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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?
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hibernia, Yep or at least they do in Wengen, wo betide those who ignore the requests of the police to be quiet, they actually walk up and down the high street late at night (the only time you see any police in Wengen normally) and shhh anyone raising their voice above quiet conversation level  Perhaps it's a local thing I imagine ise would know
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D G Orf, actually, I think it's a good idea. I've had disturbed nights in Megève occasionally: caused by French drunks.
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kevin mcclean, sounds like it's back to Andermatt for you.
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No, I think he genuinely wants to perform a bit of social reform in Val d'Isere. Return the village to land-owning farmers, with 'Edwardian' British tourists doffing their hats to the locals. Turn Dicks T-bar into a hay-floored barn for the winter refuge of cattle. Make Scrabble the only legal form of apres-ski. Allow the Swiss to take over policing of the resort.
I live for the day that a statue of Kevin McClean is built in the main street of Val d'Isere, with a suitable inscription of his reformist quotations.
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I look forward to it David, as much as I look forward to owning a Range Rover. Tally ho all you pseudo-liberals!
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ise, Ah that explains things as I know they are not members of the other police (Kantonal polezi ?) Could you explain the different police in Switzerland ?
I think it occurs in Wengen because of the large numbers of hotel rooms that face the main street combined with the high numbers of families with young kids in those same rooms
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the difference is that the Swiss tend to obey the laws where as the French ignore any they don't like, thus the Swiss use the bins ............
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and the english (Islanders)use the bins and bags supplied when they stay in the region !!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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laundryman, yes, but very very quietly.
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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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hibernia, the noise wasn't coming from the disco below the Sunstar, was it? (opposite the Firstbahn)
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Manda - not it was not the Sunstar, but a disco bar dirrectly opposite the Eiger Hotel Further down about 100 yards from the Firstbahn but on the other side of bteh road.
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You know it makes sense.
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Kevin, one of the reasons we moved from the UK was to escape from the likes of people you describe. Unfortunately, come holiday time, some appear here and my immediate reaction is that... 'why don't you p.ss off back home?' But on reflection this behaviour must be due to massive personal insecurities and so I just feel glad that I'm not like that.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Come off it! All us beer swilling, high Euro spending Brits are lining the pockets of the ingrate Kermits. If they're unhappy, let them be heard. Otherwise sod off to your liberal resorts and leave VDI to those who enjoy it for what it has become.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Look at it positively.
The Val d' Isere you describe is not my by experience, but for some people it could be a golden opportunity to pick fights with posh people.
People who have football hooliganism as a major leisure pursuit often now have the money to ski anywhere they choose. Hooliganism can be enjoyed well into middle age, if newspaper crime reports are anything to go by.
What better holiday than a weeks skiing in a top class resort and a tear up with some toffs ?
Easy pickings, build your confidence and get in some practice to do battle with genuine yobboes who fight dirty.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Eve Rest, Several of the posters on this thread do actually live in ski areas or close to them.
I'm astonished at the support for Tignes - there's no soul there - no local community - no local kids going to school - no feeling. Only a tourist resort and one of the ugliest places in the world I should think. Perhaps those liking Tignes aren't interested in any of these things? Perhaps most Brits on holiday don't want to be made to feel part of a community?
Many Brits have bought apartments here for precisely the opposite reasons. They find the town not as unattractive as advertised, the locals are friendly, you have a welcome and a real feeling of community. It doesn't take long to get hooked!
ps: if any of the lifties DIDN'T say bonjour here I'd complain to the DAL (lift company) - we expect it, but it's sad how many of them say bonjour and don't get a reply in any language! 
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easiski, very good points.
Call me old fashioned but ski resorts are best nurtured by those whose roots and ancestry go back to the farming communities of the mountain slopes. The greedy resort developers and appartment dealers are best kicked out of the Alps, IMHO.
All together now: "The hills are alive to the sound of nostalgia."
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David Goldsmith, I agree. Pity, though, that some of the old "paysans" are so against tourism. Not all of course, but I think it is the cosmopolitan mix that helps more. Anyone coming here should take a gander at "millionaires row" though - where all those who did hang onto their land etc. have built their huge posh chalets - quite impressive!
Trouble is, some of them won't allow a pylon on their land to improve the uplift, some won't allow a run on their land to be widened, some won't allow the trenches for new cannons - what can we say to complaining tourists? However - we do have real live cows and sheep in the summer - keeps the inner city kids more interested than marmottes!!! 
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Not quite clear what you are saying, there, David Goldsmith, does that mean that you prefer Venosc to the township of Les Deux Alpes, for example?
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David Goldsmith, easiski, that's exactly what caused us to buy in Monetier-les-Bains, a real community, not just a ski village.
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Haven't been to VD since the Olympics and it is a shame if it is as the reports say.
But I think there are plenty of places that are worth a visit which aren't as publicised as some
of the French resorts. They may not have masses of pisted runs but the most important stat
in my book is beds per lift capacity anyway.
I have found a couple of gems lately but I'm not saying where they are. I have mentioned one of them quite a lot recently tho'
Too many drunks in a resort is a common thing these days and I want to avoid it like the plague. Maybe if the police locked a few up and threw them out of the resort it might help. But they probably get away with murder at home anyway and they think this is the way to behave.
Bring back stocks..!!!
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