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[floridaskier]

Good weather is sunny all day until about 2, at which point it gets really dark and the skies open up for about 5 minutes and dump down more rain than most of you out west will see in a month, then it's sunny again 30 minutes later, like nothing happened. I guess that's what good weather is, people seem to come from all over to enjoy it

I can't tell the difference between all these coffees and teas, they're all good, but I try to only drink decaf. Always Coke over Pepsi, but I try to stay away from all that too

Take out food? I love the Publix sub counter, but Mexican is always good too

[floridaskier]

DVD usually, don't own many but rent pretty often, still have a few VHS tapes though

[floridaskier]

We've had a lot of new people join lately, anyone else want to answer some of these questions about yourself in this topic?

[poloxskier]

A few replies to the past few questions I haven't responded to yet:
Tea definately, but mostly oolong and british black teas.

I was 1 1/2 or so when I started skiing, shortly after I could stand.

Mostly DVD but some of the old clasics that no one would buy on DVD I still have on VHS (ie Ski Partol, Strange Brew(may be on DVD now)).

I really like Wok and Roll, heathy takeout Japanese food, but I usualy cook instead of get take-out.

I ski on Atomic Beta Race Carv 9.20s, Rossi 9S, Rossi 9X with derby plates, Rossi EX with derby plates, and old K2 TRCs.

This post has been edited by poloxskier: 22 February 2005 - 05:48 PM

[Boeinglover]

Some stuff about me: I'm best friends with highspeedquad, I love to do complicated programming on my computer (still not out of VBA though). I'm a black skier and I can say I'm almost to the double black stage. I play guitar (poorly), I'm a big fan of both Boeing (my username's sake) and Airbus. I enjoy a nice snow day where I can cuddle up in a big warm easy chair and read my favorite book. I hate the number 3 and love the number 24 (no idea why). I enjoy going to see a good movie and I enjoy the company of my close friends. If I were 28 right now I would be a surgeon (just finishing my residency) and have a girlfriend. I am Greek (Opah!). I guess I have a like of skilifts and I'm a computer geek!

[Kicking Horse]

let's see...

College, depends on what i think in 2 to 3 years after doing lift op's / maintainence.

A normal day for me is.... get up inbetween 11am and noon. go to bed inbetween 1am and 2am. (if i'm home i'm on the computer most of the time) might watch 1 hour of tv daily.

Favorite Runs that i like..... Ute @ sunlight, Anything off Elk Camp @ snowmass.

Favorite Bands- Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Queen

Favorite Ski areas - The Aspen Resorts, Silver Creek, Sunlight

Camera - Kodak Easy Share CX7300

Car that i drive- 2005 Ford F-550 4x4 SD Crew Cab 200" XLT 6.0L Powerstroke, 6 Speed Manual, Slow Plow Package. (no plow)

If got offered Solvista or Powderhorn Ski Area which one would you take ownership of and why?

[Durrrant]

Okay...

College: somewhere near the ski hill.

normal day: wake up at 6:30. get to class by 8. leave by 3:30. go out or go home. do some work. go to bed between 11 and 12.

Favorite run(s): Vertigo, Derick Hot Shot, Jet, all @ Jay; Long Shot, Campground @ Snowmass.

Fav Ski Area: Jay Peak, VT; Aspen/Snowmass, CO.

Music: Classic Rock, Country, old school rap, some 90's rock.

Car: white 1990 Subaru Legacy L Sedan: 2.2 L engine, 5 spd manual, air horns, SONY Xplod.

Skis: Atomic Supercross 9's; Elan MX-4's (rock boards).

[pyrotechnik]

its nice to see that people are enjoying this thread, but when you answer one question, you're supposed to ask another!

so allow me to make a new question:

would you rather:

chew the beak off a chicken
or
bite the legs off of a half dozen mice?

[Boeinglover]

Why would I do either (I'm a sissy and don't do rough things)?
Here:
Would you rather buy a laptop or buy a desktop? (price doesn't matter)

This post has been edited by Boeinglover: 23 February 2005 - 05:54 PM

[floridaskier]

If price doesn't matter, definetly a laptop. You can take it places and even around your house, and if the power goes out, you don't lose stuff

[Boeinglover]

Me too, I currently am typing on one, an old one, but one nonetheless. It is a 750 MHz pentium III IBM thinkpad upgraded to an 80 gig hard drive and XP. It will (soon) have 512 megs of ram and I love it!

[Kicking Horse]

My Question....

If got offered Solvista or Powderhorn Ski Area which one would you take ownership of and why?

[SkiBachelor]

Jeff, that question is pretty hard to answer. A lot of the members haven't even been to either of these ski areas and/or skied them. They have no idea of the surround and the type of terrain. A lot of that has to do with whether or not to purchase a resort, because that's how you make money, plus there is also personal opinion.

[liftmech]

pyrotechnik, on Feb 23 2005, 06:26 PM, said:

its nice to see that people are enjoying this thread, but when you answer one question, you're supposed to ask another! 

so allow me to make a new question:

would you rather:

chew the beak off a chicken
or
bite the legs off of a half dozen mice?


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I'm not sure. That's a good second stunt on Fear Factor and Lizz and I are always saying 'I could do that..." I think bite the legs off the mice. I think it would be easier than chewing the beak off a chicken- the bones are tiny and there's less muscle etc.

Answer to altaskier's question- I've got VHS and DVD right now. When Beta came out my family didn't have even a very good television set, and we never got laserdisc because we had just barely gotten a VCR and didn't want to buy two different formats.

New question (I remembered, pyrotechnic!) Do you use your computer for anything other than e-mail and internet? I don't really, except to copy music and burn mix CDs.

[pyrotechnik]

I'd buy a laptop fpr sure cause you can carry it with you!

I use my computer for downloading music(WinMX, Limewire) and remixing music, sometimes (acid 5.0, sound forge 7.0, fruityloops 4.6, sonar 3). I also use it for homework (OpenOffice.org) when I need to.



what was the last thing that you bought?

[Kicking Horse]

liftmech, on Feb 24 2005, 05:42 AM, said:

New question (I remembered, pyrotechnic!) Do you use your computer for anything other than e-mail and internet? I don't really, except to copy music and burn mix CDs.
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If i'm home I'm on my computer. So my computers get used for everything. Even watching tv once i reinstall that card in my machine.

[KZ]

Hey jeff when did you get a new truck?

[Kicking Horse]

Back in the first week of feb.

[liftmech]

The last pricey thing, or the last thing in general? Because the last thing I bought was a can of stir-fry veggies and a gallon of milk. The last pricey thing I bought would probably be a Salomon soft-shell jacket back in January.

Have you ever played a musical instrument, either in school band or just goofing off? I've played trombone, baritone, electric bass, upright bass, percussion, and drums in school band, and I still have a six-string Fender Dreadnought that I noodle around on.