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Thread: Best Gaper qoute of the weekend?
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02-23-2020, 09:33 PM #9976
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02-23-2020, 09:53 PM #9977
Let's see--the gaper is a) grandpa, b) lift op who wasn't paying attention (see the death at Vail thread, or c) the guy who can't say you're welcome or something like it when grandpa says thank you, but is happy to rat him out to the lift op?
As far as old man yelling at cloud--I assume you mean yourself. Sounds like you started the evening in a bad mood and kept it going. But thanks for helping the kid. Obviously the 5 year old was more than the gentleman could handle.
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02-24-2020, 04:25 AM #9978
Correct with grandpa being the gaper. I don't blame the lifty he was doing a good job with the rake . I didn't acknowledge the thank you because I was afraid I wouldn't stop with you're welcome I was really shaken up by what I just saw . The little guy was bent in half backwards . Lifty deserved an honest explanation of what happened . Grandpas "Hey I'll take Jr skiing" literally endangered his life ,he had no business taking him out with the lack of skills.
Correct I'm the old man . I still had fun anyway after all it's skiing ."It's only steep if you're backseat"
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02-24-2020, 05:52 AM #9979Registered User
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That kind of thinking may not be as uncommon as one would think.
True story. Whiteface has a pretty good ticket policy. If within the first hour of skiing you find that conditions are not to your liking you can turn your ticket in and they’ll give you a voucher to come back another day before the end of the season. I’ve used that policy myself to turn in a ticket on a shit icy day with lifts on wind hold and limited terrain, but I digress. MLK weekend 2019 we hit the mother load. On top of a decent base they get like 18 inches on Saturday night. I’m in heaven on Sunday, powder and cut up powder all day long.
My older brother? He and his family turned their tickets in for vouchers. Too much snow! I bet the guest services staff got a chuckle out of that one. When my two oldest and I were skiing 41 inches in 36 hours at Crystal earlier this year we kept joking about how Uncle #%^ would turn his ticket in! To each his/her own, I s’pose.
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02-24-2020, 07:10 AM #9980
Scene: eastern local small vert hill, like a total learner's place, riding the lifts to kill some time while my 7 and 5 year olds are in their lessons. Most of the time I meet other expert skiing dentists who are doing the exact same thing.
This time a little different. Some dude and his wife, new to skiing I assume, she's talking about how she'd like to go out west to try skiing at one of those cool looking resorts she's heard about. He says that with the amount of snow they get out there, the skiing is really difficult and he prefers to just stay here since "they pack it all down." I had to turn and look at this guy - yep, mouth breather.
I like to think he just wants to save a few grand on a ski trip until they get really good.
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02-24-2020, 08:38 AM #9981
Magic?
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02-24-2020, 08:45 AM #9982
The first pow day after I moved from Seattle to SVT was midweek so I didn’t get over to Bromley until 10am or so. On the walk from the lot, a couple was already leaving and I asked about conditions. They said how much snow there was and when I asked why there were leaving, they explained how hard it was to ski in deep snow and how they are only used to skiing when you can hear the ice scratching under their skis.
Facepalm.
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02-24-2020, 08:48 AM #9983Registered User
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02-24-2020, 08:54 AM #9984
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02-24-2020, 08:56 AM #9985Registered User
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On parking lot bus at Copper with my chesty gopro mount still on.
Lady: so does that thing, like video you?TLDR; Ski faster. Quit breathing. Don't crash.
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02-24-2020, 09:00 AM #9986Registered User
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02-24-2020, 09:25 AM #9987
At least it wasn't up on the helmet, Telly Tubby style.
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02-24-2020, 09:25 AM #9988
Man, a bunch if y’all sound like grumpy old men. Chill the fuck out and ski. It is fun dammit. I could quote half you you in this very thread. Gapers.
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02-24-2020, 09:32 AM #9989
Two last weekend.
While watching a tele-skier.....
"That guy's on one ski."
2 seconds later
"Look honey, he's doing lunges down the mountain."
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02-24-2020, 10:06 AM #9990
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02-24-2020, 10:40 AM #9991
I'd say this qualifies: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zOw4ApezS/
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02-24-2020, 10:45 AM #9992
Not a gaper quote, but yesterday at Big Sky I saw a couple looking at the Explorer chairlift, which is the beginner lift, debating whether to ride it. "I think that's the baby lift," the woman said.
Totally got what she meant, but all day long I kept picturing babies riding up chairlifts and it made me laugh.
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02-24-2020, 11:06 AM #9993
Worse.
https://gleneden.on.ca/
It's 10 minutes from my house, that's the only benefit. Major airport is 30 minutes. This is how I live.
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02-24-2020, 11:11 AM #9994
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02-24-2020, 11:13 AM #9995
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02-24-2020, 11:38 AM #9996
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02-24-2020, 11:51 AM #9997
They have a couple cute ladies as mountain ambassadors.
https://gleneden.on.ca/pages/ambassadors
Magic just has Rusty."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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02-24-2020, 01:03 PM #9998
Yeah, not a gaper quote. There's absolutely such a thing as too much snow - it happens in Tahoe all the time, at least back when it actually snowed here. If it comes in too big the odds of getting any decent terrain open during storm days (not to mention wind issues) can be a real factor to consider.
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02-24-2020, 01:29 PM #9999
This fits here perfectly
https://www.instagram.com/p/B89kCr7H...d=2vh5bblcgh9nIt's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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02-24-2020, 01:54 PM #10000Registered User
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