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..bags, do they still have a place in the stylish skiers' armoury?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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no,
next question please
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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 the apostrophe in the right place?
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no
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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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..bags, do they still have a place in the stylish skiers' armoury?
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No.
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Is the apostrophe in the right place?
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Probably not but far less of a crime than the bum bag IMO 
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That's a no no then.
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II, 
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Well I'm going to keep wearing mine 
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holidayloverxx, the OP wasn't asking whether they were practical, cheap, and much less likely to hang you off a chairlift than a top-brand backpack!
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Ideal accessory for a fartbag I think, especially in clashing colours.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If you don't require a shovel n probe, rope etc what do you carry in a fanny-pack (used the US term just to see if it gets past the censors) that can't go in a pocket?
A useful part of the armoury for hotdog/gaper/fartbag day however
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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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My husband carries blood-testing equipment, insulin, cereal bars, goggles or sunnies (whichever he's not wearing to start with), a small bottle of water, sun screen, mobile phone, a small wooden roller used when he gets cramp under his feet, camera, tissues, a paper, pencil and string and fourpence for the telephone. He can put it in his pockets and look like Worzel Gummidge with a pocket full of turnips or put it in his bum-bag and look like Worzel Gummidge in a bumbag.
PS one part of the above is untrue, but is what I had to have in my pocket when I was in the Brownies.
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I suspected the answer to both would be no, but if you don't ask you won't know! Ihave not seen my sky blue since the late 80's guess I don't have to waste any time looking for it .
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You know it makes sense.
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pam w,
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fourpence for the telephone
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Ah the good old days of press button A.
I use a small rucksack that takes goggles, water, chocolate and ski lock.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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I go for the turnips look myself as even the best bumbag wouldn't turn me into a ski model
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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All this talk of having a probe in your bum bag is making me feel 'funny'.
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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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..bags, do they still have a place in the stylish skiers' armoury?
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Nope
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| PsychoBabble wrote: |
| ...in the stylish skiers' armoury? |
"...in the stylish skier's armoury?"
but
"...in stylish skiers' armoury?"
(I think)
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snowball
Lynne Truss would be proud (I think)!
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But is the definite article referring to the singular "stylish skier", or to the genre of "stylish skiers" ?
Pedantry is such hard work...
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When loading pockets, one has to be very aware of what goes where.
Which pocket is the camcorder going to fit in best? has to be balanced by which pocket is it least likely to get damaged in, and in which pocket will it do the least damage to me when I fall?
I'm thinking of a head cam for next year - or are these no noes too?
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It is true that "the stylish skiers" could be plural - I did wonder about that - but it would be an odd use of language. If you read the sentence "Should the dogs' tails be docked", and paid huge attention to the placing of the apostrophe, you would know that the writer (assuming he was good with apostrophes) meant the generality of dogs but you would not be impressed by his use of English. If you just heard it, however, it would sound odd and you might reply "Goodness me, how many does the poor dog have?" If you heard "should dogs' tails be docked" you would be in no doubt that it was a question about dogs in general.
Using the definite article with a plural - never really thought about it before - but I suppose it always refers to a particular group or set. As in "the skiers in small French resorts wear fartbags a lot but the skiers in Courchevel are more style conscious" If you heard "the dogs are very noisy" you'd probably ask "what dogs?"
I answered the question only because it was asked, incidentally; I would consider it rude to correct spelling or apostrophes otherwise.
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youspurs1, depends how often you land on your head! 
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pam w, the question was asked because as soon as I typed it I had a flash back to a similar topic some time ago and I thought "I'm sure that isn't right, but I'm sure at least 1 knowledgeable Snowhead will be able to put me right!"
Onwards and upwards in the quest for perfection! 
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youspurs1,
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Which pocket is the camcorder going to fit in best? has to be balanced by which pocket is it least likely to get damaged in, and in which pocket will it do the least damage to me when I fall?
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With you there - a self-conversation I often have! Usually answered by the practical solution of "It will be better weather tomorrow anyway, so I'll leave it at the apartment for this trip...".
pam w, global financial meltdown dictates that " the Courchevel skiers' " sartorial elegance is probably going to be compromised this year anyway...
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They were very 80s weren't they, at least to my mind!
I had one I'm embarrassed to say, still have it in a cupboard somewhere come to think of it, best forgotten about now although with one pieces coming back can it be all that long before hip young freeriders start wearing bum bags too?!
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You know it makes sense.
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| ...in the stylish skiers' armoury? |
"...in the stylish skier's armoury?"
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"...in stylish skiers' armoury?"
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"... in stylish skiers' armouries?" might be better.
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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 Have a Shemagh Scarf,
i will wear that this season see if i can get it to catch on 
Watch out for me On the Milkyway at christmas
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Poster: A snowHead
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critch, Try not and get caught in the cross hairs!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Iam too fast for that !
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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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| richmond wrote: |
| snowball wrote: |
| PsychoBabble wrote: |
| ...in the stylish skiers' armoury? |
"...in the stylish skier's armoury?"
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"...in stylish skiers' armoury?"
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"... in stylish skiers' armouries?" might be better. |
or "in the armoury (ies?) of stylish skiers"
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holidayloverxx, indeed.
Possibly you might say: in the armoury of the stylish skier"
Unless you consider the armoury to belong to all skiers of the stylish variety in which case you could stick with the plural, skiers, or , as per the snowball and psychoBabble suggestion, armouries of stylish skiers, indicating one (or more) armoury per skier.
(Or possibly two armouries shared amongst many... but I digress)
But whichever, the answer is still no, the bum bag will not figure in the armoury, wardrobe or general apparel of a stylish skier, the stylish skier, or indeed any of the host of stylish skiers gracing the slopes this winter.
Unless my wife is reading this, when of course it will dear.
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JimW,
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This topic has got legs , badoom tish!
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critch, Doubt it, I was well trained!
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bug now i am scared 
i wear a bum bag on the Motorbike when i go our for the day, due to lack of pockets
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I assumed that the apostrophe was in the correct place on the basis that it was the possessive apostrophe of 'stylish skiers'. In other words that we were talking about more than one stylish skier and that the word 'armoury' was the object being owned by them.
A bit like talking about a company that could be owned by a large number of men called James - now would that be 'Jamess' company' or 'James''Company'
[Stir, stir, muddy, muddy]
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