A sign of the times? Single, male skiers... enter here-

[cbcbd]

Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late

"Paranoid"


"Just because you're paranoid
doesn't mean they're not after you"


No, I never worried about that.

Usually it's the others that leave me standing alone when loading ..

Yep, same here.

 

[Paul]

I won't share a chair with teenage girls either because I don't want to take the chance of getting that "look" ( why is that old man there ..)

Sitting on a Lift-chair...
Eyeing little girls with long, brown hair.
Snot running down his nose,
Greasy lodge french-fry stains all over his clothes...

Old Snowboarder from Maine.....


*apologies to Ian Anderson et al....

 

[BLESS]

Please refer to Post #8 and Post #12.

I saw them, but I just wanted to give my genius input.

 

[cbcbd]

Sitting on a Lift-chair...
Eyeing little girls with long, brown hair.
Snot running down his nose,
Greasy lodge french-fry stains all over his clothes...

Old Snowboarder from Maine.....


*apologies to Ian Anderson et al....

I guess if I had kids I'd rather them ride the lift with cross-eyed Mary

 

[MRGisevil]

I'm not a single male but I'm entering anyway because people who leave young kids unnattended to at a ski mountain really piss me off.

I can't count the number of times where I have been night skiing and run into young kids who, at ten o'clock at night, are off skiing by themselves. What if someone were to hit them? What if something were to happen to them? WTF are they doing by themselves on a ski mountain that late at night? Whenever I see that I will stay a ways behind said child to make sure they make it to the base safely. Do I consider myself a crazy stalker for doing so? Do I consider the fact that someone else might consider me a crazy stalker? No. Because I'm doing what their parent should be doing by making sure some idiot doesn't crash into them in the dark on their way down.

Then there are the kids who can't be older than eight or nine skiing around on the advanced stuff (bumps, steeps, etc.) either by themselves or with a team of either or nine year olds. So again, I stay behind, and when they inevitably crash and send gear flying every which way, I get them back on their feet and watch to make sure they make it to the end of the run without losing a limb or, again, getting run over by some out-of-controller.

And, of course, there's always that group of kids who aren't even tall enough to get on the lift without help from the liftie, all skiing without supervision. That's awesome. Do I hesitate before I get on the lift with them to make sure one of them doesn't slip out on the way up? No. Because it's the right thing to do.

I've interacted with strangers' kids countless times on the slopes and I've never had the afforementioned experience of threats and accusations. I just don't think it's going to happen. Perhaps it's different when you're a man, I don't know, but the thought's never even crossed my mind.

 

[Marc]

Perhaps it's different when you're a man, I don't know, but the thought's never even crossed my mind.

There's no perhaps about it. Being a man is the defining issue here, as OSME alluded to.

 

[Paul]

There's no perhaps about it. Being a man is the defining issue here, as OSME alluded to.

Agreed. I let my wife handle those issues if I see them for that reason alone.

Good on yer for helping out though. Woman or man, few people can see beyond themselves to help out another person.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Trust your instincts Marc. You are correct Today a guy needs to be VERY careful--SAD but True

When i was a young professor, i'd often give my students ( adults and traditional age college students ) a congratulatory hug on occasion to celebrate --in todays world that leaves one open to not only cricticism but the potential for suits .

Call me OLD Fashioned BUT i can't imagine a parent leaving their young child unsupervised DAY or evening in a PUBLIC venue. Just too many opportunities for trouble .

Even years ago when my now adult kids ( now the same age as a lot of you guys) were with us they skied WITH us and did not go off alone unsupervised until they were Teenagers and even then most times they and their friends were with US

 

[Marc]

Agreed. I let my wife handle those issues if I see them for that reason alone.

Good on yer for helping out though. Woman or man, few people can see beyond themselves to help out another person.

If a child were hurt and alone, I'd risk helping them, even if I'm alone as well, without a second thought. In a case like that the benefit of being able to help a child would outweigh the risk of anything else happening, plus the EMT license would pretty much shelter me I think.

 

[Paul]

If a child were hurt and alone, I'd risk helping them, even if I'm alone as well, without a second thought. In a case like that the benefit of being able to help a child would outweigh the risk of anything else happening, plus the EMT license would pretty much shelter me I think.

Well, yeah. That's different. I just mean things like gear troubles, trouble getting on/off lift, inattentive lifties etc...

If someone's actually hurt, with or without professional certifications I believe you can use the "Good Samaritan" law.

 

[Marc]

Well, yeah. That's different. I just mean things like gear troubles, trouble getting on/off lift, inattentive lifties etc...

Ah yes. In that case, good luck junior. You're on your own.

 

[bvibert]

I'm not a single male but I'm entering anyway because people who leave young kids unnattended to at a ski mountain really piss me off.

I can't count the number of times where I have been night skiing and run into young kids who, at ten o'clock at night, are off skiing by themselves. What if someone were to hit them? What if something were to happen to them? WTF are they doing by themselves on a ski mountain that late at night? Whenever I see that I will stay a ways behind said child to make sure they make it to the base safely. Do I consider myself a crazy stalker for doing so? Do I consider the fact that someone else might consider me a crazy stalker? No. Because I'm doing what their parent should be doing by making sure some idiot doesn't crash into them in the dark on their way down.

Then there are the kids who can't be older than eight or nine skiing around on the advanced stuff (bumps, steeps, etc.) either by themselves or with a team of either or nine year olds. So again, I stay behind, and when they inevitably crash and send gear flying every which way, I get them back on their feet and watch to make sure they make it to the end of the run without losing a limb or, again, getting run over by some out-of-controller.

And, of course, there's always that group of kids who aren't even tall enough to get on the lift without help from the liftie, all skiing without supervision. That's awesome. Do I hesitate before I get on the lift with them to make sure one of them doesn't slip out on the way up? No. Because it's the right thing to do.

I've interacted with strangers' kids countless times on the slopes and I've never had the afforementioned experience of threats and accusations. I just don't think it's going to happen. Perhaps it's different when you're a man, I don't know, but the thought's never even crossed my mind.

I think you need a kid of your own, then you'll stop worrying about other people's kids so much....

 

[WJenness]

I think you need a kid of your own, then you'll stop worrying about other people's kids so much....

Don't let Tim hear you say such things...

-w (kidding... I don't know Marge or Tim's feelings on the situation)

 

[Mildcat]

I do feel awkward sharing a chair with kids and will avoid it if possible but I never really thought about a kid making a false claim. Seems very unlikely something like that would happen in that setting.

 

[Mildcat]

If a child were hurt and alone, I'd risk helping them, even if I'm alone as well, without a second thought. In a case like that the benefit of being able to help a child would outweigh the risk of anything else happening, plus the EMT license would pretty much shelter me I think.

Last year at Cannon there was a little girl stuck off the side of the trail. A friend of mine use to be an instructor so it was natural for him to go over, help her get out, and help get her ski back on. The very next week the same thing happened again. Both times my first thought was why do the parents let these little kids ski alone? My second thought was I would've been a little nervous helping out.

 

[bvibert]

Can't say I've had many instances where I had to ride alone with a small kid, but I wouldn't really think much about it. Besides, at least they're closer to my intellectual level... :dunce:

 

[wa-loaf]

So it could be that I'm wildly paranoid. Well actually, that's a given. But enough about that.

I was skiing by myself at Wachusett last night, and it being school vacation, there were lots of kids there. On more than one occasion, I saw kids that had to be under 10 years old, in groups of two or three, skiing and riding the lift alone.

I intentionally avoided riding on a chair alone with only one, two or three other kids. All kinds of things were running through my mind, but I knew there wasn't any way in hell I was going to take the risk of sitting alone on a lift chair in the dark with these minors. I know it's probably very implausible that a minor of that age would fabricate something like this, but you never know in this day and age how you might be the target of a witch hunt. I decided waiting a chair, and pissing people off in the process, was worth it to mitigate the risk.

Unfounded paranoia or sad commentary on the state of today's society? Anyone else that skis alone ever had these thoughts?

And what kind of parent is letting their two 7 - 8 year olds ski at Wachusett alone? It's not exactly Killington or Sunday River, but still?? WTF?

I think you are being a little paranoid, especially about riding the lifts at WA.

I do feel kinda self conscious when I have to take my 4 yr old daughter to the bathroom in public locations.

 

[Marc]

I think you are being a little paranoid, especially about riding the lifts at WA.

I do feel kinda self conscious when I have to take my 4 yr old daughter to the bathroom in public locations.

Easier to say if you have a kid. I bet fathers would be prosecuted much less vigorously than a single guy of my age in such a circumstance.

 

[Brettski]

Try coaching a 5th-8th grade girls soccer team

 

[wa-loaf]

When i was a young professor, i'd often give my students ( adults and traditional age college students ) a congratulatory hug on occasion to celebrate --in todays world that leaves one open to not only cricticism but the potential for suits .

In HS the swim coach used to always pat the kids(boys and girls) on the butt after a good performance or as an "atta boy" kind of thing. He'd probably be hauled off now.