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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
That bloody cost me.
Number One Daughter recently turned 18, and for her present, I asked if she'd like a ski kit: boots, skis, etc. As she's lived on hand-me-downs since the age of four, she beamed. So I left her, with her mother, at the Snow & Rock stand, while I wandered round, trying to find accommodation for us at half-term[1]. And every time I went back, the price tag had jumped by £50. Not saying what it cost, but she's got a pair of Atomic boots, Volkl skis and I-dunno-what bindings, and shell-shocked, I simply peeled the notes off the roll of twenties I got from the sale of the BMW K100RS recently. And she's crooning over the kit. The boots are electrically heated, FFS. I mean, when I was her age, I was on bloody leather lace-up things. Oh well. Money well spent: a daughter on Cloud Nine, and if she's like her Dad, the kit will last her[2]. [1] A nice apartment in Montgenevre, £900 for the three of us. [2] My old Salomon boots did me for 22 years[3]. [3] And my Look 55 double-pivot bindings, transferred from skis to skis, for nearly as long. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to five bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. -- Darren GSF1200N K3 |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
DR wrote:
The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. Skiing, at least for the British, is a painfully middle class pursuit. -- ogden |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (The Older Gentleman) saying something like: Number One Daughter recently turned 18, cue lecherous ****s 1. Blimey, you kept that quiet. |
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ogden wrote:
DR wrote: The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. Skiing, at least for the British, is a painfully middle class pursuit. I never did it until I moved here (partly because I've never really known many who did it - make of that what you will). But in Colorado it's extremely diverse. Of course, I've never been to Vail... |
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DR writes:
The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski had money. Ipso facto. Post corrected for accuracy. -- Morini Corsaro 125 | XL250 Motosport | R1150RT | 3 1/2 Sport Laverda SF2 BOTAFOF #33 TWA#10 The UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/index.html "Je profite du paysage" - Joe Bar |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
DR wrote:
The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to five bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember (The Older Gentleman) saying something like: Number One Daughter recently turned 18, cue lecherous ****s 1. Blimey, you kept that quiet. And a very nice young lady she is, takes after her mother obviously. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
The Older Gentleman wrote:
DR wrote: The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-) You mean those who can afford to but don't ski have money, YTC. -- Eiron. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
In article m, boots
says... On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:36:15 +0100 in uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman says: DR wrote: The Older Gentleman posted: That bloody cost me. Those who ski have money. Ipso facto. No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-) There are other more interesting and expensive pastimes to eat up the cash. There's a Mister Micawber thing to be done here, but ICBA. -- Pip, the "Mechanical Nightmare" (tm Bonwick Major) |
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