J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by EmmaEvs

Wanderer wrote:

bandit wrote:Ooooh :shock: last time I was in St Gervais, that complex was still being built. I feel old!

...... if the bobble fits!!!

It doesn't. Bandit is in the lidder clan. Busted! :lol:

Tony_H wrote:

andymol2 wrote:I just don't get the fetish for bobbles.
Bobbles went from woolley hats 30 years ago.

Erm, no they didn't. And its not a fetish. Its called fashion on the slopes. Theres woolly hats or beanies, and THEN theres bobbles.
If its ok for Lindsey Vonn, its ok for me.

I don't think a bobble would be aerodynamic enough for Lindsey Vonn on the slopes Tony. :lol:

And oi you lot go and start a flippin 'Forward Face Plant' discussion away from my beloved N thread :twisted:

Dave Mac wrote:The schapps is Krautinger, Em. It is the local drink, made from a small turnip. The Wildschoenaers are very proud of their Krautinger, and are very offended when I refuse. It tastes foul, although I am told that by the third one, the world looks like a better place. Well I think the world is all right as it is.
You can still taste it two days later.

Yup. I didn't want to give the secret away :lol: We got given two bottles to bring home - one for little bruv and GF, and one for me and MrEvs. Walter told us not to drink it 'for leisure' though. For anyone looking to buy some while they're there apparently you have to go to Oberau to get it. Oh and you pronounce the 't' as a 'd', I'm told it means something else otherwise. Also, if you are there, ill, and decide to go for that instead of traditional medicine I take no responsibility whatsoever for your decision. Anyone who plumps for local tradition and culture over scientific medicine does so at their own risk. You should also be near to a toilet incase it's promptly ejected. Apparently if nothing comes out of either end in 40 mins then you're on your way back to the land of the living. :D

P.S. The nice lady in the pharmacy also wrote instructions on the boxes in english for us, because all the innards were in german.

Ooh I forgot to say in my report, that because little bruv got ill on the holiday we had experience of the local doctor's surgery and pharmacy. The pharmacists double as receptionists for the dr, and we dealt with a lovely young girl who was extremely helpful and spoke excellent english. She checked symptoms, asked us on each occasion whether we wanted medicine for stomach cramps, sickness and... ahem. We chose to get all three. Whilst she was collecting them we did a money check - 50 euros between us. No idea how much she'd charge. It came to just over 10 euros. Given the situation and how worried we were (little bruv was violently ill) I have to admit it was very reassuring that once again the locals had shown how helpful they were, when they could have easily taken the P.

It remains debatable whether the medicine fixed him in the end, or whether it was the special schnapps we made him drink the following evening (he was still to ill to get out of bed for long). It was recommended by a ski instructor who said that he didn't know a single person it hadn't worked on. This stuff smelled like cow dung so god knows what it tasted like. In any other situation I wouldn't dream of giving high octane schnapps to someone with a bug, but we were convinced so it had to be done. The following morning he was up for breakfast and managed a ski in the afternoon.

Nelly you'll have a ball :thumbup: God knows how (considering how warm it's been), but the pistes are in cracking condition. Wish I was going back again in the next few weeks :( I'll do a snow dance for you :D

AllyG wrote:

EmmaEvs wrote:Ally you're joking right? :shock:

Emma,
You couldn't really expect me to stay in a ski resort for a week without any snow could you? I thought I'd stay here and spend the time looking after my holidaymakers and doing a bit of extra cleaning and painting etc. :wink:

No, not really, it's only a bit of banter aimed at Tony, but unfortunately he seems to have missed it - must be off taxi-ing someone somewhere :D

In fact, I've just got the suitcases out of the attic ready for packing :D

Ally

Phew I thought you'd completely lost the plot for a second! Get that shotgun out and give the ski gods what for!

Andymol you should know that if you intend trying to fix angel wings or pig ears to you helmet that it doesn't work. They come off (unless you get a really smooth one). And you can't use superglue because it changes the composition of the plastic and can make it brittle, which could make it crack on impact.

I thought you may need to know. :D