the Alps - do they have different piste signposts in Andorra etc.?

Ally

Tony,
Are you okay? You look a little shocked :shock: :shock:

Ally

Thanks everyone :D,

I didn't get the Bill Hicks bit though.

I really wouldn't recommend anyone trying any form of LSD. The hallucinations we got were all different, and some of them were really terrifying - my mum was seeing devils with tails etc.

And it really was accidental - we had mushrooms on fried bread for breakfast picked in our own field by my elder sister. I went out for a ride on my pony in the field and wondered why the sky had changed colour and it wasn't until I heard my mum screaming that I realized something was horribly wrong. My older sister and I had to walk 1/4 of a mile then to the nearest house to phone for a doctor.

The doctor took my mum and my 6 year old sister to hospital to have their stomachs pumped out. I pretended I wasn't too bad and stayed home with my elder sister and her friends. And yes, at one point we were all rolling about laughing.

I know my posts are a little strange, but I have had a very strange life, and it is all quite true.

And, as I said before, I am quite sure it would not be possible to ski after taking LSD.

On the subject of this thread, I think the same drink/ski rules should apply as the drink/drive rules in the U.K. If one is not deemed safe to be driving a car, then I don't think one should be ski-ing either, both for one's own safety and for the safety of the other skiers and boarders.

Ally

Tony,
Why don't you give the hire shop a ring and see what they've got in stock? The places I've hired from specifically say they can't supply particular skis - i.e. you can only have what they've got.

Ally

It could be absolutely anywhere (except in my back garden) :D

Do we get commission on this one :wink:

Ally

Trencher,
That's presumably why children (under 17's) have such a high accident rate. I was looking at the figures the other day for another thread, and apparently children are twice as likely to have an accident as adults.

Children and teenagers don't perceive danger in the same way as adults and they think it's fun to play jokes etc. when they're on skis. I think you were quite right to send your nephew home.

Ally

Rose,
Thanks for explaining the Finnish/Latin conundrum.

Although I can remember very little latin now, I don't think it was a waste of time at all. It does teach one a great deal about grammar, which applies to whichever language one is learning (including English!). Early training in latin is said to be very good for developing a logical brain.

Also, I enjoyed the poetry in Virgil's Aenead, even though it was hard to translate.

Finnish does sound very hard. At least, with the French, I know how to pronounce it and it is only a case of increasing my vocab and learning how to distinguish individual words when French people spout them at me.

Ally