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...it seems that Snowheads have come out of Summer hibernation and are now becoming active....
After languid sleeping on beaches, torpid days curled up on deckchairs after a brief few hours foraging (mowing the lawn) and generally operating at half-speed, everyone is gearing up for the winter season, slowly coming back to Snowheads like marmots emerging from their holes in Spring.
The book has opened on what will most annoy the largest number of Snowheads and just generally set them off
Helmet debates (passé I think, the argument of 2012)
Winter tyres
Davina McCall (a new one but with no real depth as a long-running topic I think..)
Skiing Apps
Anything which another Snowheads says
Airbags
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Surly French?
Tolls
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Long lift queues with no singles lines
The sterling/euro exchange rate
Enormous snowfalls on transfer days
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@Norrin Radd,
Good ones
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Fondue, always for two.why?
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Toilets in basement with stairs made of slippery ceramic tiles.
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Summer hibernation
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Aestivation
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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How everything is so much more expensive because of Brexit!
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BASI Court case and Ski guiding/repping in France has got to be among the most annoying subjects
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Norrin Radd wrote: |
| Fondue, always for two.why? |
Because loneliness and molten cheese is a dangerous mix...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@andy, excellent ... I should have thought of the etymology of hibernation
Hiber - wintry
Aestas - summer
Aestivation or æstivation (from Latin: aestas, summer, but also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions.[1] It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry season, which are often the summer months.
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You know it makes sense.
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People sitting over the edge of a blind hill in the middle of a piste.
People who say "rad dude"
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Do other people hibernate for reasons involving deck chairs, cocktails with little umbrellas in, and pedalos?
Personally, the only reason I did not post all summer (albeit my first Snowheads summer) was because every year I basically spend summer in denial and try to forget that skiing even exists. I know it is far, far away and don't want to even think about it. Now we're at that stage where there's less time til I next ski than since I last skied, and that makes it OK to start thinking about it again!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Do other people hibernate for reasons involving deck chairs, cocktails with little umbrellas in, and pedalos?
Personally, the only reason I did not post all summer (albeit my first Snowheads summer) was because every year I basically spend summer in denial and try to forget that skiing even exists. I know it is far, far away and don't want to even think about it. Now we're at that stage where there's less time til I next ski than since I last skied, and that makes it OK to start thinking about it again! |
Nope I post all the year. Mind you,,,,, I'm in Bangalore India dreaming of snow (this month)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| valais2 wrote: |
| Aestivation ... is a state of animal dormancy... that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions.... during times of heat and dryness ... often the summer months. |
So there's no excuse for most of us UK-based lot this year, then? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just back from summer hols last week
Time to start thinking about skiing
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nixmap wanting slaves (usually october time)
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that thread's been and gone I thought?
that really would be daft (see above)
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@andy, Nope Nixmap wanting Birthday guests to chip in for a catered chalet, but not the usual slaves to run their place 
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| Norrin Radd wrote: |
| Toilets in basement with stairs made of slippery ceramic tiles. |
And a hand rail on one side only...
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@agw, thats always wet and as much use as, well you get the idea
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When will it start snowing
Will there be snow at Christmas
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@PaulC1984, the ski for free for all of 2017 was way back in May/June
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@andy, oh god, I am ashamed at myself, I must have been MIA that month (well I was in france for 2 weeks, good excuse!)
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[quote="GlasgowCyclops"]People sitting over the edge of a blind hill in the middle of a piste.
People sitting in the middle of the piste period.
Anyone who says or writes POW instead of adding 3 little letters! Grrrhhhhh!
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You know it makes sense.
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| valais2 wrote: |
| ...American English... |
That.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Anyone who says or writes POW instead of adding 3 little letters! Grrrhhhhh! |
Is old skool batman & robin included in that sentiment?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@dp,
No. But spelling school incorrectly might be. 😀
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@valais2, why do you say "you are all back"..is it not we? do you not feel part of the SH collective?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@holidayloverxx, ...well, it just felt as if I was posting only to myself during the Summer ... And even then I felt like disagreeing with myself ... You know, in the true spirit of Snowheads ....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Someone post that they/their darling son/daughter was knocked over by someone...
...And then someone posting that if that happened to them they'd PUNCH THEIR BLEEDIN' LIGHTS AAAHT!
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| Cinsha wrote: |
| Anyone who says or writes POW instead of adding 3 little letters! Grrrhhhhh! |
And sad limeys who refuse to speak proper American and can only dream of that elusive POWDER day when they could cross the pond for champagne POW.
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People starting general "bitch about" lists.
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valais2 wrote:
...American English...
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There is no such thing - there is English and there are mistakes...
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Just for Dave
French air strikes
French baggage handlers strikes
French lifties strikes
French ski instructors strikes
the list goes on
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| Norrin Radd wrote: |
| Fondue, always for two.why? |
Microwaveable and available at all good Swiss supermarkets and petrol stations
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