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what's in your closet? (was:Wax whining...Learn to love the bomb)
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yeah, but- it depends on how you proceed with this acquisition. If you just decide you're in love with this sport so much that you gotta have it all NOW, then, you're right-- it's going to cost you big time. But, for me, anyway, it's been a process of acquisition: 13 years to acqui 6 pr skis (2pr classic, 2pr skate, 1 pr unmounted classic [too soft], 1 pr short metal-edge skis mounted with Pilot bindings [for things like the Wasatch Overland and one-day winter ascents of remote peaks, silly stuff like that] 3 pr boots (1 pr skate, 1 pr classic, 1 pr "old skate boots" for roller skiing [soon to be augmented with another pair of classic boots, relegating the old boots to roller skiing] 2 pr roller skis (1 pr classic, 1 pr skate) 4 pr poles (2 ea skate & classic, 1each for snow & asphalt) And, drifting even further out on this thread, I'll be considerate and not torture anyone with what's in my wax box (as if I even knew!) '- ) Chris Jeff Potter wrote: PS: But really wax is the just the tip of the cash outlay iceberg, but it is the fun part. If you're really going to admit this sport has got ya, you'll need to drop a couple grand for the 2 sets of skating and classic skis (4 pairs---soft and firm) and the grinds...and the two sets of rollerskis. Ya gotta just belly up to the bar and nip the whining in the bud. OK, I've gotten by with 2 prs of skis for years but it's not really being in the game. -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com publisher of do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more! ... ... offering Vordenberg's XC ski tales in "Momentum"! ... ... "The Recumbent Bicycle": the only book about these bikes! ... ... Rudloe's "Potluck": true-life story of workingclass smuggling! ... ... with radical novels coming up via LiteraryRevolution.com! ... ... music! ... articles! ... travel forums! ... WOW! 800-763-6923 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. --0-698555264-1078932329=:13074 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii DIVYeah, but-/DIV DIVit depends on how you proceed with this acquisition. If you just decide you're in love with/DIV DIVthis sport so much that you gotta have it all NOW, then, you're right-- it's going to cost /DIV DIVyou big time. But, for me, anyway, it's been a process of acquisition: 13 years to acqui /DIV DIV6 pr skis (2pr classic, 2pr skate, 1 pr unmounted classic [too soft], 1 pr short metal-edge /DIV DIVskis mounted with Pilot bindings [for things like the Wasatch Overland and one-day /DIV DIVwinter ascents of remote peaks, silly stuff like that]/DIV DIV3 pr boots (1 pr skate, 1 pr classic, 1 pr "old skate boots" for roller skiing [soon to be /DIV DIVaugmented with another pair of classic boots, relegating the old boots to roller skiing]/DIV DIV2 pr roller skis (1 pr classic, 1 pr skate)/DIV DIV4 pr poles (2 ea skate & classic, 1each for snow & asphalt)/DIV DIV /DIV DIVAnd, drifting even further out on this thread, I'll be considerate and not torture anyone with /DIV DIVwhat's in my wax box (as if I even knew!)/DIV DIV'- )/DIV DIV /DIV DIVChrisBRBRBIJeff Potter >/I/B wrote:/DIV BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"PS: But really wax is the just the tip of the cash outlay iceberg, but itBRis the fun part.BRBRIf you're really going to admit this sport has got ya, you'll need to dropBRa couple grand for the 2 sets of skating and classic skis (4 pairs---softBRand firm) and the grinds...and the two sets of rollerskis. Ya gotta justBRbelly up to the bar and nip the whining in the bud. OK, I've gotten by withBR2 prs of skis for years but it's not really being in the game.BRBR--BRBRJeff PotterBR****BR*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.comBRpublisher of do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more! ...BR... offering Vordenberg's XC ski tales in "Momentum"! ...BR... "The Recumbent Bicycle": the only book about these bikes! ...BR... Rudloe's "Potluck": true-life story of workingclass smuggling! ...BR... with radical novels coming up via LiteraryRevolution.com! ...BR... music! ... articles! ... travel forums! ... WOW! 800-763-6923BRBRBRBRBRBR/BLOCKQUOTEphr SIZE=1 Do you Yahoo!?br Yahoo! Search - a href="http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=ad-mailsig-home"Find what youre looking for faster./a --0-698555264-1078932329=:13074-- |
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