 Poster: A snowHead
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Isn't it time for an SH's FAQ page to save on the multiple duplicate threads that appear year after year? Potential subjects could include;
Glove questions - Hestra
Helmet or not? - entirely your own choice and nothing on here will make the choice any more clear for you
In resort beer prices - Don't be so tight & just enjoy yourself
Luggage allowances - you''ve already worked out how to use the internet or you wouldn't be on SH's...
What to pack - ditto
Fly or drive? - Either way will be long, boring and uncomfortable (unless you cadge a lift with Standee), so its up to you but remember the airport will have a bar...
etc etc
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are the slopes open on Christmas Day?
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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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| Dr John wrote: |
Fly or drive? - Either way will be long, boring and uncomfortable, so its up to you but remember the airport will have a bar...
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hang on, my Pathfinder has a beer fridge and optics in the boot, it has DVD screens on all seats (other than the drivers), I have a 3TB drive with vidoes,comedy, music etc. on it. The centre console screen is a touch screen so you can operate my IPad from it, the seats are leather and have a duck down topper on them (not drivers), each individual in the back has a duvet blanket.
not every trip in a vehicle to the Alps has to be boring or uncomfortable.
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Standee, fixed
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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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Do I need rubber?
Find me a holiday without me disclosing anything about me.
Find me a cheap holiday without me defining what cheap means.
Should I be worried at lack of snow?
The ESF/piste nazis/ piste incompetents
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Bode Swiller, yes, but they close for lunch between 11.30 & 2. This is a health and safety directive.
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Should I buy or rent skis?
What skis would suit me best? (no further information provided)
Why is Austria better than France?
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Why is Austria better than France?
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Thats easy because there are no French 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Will there be any snow on the 4th of january? I'm not telling you where I'm going so wave a magic wand please.
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| Dr John wrote: |
| Standee, fixed |
LOL
I forgot "I know skiing is expensive but I fancy trying it, Lidl sell cheap gear so I've bought a load of it, now where are the threads I can complain on, I don't speak any foreign language but I expect them all to speak English anyway, we had the Empire and everything, my wife is ugly and smels a bit, but she's my wife, which means she's actually far superior to anyone else's wife, although she hates me and is probably having an affair with a waiter, Go Pro's are rubbish (mainly because I can't afford one), ESF are just protectionists and it's about time God made Cairngorm less crap than it really is"
now, what have I missed?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Standee, "I've booked a holiday in Bulgaria for £250 because last year we went to Val d'Isere which I hated because I really don't like that gully run back into the village. Will I regret it?"
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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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I'm thinking of buying a car, are they any good.
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"Are ski boots allowed in hand luggage along with cocaine an Uzi 9mm, a grenade and a bowie knife"
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You know it makes sense.
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Timbobaggins, strictly speaking you shouldn't really need a bowie knife alongside your uzi and grenade, but better safe than sorry if you're unsure of you ability to shoot & throw straight.
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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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Dr John, When i am taking out 25 kg of pure powder to deal around the bars of Val D and St Anton, i need to be tooled up 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Timbobaggins, I believe they are on the train.
Now my own suggestions:
Where can I have an overnight stop on my drive to the Alpes? - Answer, where you want, but rest areas will be full of trucks who had the same idea before you.
Will there be any snow left at the start of March? - Answer, Yes, even in the UK you are more likely to get snow at Easter than Christmas.
What should I wear under my ski suit? - Answer, that is entirely up to you.
Could you recommend a boot fitter near X? This question should be ignored.
My wife/husband/granny doesn't like skiing,, where should we go? Sadly there is no answer to this question
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Boot advice
Skis for an intermediate
Low light goggles
Best recommendations for finding a lost child
Recommendations on how to lose a child*
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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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Recommend me a Bobble hat
Recommend me skiing underpants, but strictly no Y fronts
Recommend me a ski wax that makes me go faster
How do i do that thing like Didier Cuche where he spins his skis off his foot at the end of a run and catches them.
Will Lindsey Vonn marry me
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Car hire at Geneva, which side, snow chains or not, winter tyres do you have to pay, how to get to the French side, how to get back to the French side
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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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Please ignore my previous question re car I have bought a bond three wheeler, which wheel should I put the snow tyre on. Is it ok to reverse through the French tolls as I won't be able to reach over to pay.
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feef, Re Bawbags: in your experience do the ladies die laughing or run screaming??
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| jbob wrote: |
| Is it ok to reverse through the French tolls as I won't be able to reach over to pay. |
Excellent. I'm going to say the answer is "only if you handbrake turn in and j-turn out"
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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So basically you want to put the entire forum on one thread?
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| RattytheSnowRat wrote: |
| feef, Re Bawbags: in your experience do the ladies die laughing or run screaming?? |
I've been single so long, I don't know any more :S
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If we did not have repeats of FAQ there wouldn't be many posts 
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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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What La Rosiere like?
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Great thread guys, very funny
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You know it makes sense.
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Does anyone have any more info on the proposed link between Meribel and Cairngorm ?
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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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If I go to New Zealand will I have to ski standing on my head.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Timbobaggins wrote: |
| Dr John, When i am taking out 25 kg of pure powder to deal around the bars of Val D and St Anton, i need to be tooled up |
Obviously not tried the drugs in 3V, pure is not the word,So I am led to believe.
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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 would like to start a professional chalet company but I know nothing about chalets, selling holidays or running a company. I speak no French/Austrian/German, have done no research and don't know how to contract for a chalet. Please can someone else give me all of their financial information so I can put it in my business plan?
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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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Where am I most likely to see a marmot at Christmas?
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blahblahblah, the best powder is usually to be found in Verbier...
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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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Should I buy my ski boots at Snow & Rock?
Followed by howls of derision, the hijacking of the thread and it being flown to the Peoples Republic of Bicester.
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Where can I hire toenail clippers in Lech ?
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If you buy a SH hoodie will it complete with the required chip on its shoulder.
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Where am I most likely to see a marmot at Christmas?
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Usually at the lifties station of every lift called "Marmots"
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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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You need the following questions .......
- Winter tyres or snow socks?
- Winter tyres 2 or 4?
- Is a Landrover Discovery comfortable?
- Does Comedy Goldsmith ski?
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| Does Comedy Goldsmith ski? |
Wear The Fox Hat (a.k.a. Wears The Lens Cap) obtained photographic evidence of me skiing in Hemel Hempstead
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