 Poster: A snowHead
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FenlandSkier, That is one reason why, Since I got back I've had 1 can of beer (really had a taste for it last Saturday) and about 2-3 glasses of wine a week. Lost half a stone as well which I put down to the lack of drinking.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You've been drinking more than me then  I've had 1 tin of beer total since then. But then I've put weight back on.
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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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FenlandSkier, yes but you eat like most people do on a skiing holiday when you get home 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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to be honest...
There are the Brits and then there is the rest of the skiing circus...
By comaprison to the avarage Britskier the rest of us are Teetotallers...
By personal example Brits have some special relationship to alcoholic beverages
They want Loads of it and they want in the shortest time possible, that seems to work on the Bristish isles.
However I think they drink loads and now because they are allergic to the continental alcoholic beverage
brits drink beer in headless pints (0.5l ) we drink it in halves (0.25l) with room for a head
So they take 2 halves but by the time they drank them they are 2 as drunk as from a single pint
so what is the matter with beer in the UK?
In the morning we (the lowlanders and the gerries) tend to rise early and be on the slope by 8
By the time the brits get on the slope thye look wasted and smell from the mouth like they are decomposing inside
Like on the costas by the time the brits get to the beach all the chairs are taken...
Nope of course this was a joke. I you go to certain skistations you will encounter the lager-lout-skier/boarder. but that doesn't mean all brits are like this most of you are quite civilised people.
However ther is some thruth to my message : brits should learn that we consume alcohol differently, and that alcohol served on the continent reacts differently.
Graham surely knows what i'm talking about
We drink with moderation but alcohol and skislopes usually don't mix well
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Taken the pledge for a month in the off chance that I can shed some weight. This means my first drink will be in Santa Cristina on the 22nd (and my second, and third etc). But never met a teetotal skier or boarder, may have somthing to do with having pisshead friends.
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derekski,
Mmmmmm?
My experiences of skiing with a German ski class and the semi compulsory drinking session afterwards left me with the impression that I was a complete lightweight.
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Gave up sex, tobacco and drink once. It was the worst fifteen minutes of my life. 
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derekski, that wasn't the impression given by the Scanderswegians (Swedes mainly, I think) who flooded St Anton when we were there last month. They didn't seem to be at all nasty, but they drank a great deal and were noisy and inconsiderate (like most people who drink a great deal). Brits don't have a monopoly on getting pissed.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I don't drink now. Details on the Ares ski forum. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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richmond, The thing about Scandinavians is that they go to the pub to get drunk, although many have a skinfull at home with their home made moonshine and beer because of the high tax in their homeland. The "Paddys and the Brits" go to the pub to have a drink and meet friends but it is mainly to socialise. The only saving grace is that the Scandinavians prefer to make love and not war when pissed!
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| Roy Hockley wrote: |
| richmond Scandinavians prefer to make love and not war when pissed! |
That did seem to be high up their list, just below drinking more, in fact. Given their condition and the fact that most of them looked as if they lived in caves drinking beer and eating lard (which they probably do), I doubt that they were very successful.
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You know it makes sense.
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richmond, You have probably met the wrong scandinavians
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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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Roy Hockley, I should point out that the ones I'm talking about were all blokes.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm never drinking again.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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As the great Homer Simpson once said: "Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose. It's how drunk you get."
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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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On holiday I drink a couple of glasses of wine with my evening meal and probably a small beer after skiing . To drink so (relatively) little, though, requires saying no to offered drinks.
I rarely drink even this much at home - perhaps a glass or two of wine about once a week and perhaps a small whisky every couple of weeks - plus a half of beer in a pub if I go walking on an occasional weekend.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 6-03-08 16:45; edited 3 times in total
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| derekski wrote: |
to be honest...
There are the Brits and then there is the rest of the skiing circus...
By comaprison to the avarage Britskier the rest of us are Teetotallers...
By personal example Brits have some special relationship to alcoholic beverages
They want Loads of it and they want in the shortest time possible, that seems to work on the Bristish isles.
However I think they drink loads and now because they are allergic to the continental alcoholic beverage
brits drink beer in headless pints (0.5l ) we drink it in halves (0.25l) with room for a head
So they take 2 halves but by the time they drank them they are 2 as drunk as from a single pint
so what is the matter with beer in the UK?
In the morning we (the lowlanders and the gerries) tend to rise early and be on the slope by 8
By the time the brits get on the slope thye look wasted and smell from the mouth like they are decomposing inside
Like on the costas by the time the brits get to the beach all the chairs are taken...
Nope of course this was a joke. I you go to certain skistations you will encounter the lager-lout-skier/boarder. but that doesn't mean all brits are like this most of you are quite civilised people.
However ther is some thruth to my message : brits should learn that we consume alcohol differently, and that alcohol served on the continent reacts differently.
Graham surely knows what i'm talking about
We drink with moderation but alcohol and skislopes usually don't mix well |
there are belgians and then there is the rest of northern europe..
by comparison to the average belgianer the rest of us are total warmongers..
the begians seem to have a special relationship with surrendering
they do it loads and often before the occupying army has even got its pants on and decided what direction they are headed in..
in the mornings they like to rise early to get all the german laundry in
by the time the brits arrive they smell like something has really let go in the pants department
its a bit like the previous bash where they are happy to host it but feel strangly uninvolved
of course this was a joke , if you go to switzerland you can find some other fence sitters
and a lot of belgians do actually have a spine
this however a kernal of truth in the fact that we brits do things a bit differently
and that quislings on the continent react differently
churchill knows what im talking about surely
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CANV CANVINGTON, are you trying to say something about Belgians?
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richmond, just the usual scattergun, paint everything with the same sterotypical broad brush banter
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Nothing is the matter with British beer, quite the opposite. It's like saying "Powder snow, whats up with that? Surely one run in a hour is good enough, you don't NEED to have any more that that, you'll get over excited and your legs will hurt tomorrow."
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Dobz, if you're taking your kettle then I'll not bother bringing mine. I'll pack the mug and t-bags though!
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I thought miniscule was what the education establishment in the village that the children go to was called. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hopefully there's a happy medium between being teetotal and spending all your time either reminding yourself and everybody else how much you drank last time or planning how much you're going to drink next time. Maybe one difference between the Brits and others is not how much they drink, but how much they talk about it, and how much of their self-image is dependent on it?
Where's that prissy smiley.....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The Danes take their binge drinking very seriously as well. Down town Copenhagen can be pretty scary in places early Satuardy and Sunday morning. Lovely people the Danes but boy are they loud with a drink inside them.
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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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Charli939, exactly! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Gilberts Fridge, We had a visiting contingent of Danish goatkeepers in the summer - what an interesting! bunch of people!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, I really enjoyed my brief spell in Copenhagen, I found the majority a real relaxed positive bunch of people always up for fun. Had a few iffy times due to the drinking but away from that good fun.
Great place for a short break in my opinion, raw herring mmmmmmm(it always comes back to food)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I drink to forget, I think.
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derekski, a pint is 0.57litres. Most of the traditional british ales (ie beers) I drink (Brakespeare, Abbot etc) are abou 5%. I know many Belgian beers are stronger (but the best Brit beers are just as tasty). Oh but it was all a joke anyway, wasn't it, so I expect you know all this. Personally I drink beer for the taste. If it tasted the same I would be as happy to drink it at 0%
A friend told me about the way the Japanese get out of the communal baths when a westerner gets in, making comments about aids. But of course they say later it is all a just a joke.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have never been one for getting to pi55ed on my ski holidays.
The way I see it is I wait a whole year for one week away on the slopes. The last thing I want to do is spoil one
day of it with a stinking hangover.
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Renry,
Couldn't agree more - can get drunk at home quite easily enough, no need to do it on a ski holiday when I really need my wits about me. A view confirmed by a friend's accident 3 years ago when he broke his collarbone in an accident that was imho somewhat due to too many genepis (?sp) at lunch time. Having said all that, nothing beats sitting on a terrace watching the sun go down over the slopes with cold beer in hand.
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richmond, Shame!
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FAQ
so does that count as drinking 
