Messages posted by : AllyG
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Dids1 and Rose,
I would very much like to carry on an animated discussion re the benefits or otherwise of bras on and off the ski slope, but I rather think it would count as wibble, even though it is a fascinating subject with so many different aspects to consider - structural support, cultural backgrounds, male expectations, genetic differences in mammary sizes etc. So, any more comments please send me a pm. :D :D :D Tony, How about extending the subject of the thread to include hand luggage and paperwork required for a ski holiday - like copies of passports, lift pass e-mails in case one loses the passes, european health insurance card, insurance documents etc. etc. Ally |
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Thanks Trencher,
That's very sweet of you. How did you know that's what I was worrying about? My left arm still isn't 100% after I injured it in March dragging a giant flower pot out of the way while painting for our holidaymakers, and I'm not at all sure I could whack a slalom gate with my pole. Funnily enough, my right arm and shoulder, the one I broke on the dry ski slope, is actually stronger now than the one I injured with the flower pot. Just shows that building/painting/gardening is more dangerous than ski-ing. I have paid now for that course, if you were wondering, but they're not promising it will go ahead, or the off-piste my daughter's booked in to - apparently it depends on the snow conditions in Feb, but there will be a substitute course. Ally |
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Trencher,
Thanks very much for that - it was great. It made me laugh watching them doing the jump at the beginning - if that was me I'd have been flat on my face just doing the jump! I hope they were all okay after falling like that. Is it compulsory to whack the slalom gates with your pole as you go past? They were definitely much better at doing that. They looked like they'd never been in deep powder before. Ally |
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Pablo,
You mean, don't try going on powder using skis more than about 2 foot (60 cms for our younger members) wide :lol: Ally |
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Tony,
How disappointing :cry: I thought you were serious. I know the T.O.'s let you change chalets etc. as long as there is still availability and flights, for a price. Ally |
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A ski instructor told me that being able to ski with your skis close together helps when trying to get through moguls - which explains why I'm rubbish at it because I tend to ski with my skis further apart.
I would have thought very short skis would also be good - the kids seem to have no problem getting through them. I had to get through a mogul field in a lesson last holiday, and the moguls were huge - about the height of a kitchen worktop and really steep! The only thing I could do was sit on them and swing my legs and skis round (which is obviously not the recommended technique!). It is another of the many things I need to get better at. Ally |
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Tony,
How do you 'swap' a holiday? Ally |
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Tony,
Those moguls look really horrible :shock: Well done for getting down in one piece. I think I'd have gone back down in the lift :D Ally |
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