 Poster: A snowHead
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@SnoodlesMcFlude, Oh they absolutely would, but our tabloids are also undeniably ****s.
Yes, that sensational distortion appears to be the only tool most leading "rags" will consider in their undignified scrabbling for readership.
Not recently, but a contemporary editor of one of the above was stating their approach to any head/strap line to a story. They refused to consider any material from their report team that didn't give a clear and contentious split, be that moral, class, money, nation or any other category we could mention.
They put it, "in basic terms, that attention grabber simply sells more circulation" always has and always will. Even the most feint link to current story, that they may even "flip flop" in the piece, to in effect deny their own primary writing, would still be sufficient to use those headline.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well I didn't expect the thread to go in the direction it has gone.
Lets all hope, whatever your situation, that you get on the slopes as soon as its safe to do so!
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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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@rjs, did I sound as if I was being serious?
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Is Saas Fee on the Ski Amade Super Duper Ski season pass or do you have to pay extra?
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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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And we've missed you @Schuss in Boots!
We could do with a bloody good laugh
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@Schuss in Boots, BOOTSY! 
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yes written off, first time in 35 years no skiing for me.
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| tatmanstours wrote: |
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Saalbach has a new Gondola link to Saas Fee ski area.
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On looking out of my window earlier, I noticed that the Schattberg Xpress gondola had been closed due to high winds. Can anyone direct me to this new gondola, in case the weather is better in Saas Fee?
In other news, a British neighbour of ours drove down a few days ago, via the Chunnel (apparently breezed his way through, even though he only has a holiday home here in Saalbach). Our elderly Austrian neighbour nearly had a fit! Convinced he’s imported the British variant - negative test certificate or not. |
What an ingnorant, selfish &%^%£%
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Got two trips 1/2 organised (done before the full scale of covid was apparent). One has accomodation but no transport plans and the other flights but nothing else.
Fully expect neither to actually happen. Don't really feel too hopeful for summer holidays either. At least that way it can only get better.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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I saw this. I genuinely cannot understand what they were thinking of. The reputation of British skiers is already in the gutter...this doesn't help. Taking your skis FFS
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UK Nationals, resident in the UK should need an Exit Visa before being allowed to leave the country, perhaps with the requirement reviewed monthly. There are a very limited set of people who can legally travel abroad. So why not enforce what is the law? This isn't lots of people ignoring the rules, it's just a very small minority. It's easy to enforce at airline check in, Eurotunnel or ferry terminals - no visa? no further. Most people who are entitled to go should be able to get the certifications they need. Seems to me the current situation allows the HO to take the 'If only people would obey the rules!' line rather than actually do something simple to enforce the law. And at the same time, it would reinforce the case for other countries to open their borders to UK visitors if they thought the UK authorities actually gave a **** about the people they allowed to travel.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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| LaForet wrote: |
| UK Nationals, resident in the UK should need an Exit Visa before being allowed to leave the country, perhaps with the requirement reviewed monthly. There are a very limited set of people who can legally travel abroad. So why not enforce what is the law? This isn't lots of people ignoring the rules, it's just a very small minority. It's easy to enforce at airline check in, Eurotunnel or ferry terminals - no visa? no further. Most people who are entitled to go should be able to get the certifications they need. Seems to me the current situation allows the HO to take the 'If only people would obey the rules!' line rather than actually do something simple to enforce the law. And at the same time, it would reinforce the case for other countries to open their borders to UK visitors if they thought the UK authorities actually gave a **** about the people they allowed to travel. |
Spot on! No point making rules that are just not going to be enforced, its pointless legislating.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| iainm wrote: |
| I saw this. I genuinely cannot understand what they were thinking of. The reputation of British skiers is already in the gutter...this doesn't help. Taking your skis FFS |
Maybe they were just "delivering goods" to a resort although the customs implications are probably a disincentive to try that logic.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| rungsp wrote: |
The head of the Genome sequencing team in the UK was on the radio this morning.
He said they started looking for the variant that is now the so-called British variant....but only after having been asked to do so by one of "our European neighbours" which had spotted something going on in their country. My money would be on Germany where in December the rates just kept going up while the restrictions got tighter and tighter.
They asked to UK to look for it because the UK does nearly 50% of all the CV sequencing in the world!
10% of all positive tests get sequenced in the UK. |
The fact that it took hold in Kent always suggested to me that it was likely to have originated from Continental Europe. So that kinda confirms it! But because the UK has advanced genomic testing, we're getting the blame for it! 
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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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I think this ski season has now gone for UK tourists.
By my reckoning this is the timeline for easing the lockdown in the UK.
0. Implement full lockdown (done)
1. Immunise x% of the population (late Spring)
2. Once x% inoculation has been achieved - continue restrictions for y weeks to extinguish / suppress prevalent strains.
3. Start easing lockdown restrictions mean go fully in the summer, i.e., retain tier’d restrictions until ‘all’ of the non-vaccinated population* is vaccinated.
In the UK, x% immunised will be late Spring (I.e., not just the extremely vulnerable) PLUS the y weeks equals July / summer.
Now add to the fact that Europe’s vaccination programmes are z weeks behind the UK, suggests there’s not a hope of legitimately getting away for a ski holiday.
Now you can take a view on x, y and z but the crime to avoid is inoculating a low proportion of the population (albeit they are the most vulnerable). Only for the virus to mutate in the rest of the population and render the current vaccines useless; thereby restarting the whole lockdown / vaccine manufacturer cycle again with new batches of vaccines.
* it also adds another pressure on anti vaxxers who think taking the vaccine is a wholly personal choice - there’s a role to play in society that relates to taking the vaccine to a) not transmit the live virus as well as b) hosting it and helping mutations evolve.
So even with the speediest predictions of vaccine rollout and with the most optimistic uptake, there is a quite a way to go get.
As an aside, whilst the flu vaccine has many similarities; due to the flu virus being with us for decades the evolution of the strains is relatively low, we have plenty of partial immunity in our bodies from previous infections as well as a well developed strain tracking / vaccine development programme. With Coronavirus we are just starting to build up our knowledge.
So hopefully the uptake of vaccination will be high and the roll out speedy!
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| sasha320 wrote: |
| So hopefully the uptake of vaccination will be high and the roll out speedy! |
Amen to that! I'd add that I think anti-vaxxers will be forced into getting vaccinated. Pimlico Plumbers came out this week and made it a condition of employment going forward and I can see more employers following suit. I can see airlines denying boarding without a valid vaccination; countries denying entry without a valid vaccination certificate; places like nurseries and play centres denying entry unless children and adults are vaccinated (children obviously once the vaccine is proven effective and safe for kids).
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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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@FrediKanoute, for airlines that will be difficult. They can't block people unless they have had the opportunity to be vaccinated - in the UK that might be the case for all adults by late summer, but for other countries might be delayed further (and the flights skiers are interested in tend to involve at least two countries).
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my understanding is you have zero proof to prove you have been vaccinated
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Some countries (Poland, Iceland) *already* have laws which allow visitors to avoid quarantine if they can prove they have had a Covid vaccine to the reqiured dosage. (non essenital travel is still banned, but the quarantine aspect can be skipped for essential travel). I expect, in the fullness of time, this is how travel will be unblocked - vaccine will mean less or no quarantine, but there will still be restrictions.
In the UK, every person has the right to get their medical record from their GP. This will contain dates of 1st and 2nd vaccine doses, if a person has had it.
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@Jonny996, I can this listed via PatientAccess App showing I had first vaccine yesterday.
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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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Anyone remember the vaccination certificates that one used to carry with passport??
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