 Poster: A snowHead
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unusual..............http://belledeneige.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Last seen ranting about reclaiming the c word - appears she's now gone nautical.
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I missread it as bell end neige.
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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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Without skiers to tow them on the flat, the slopes would be littered with the frozen over, skeletal corpses of boarders with one foot clipped out, who got stranded and didn’t have enough energy to punt home.
Someone needs to invent some kind of snowboarder’s extendable pole thing that pings out from the sleeve or glove like a Wolverine Claw. But until they do, just shut the  up and give the poor Fitzwilliams a tow. |
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Magnificent effort being able to slide on snow whilst being so far up one's own back bottom.
Well played.
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Classic:
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Without skiers to tow them on the flat, the slopes would be littered with the frozen over, skeletal corpses of boarders with one foot clipped out, who got stranded and didn’t have enough energy to punt home.
Someone needs to invent some kind of snowboarder’s extendable pole thing that pings out from the sleeve or glove like a Wolverine Claw. But until they do, just shut the up and give the poor Fitzwilliams a tow. |
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Someone has invented that.
Can't remember where i saw it, but it is has a retractable cord built into the bottom of a backpack. Specifically for towing toddlers i think, but similar to what you get for retractable dog leads. Actually quiet a good idea imho.
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Mike Pow, I quite like it.
There's a list of snow/resort/seasonnaire blogs listed down the sidebar on my own blog if anyone is looking for things to read. Post adresses for any others you like that I've missed and I'll add them.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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As some of you know I do a daily blog for wind / kite surfers which is quite successful - that has more to do with the sticky content such as live weather data and streaming cam as well as a well populated for sale section - people can also make their own comments and the like - then when we go away for our winter trips I change the blog to reflect that.
Anyway my daughter is doing her first season as a chalet bitch and I thought what I great idea it would be to do a warts and all blog - but she's nervous that she'll get sacked if they found out - still think it would be a good idea...........
"Today our new clients arrived for the week and what a bunch of knobs etc etc etc - Jim the resort manager on his first season too, can now snow plough after five days lessons etc etc - snow cover still very poor, it's total joke as to what it is being reported on the SCGB site etc etc"
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Would love to here her slaves' opinions on her. What a smug tw*t!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| kesone1 wrote: |
| Would love to here her slaves' opinions on her. What a smug tw*t! |
and her employer's opinion. Strange how she doesn't mention the resort or TO 
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Fri 18-11-11 15:34; edited 1 time in total
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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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sequoiaboard, writing that sort of thing would almost certainly not go down well with TO employers. Hence Belle's reticence.
Weathercam, your daughter would probably get away with it as long as she was reasonably sensible.
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You know it makes sense.
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she sounds like a game bird
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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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Absolute class the most insightfull and accurate blog of a season ever! She is somewher in the 3 Valleys i guess?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I've just remembered why I don't do chalets (SOPiBs excepted). 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just wasted a couple of hours reading that, excellent stuff.
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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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Interesting to note that it has a link to Lizzards blog.
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Maybe I'm getting old but someone has got too much spare time on their hands
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Belle end neige....
Smug tw*t....
Up your own back bottom (not sure what other types of bottom there are, unless we're talking front bottoms in which case, as you've probably gathered, I prefer the word c*nt)
No I don't mention any of the TO's in the blog. Funnily enough, at the time of writing I didn't want to get fired, as I'm sure you can appreciate....just make a few other seaonaires laugh.
If you'd love to hear my slaves' (actually I prefer 'minions' but whatever you like) opinions on me then why not ask them, most of them have read the blog and find it quite amusing. In general I find people love it when you write about them. Even if it's derogatory. Strange fact of life.
Lizzard - thank you for your kind words. We've never met, but your blog continues to entertain and tickle me...
To those who were complimentary - thank you I'm really pleased you've enjoyed reading my ramblings. It's just a bit of fun aimed at giving fellow seasonaires a giggle. To the less complimentary, not quite sure what I've done to deserve such bile (That's kinda why I tend to avoid internet forums.) but there you go, you can't please everyone all the time.
....oh and I have gone nautical but not permanently
Much love
Belle
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Ford, and vice versa. The world is not awash with ski blogs.
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Belle de Neige, I enjoyed it, and lizards. Much prefer reading something that sound natural and in the authors own voice, instead of the usual generic rubbish.
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Belle de Neige, ignore those people... Captured what it's like to be on a season very well IMHO.
Close to home which always makes for an interesting read, as I expect many other people who've done seasons would think.
Props for coming on here. Will there be more good things to come with the blog? I hope so because I'm getting through the back catalogue pretty fast... Wish I'd read it before I went!
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Belle de Neige, gosh, that was restrained. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Split1950, so what do you do with your spare time? Watch telly?
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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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This is why my blog was/is only available via invite.
1, to stop me getting fired
2, so that people who don't know me and my sense of humour don't get it.
I have followed both of the above blogs and enjoy them a lot.
BTW Just because you think your the coolest guest ever does not make it so.
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Belle end neige....
Smug tw*t....
Up your own back bottom (not sure what other types of bottom there are, unless we're talking front bottoms in which case, as you've probably gathered, I prefer the word c*nt)
No I don't mention any of the TO's in the blog. Funnily enough, at the time of writing I didn't want to get fired, as I'm sure you can appreciate....just make a few other seaonaires laugh.
If you'd love to hear my slaves' (actually I prefer 'minions' but whatever you like) opinions on me then why not ask them, most of them have read the blog and find it quite amusing. In general I find people love it when you write about them. Even if it's derogatory. Strange fact of life.
Lizzard - thank you for your kind words. We've never met, but your blog continues to entertain and tickle me...
To those who were complimentary - thank you I'm really pleased you've enjoyed reading my ramblings. It's just a bit of fun aimed at giving fellow seasonaires a giggle. To the less complimentary, not quite sure what I've done to deserve such bile (That's kinda why I tend to avoid internet forums.) but there you go, you can't please everyone all the time.
....oh and I have gone nautical but not permanently
Much love
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First blog of the new season??
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You know it makes sense.
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| Belle de Neige wrote: |
Up your own back bottom (not sure what other types of bottom there are, unless we're talking front bottoms in which case, as you've probably gathered, I prefer the word c*nt)
To the less complimentary, not quite sure what I've done to deserve such bile (That's kinda why I tend to avoid internet forums.) but there you go, you can't please everyone all the time.
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Fair play for coming on the thread.
Perhaps I should have written this instead:
Your 'stories' and 'humour' perpetuate the unfortunate reality of some seasonal workers doing the minimum amount of work to get by.
Most of the people that pay for your play work their back bottoms off in very humdrum jobs 48 weeks of the year to enable them to escape to the mountains for a literal breath of fresh air in their lives.
The least that they deserve is an unforgettable holiday (for the right reasons) in exchange for you and others living the life.
If more seasonal workers had actually paid for a ski holiday before working in the industry they may think differently.
My 2 c worth.
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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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Yes there will be lots more, bobmcstuff, both snow based and nautical....thanks for reading!
xx
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Poster: A snowHead
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Belle de Neige, I appreciate that you might have got some stick on here for your blog, i think it's possibly because a lot of members of SH are 'punters'.
Personally i enjoyed your blog.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pretty good read actually. Not so bothered that I didn't do a season now, I've had enough of telling back bottoms I'll fix their cowdoo problems.
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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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Most of the people that pay for your play work their back bottoms off in very humdrum jobs 48 weeks of the year
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You prefer 'sucker' to 'punter' then?
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Mike Pow, Speaking as one of those people who works their @ss of most of the year (although not exclusively in order to go skiing. I like to drink also), I find the blog very amusing. How do you know that the punters didn't have an unforgettable holiday? I've been on many chalets holidays, and can confirm that the worse people in any chalet are usually the punters, not the workers. I could write a blog about some of my fellow punters that would make belle's blog look like a love letter. And if you really dislike the log so much, all you have to do is not read it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It wasn't an offensive read but I won't be going out my way to click on it again. I don't understand the love that Lizzard's blogging gets either, or why it deserves a new thread every time there's a new post 
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| Lizzard wrote: |
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Most of the people that pay for your play work their back bottoms off in very humdrum jobs 48 weeks of the year
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You prefer 'sucker' to 'punter' then? |
Customer or guest works fine.
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| Dr John wrote: |
| Mike Pow, Speaking as one of those people who works their @ss of most of the year (although not exclusively in order to go skiing. I like to drink also), I find the blog very amusing. How do you know that the punters didn't have an unforgettable holiday? I've been on many chalets holidays, and can confirm that the worse people in any chalet are usually the punters, not the workers. I could write a blog about some of my fellow punters that would make belle's blog look like a love letter. And if you really dislike the log so much, all you have to do is not read it. |
I'm sure many found it amusing. And many won't see themselves in the stories which makes it more amusing. And the customers are often the worst behaved in a chalet environment.
Having worked as a chalet boy, and worked to the best of my ability, it's frustrating to have to pick up the slack for slackers. The customer deserves better.
And I've had excellent and very poor experiences as a customer in a chalet environment. The poor experiences have been directly correlated with the level 'of give a poo-poo ness' of the chalet hosts.
I read the blog as it was posted as a link on a forum that I frequent daily. I commented on the blog. I thought that was the point of forums.
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Haven't done a winter season but did work in the tourist industry for a couple of summers way back when and must say Belle de Neige's blog certainly rings true for both staff and customers for me!
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i really enjoy this blog wasted a few hours at work with it 
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I have to say it really is a top blog, thoroughly entertaining. As has already been mentioned the problem characters encountered in the chalets have been other guests(thankfully only occasionally) rather than the staff, and hey, they do work their butts off for 60 to 80 quid a week.
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