 Poster: A snowHead
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....playing largely trash europop at high volume
What's that all about?
Seems a worrying trend amongst the 'yoof'. Worse still, they can't hear it when that are moving and the only people who can, don't want to!
Is it that cool?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Such behaviour is the sign of a true weapon.
Especially in a world where earbuds with pass-through of ambient sounds exist, so the excuse of needing to hear your surroundings whilst listening to music is moot.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Layne, Not a problem in a lift queue until you experience the joy of more than 1 person with a speaker blasting out different genres, completely out of time with each other 
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| Layne wrote: |
| I'm not overly fussed tbh. If I am waiting in a lift queue having a tune playing is no bad thing and on the slopes it's only going to be brief. |
I aspire to your levels of equanimity!
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Flogging is too good for them
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I find these loudspeakers to be helpful. The quieter the music becomes the more certain I am that I am further away from people likely to be a physical threat to people around them. Handy.
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Why not? Don't come across them very often and I agree with @Layne,
As an aside, I came across a guy with one in his rucksack that he was using so that his blind son could follow him/the music down the piste. Now that's cool I thought! His choice of music wasn't but it would have churlish of me to complain I think!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Sorry, but inflicting your choice of music on others is plain rude. Also, nature, sweet sounds of gliding skis, etc.
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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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| Layne wrote: |
| At the minute it doesn't seem to be an out of control thing. It's not something I would do personally. |
A few in Courchevel, one or two in Prato, loads in Bansko
Wait till it hits TokTik, then they'll be everywhere
Personally, there's nothing quite like cruising a tree lined run on a bluebird day, stopping to take it all in when some 'yoof' stops next to you playing agadoo or whatever the kool kidz are into these days 
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@swskier, shooting's too quick, I'd want 'em to suffer a bit first!
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You know it makes sense.
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Should have their lift pass confiscated.
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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 would not mind paying a lift-pass little extra on top to cover the sharp-shooter.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm too drunk to care about that when skiing  ....
Oh, and before all the humourless uptight ones lay into me... I AM JOKING.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
| @swskier, shooting's too quick, I'd want 'em to suffer a bit first! |
If they're listening to europop, they're suffering. Consider it a mercy killing.
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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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We encountered it in Gerardmer the other week. Several times. Of course, the culprit was looking around desperately for attention.
He then fell off the button lift.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Sorry, but inflicting your choice of music on others is plain rude. |
Quite a lot of lift stations have music playing.
And bars.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| garfy1971 wrote: |
| Layne wrote: |
| At the minute it doesn't seem to be an out of control thing. It's not something I would do personally. |
A few in Courchevel, one or two in Prato, loads in Bansko |
I've never had any desire to go to Bansko but otherwise, as I say, not out of control
| garfy1971 wrote: |
| Wait till it hits TokTik, then they'll be everywhere |
Sorry but what exactly is going to hit TikTok?
| garfy1971 wrote: |
| Personally, there's nothing quite like cruising a tree lined run on a bluebird day, stopping to take it all in when some 'yoof' stops next to you playing agadoo or whatever the kool kidz are into these days |
"agadoo" - showing your age there! For me, such an incident is very rare at this point, so I am not overly concerned.
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@garfy1971, Tool up. Get mega speakers in your own back pack with a CD of Eurovision greatest hits and threaten to retaliate. Bit like cold war style mutual assured destruction. They'll soon go away.
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@jmr59,
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I had to endure loud Jesus rock in a lift line last season. May have accidentally stepped on the back of the speaker wearer's binding and accidentally released his ski as he was getting on the lift. Didn't get struck by lightning or eaten by locusts thankfully.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Layne, lift stations and bars provide a useful service, and tend to be static.
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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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Agadoo isn’t in the hit parade anymore? Next you’ll be saying that Bros have split up!
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Thank goodness for real musicians like Joe Cocker, eh?
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A few years ago the youth in our group had a speaker with them. I was somewhat embarrassed by it, but the resort was very quiet, and the music was actually OK. However, we are skiing with them at the moment, and the speaker was very much vetoed by us oldies!
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You know it makes sense.
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This is a delight I have yet to experience. 
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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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| garfy1971 wrote: |
....playing largely trash europop at high volume
What's that all about?
Seems a worrying trend amongst the 'yoof'. Worse still, they can't hear it when that are moving and the only people who can, don't want to!
Is it that cool? |
Had it on a chair today in Tignes.... every time it happens to me I think to myself "Must bring a chuffing big speaker of my own next time and carry it in my rucksack and when this happens next time I can turn mine on and drown them out with a really really embarrassingly bad song.... that'll teach em"
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Poster: A snowHead
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I was sitting on a chairlift at Champagny when the youth next to me was playing Scarlatti piano works on his speaker . Thoroughly enhanced the afternoon and we had a lovely chat ! I would have followed him around for the music but he would have thought me weird .
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There’s quite a lot in Tignes this week as the demographic has moved from families to lads trips.
The lady I was skiing with today turned to one and asked him if he couldn’t afford earbuds.
Me, I’m onto a mate who was heavily into Electronic Warfare to build be a Bluetooth jammer.
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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’m always tempted to see if I can connect via Bluetooth and play something else 
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Must admit I think if you are sharing a chairlift with someone you should ask.
But then again people smoke or get on their phones quite loudly without asking so...
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My father used to detest other peoples loud music.
Now he just turns his hearing aids off.
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Buy the resort, get to choose the music... Otherwise...
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