 Poster: A snowHead
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@zikomo, I (think) you missed the point that lifts reach their safe operating limits well before it becomes unsafe to ski, no? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@under a new name, good point! Yes I did miss that, but was already over-comprehensive!
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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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“OK boomer. That’s not what it was like. Weird”
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He's 70 - he is definitely a boomer. However, it is rude and ageist to use "boomer" as a term of abuse. Clip that child behind the ear.
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@pam w, I already did!
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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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@JohnU, wow such a pithy response to being called out as a complete fraud.
I feel great thanks. Suggest you stay indoors today though, was a little bit windy when we had our walk this morning.
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Lifts were open, people were skiing.
Sorry mate... sitheeee
You come across as an habitual moaner
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I agree Pam, calling people boomers is a complete insult that gen-x would not engage in but millennials and zoomers might well do. I’m also of opinion that some of the language and veiled threats of localised gossipism towards the op has been a bit over the top and disrespectful for someone that’s been skiing the hallowed mountain for over 55 years! That is some feat of which to applaud and marvel. I Feel sure after this disagreement it’ll go back to normal and people can direct their maldiscontent toward the fight and battle for Britons future in Britain.
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| Jonpim wrote: |
| valais2, your wonderful story about about Mrs Nice Lift in Zermat made us laugh and lifted our day. Thank you. |
+1
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| JohnU wrote: |
| zikomo, I think you still have your hangover. |
Is that the best you can do with such a closely argued and well expressed post? Pathetic.
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I know it probably isnt, but this guy sounds almost like he has lost one glove.......
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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What's wrong with calling someone a boomer? I call myself one. It's no worse than, say, addressing someone as ' young man'. A tad patronising perhaps, but no worse than that.
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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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| Hurtle wrote: |
| What's wrong with calling someone a boomer? I call myself one. It's no worse than, say, addressing someone as ' young man'. A tad patronising perhaps, but no worse than that. |
Personally speaking, when I was younger, I found being addressed as "young man" patronising and don't get me going on "dear"
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@JohnU, I am sure will be along with more shortly. He is reliable in that respect at least.
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You know it makes sense.
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What's wrong with calling someone a boomer? I call myself one
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So do I. But not as the term of abuse which it has now become amongst some people ( to whom it is commensurate with being a well off, selfish, Brexit voter with an over-developed sense of entitlement). I would also call myself post-menopausal, if the context were appropriate, but it's still a term of abuse the way some people use it.
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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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@pam w,
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commensurate with being a well off, selfish, Brexit voter with an over-developed sense of entitlement
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Is it? My goodness. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@pam w, I think your are being a bit harsh. And it is certainly unconnected to Brexit.
I think what my boy meant by it did somewhat relate to entitled. And one who looks down on young people. In which case he was accurate when applying to the OP. Still deserving of a gentle cuff for general cheek thoigh.
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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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@Dashed, I agree. Plus a bunch of 10-12 year old on the same day had not problems with the conditions. The OP is full of it.
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| zikomo wrote: |
| @Dashed, I agree. Plus a bunch of 10-12 year olds on the same day had no problems with the conditions. The OP is full of it. |
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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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| JohnU wrote: |
| Dave of marmottes….I particularly remember how offensive you usually were a few years ago when i had an interest in blades.You are still at it… with 34000 posts…do you think you are normal? |
First sensible thing I've see this man say....and everyone knows that DOTM is far from normal.
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b. In my experience, those who have actually completed all Monros do not brag about it.
Bollox, I do #2926
and they are NOT nor ever have been Monros FFS
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Speaking of blades, what happened with that guy and the sawn off skis with bits glued on, looked a bit like clown shoes with wings. Can't remember what he called them.
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| Whitegoldsbrother wrote: |
b. In my experience, those who have actually completed all Monros do not brag about it.
Bollox, I do #2926
and they are NOT nor ever have been Monros FFS |
Yea well that along with your username says it all.
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@thecramps, rakskis or raxskis or something? The dude was convinced they reinvented skiing
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@JailBaitMcFlude, That's the fellow. Couldn't for the life of me remember what he called them. I remember one of his videos. They looked hopeless. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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@JailBaitMcFlude, Thank feck you didn't say his name three times, he's like that Beetlejuice fella, three times and he appears to haunt the forum for a further seven years.
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You know it makes sense.
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WTF in that does it say monro? "This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height"
Can no one read round here?
Named after Sir Hugh M U N R O;
Hardly rocket science
Really should keep your nose out of things that don't concern you
Er indeed
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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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@Whitegoldsbrother, …sorry?….that’s a weird reaction on a discussion forum…
Um…I thought you questionned the plural…’they have never been Munros…’
Singular - a Munro
Plural - some Munros
I don’t think people treat the plural like ‘sheep’
Note the text from the wik entry I cited above:
Some authors have attempted to redefine Munros based on objective metric criteria. As of 6 September 2012, 202 of the 282 Munros had a prominence above 150 metres (492 ft). Such hills have been called Real Munros or Marilyn Munros. No Munro Top had a prominence above 150 metres (492 ft) (i.e. no Munro Top was a Marilyn). 130 Munros had a height above 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) and a prominence above 100 metres (328 ft), while 88 had a prominence above 200 metres (656 ft). Both categories have been called Metric Munros.[9] None of these classifications have achieved significant popularity.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@valais2, thats a weird interpretation of what @Whitegoldsbrother said! I thought your response was weird as a result.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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One of my pet hates is people referring to the mUnros as mOnros. Was when I was doing them, still is now.
Sorry, bit of a grump this morning. First day back at work 6am start after a wonderful week in the Zillertal valley.
Gonna be a long day.
Apologies
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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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@holidayloverxx, @Whitegoldsbrother, …ah indeed…sorry…was totally blind to the O - U substitution. Apolugies. Argh sorry….apologies….
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Apologies? That’s a weird reaction on a discussion forum…
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Orange200, indeed…but I guess someone has to do it….mmm…a bit of Humble Pie goes well with coffee this morning…..
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It was deliberate. I used the Monro spelling from the start in the original thread. And have continued to use it. The OP neither noticed nor corrected it. Which I found amusing.
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@thecramps, 
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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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ommensurate with being a well off, selfish, Brexit voter with an over-developed sense of entitlement
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OK boomer isn't anything to do with brexit voting.
'OK boomer' is directed as a form of dismissal to the baby boomer generation who intersect the venn diagram of 1) benefited from increased living standards in their generation 2) huge equity gains on their property and final salary / gold plated pension schemes AND 3) who are dismissive of Gen Z and their financial struggles of stagnating wages and huge house price growth. The kind of people who talk about millennials / gen Z eating too much avo on toast.
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Make beans on toast great again!
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