 Poster: A snowHead
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It's not fair I keep reading all these posts where folks get to spend literally weeks skiing a year. I don't know how you all manage it. Am I the only one on here that thinks themselves lucky if I get one week a 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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Megamum, I used to be like you. But then I found snowHeads 
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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 get 1 week (expensive, crowded (poor snow) half term) plus........
a long weekend (this year 22/3) with my lurvly wife in a posh hotel.
She's so lucky
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Megamum,
I've only ever had 1 week until this year, partly due to funds (and lack thereof) and partly because I like a winter sun week as well.
Roll on EOSB 
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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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It starts with one week a year.......
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This year I am doing:
2 days at PSB
6 days in La Ros
Hopefully 2 days at Nevis/ Aviemore
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this year im doing:
6 Days in Kitzbuehel (done)
the Eosb!
Tignes in december, for the season
Cannntt wait!
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this year I'm working three weeks and holidaying one (the MSB)
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Megamum, we've been very lucky indeed, but Mr DS always used to go on two week holidays, so we decided to start off with 2 weeks in Alpe d'Huez in 2005. This was difficult for me to do because of annual leave rules at work (not allowed to take more than 2 weeks in term time during the whole academic year). However, in 2006 with early retirement, we just thought "why not?" and did three weeks in Jan, Feb and March, then pre-season week in November. For 2007 again, two weeks followed by another week planned. But then we are also not people who want to sit on the beach for two weeks in August, so are happy to use our leave on skiing.
I think most people are not in the position to be able to take the time off, or find the money, to go more than one week a year, and so we are very lucky. I've retired, Mr DS has just been made redundant, and we have an unusual period of freedom to go skiing and enjoy ourselves.
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I've done about 12 weeks this winter
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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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Megamum, with a 27 bedroom house can't you afford it?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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bh1, sorry to spoil the misconception that I'm one of the wealthy minority - A - its my parents house, C - there's one big story attached to how we got here from my parents 3 bed end terrace, B - to get all the bedrooms needed a second mortgage, C - its also a smallholding - they are not just big pits that you tip cash into they actually 'suck' as well!! 
halfhand, 2 x 1 week I guess about 10/11 years ago, and 1 week this year and 1 week last year
II, Well, I guess you're a bit closer to the Scottish snow that I am so I can't blame you for taking advantage, however, I'm quite jealous. Spindrift, 12 weeks - do you work in the industry?
Other's well at least I'm not quite alone - thanks
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Poster: A snowHead
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Megamum, move to scotland. then you can drop everything and just go skiing when you want. Ok its easier for us as we dont have kids as we still had time for climbing, walking and weddings for the rest of the year..
Just to stir things though we had 3 weeks abroad last year + 7 days in cairngorm/nevis/glencoe..... my day of the year was at nevis , knee deep powde 
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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've had 2 attempts at joining a pre-EOSB only to be denied by a greedy boss snagging the holiday time in front of me. so selfish
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Megamum, yes.  4 weeks this year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| It's not fair I keep reading all these posts where folks get to spend literally weeks skiing a year. I don't know how you all manage it. Am I the only one on here that thinks themselves lucky if I get one week a year? |
No, you aren't.
My first ski trip was in Jan '97 - a Christmas/birthday present from my wife (B'day 14th Jan).
This year's trip was my 6th trip in that time. I would probably have managed one per year but had two daughters in college (both at once for one year), which sucked up far too much money.
I don't ever expect to get more than one trip per year unless I win the lottery, because my wife has absolutely no interest whatsoever in skiing - or even going somewhere suitable for skiing, so it just wouldn't be fair to spend more than that on something purely for me.
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4 weeks and 4 days this year, and 3 weeks and 4 days last, although we were there for 5 weeks in total, I was so busy buying furniture, I didn't have time to ski.
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4 weeks last year, and will be 5 this year
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Lots of weak skiing  ..... and 4 weeks this season. 3 weeks last season, 2 the one before, 1 the one before that. Hmmm now how many next year?
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We only manage 2 weeks skiing - one with brother in law and his kids, the other a group of skiing 'friends' whom we only see once a year for said skiing hol. Unfortunately it's only 1 week this year due to hubby breaking his collar bone (luckily before second trip booked).
We'd possibly do more except we like scuba diving too and can't decide which to drop to double up on the other. So we'll stick with the two different (expensive) hobby hols.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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No worries megamum, I don't get that much, we're not all rich with high-flying well-paying jobs and both parents/partners working in good jobs. 
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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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Megamum, Sure do, it's the only way to satisfy my craving!
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Megamum, Count your blessings. It is not all that long ago that most people started getting a regular annual holiday. Then package holidays abroad took off. Then people started going away in the Winter as well.
If you go skiing I do not think you can feel hard done by.
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You know it makes sense.
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Livigno '99, 1week
Nevis '01, 2days
Soll '03, 1weekNevis'04 1day............And that's my lot !!.........Go to Tonale fo0 a week this coming Saturday..Now that's a Canardly............I canardly wait !!!
So yes! THINK YOURSELF LUCKY !! one week a year........How very dare you!!!
Cheers.
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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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Started out just doing weekends in Oz. Then we included a full week trip as well. Next we would add a couple of weeks in Canada or Japan. Next thing you know I'm doing a season in Japan. Change you life to fit in with the snow. I can definately recommend it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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we're not all rich with high-flying well-paying jobs and both parents/partners working in good jobs.
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crazy_skier_jules, Most of us have to work very hard (including overtime) to get extra trips in.
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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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Megamum, Not sure if it's been done yet but I suspect that if someone ran a poll on how much time folks here actually spent skiing every year you would be in the majority.
I manage to do more than you every year but I didn't start until I was 50. I am probably in a position that others would 'envy' wrt skiing. I can manage my lifestyle now so that the winter is supposedly available, live in France, can do day trips/weekends to ski resorts and have no kids in tow so no school commitments , don't really need 'summer' holidays as I am fortunate enough to live on the Cote d'Azur- yet I still don't do as much as I promise myself despite having become obsessive and realising I will have to pack it in sooner than most of you. Perhaps 4-5 weeks this year in reality - won't stop me promising myself 16-20 next year (again) though!
I didn't start until late in life as I had 'other things' to do and commensurate priorities, I'm sure work was one of them.
Others of course are so dedicated that they will scrimp, save and have focused their leisure time on skiing.
I am grateful for the opportunity that I have, but in my little way I envoy those of you who learned to ski at a younger age and can look forward to dedicating more time to the mountains when the kids have fled the nest! Grass always looks greener doesn't it!
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Mon 5-03-07 9:39; edited 1 time in total
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Megamum, only one week or even just 4 or 5 days for me. Although this year might be an exception. I am looking to return to le Bettex mid April.
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We never had more than one week a year, and not every year because of working abroad for chunks of time, until I took early retirement. Then we converted a room in our house (vacated by kids at university) into a studio flat/bed sit and took in a delightful lodger whose rent pays the mortgage on the French apartment, and who feeds the cat when we're away. It could be done by almost everybody who is retired on a remotely reasonable pension, if that was their priority and they were not anal about their house. Other retired friends like holidays in the sun, cool cars, new kitchens every five minutes, gardening (and therefore can never be away for more than a few days), etc etc. We are very lucky, in this day and age, to be able to make choices. When our parents and grandparents retired few of them would have had the luxury of choice.
I'm off to the mountains this morning, half term hordes will soon be gone.
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AxsMan, I think I was attempting to quote Hoppo who said something like, "I used to think 1 week's sking per year was a luxury. Then I came to snowHeads and realised that 2 weeks was the minimum. Now a feel a little hard done by that I can ony manage 3".
Megamum, don't worry, you're situation is quite normal... for normal people...
but you're not normal anymore: you're one of us, one of us, o n e o f u s
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AxsMan, If you think that's bad I discovered snowHeads and then had to buy an appartment in a ski resort
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FAQ
So I'm off to Verbier on Wednesday for a long weekend and Mr Geetee is going to Morzine at the end of March and this will be our final ski fix until next season. We don't really do the summer holiday thing. We just save up for and go on ski holidays!! 
