 Poster: A snowHead
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@adithorp, didn’t Cippolini get his domestiques to carry his cigs and a lighter? 
@Weathercam, the first LG guide I skied with would ski a pitch, roll a fag while he was waiting for us punters to catch up, then rip down the next pitch with it hanging out of the corner of his mouth
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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, 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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| WASHOUT wrote: |
When did snowheads become such a group of whingers?
Skiers/boarders playing a bit of music out there rucksack, I normally only encounter this in lift ques. Deep down I actually enjoy listening to a tune... |
Same here - but not the incessant, lyricless, tuneless, repetitive, thumping rubbish Mountainaddict is referring to! 
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| Bergmeister wrote: |
| WASHOUT wrote: |
When did snowheads become such a group of whingers?
Skiers/boarders playing a bit of music out there rucksack, I normally only encounter this in lift ques. Deep down I actually enjoy listening to a tune... |
Same here - but not the incessant, lyricless, tuneless, repetitive, thumping rubbish Mountainaddict is referring to! |
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary... It’ll happen to you!
- Abraham 'Grandpa' Simpson
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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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I have never got even a hint of this dopamine/endorphin high from running (or in my case more like jogging) or any strenuous exercise. I do get that pleasure from skiing (which is more a matter of skill and good timing at speed and not particularly tiring unless the deep snow is very heavy). However, if I have to skin or boot-pack which I find more tiring I dislike it but am prepared to pay this penalty for a great descent.
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I have never got even a hint of this dopamine/endorphin high from running (or in my case more like jogging) or any strenuous exercise.
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For me it's more type 2 fun. Not particularly enjoyable at the time but feels good/rewarding afterwards.
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| Je suis un Skieur wrote: |
It was a joke that clearly went way over your head!  |
Judging from the lack of laughers, it went over many other heads too.
What’s the ‘-ism’ for a punch line followed by silence?
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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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For me it's more type 2 fun.
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So is that too much fun in the bloodstream - Symptoms can include excessive mirth, needing to pee suddenly and amusement. You may need to change your entertainment, reduce your intake of comedy, take more news and current affairs and have regular reality checks.
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What’s the ‘-ism’ for a punch line followed by silence?
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Jism?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| snowball wrote: |
| I have never got even a hint of this dopamine/endorphin high from running (or in my case more like jogging) or any strenuous exercise. I do get that pleasure from skiing (which is more a matter of skill and good timing at speed and not particularly tiring unless the deep snow is very heavy). However, if I have to skin or boot-pack which I find more tiring I dislike it but am prepared to pay this penalty for a great descent. |
I've only got it when I've been really fit. That hasn't been often!
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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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| jedster wrote: |
I've only got it when I've been really fit. That hasn't been often! |
Ah well, I'm not sure I've ever been really fit. Similarly with the gym where I go twice a week. I hate it and need a personal trainer to keep it up profitably for the full hour (I call her my outsourced will-power). However I know I'll be glad when it keeps me skiing with my group, who are mostly younger. Also I might live longer.
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For me it's more type 2 fun. Not particularly enjoyable at the time but feels good/rewarding afterwards.
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Lots of things other than exercise fall into that category. Like having thoroughly cleaned the bathroom. Or sailed across a windy and rough sea for 8 hours.
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You know it makes sense.
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In all fairness why not just do good drugs and sit on the sofa. Less sweaty and probably a better laugh.
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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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| hang11 wrote: |
| In all fairness why not just do good drugs and sit on the sofa. Less sweaty and probably a better laugh. |
But it’s free.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
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Maybe not quite the same but why do people say,
"I'm reaching out to you".
Instead of, "I'm asking you". |
I think I've turned full grumpy old man with cold calls. They garble through the who they are calling from so fast I make them stop and spell it. Then I ask so what do you want and put the phone down. Risk is one day it will be a work call which is why I answer in the first place. |
Lol, excellent, My husband always asks is this going to cost me something, usual warble on the other side, so he says you want money for something, then says NO. My son on the other hand a few years ago answered the phone, and he was being perfectly sweet, so I carried on with what I was doing, ( in his late 20s) till I heard him saying so what are you wearing, then put on a breathy voice, and said it again and again, then he put the phone down, telling me a cold caller hung up on him. He was entertained, and I'm sure our number was marked off their future call list.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I have a vague memory a few years back of a court case when someone told cold callers that as a professional and that ihe charged x pounds per hours or part of for advice and was starting the clock if they wanted to continue. At the end of the cold call he told the cold caller the bill and gave payement details. When no money arrived he took the callers to court and won.
Now adays I just put the phone on the table and walk away, but my isp filters most out because I haven’t had one for months. It would be nice to make some money.
What was that brilliant Carl hiaasen book where the cold caller gets really punished¿
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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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Me, I can't see why I'd ever take a call from someone I didn't know. It's easy enough to set up a phone to do that.
The tales of litigation have me imagining call centres full of people whose only job is to receive cold calls. Their business model will have each of them litigating against the cold callers, who they will keep "on the line" for as long as possible to maximize billable hours (just like actual lawyers). The result would be a massive litigation industry, extracting largess from the hapless cold calling industry. Cold calling is profitable - that's why it exists - so there's money to be litigated for.
I'm not a cold caller, but if I was and someone tried to litigate I'd just point out that they could have hung up at any moment, and that TV adverts also "consume your time", and you can't litigate for damages against the TV company. Or perhaps on the internet someone knows someone who "literally" did exactly that?
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| phil_w wrote: |
I'm not a cold caller, but if I was and someone tried to litigate I'd just point out that they could have hung up at any moment, and that TV adverts also "consume your time", and you can't litigate for damages against the TV company. Or perhaps on the internet someone knows someone who "literally" did exactly that? |
Doesn’t sound like you’re a solicitor either?
Why would you put down the phone when the caller had certainly “agreed” to the rate by continue to stay on the phone?
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