 Poster: A snowHead
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http://ski-chalet-fever.com
Some will like it, some won't, personally I think it's really funny and perhaps a bit softer then the one and only Belle de Neige!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmmm, quite insightful so far, although I know a number of young kids under 5 who love skiing and the mountains.
I would be a little shy of making myself too identifiable by my employer however!
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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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under a new name, Yep, he hasn't even put privacy on his .com registration so very easy peasy to see who he is.
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As a man who deeply enjoys jazz, is re-building a 1981 BMW 323i and who has his own ski apartment, I found myself being slightly offended by that chalet toiling twerp. I recognise the male archytpe he is describing but they are almost totally the preserve of rented, all inclusive chalets in certain types of resorts. Chummy is way off the mark on a number of levels. The really affluent don't rent, they own - usually across generations - so he'd never get to meet them.
I hope his employer does stray across his site and clock him - he's not exactly being coy.
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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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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| under a new name, Yep, he hasn't even put privacy on his .com registration so very easy peasy to see who he is. |
Actually, doh! He puts his details on the blog.
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This guy doesnt come across well.
Didnt find his rants particularly entertaining to be honest. Doubt I'll check again.
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Having read those comments, I don't think I'll bother.
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Well I thought it was a pretty decent blog. Having previously taken a career break to work winter seasons I find it interesting reading other people's views and experiences of life in the mountains. Cheers for sharing, argyleski (get on ya Janner....)
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He gets my approval for his comments on hot tubs. Eeuwww.
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A complete load of old tosh IMO, pam w, You're right not to bother, I think smug is the word that springs to mind.
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Thu 27-12-12 15:37; edited 2 times in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The guy's English is poor. His prose is clunky, his grammar bad, and he doesn't have anything interesting to say. Worst offence? He just isn't funny - he simply comes across as a whiner.
Not even slightly comparable with Belle de Neige.
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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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Belle De Neige makes me want to be sick.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hardly an 'insight' into Chalet life is it? Not many revelations there.
Seems like just an attempt at provoking people, looks to have done the job though!
Total bollox
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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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Not that bad really, just boring.
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Poster: A snowHead
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If only I had wrote a blog from all the shenanigans last year...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's a blog for goodness sake 
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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 am only two sets of guests into the season but a clear pattern is emerging"........yes, no pattern at all!!!!
utter rubbish!!
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Entertaining rubbish - welcome to the internet!
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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 thought it was (is) well written and very observant - and it's mostly tongue in cheek - I mean, who'd actually believe the bit about the nannies and the ski instructors for heavens sake!
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What a load of old poo-poo- I am sick of all this chalet slave style bandwagon jumping. If you were doing your season properly you wouldn't have time to bitch on your blog/book. Amateur.
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I thought it was great. Hopefully someone posts regular links
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| Harry Flashman wrote: |
The guy's English is poor. His prose is clunky, his grammar bad, and he doesn't have anything interesting to say. Worst offence? He just isn't funny - he simply comes across as a whiner.
Not even slightly comparable with Belle de Neige. |
Wow! You must also be from one of the clutch of postcodes in London or Surrey
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In a mere three posts he managed to come across as sexist, racist and classist. Some may say that it's tongue-in-cheek; if that's the case it's a ham-fisted and unamusing attempt.
If you want to read tongue-in-cheek or pushing-the-boundaries stuff that is actually both entertaining and insightful, then just do a search here for Mr Piehole/paulio/Mr Technique (or whatever fiction suit he's wearing these days).
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You must also be from one of the clutch of postcodes in London or Surrey
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believe it or not, there are people outside those postcodes who can recognise poor grammar and writing when they see it. Even - though you probably won't believe it - people who aren't from England at all!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I think this guy is hitting a few raw nerves and a lot of people here don't like it.
But like it or not he is hitting a lot of nails in the head (eg re urban Scottish nannies. I noticed that too. What's that all about??)
This is what makes it so readable
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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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It's a bit 'whiney' - don't like the punters, don't like kids, don't like nannies, don't like hot tubs...
Well Ok you hate it - so would I - but there's a limit to how much I can read about how much someone else doesn't like stuff 
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philhanc, LOL
red 27, exactly. unless its written in a very funny way.
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You know it makes sense.
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What's Saloman?
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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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ArgyleSki, iirc, you are doing a season in Meribel - just like the blog author.
So... Is this your blog?
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Poster: A snowHead
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feef, Saloman is the baddy in Lord of the Rings, isn't he?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Zero-G wrote: |
In a mere three posts he managed to come across as sexist, racist and classist. Some may say that it's tongue-in-cheek; if that's the case it's a ham-fisted and unamusing attempt.
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+1.
When it wasn't being offensive (I'm definitely a girl, definitely NOT there for the coffees, and my male friends get dragged along by me more often than not) it was boring.
I'd never heard of Belle de Neige before though, so that's a useful find out of 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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| Pedantica wrote: |
| He gets my approval for his comments on hot tubs. Eeuwww. |
OOh yeah, I remember being pretty horrified on my chalet course a few years ago!
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For Pete's sake, it's a blog. Don't take it seriously. Not half as amusing as Belle de Neige, but not half as offensive, either.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Bless him. Just started his first season - so what 4 weeks of doing the job? And he knows it all already. 
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binkacat, 
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It's an average blog. It's no more or less insightful / entertaining / boring than most others. He's a bit naive to make himself identifiable though (unless he's rich enough not to care about the risk of losing his job).
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It's okay - written in a common tongue, trying a bit too hard in places to be tongue-in-cheek, but it's not offensive IMO. The entries are too short for my liking... I want a bit more meat to my blogs. Still, nothing to get upset about...
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oofaafuu, MTFU - you can't let these Hampshire chavs ruin your ski time!
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads on Sat 29-12-12 21:45; edited 1 time in total
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deal) but could only manage a couple of pints before collapsing - he was Basingstoke's best ;-( We had to pay a surcharge to clean the chalet after that t w a t !!!