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Old November 17th 20, 06:54 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Alan Baker[_4_]
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Default I couldn't resist another pair of skis

On 2020-11-16 11:49 p.m., wrote:
On Monday, November 16, 2020 at 11:33:44 PM UTC-8, Alan Baker wrote:
On 2020-11-16 11:11 p.m., wrote:
On Monday, November 16, 2020 at 5:59:17 PM UTC-8,
wrote:
[Default] On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 16:36:22 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:
On 11/14/2020 02:23 PM, wrote:

... the owner of my shop asked me if I wanted a job during
the preseason rush.

Sweeping floors for minimum wage?
Cleaning toilets, emptying trash, mopping, and other
janitorial duties.

Tuning skis, custom wax jobs, base repairs, etc. You would not
understand. I've watched them work for years and actually
finished some pairs myself, just for fun.

Riiiight.

A ski tuning shop would let you work on a customer's skis.


Not just a ski tuning shop, of course.


Riiiight.

So whom were you "watching work"?

Baker, one of the reasons you
won't even get near me in the real world is that I am trained and
experienced in teaching stalking freaks lessons they will never
forget. As it happens, I am also trained and experienced at tuning
and repairing skis.


Riiiiight.

As in got paid to do it in the winter of 90-91
in Park City, spent three months down there because I had a ski area
girlfriend.


Riiiiight. Got any proof?

Also got me a free pass to Pork Sushi. Been tuning my
own ever since, even bought a new pair of vises last year, have all
the tools I need and about a five year supply of wax. I keep all of
my friend's skis touched up and tell them when to bite the bullet and
pay for a shop job, some things I can't do. You actually remind me of
the last time I was up at Whistler, friend of mine is a legendary
race ski tech. Had lunch with him (you didn't show up, as usual)


Because you wouldn't tell me precisely where and when to be there.

and
he offered a free tune of my Mantras, they hadn't seen a shop in
three years or so. So I bought the shop a half rack (at ****ing
Canadian prices) and watched the whole process. Ran them through the
fancy Wintersteiger, finished them off by hand, filled some
scratches, then gave them a race hot box wax. Got on them a couple
days later at Sun Peaks and I was delighted by how well they skied.
Indeed, skied so well I'm keeping them even though I have two new
pairs of 98 waist skis, the old school Mantras are the best dust on
crust boards I've ever owned, basically a wide gs ski, like I am a
wide gs skier. Learned a bit through the process, but other than the
machines, pretty much the same process with better tools. You would
not understand, because you are a stupid idiot. REPORT ME!!!!!!
WHISTLER!!!!!! You pathetic wimp.


LOL!
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