Things you hate about skiing

[snoseek]

If you had a spray bottle filled with skunk scent, would someone have to politely ask you to NOT spray it on them while riding up a lift? I mean, really, is there any difference?

And have you ever once seen someone snub out their butt and put it in their pocket on the lift? F*ck no. It gets added to the landscape for 500 years or until someone else picks it up.

And, for the record, I've survived five wars, which has left me feeling somewhat comfortable being rude to wheezing chain smokers on chair lifts.

Back on topic: I hate watching people litter the slopes with anything.

So you're saying that you drive a small low emission vehicle, always but local produce (no tomatos in winter), bring your own cup into the local coffee shop, carpool, earn your own turns, live in a sustainable small home, avoid meat and fish from mass produced sources ect...?

I can assure you that a filter that could very well be cotton does far less damage than a half hour of your life, no need to get so butthurt about someone polluting "your" air or ground.


fwiw I eat tomatos in January and ride chairlifts.

 

[bobbutts]

If you had a spray bottle filled with skunk scent, would someone have to politely ask you to NOT spray it on them while riding up a lift? I mean, really, is there any difference?

And have you ever once seen someone snub out their butt and put it in their pocket on the lift? F*ck no. It gets added to the landscape for 500 years or until someone else picks it up.

And, for the record, I've survived five wars, which has left me feeling somewhat comfortable being rude to wheezing chain smokers on chair lifts.

Back on topic: I hate watching people litter the slopes with anything.

Threatening and being rude are two totally different things.
Your threat to throw someone from a chairlift is criminal assault, so unless they've started giving veterans immunity to the law you have no right to do that.

 

[ski9]

So you're saying that you drive a small low emission vehicle, always but local produce (no tomatos in winter), bring your own cup into the local coffee shop, carpool, earn your own turns, live in a sustainable small home, avoid meat and fish from mass produced sources ect...?

I can assure you that a filter that could very well be cotton does far less damage than a half hour of your life, no need to get so butthurt about someone polluting "your" air or ground.


fwiw I eat tomatos in January and ride chairlifts.

Dude, I hate to tell you, but if you smoke cigarettes, your clothes reek. Nowhere did I mention pollution...I was saying that if you smoke next to someone, both people end up STINKING.

 

[Glenn]

OK, I'll bite. What are the margins to the manufacturer?
On a $1200 list price high end ski/binding combo?
On a $400 list entry level ski/binding combo?
On a $600 list set of boots?
I'd like to understand who is getting what markup. Do ski shops buy direct from the manufacturer or is there a middleman?

Thanks!

The shop I worked for in the mid/late 90's had a buyer. This buyer bought for a variety of other shops. I don't know where they were or who they were. I just remember the owner always saying it was one of the largest groups and they got good prices because of it.

 

[snoseek]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but if you smoke cigarettes, your clothes reek. Nowhere did I mention pollution...I was saying that if you smoke next to someone, both people end up STINKING.

I used to smoke but no longer do. I also have come to the point where the smell bothers me but somehow manage to tolerate. As an ex-smoker I always asked before lighting up and did not litter. I never ask if I can crack a beer on the lift.....who cares.

 

[ski220]

I hate people who drop names and the names of places they've skiied in an attempt to validate themselves.

Damn! I was hoping to post " When I was walking up rt.108 I ran into J.D. and we traded stash the rest of the day"

 

[ski220]

People that smoke in the liftline

and don't share

 

[ski220]

I hate it when I squeeze the trigger and realize the safety is still on ....

Damn! Another knuckledragger got away.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

and don't share

times two..I get blunted off a marlboro light because I only smoke one about once a month..hook a brotha up..

 

[ski220]

People that boot pack up skin tracks...

Or ski back down the bootback trashing it.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

That it's only a seasonal sport for 99 percent of us..

 

[ripzillia]

Haha GC. I live 60 miles from year round skiing. But only go ever couple of Summers. I went skiing today and observed skiers/riders coming down a run. About 1 out of every 30 could rail an edge. Pity. Course where I ski its flat and soft so you really don't need to be a carver like the Ice coast.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Nothing.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Haha GC. I live 60 miles from year round skiing. But only go ever couple of Summers. I went skiing today and observed skiers/riders coming down a run. About 1 out of every 30 could rail an edge. Pity. Course where I ski its flat and soft so you really don't need to be a carver like the Ice coast.

What's with people who can't lay down railroad tracks...

 

[Greg]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but if you smoke cigarettes, your clothes reek. Nowhere did I mention pollution...I was saying that if you smoke next to someone, both people end up STINKING.

I think you're going a wee bit over the top here. I've sat next to plenty of people on the lift while they smoked a butt, and I never ended up stinking. Come on. Let's be real.

 

[ski220]

I can assure you that a filter that could very well be cotton does far less damage than a half hour of your life, no need to get so butthurt about someone polluting "your" air or ground.

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cigerette filters are not cotton. if you research it, cigerrete butts are one of the longer lasting debris out there. Plus all the other plastic wrappers, liners and packages that get regularly tossed out the car window.

That all being said, ask politely first and if that doesn't do the trick - escalate.

Which reminds me that ......

 

[ski220]

I hate people that barge your gondola because they are afraid to ride up with the snow boarders and then get offended when you want to light up.

 

[snoseek]

cigerette filters are not cotton. if you research it, cigerrete butts are one of the longer lasting debris out there. Plus all the other plastic wrappers, liners and packages that get regularly tossed out the car window.

That all being said, ask politely first and if that doesn't do the trick - escalate.

Which reminds me that ......

I was just trying to bring the point across that their are so many other way more important environmental issues than a cig butt. Camels and basics are two brands that use cotton filters I'm pretty sure, along with hand rolled filters.

I will say that littering is incredibly lazy and selfish though.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I hate people that barge your gondola because they are afraid to ride up with the snow boarders and then get offended when you want to light up.

I had an interesting ganjala ride at Jackson Hole last season with...

2 corporate looking guys
2 old hippies..
myself
J-hole crunchy bro brah gnar sweet change for a nickle dude

Anyway..it's a family site so use your imagination.....

I hate that no Pennsylvania ski areas have gondolas or Trams..

 

[JD]

What's with people who can't lay down railroad tracks...

bumpers.