 Poster: A snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, That's good, but does it mean you now have a £17500 excess when you claim. If you need a house boy for that second family ski Holiday let me know, I could easily and happily answer to the name Jeeves for a couple of weeks, by the way where are we going. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman, sounds like a good policy. I think the Beaumonts may be doing the same.
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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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Frosty the Snowman, We have been doing the same thing, latest saving was on e mail we were paying 12.50 a month for one of the addressess now paying 1.99 a month for the lot.
Next big one to tackle is telephone line rental, it's so complicated. Lots of offers on call costs but very few offerering reduction in line rental.
Next month is also fill in the business rates appeal again as competition opened up a year ago 2 miles along the road, that should be worth another reduction in RV 
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The dowturn is nothing new. It's been clearly coming for atleast 18 months.
By now, everyone should already have slashed thousands off their home, work, food and travel bills and have more than enough spare cash to take a vacation or two.
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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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simple just one ski holiday - all season why go home and come back it cost money to travel and after all a season lift pass is much cheaper than a fontnight, think of the savings not heating the house or driving to work!
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Frosty the Snowman, good stuff
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| dbaskls wrote: |
I'm thinking of going to Slovenia  |
There is a lot of possibilities for skiing around Ljubljana. Please check these ski resorts:
KRVAVEC, 30 km from the apartment, http://www.rtc-krvavec.si/en/
STARI VRH, 39 km, http://www.stc-starivrh.si/
CERKNO, 55 km, http://www.ski-cerkno.com/?lng=eng
ZELENICA, 58 km, http://www.zelenica.si/
VOGEL, 75 km, http://www.vogel.si/
GLOTE, 75 km, http://www.golte.si/eng/
KOBLA, 76 km, http://www.bohinj.si/kobla/en/naprave.html
KRANJSKA GORA, 85 km, http://www.kr-gora.si/en/
ROGLA, 105 km, http://www.rogla.si/cgi-bin/cms.cgi?doc=12870&sid=jVeP9UQH1gx1ow8z
POHORJE, 126 km, www.pohorje.org
and if you are looking for the apartment in Ljubljana, email me.
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I have always threstened not to take the kids again as they fight continually or want to stay in bed after paying for lift & kit - will save me a fortune as they always want new gear as well..
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Spoiled brats! You're right, leave them at home. My kids and their cousins handed down gear - by which time a ski outfit had usually been worn 6 - 7 weeks maximum, before going to a charity shop (thin around the backside when they were little, from tobogganing without toboggans). A ski holiday is the only time that no 2 son, most definitely not a morning person, gets up early. When they got to the drinking age they made an early trip to the supermarket for a few bottles of Old Lady Gin and similar quality vodka, and mixers, and a few boxes of beers and no 2 son - a ladykiller - would then persuade the chalet girls to let him keep some in their fridges. As for buying them all lunches on the mountain we never did - they had pocket money for the week which would buy them chips and a beer/coke and I always took a large bag of mini choc bars and the things known in our family as Squirrel Sh*t Bars.
With this year's higher costs we shall have to think hard about the wisdom of driving back to the UK for the French school holidays. We might just have to stay the whole season and either put up with having to queue or go snowshoeing instead.  Hardships. If I had bought my kids new gear every year, let alone lunches on the mountain, there's no way we would now be able to afford our own apartment. Kids don't have to cost a fortune, if you don't let them.
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Lizzard,
When you say labels.... what labels..?
And are you always grumpy..?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| Whitegold, Mind you, it has to be said that almost everyone on here is at least comfortably off, if not actually wealthy, |
I am not wealthy by any means nor am I comfortable. In fact, I have to scrimp and save for any holiday (ski or otherwise) that I have.
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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'd agree with Lizzard. Not having met any of you I can't properly judge but snowHeads screams middle class England at me for the most part.
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Those ones you see on ski gear which cost more than the kit itself.
And I am rarely grumpy these days (see those laughy things there?), I just think people on here have a rather skewed idea of what constitutes hard up.
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You know it makes sense.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
Petrol Diesel increasing in price rapidly
Gas going up 35% in some cases
Electric going up 9%
Food inflation hitting 21%
Pay rises 3%
So, will you
A) Trade down to self catering?
B) Hotel/Catered as usual but picnic lunch?
C) Forget this year's winter hols?
D) Drive rather than fly?
E) Self cater but eat out each night
F) Self cater picnic lunch and cook dinner each night drink duty free and supermarket beer?
G) Ski Bulgaria or Andorra? |
F with an occasional E, but that's what we pretty much do all the time anyway.
Our 09 trips don't look any dearer than our 08 ones actually, except for the collapse in the exchange rate which will hit our pockets a little when we get there.
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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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I just think people on here have a rather skewed idea of what constitutes hard up.
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I agree.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Perhaps we should surmise that those who continue to ski the tougher financial climate, are the true die-hards, those who are willing to sacrifice everything else in pursuit of a trip to the fluffy white stuff
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or those sufficiently well off not to have to make any changes or sacrifices or choices at all.
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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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pam w, " Squirrel Sh*t Bars. " That takes me back!
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| arv wrote: |
| I'd agree with Lizzard. Not having met any of you I can't properly judge but snowHeads screams middle class England at me for the most part. |
I think you mean "middle England gaper fest"  No offence to Scots/Irish/ non gapers
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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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Deliaskis, l'm in full agreement with you, we all make decisions about what we're willing to sacrifice. l fully understand there are folks who despite radical scrimping and saving may only ski once or every other year, on the horizon due to cutbacks in my job this may be the case for me. Thing is l enjoy a struggle, brought up by my Grandmother who was still living with a ration book. Used to have a horse, and when you have a high maintenance one you eat beans or toast. Folks would not understand why l live the way l do so l can ski 3 times a year, if they'd known the full picture when l had my horse they'd have locked me up, ie washing at work so l didn't use electric on returning home, and beans are fine but l ate mine straight from the tin. With all the sacrifices big or small, l'm happy with the struggle, maybe happier ? One more thing l'm trailer trash, rent £25 a week. 
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fatbob, so you want to see my quiver of daft hats? I have a rack and everything
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