The "A" Factor

**misfit toy** · 11-01-2008, 07:50 PM

Se. One of these days one of these days "POW" right in the kisser

**Cosmic Suncloud** · 11-01-2008, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by enlosandes

I believe we have a new entry of epic proportions.
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showt...=1#post2075484
I feel for those that made the voyage to the end of the world. I suspect there is some redemption available.

whaht deso a russian vessel chareterd by amuricans, french, finnish, cnaniands, filem crew etc have to do w/your xenophoibic <A> factorr?

whwy do youu hate argirentia?

**enlosandes** · 11-23-2008, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Cosmic Suncloud

whaht deso a russian vessel chareterd by amuricans, french, finnish, cnaniands, filem crew etc have to do w/your xenophoibic <A> factorr?

whwy do youu hate argirentia?

I love Argentina, just have to laugh about it's shortcomings like the A factor.

As far as what the boat breaking have to do with the A Factor. Consider a 103 skiers travelling all the way to the end of the world, load the boat and find out the motor is broken. The fact the place it happened was in Argentina and there is your A factor.

**enlosandes** · 11-27-2008, 09:57 PM

This is one of my new favorites. An acquaintance told me the following. He tried to commit suicide awhile back. He was ordered to go to the mental hospital. He spent some time there but then bailed. The other day the cops came to his house as he was "AWOL". They told him he needed to go back to the hospital and get checked out. He shows up at the hospital and they are striking, and tell him to come back tomorrow.

He is doing much better and seems to be on the right track.

**covert** · 08-05-2009, 09:13 PM

from the las lenas website...

"Valle de Las Leñas recommends to wear helmet, bring shovel, ARVA and drill"

god i love that shit

**enlosandes** · 08-06-2009, 08:43 PM

Covert, thanks for reviving the thread. A couple weeks ago I went to the supermarket. All the cashiers had masks for the swine flu, but were just wearing them around there neck. It was a pretty cool look.

Travelling mags, how bout some stories?

**tomi25** · 08-06-2009, 09:29 PM

WELCOME to argentina. It's nice to read this thread from an argentinan perspective.
Everything said here is completly true, the A factor is everywhere. An example from last week was in Cerro Catedral, were i noticed an big amount of snowcats but then i noticed there were only two slopes groomed. i was told that they don't want to spend money on operate them...
just spend 15 days here and i promise you'll have plenty of stories.
another preety funny one was that they closed schools and universities due to the swing flu for a long period, but during those days night clubs and shopping centers, sport clubs, etc were not closed!!
lot of stories to tell...
you make fun of the situation but we argentinans really suffer from the A factor. here we call it the "viveza criolla". people belive to be really inteligent because they benefict from this kind of situations but what they don't know is that they are fuckin retards who manage to make argentina a fuckin country.
there are lot of background problems behind what you call the A factor.

**covert** · 08-10-2009, 01:46 PM

i couldn't get out of durango without getting factored. plane broken, missed all connections...back to silverton, try again tomorrow.

this is the message i got when trying out andesmar's fancy online chat system to change my ticket.

"Actualmente no hay operadores en línea."

no shit. que sopresa. the long arm of the factor.

**PNWbrit** · 08-10-2009, 02:50 PM

Covert where in A are you headed to?

Any chance you'll be around Bariloche between 22nd and 29th Aug?

**covert** · 08-10-2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Covert where in A are you headed to?

Any chance you'll be around Bariloche between 22nd and 29th Aug?

i'm doing a trip that end's in bariloche on aug27 and will probably be there for a few days after that before heading north...

**Doremite** · 08-11-2009, 12:02 PM

Planning to ski Catedral 8/31-9/4. Hear they need snow.

**covert** · 08-17-2009, 03:15 PM

so today i needed to print out some waivers...

the first place i went to that advertised internet said, no, no internet today, try again tomorrow.

the second place that had a sign saying internet was just a flat no.

the third place had internet but no printer.

the fourth place had internet and a printer! a color printer! of course when i printed my docs the only part that showed up was the part in color. the guy told me there was something wrong with the printer. no shit. until today i had never seen someone actually take apart an ink cartridge and reassemble it but homie seemed into it so who am i to ask questions. didn't work though. on to shop number five.

again, internet and a printer. things were looking up. the first computer didn't work. strike one. the second computer worked but told me the printer wouldn't work. strike two. third time was the charm...or the seventh time if you count the other four places i went to. little victories are so important. do you think they had change for a 100p note?

**PeteO** · 08-17-2009, 04:27 PM

Assembling your own ink cartridge is the wave of the future

Don't trust the 100p notes out of the Pyramid ATM

**enlosandes** · 08-17-2009, 05:02 PM

We take our spent ink cartridges to a shop at KM 13 that somehow refills then without HP printer sensor knowing. Black ink on the black market.

BTW, Covert, will you be giving wrist bands for those that sign waivers?

**covert** · 08-17-2009, 08:41 PM

no wrist bands but i will be randomly closing terrain

not an "A" factor but more of a random wtf...i noticed that the stereotypical crappy little apartment i stayed in for the last few days (which was perfect for me and had an even more perfect price thank you squeaky) had some new silestone countertops that i couldn't afford for my own house...

**enlosandes** · 08-30-2009, 09:53 AM

Here's a good one. Many of the lifts at Catedral are closed this morning as a result of a special referendum/vote on allowing a Wal Mart to be built in Bariloche.

**cud** · 08-30-2009, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by enlosandes

Here's a good one. Many of the lifts at Catedral are closed this morning as a result of a special referendum/vote on allowing a Wal Mart to be built in Bariloche.

Sounds like a community that cares about its future, unlike your home in California that sold its soul to the devil years ago. Just because you're a self promoting greedhead who lives off the talents of others doesn't mean the entire world has to be that way.

**enlosandes** · 08-30-2009, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by cud

Sounds like a community that cares about its future, unlike your home in California that sold its soul to the devil years ago. Just because you're a self promoting greedhead who lives off the talents of others doesn't mean the entire world has to be that way.

I think having the community have a say is great, I just thought it was classic to have the chairlifts closed for the morning was classic A factor.

For the record, we employ several locals, take good care of them and provide them with other tools to help them to succeed. So to say I live off the talents of them, much less am a greed head, couldn't be further from the truth.

**cud** · 08-30-2009, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by enlosandes

I think having the community have a say is great, I just thought it was classic to have the chairlifts closed for the morning was classic A factor.

No, its called normal to close your business, give employees time off, etc, to vote in an important local election you fucking moron.

Originally Posted by enlosandes

For the record, we employ several locals, take good care of them and provide them with other tools to help them to succeed. So to say I live off the talents of them, much less am a greed head, couldn't be further from the truth.

Just for the record, I wasn't specifically referring to your employees in SA, just your MO in general.

**enlosandes** · 08-30-2009, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by cud

No, its called normal to close your business, give employees time off, etc, to vote in an important local election you fucking moron.

Just for the record, I wasn't specifically referring to your employees in SA, just your MO in general.

Thanks for the explanations Carl!

**enlosandes** · 08-30-2009, 07:42 PM

BTW, the Wal Mart vote past overwhelmingly, 85% to 15%.

**covert** · 08-30-2009, 08:21 PM

i'm guessing they voted in favor of wal-mart coming to town because there is clearly a shortage of cheap crap in rio negro when compared to chubut and neuquen...

**enlosandes** · 09-17-2009, 06:34 PM

Got factored last night. On the drive north, we decided to stop in Junin de Los Andes, which is about 30 minutes off our route. Got to within city limits and hot a big line up of cars. There was some a big protest, people burning tires, etc. We waited about 45 minutes but could see the flames building and people parking their cars and walking onto town. We turned around and retraced our steps until Ruta 40 and luckily floated into Zapala on fumes. Still have no idea why they were protesting. They should have someone passing out pamphlets explaining their cause.

**jSki** · 09-21-2009, 03:04 PM

^^^ I got factored in that last Wednesday on the way to San Martin. Two bridges were blocked so no traffic could get by. We were able to take our bags and walk across to a different bus (twice) and made it to San Martin. Only added about an hour to the bus though, so not to big of a deal.

Couldn't hear what they were protesting about though, more sitting and drinking mate than protesting going on.