J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by RoseR

tino_11 wrote:

caron-a wrote:I've always hated goggles (as Mr Mac and Admin will testify!) but have found a pair that I'm rather happy with - Smiths, paid £40 at the Hemel Snow and Rock, well happy :D

I don't like goggles either, or jacket hoods for that matter, sunglasses all the way unless there is an eye shattering cross wind.

Hoods on jackets a complete no-no for me your hood just fills up with snow and your hubby takes great delight in putting your hood up for you.

tino_11 wrote:Sounds tasty, will look it up before I commit. I was looking at the Hotel Therrisia or some such, spa and the like, very modern.

You still gonna do the Bad Hotel Kirchler at the tux?

Well we were going to but as I have a new job to start we had to move our plans forward a bit so have booked a villa holiday in Kefalonia instead. So we wont have done too bad in the space of a year we will have done Lapland, then villa in Lefkas, then villa in Kefalonia then one week in Ruka followed by another in Yllas. So cant complain.

tino_11 wrote:It shouldn't be handed out full stop.

Only for patients with a script and respitory disease (or other complications).

Another fine example of British tabloid media setting goverment policy.

Rose, you guys have been given a thankless task for all the wrong reasons, I feel for you!!

Its ridiculous the people who are SUPPOSED to have it are to send some-one else in for it, they are told not to put us at risk. We had 10 people yesterday come in for it themselves, not only did they get their Tamiflu they got short thrift from me. They showed no symptoms, from the twice in my life I have had full influenza I could not get out of my bed let alone drive my car to go shopping. I almost wish I would get it then I could get away from it for a week :lol:

tino_11 wrote:Which ones did you look at out of interest? The hotel is one of main reasons for my choice, it's pricey but being eying it up for a season or two and decided to do it this year as I am due a small windfall (nothing extravagant, bit enough for a nice weeks holiday) in December.

Was looking at one called the Alpine Palace. But although it was a bit pricey it looks fab, but then again we could save money as we would be able to fly from Bournemouth or Southampton instead of driving up to Gatwick and paying for carpark for a week. http://www.hotel-alpine-palace.com/en/alpine-palace/the-luxury-hotel-in-saalbach/impressions/

tino_11 wrote:So I have done nothing all weekend apart from watch Le Tour, tidy the appartment, eat, tend to my plants and decide on this place for my work christmas party avoidance snowboarding week! Anyone got any experience?

Looked into it a couple of years ago, looks fantastic but too pricey for me. Unless there are cheaper hotels but the ones we looked at would have been about double what we would normally spend.

Have just been looking at Inghams ski and notice that they advertise Freshers weeks ski. Basically its 16th jan and 27th March, countries to be decided. Its aimed at first time skiers, you just pay for flights and accomodation and all your kit, tuition and lift passes are free. I am very tempted because we usually book a couple of lessons in resort any-way and have to hire kit.

This has caused absolute mayhem for me and my staff. We are the distribution centre for the area and its just mass hysteria. Its ridiculous. I can say goodbye to days off until this hysteria passes. One lady came to me yesterday and said she was feeling hot and suspected she had swine fever, I asked if she had taken her temperature, she said it was normal so I suggested that as it was a very hot day if she removed her cardigan and winter coat and had a walk around she might feel cooler, if not come back to me. She did an hour later and said she felt much better she suspected she had just had a mild form. I am having to work with security by the side of me as the abuse we took the last two days was ridiculous.
The criteria of handing Tamiflu out is very strict requiring the flu pal to have ID and ID of the patient. Most of the patients are babies and children and children do not have much ID except a birth certificate, and if they are on holiday parents tend not to bring it with them. Result......they cant have it. So the Father then comes in to us with such torrents of abuse, many staff have been reduced to tears.

NellyPS wrote:Hello and welcome to our little world.

Have a look at the attached link http://www.wtss.co.uk it should open the home page of Where to Ski & Snowboard which is every skiers bible (as well as this website of course), you can build your own shortlist by ticking what you want (ie, snow reliability, convenience, cost etc) and then add a country if you have one in mind. This will bring up a shortlist which you can pick and chose from.

Or you can wait for one of many of the forum members to give you lots of random advice, go off at a tangent and talk about something completely different and tell you nothing then argue about whats good and whats not.

On a serious note, you will get somewhere eventually. They're a good bunch really x

:D

Strangely enough using the search criteria of what you want from a ski area mine comes up as Kitz or Seefeld. Until I got into Finland,(which it does not list at all) Seefeld is a place I have been to many times, must have chosen just right.