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| On the rocks wrote: |
WTF? no wonder SCGB banned you, get a life |
You'll get used to his humour. (There are often better examples than this.)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| On the rocks wrote: |
WTF? no wonder SCGB banned you, get a life |
Look, I don't mind you taking that attitude at all, but the role of clubs isn't necessarily to ban people. [and, yes, if only I had a life]
If you look at the history of the Ski Club of GB (at least two books have been written, by Arnie Wilson and Rob Tillard) you'll see that there was an early stage when commercial members were banned. Interestingly, this included the Lunn family (since they were pioneer tour operators) ... but the son of Henry Lunn, Arnold Lunn, went on to become one of the most revered people in the history of skiing, and became the Club's president!
If that isn't a lesson from history, I don't know what is. And we also know that Clubs Mean Rules. !
One of admin's strengths is a deep reluctance to ban people (which used to be called 'blackballing' in the old days of London clubs).
Best wishes
David
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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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Groucho Marx had it right.
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Krakatoa?
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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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Boredsurfing, east of Java
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It's a volcano which exploded
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| Boredsurfing, west of Java |
Fixed it for you... 
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the earth is round, so technically you could go either way
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Alastair Pink, OK, yes, the big part of Java is to the east of Krakatoa but the very western tip of Java is to the west of Krakatoa. They clearly got the film title wrong tho'.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| Groucho Marx had it right. |
What, you mean there aint no such thing as Sanity Clause ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Talking of clauses (yes, Santa's), the new rules of the SCGB chat forum are interesting and quite original ...
http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/membersonly/snowtalk/guidelines.aspx#.UM7cAKx7TTo
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| Take care not to dominate the forum. Only post as frequently as others do. The limit for each member is 4% of the total post count within any 24 hour period. Exceed this limit and will be contacted in regards to your over usage. |
Because I'm banned from the members-only sections of the forum, it's not been possible to count the total number of posts on the forum over the past 24 hours. If anyone else (i.e. a non-banned member of the Club) is able to do this, it would be interesting to know the correct total. People visible to non-members who have posted in the past day are Ian Christie, Keith Gissing, David Talbot, Paul McCarthy and John Smith (i.e. 5 persons)
It may be the case that all these 5 posters have breached the rule above, but it would need the full analysis.
To be on the safe side, I've thought of recruiting a minimum of 25 other people who are willing to make one post on the forum over the next 24 hours, with me doing the same. This might, however, leave me open to an accusation of conspiracy. Any views on this?
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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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You cannot resuscitate a dead parrot or in this case a Forum 
DG give up now before it envelops you. Stick to Comedy on snowHeads which is appreciated by a much wider and cosmopolitan audience.
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I disagree with you. Frankenstein did it in 1816, he didn't have the benefit of 21st century electronics, and it didn't involve a parrot.
This dead thread was resuscitated by Smokin Joe. It was dead from 21 Feb 2004 to 15 Dec 2012. What more proof do you need?
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You know it makes sense.
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Comedy Goldsmith, so you could do a small number of really really long "War & Peace style" posts and be within the rules? Or is there a rule about post length too?
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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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Comedy Goldsmith,
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I disagree with you.
This dead thread was resuscitated by Smokin Joe. It was dead from 21 Feb 2004 to 15 Dec 2012. What more proof do you need?
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Ah but, this forum is not deceased
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ski Club of GB seem to have just revamped their website (yet again). But, having opened the forum to non-members, I challenge you to find it on there!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A further development this a.m. The SCGB website has had a massive makeover. But I got a call this morning from someone I can only describe as an 'Aviemoron' who can't find the chat section. He'd spent 30 mins in vain, looking through all the headings etc.
In this situation it's always best to consult what internet boffins call the 'piste map' ...
http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/sitemap/default.aspx#.UM7zl6x7TTo
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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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Swiller, as you can see (we clearly cross-posted), you're the second person I've encountered this morning who has made similar remarks. The site map is your friend.
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that wasn't me
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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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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
| Swiller, as you can see (we clearly cross-posted), you're the second person I've encountered this morning who has made similar remarks. The site map is your friend. |
Which neatly illustrates what an Internet dinosaur you are. The general aim of a website is not to make people think... everything should be easy to find and customer journey intuitive. You certainly shouldn't need to go to the site map to find what you are looking for. Looks to me like they have deliberately hidden it away.
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Fair point. Maybe 'Ski Chat of Great Britain' is what you're looking for. Get it upfront and obvious, and then the chattering classes will overwhelm the ruling classes.
Without wishing to get political (god forbid) I think it was this perceived threat that led to the lock-out in Feb 2004. The idea that a club can be a product of its members discussing things ... giving each other advice ... getting together ... organising holidays for each other ... and in every way mutually supporting each other ... and giving The Committee a more background role ... would seem to be a sensible 21st-century web-based solution!
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| I met an SCGB rep in Jackson - he was trying to get into the knickers of a Crystal rep, is this what you guys pay for? |
I didn't think this normally required an exchange of funds ?
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dsoutar, as a Ski Club of GB member, of course I don't pay for knickers or for anyone to get into anyone else's knickers.
Since Wear The Fox Hat is an old friend of mine I'll take his observations at face value (though one wonders if he really saw what he claims to have seen - who was actually present in this changing cubicle?). If the SCGB rep had a waist measurement compatible with the Crystal rep, then I can't see there was a problem.
As to who was male and who was female, or whether they were both the same gender ... this is the 21st century and I'm just a SCGB member. Thank you for the knicker report, though. 'Best knickers on upper slopes'.
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Ah Comedy Goldsmith, you've fallen into the old SCGB reps' trap of filing an 'off-the shelf' report without checking it matches actual conditions.
I think you'll find the best knickers are usually found at the lower end of the domain.
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admin, That would be in the foothills of the Pyrenees also known as the pyrenankles
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Guys, can you keep this brief
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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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Maybe he just wanted to thin a thong?
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| dsoutar wrote: |
| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| I met an SCGB rep in Jackson - he was trying to get into the knickers of a Crystal rep, is this what you guys pay for? |
I didn't think this normally required an exchange of funds ? |
Nope, but fluids certainly...at some point 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
| Fair point. Maybe 'Ski Chat of Great Britain' |
Ski Chattering of Great Britain, though, might be something one would wish to eradicate...
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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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Ha Ha, looks like my login got deleted! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Winterhighland, you are too far away from Wimbledon.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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To be fair Smokin Joe, distance from the club house has very little bearing on suitability for membership: after all, some of the chaps rarely ever leave Switzerland. No, it's most likely because this highland chappie's from the North.
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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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If he was Winter-Highland he would have survived the cull.
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Taking a further look at the new SCGB chat rules [Clubs Mean Rules] ...
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| Duplicate IDs for the sake of posting a joke or a troll are not permitted. |
This is to be applauded.
Peter Sellers, in the movie Dr Strangelove, played not only the Doctor himself but President Merkin Muffley and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake. I was astonished that he was given permission for this.
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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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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
Taking a further look at the new SCGB chat rules [Clubs Mean Rules] ...
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| Duplicate IDs for the sake of posting a joke or a troll are not permitted. |
This is to be applauded.
Peter Sellers, in the movie Dr Strangelove, played not only the Doctor himself but President Merkin Muffley and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake. I was astonished that he was given permission for this. |
From the man who has eleventyfour logins on here......
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| From the man who has eleventyfour logins on here..... |
but was once a spirited advocate of real names only.
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| Dubaian wrote: |
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| From the man who has eleventyfour logins on here..... |
but was once a spirited advocate of real names only. |
I'm also a spirited advocate of real ale, and an aled advocate of real spirits
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Comedy Goldsmith, nice one. Mine's a pint....
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