What are you doing right now?

[Moe Ghoul]

Finished up a bfast of hashbrowns, eggs, whole grain bread and leftover pork loin. Drinkin some java and gonna hit the gutters, take down a few branches, hit the gym and then the grocery store for some sales to stock up the pantry/freezer. Weather is supposed to be in the 60-70's by next Friday, so I'll bang out the remaining yardwork piecemeal this week and drag my coldweather and ski gear outta the attic. Dad's coming up tomorrow and hangin out thru wednesday so we can go vote together. Pappy uses my address for residency, lol.

 

[drjeff]

Just home from the older kids Gymnastics class. Watching a little Discovery Channel as the kids playing nicely together at the moment. Thinking about when/if I'll get the leaves sucked up off the yard today in between my wife's work schedule and some extra-curricular "family dentistry" I'll be doing on my brother's family later this afternoon.

 

[RootDKJ]

the Queen has just informed me that she is painting the dining room today.:smash:

So now I need to move all the furniture around. So much for working outdoors.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I just put my skis and boots in my car..

 

[drjeff]

the Queen has just informed me that she is painting the dining room today.:smash:

So now I need to move all the furniture around. So much for working outdoors.

women

 

[RootDKJ]

women

well she's doing the painting, I just had to help with all the prep work, move furniture, take flaceplates and registers off...

off to do battle with the leaves. on a more positive note, I got the green light to fire up the smoker again (I thought she might be getting sick of the constant bbq). Thinking about chicken, smoked over apple wood chips, we'll see:wink:

 

[Glenn]

Not much here. I've felt crappy since I woke up. My wife was sick yesterday, I had to pick her up at work. She's never had that happen. She's fine today though. My stomach feels better...but I still feel dizzy and have a bit of a headache.

 

[Greg]

Actually, it's not that shop. That shop is on my permanent ban list. This would be the one you went to AFTER the one that screwed up your skis. Surprised?

Anybody have any suggestions on how to handle this in a proactive manner? Now that it's been a couple days since I picked them up and I already had to sign off on the paperwork they had in order to take them home with me? Trekchick mentioned on Ski Diva that the fact he didn't fix the dimple and sent me home telling me I have to check the forward pressure myself is pretty bad, too. None of it seemed right at the time, but it was such a long day, I had the kids with me, and I wasn't really in a position to be making a scene even though I was totally pissed off at the time. I'm not the best advocate for myself, I'm afraid, in a situation like this. Part of it being that I'm a girl and I feel that they think they can get away with this stuff because of that... and partly because I'm afraid of getting too emotional instead of handling this logically. It's not right, no matter how you slice it... but what's the remedy? And do I really want these people touching my equipment again?

Right now... should be sleeping. But I have a bit of a tummy ache.

Get it resolved if you can. You will never be happy with the skis if you don't. One thing about making any sort of change to a binding mount - you need to be very specific. Sounds like he knew what you wanted though. Question - why did you forgo the lifter? Anyway, bring them back and tell them you're not happy about it. They should make it right.

 

[Mildcat]

Actually, it's not that shop. That shop is on my permanent ban list. This would be the one you went to AFTER the one that screwed up your skis. Surprised?

Don't be afraid to trash them on this board. :uzi: Say their name, it's one power you have as a customer. Word of mouth works for crappy service too. Also, I need to preface my next statement, "This is not intended to be sexist". Bring Brian in to talk to the guy if you're nervous about it. The guy at the shop is less likely going to try to intimidate him. He can also explain to the guy if you get hurt because your bindings weren't checked that you two will hold him responsible.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Don't be afraid to trash them on this board. :uzi: Say their name, it's one power you have as a customer. Word of mouth works for crappy service too. Also, I need to preface my next statement, "This is not intended to be sexist". Bring Brian in to talk to the guy if you're nervous about it. The guy at the shop is less likely going to try to intimidate him. He can also explain to the guy if you get hurt because your bindings weren't checked that you two will hold him responsible.

Yeah that too and as a last resort Brian can pound on him

 

[Mildcat]

Yeah that too and as a last resort Brian can pound on him

Well I didn't want to get Brian in trouble but now that you mention it... :wink:

 

[drjeff]

well she's doing the painting, I just had to help with all the prep work, move furniture, take flaceplates and registers off...

off to do battle with the leaves. on a more positive note, I got the green light to fire up the smoker again (I thought she might be getting sick of the constant bbq). Thinking about chicken, smoked over apple wood chips, we'll see:wink:

Thanks for the pending smoker TR report there Root. This way I'll know to be carefull around 11 tonight

Right now I'm waiting for my brother to get his families a$$ into gear and get to my office so I can finish cleaning them up at a reasonable hour today

 

[RootDKJ]

Thanks for the pending smoker TR report there Root. This way I'll know to be carefull around 11 tonight

I think it's more likely I'll smoke something tomorrow night.

I've just finished my battle with the leaves. I'll call it a draw. A total of 4 garbage cans but I only got two over to the dump before they closed.

 

[hardline]

trying to peice together the night that was halloween.it was in a word nuts.girls kept molesting me in the dj booth to get me to play songs. i also seem to remember some nekid girls running around. then there was the encounter with a french maid in the bathroom. on a scale of 1 to 10 for halloween's this was a 30. now i have to get my shit together so i can go back and do it again tonight.

 

[Glenn]

I was the local ski shop today. They mentioned that if they biff up a ski when mounting, they'll replace it...no questions asked. I thought that was a cool policy to have.

 

[severine]

Get it resolved if you can. You will never be happy with the skis if you don't. One thing about making any sort of change to a binding mount - you need to be very specific. Sounds like he knew what you wanted though. Question - why did you forgo the lifter? Anyway, bring them back and tell them you're not happy about it. They should make it right.

The Celebrities are 90mm waist... I was looking for a different experience with them versus my Maries (78mm waist). So to take advantage of the wider ski (albeit not entirely a "powder" ski) I decided to go with the flat mount and lose the lifter plates. Somewhat experimental. But I have read some recommendations out there on flat mounts with wider skis and wanted to see what the fuss was about. I have the Maries which aren't horrible on hardpack ... didn't plan on having the Celebrities replace the Maries for that as they're really not intended for such, so I thought I'd go the other way with them. If there were any chance for it and money to invest in such, I actually would have gone with a touring binding for the Celebrities. But I'm not ready for that yet.

Don't be afraid to trash them on this board. :uzi: Say their name, it's one power you have as a customer. Word of mouth works for crappy service too. Also, I need to preface my next statement, "This is not intended to be sexist". Bring Brian in to talk to the guy if you're nervous about it. The guy at the shop is less likely going to try to intimidate him. He can also explain to the guy if you get hurt because your bindings weren't checked that you two will hold him responsible.

Yeah that too and as a last resort Brian can pound on him

Well I didn't want to get Brian in trouble but now that you mention it... :wink:

Thanks for saying that, guys. I hope Brian will see it and help me out. Seriously, I like taking care of things myself, but there is a bit of sexism that's hard to get around in places like these. I definitely want Brian with me when I take them in. It's sort of like dealing with mechanics, IMHO (no offense to the mechanics on here).

I didn't mention the name of the shop because, like I said before, I feel like I"m sort of getting a reputation for complaining about the shops in CT. I'd like to see how they handle it when I discuss the matter with them before I name any names.

I was the local ski shop today. They mentioned that if they biff up a ski when mounting, they'll replace it...no questions asked. I thought that was a cool policy to have.

Good policy! :beer:

Right now...exhausted. Spent the last few hours at my MIL's for her Halloween party (at which, the adults were dressed up for the first 15 minutes for pictures and then we all took our costumes off :lol. I should work on some homework tonight... I'm behind on my reading and I have an 8-10 pg paper due Monday.

 

[mondeo]

Watching Warren Miller's Playground.

Happen to be wearing boots, ski pants, jacket, and helmet. 12 hours to go...

 

[o3jeff]

Killing some time wishing my mental clock reset itself.

 

[Trekchick]

Thinking I may get out on the bike today.....between weather and a crazy schedule, I haven't been on the bike in three weeks, argh!

 

[mondeo]

Leaving for KILLINGTON.