Skiing at Christlum - Sunday 29.Jan.2005

Gideon, do you ever regret saying "we should invite some more people from TT, make a day of it, it owuld be fun"?

i was fully concentrating on driving, there fore my brain cell (singular) was occupied when i said that. it would have been easier if we hadn't all mailed posted telephoned each other at the same time, pure and utter chaos, not at alll german like

Okay I intend to post on Friday one way or another. I'm not back in Munich until then.


Why? So you'll be able to keep up with Oscar?

Maybe a bit late to jump on board but if anyone has got car with room for me and my board I'd love to come along...

If Gideon can take your board, my skis and Jooly's (if she has some) then yuo could squeeeeeeze into the back of the car. It will be a tight fit though.

I am not sure if Gideon is able to accomodate some many skiis AND boards.

no i find it very uncomfortable having more than one pair of skis inside me.
thats why i bought racks for the car.

seriously best thing is to work out who has got what. isabella how many boards/skis can your car accomodate?

JB doesn't have skis!

Tom17 and BostonSportsFan are travelLing with Isabella. Tom17 has a board, BSF has mofo skis. It is highly likely that BSFs skis need to go on your roof. My skis will only have to go on your roof if i am taking tench. As i understand it Isabella can take Tom17 and his board.

Can your roof accomodate:

your skis
oscars skis
BSF skis
My skis
Gabi skis
Brad Skis
Tench Skis (???)

???

yes. can take eight pairs in total, could also put osdars in the boot of the car and carry nine pairs in total. i would give you the second key for rack so that if mr lions myself and our mystery passenger (i bet i get a canadian) go off earlier you can find our car in the parkplaztz and get your skis off yourself, although as you have a bmw you'll be driving like a mad man and will get there before you have left. does mean people getting there on time though. or you driving with oscar to christlum... mmmm. you'd have to listen to my crap apres schi hits cassette all the way!!
ohhhhh a pizza hut a pizza hut kentucey fried chicken and a pizza hut...

schnapi schnapi schnapi...

@gideon - DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD, DVD!

If you by chance lose Tom17, please look for him there.

And someone make him wear his knee thing. We are moving in 4 weeks and he should not come back gebrochen.

Wife thanks you in advance.

Cheers OG. + I have a board, not skies if that makes a difference

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Fly Fishing?

I think he means whipped...clever our little Owain.

But no...I just don't want to paint and clean and move on my own whilst listening to 'My knee my knee'.

so its ok if we break his wrist then...

Well let's see...what is it they say again...oh yes:

'You break it, you bought it'

Me: Yes I am here to exchange one defective husband for a new one...what?!!...none in stock...what do you mean?!!

after breaking my thumb/wrist (probably), I got those funky gloves with the protectors in them.. Uncomfy as hell, but no hurting wrists now

Couldn't figure out from all of the posts about Tom breaking his wrist what the current situation is, but if a spot comes available for Sunday I would like to go.

From what I hear The Hamster is now a profi, and I need to practice so I don't fall too far behind.

ok just to clear up a few points, as there are pms flying around.

skis go on my car.
izabellas car's rack can fit three boards on it, so the boards go with her.

cars were on the last count full. although jeeves may descide to join us.

tom is going and we will make sure that he doesnt get hurt - promise.

ksa will maybe come over from rosenheim or where evere near the austrian border he resides.

ski pass is 29 euros.

we meet at 6:45 at innsbrucker ring U-Bahn station.

my car will be playing crap apres ski musik, OG's welsh choirs from the vallies, and izabella's something fashionable.

sorted

FORGOT QWAIN BRINGS THOSE LOVELY WARM HAM AND CHEESE BREAKFAST THINGIES FROM THE ESSO GARAGE

I bloody do! But I broke my racing jobbies so now have hand-me.downs from flatmate's sister... I think they may even be wood. 190cm... my knee hurts just looking at them!

So I'm looking for good second hand ones tonight as I'm spending a fortune on rentals for no reason...

i do apologise, been skiing with you twice now and you have never brought them

Julie, do you want to borrow my carvers for the day? No skiing on rocks Someone at the resort could surely fit them to your boots.. I can check how long they are tonight, but they are not too long.

This is only do-able if Graham can fit skis as well as my board when he picks me up to get me to the meeting point...

Hire at the resort is 25€, thats for boots & skis. Dunno if it is cheaper if you just take the skis.

Tom, no problem with Skis and board to thr pick up point.

superb, thanks Tom! Ok, I'll accept that deal, I know how to adjust them as long as they have a binding which goes down to size 41.
(then Graham, will sort out your offer next week when I have more time.. thank you so much! I have poles and boots, so this'll save me a fortune!) *returns to sweatshop*

superb, thanks Tom! Ok, I'll accept that deal, I know how to adjust them as long as they have a binding which goes down to size 41.
(then Graham, will sort out your offer next week when I have more time.. thank you so much! I have poles and boots, so this'll save me a fortune!) *returns to sweatshop*

@ 3 lions no, it's not much cheaper to rent just skis, it's really silly. And I need to pay a deposit, 2 months' rent, moving fees and also a flight to the UK this month so need to watch every penny! (whilst still feeding skiing addiction, of course..)

Not to mention all the rumours flying around here about how our pay is about to be cut by 20%. I hate all the uncertainty, and just hope to God this isn't true!

well I am size 42.. so I imagine they will be ok I think they are 165's or something too. I am only 5'7" so they should be fine.

Hope you dont mind yellow skis

perfect... I have a theory about yellow skis, I'm sure they're even faster than red ones. Will try to prove it for you

now can anyone give me tips on how to release a trapped nerve either in my hip or behind my knee? I've gone and done it again

No see...that experiment has gone badly wrong already...

sorry yellow skis dont fit on my ski rack...

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and yellow signs should be banned too! (or is it gold, i wonder?)

its beige...

One question...since I'm too lazy to read the last few pages. Everybody is meeting at Innsbrucker Ring at 6:45? Is dat the deal?

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@ canuck you have to get there on the U5 that gets in at 6.42, as Gids wants to throw the skis on the wrack and go...and the Ubahns are only every 20 minutes at that (ungodly) hour...

I don't understand why we're leaving so early?? 6:42am is crazy!! McDonalds doesn't open until 10am on Sundays anyways?? MMMMM... I need my Egg McMuffin...

was thinking of abouting some ski boots (shouldn't need to change them much in the near future) anyone got any recommendations?

[QUOTE]Not to mention all the rumours flying around here about how our pay is about to be cut by 20%. I hate all the uncertainty, and just hope to God this isn't true! [/QUOTE
I havent heard about the paycut yet, that is new to me. However, they didnt mention anything at the Hauptversammlung today about what to do with Com...

Not good the business...

sure, go to Sport Scheck or Sport Schuster by Marienplatz, they have sales on. Sport Scheck also has a "Hot Spot" with super reduced stuff, in the Ostbahnhof. Even department stores have them, Karstadt sport by Karlsplatz has good deals and on Saturday they employ ski-pro's to advise you, very good service (but very busy, takes a while).

I'll ask my friend if he still works there (he's ex-pro and also gets discounts).. think he stopped when wife had baby, yada yada yada...

If not Sport Bittl is very good but it's not on your side of town.

@ codered, I'm afraid they did mention what to do.. not with COM but with the Handysparte... no fixed details or start date, but we're to be "saniert" until further notice. yahoo news
I think tomorrow's "all hands meeting" will be interesting, if Joos doesn't come up with details there'll be a riot. It's too long to keep up uncertainty without communicating info. My colleague is buying a house and has a baby, he's so nervous he can't even work. And you can tell how I feel by the fact that, if it weren't for TT, I would be in a bar right now or back home in the UK taking over my family business. I didn't study and work for so long to deserve this lack of openness. I support them making cuts, but they should have acted way earlier and should be talking to their staff, not the press.

yes red is rather fetching...

for the canadians here i'll tell you why we leave early...

we leave early because oscar has a ski course at 9:00. last year i offered mr lions the chance to come along with us and i'd teach him a bit of the 'ol bretteln'. owain came round to my place with his good lady wife for a curry, and revealed that the doctor had given him the of to ski, and i said hey come with us! last sunday - glorious sunshine by the way for all the doubters out there - i said, although i was driving at the time, that it was a shame some people went on the saturday and we on the sunday. maybe we could get everybody together! and excuse the pun, things snowballed from there. we set of early as i drive slowly and it gives us plenty time to get there skis on etc.

and the snow is better at nine in the morning.

and i'm driving with the skis, so get there on time or stay at home and play with your mapel leaf.

I think it's ok, the ski buses leave even earlier. And it gets us back early enough to either go for dinner or have extra time to relax and get ready for "work" the next day (which, in my case, will be a 10 hour crisis workshop fighting against 12 project leaders, followed by 3 hours of intensive spanish. Roll on next weekend!).

I too think its a perfectly OK time to leave.. I have been out of the house at 5:30 for ski day trips before now! Its always worth it!

the earlier the better as far as i am concerned! Get there early, no dodgem cars in the car park, first lift up, nice fresh snow, ski hard´, early lunch (again missing the crowds) and home when you like.

Only canadians want to lie in bed when you could be skiing!

Anway, wasn't Canuckthe one that wanted to drive 2,5 hours away to some godforesaken mountain half way to Nepal? That would have meant getting up even earlier!

Stop whinging, boyo! People who tag-along with the drivers do as the driver says!

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Canadians want to lie in bed. Period.

We have our own special clock up there in the igloos...there are no numbers between 12 am and 7 am. Honest.

You've got a clock in your igloo?? COOL!!! I don't have one...guess I'm livin' in the stone age.

ice age, surely?

Just to re-assure da G-man, I will be there at Innsbrucker Ring before 6:45...eating leftover egg muffins bought from the night before.