 Poster: A snowHead
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| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| sometimes you have to do some 'running off the Q' to make spaces for other halfs n kids ,who dont have your skill levels, and to keep your team together |
Mrs L and the laundrettes have far superior combat queuing skills to me.
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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 like the method of queue control used on a couple of lifts in LDA at last year's PSB, the lines were uphill so it really was survival of the fittest.
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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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Is that what is meant by Q-angle?
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Is that what is meant by Q-angle?
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I'm a Q-Anglo. I indulge in competitive queueing, but still get offended when others are more successful. Then I feel guilty! 
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yes - back country skiers have ethics... (or the ones I know)
this includes carrying out everything with you - hence the importance of how you construct and transport poo tubes!
Similarly impact should be minimised in sensitive areas... (As a clue I have been chastised for not standing on the rocks when summer walking with one of these guys as my heavy hoofs upset the plants)
There is also the "hut ethics" (these are safety huts so should NOT be used as accom - tents SHOULD be carried... huts may be used as "cooking/social" areas in poor weather but people retire to tents if possible and priority is assigned as needs based)
etc etc etc
Many of these guys also double as search/rescue as well.... This is why I find the "I've been skiing a whole season and have fat skis so I can go ski off-piste(Europe)alone no problem" The "ethics" of placing self and rescuers at risk is something I have had bashed into thick skull repeatedly...
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| little tiger wrote: |
| this includes carrying out everything with you - hence the importance of how you construct and transport poo tubes! |
Why is that ethical - don't the animals crap?
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1)Kangaroo crap = nothing like people crap
2)Animals above tree line in winter? Not many and not large very different to a bunch of people
3)Pygmy Possum crap = less like people crap than kangaroo crap
4)Pygmy possums sleep in winter unless stupid noisy hamfisted (footed?) people wake them which makes them use their fat reserves faster. If they are asleep and not eating they do not tend to crap much
5)people crap persists in alpine areas for waaaaaaaaayyyyy long... =spreads germs(eg guardia) through the environment
Try eating a heap of eucalyptus leaves (like a koala would) and see how well you feel afterwards... Koalas are different to people too... So are antechinus, broad-toothed rats, and wombats.
Kangaroos, wallabies, euros, emus, wombats, echidnas all have much gentler feet than me in a pair of scarpas! For this reason I am told to try to stand on the rocks(bare preferably)....
Even orange peel is a serious contaminant in our environment - it takes ages to break down (turns to leather first!) so no - I do not leave orange peel around even in less sensitive areas than our alpine ones - I carry it HOME with me....
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Out of interest - don't any other animals eat orange peel? (we often do if it is cooked).
No possums or Kangaroos in the Alps, or any other marsupials. (Would their poo be polution there?)
People on the other hand have been there for tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of years ( but I asssume it is the number of people which is relevant here).
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have no idea if kangaroo poo is pollution in alps... people this side of world have funny ideas re ecology versus ours....
In the burren they proudly announced that the place was covered in trees but they cut them down and then removed other plants and the topsoil blew away.... hence the bare rocks.... and then went on to advise that because they graze cows on it the plants cannot get a foothold to allow the area to get soil back..... yeah.... good stuff... (????I guess??? we have big issues about retaining soil and plant cover so for me this is a major nightmare)
No - animals do not eat orange peel which contains orange oil which is toxic from memory (i remember extracting to make Vit K).... That is why you scrap pith from orange rind onto garden to keep cats/dogs off.... they hate orange oil... clove oil works for mice....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yes, I put orange peel in our garden to keep cats from peeing on our plants. Though it can't be all that poisonous if we eat it (but then, we are the only animal that eats chillies).
Interesting about the Burren. Of course most of those beautiful, bleak Scottish Highlands were once forest. You can find the roots in the peat.
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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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snowball, my dog eats chilies, in that he eats pretty well everything that we prepare for ourselves in too great a quantity. For some reason, he hates courgettes, and will go to some lengths to separate them from other stuff. He's quite happy with other vegetables.
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Ok, perhaps I should have said animals in the wild. (Or at least that is what I read somewhere). Civilisation does funny things to you.
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You know it makes sense.
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laundryman, I hate courgettes too.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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call them zucchini and lightly fry with garlic.... they should be still crunchy and just have brown spots starting on surface(slices)
yummmooooo
toast pine nuts... throw them and zucchini slices ontop of pasta tossed in napoletana sauce.. shave parmesan over.... oven more yummmy!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| little tiger wrote: |
call them zucchini and lightly fry with garlic.... they should be still crunchy and just have brown spots starting on surface(slices)
yummmooooo
toast pine nuts... throw them and zucchini slices ontop of pasta tossed in napoletana sauce.. shave parmesan over.... even more yummmy! |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thats interesting, I didn't know one could SEE echoes!
I won't inflict my courgette recipes on David, but spinach is good cooked with butter, garlic and a little ginger.
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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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There are unwritten rules in the fun park too.
Don't stand in the run-in to the jump and rails.
Don't stand in the landings of the jumps and rails.
Don't snake the queue.
If you fall, get out of the way as quickly as possible (assuming you aren't injured)
etc
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| DarkSummer wrote: |
There are unwritten rules in the fun park too.
Don't stand in the run-in to the jump and rails.
Don't stand in the landings of the jumps and rails.
Don't snake the queue.
If you fall, get out of the way as quickly as possible (assuming you aren't injured)
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Hi Zack, good points. In the US they have this campaign for fun park etiquette:
http://www.nsaa.org/nsaa/safety/smart-style/
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What is snaking the queue?
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I've not read all of this thread but I seem to recall things like:
If you stop on the piste stop at the side, not in the middle (how many times have you flown over a bump only to see a group of, usually, boarders sitting down in the middle of the piste, having a rest)
Help a fallen skier.
If you stop at an incident and remove your skis, place them in an X above the incident
Watch out for slower, less able skiers below you (if you mow them down its your responsibility)
Look up the slope before skiing if you are part way down a piste
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Watch out for slower, less able skiers below you (if you mow them down its your responsibility)
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Does that mean it's alright to mow them down, as long as you accept responsibility? 
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Sharkymark, Absolutely
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Kramer wrote: |
| What is snaking the queue? |
It is basically pushing in. When everyone is lined up at the top of a jump or the top of the halfpipe you should wait your turn.
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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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A crime that doesn't seem to exist abroad though. There's a lift, there's a queue of people for the lift, but your not english so straight to the front of the line you go.
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You know it makes sense.
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FenlandSkier, it's not an issue in some places 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Wear The Fox Hat,
Where you recommend in Utah for a USA first timer. What attracts me is the short transfer from Salt Lake city, and loads of snow obviously.
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Poster: A snowHead
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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 thought I recognised those pictures
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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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Linds, you took most of them!
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johnboy, Let me know if you go to SLC as I've got the car hire info that WTFH, Linds & myself used as if you want a 4WD (recommended, esp to get to Alta/Snowbird) very few of the rental companies offer them - & if they do they're mega bucks.
The Canyons is highly recommended - for Stephanie who works in the real estate office 
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spyderjon, you weren't that rude to her! I'm tempted to say it was Lucy, but I'm not sure.
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Lifties respond to kindness, food, and beverage!
One of our friends burries beer in a snow bank for the lifties to retrieve when they're done working.
We always give them some of our tailgate food.
Goes a long way to having happy times on the slopes!
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SnowHot, this one responded to an Irish accent and a smile.
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FAQ
what was her name 