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Rich Heimlich wrote:
Hello all. As the new season is beginning its approach I've been wondering about one thing that has always annoyed me and that's the standard lift ticket metal loop that's used to attach it to your jacket. I prefer to wear layers instead of one thick jacket so I often need to change lift tickets between layers. Many resorts now just give you the ticket with a hole in it, and a plastic zip tie. I guess you just need some way of cutting the zip tie, and a handful of zip ties. -- ant |
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ant wrote:
Rich Heimlich wrote: Hello all. As the new season is beginning its approach I've been wondering about one thing that has always annoyed me and that's the standard lift ticket metal loop that's used to attach it to your jacket. I prefer to wear layers instead of one thick jacket so I often need to change lift tickets between layers. Many resorts now just give you the ticket with a hole in it, and a plastic zip tie. I guess you just need some way of cutting the zip tie, and a handful of zip ties. I suspect you'd have to have the correct colour cable tie, cos they'll probably start colour coding for the day. It's far simpler to attach your pass to your trousers. Everywhere I've used a day pass in europe they have insisted it was permenantly attached otherwise they won't let you on the lift. -- Chris *:-) Downhill Good, Uphill BAD! www.suffolkvikings.org.uk |
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If you're worried that the ski area gets aggressive about removable ticket
mounts, make yourself a D-bit ring lke the ones that hang off your jackets and pants, but in the straight bit that is hidden inside the fabric, make something that allows you to remove it, like a big cut, or thin enough metal to bend it, but is not evident to casual glance. The only caution is that such a thing needs to be checked after crashes, to ensure your ticket and the d-bit ring haven't come off. -- ant |
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ant wrote:
Rich Heimlich wrote: Hello all. As the new season is beginning its approach I've been wondering about one thing that has always annoyed me and that's the standard lift ticket metal loop that's used to attach it to your jacket. I prefer to wear layers instead of one thick jacket so I often need to change lift tickets between layers. Many resorts now just give you the ticket with a hole in it, and a plastic zip tie. I guess you just need some way of cutting the zip tie, and a handful of zip ties. Killington uses colored zip-ties. Don't show up with a black one when they are using red that day. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Some skiers attach their lift tickets to a boot buckle. I have yet to meet a skier who planned on changing boots in the middle of the day. o/ /0 Occasionally switching between alpine and tele gear / \ during one day. -Tero- |
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MoonMan wrote:
It's far simpler to attach your pass to your trousers. There are a lot of reasonable altenatives if your real problem is shedding layers later in the day. It seems clear that Rich Heimlich wants to defy the ski areas. The honorable thing to do would be to abide by the ski area rules: if you insist on making the lift ticket easily transferable, you should only patronize the ski areas where this is allowed. For example, the last time I was there, you could do this at Zermatt. |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:46:02 -0400, "JQ" wrote:
Hi Rich, Hey, figured you'd pop in here soon enough on this. grin time consuming. The only other way to over come the problem is if the piece of clothing you want to use has a plastic ticket loop, pull the loop around so that the flat part is exposed and the rounded part is inside of the loop holder, now with a very fine saw (hack saw) cut the center of the flat part. Could be me but for someone not familiar with the pieces you're talking about, that all just read like latin to me. Not sure what a plastic ticket loop is for starters. grin |
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"Rich Heimlich" wrote in message ... Are you suggesting that if you come upon a parking meter that has extra time on it that you drive to a new location to find another meter with no remaining time on it? grin Why should the mountain be the only one to benefit in our mutual relationship? I paid for X hours of skiing. X hours of skiing would be used OT re parking meters: it is illegal in the city of San Diego to put money in a parking meter that will prevent someone else getting a parking ticket. The case in point, several years ago: a meter maid (do we still have those?) was standing by a meter, waiting the last few minutes to run out. A passerby said something impolite and put into the meter enough change to give an extra hour's worth of time. The meter maid called for a regular cop, who issued the passerby a citation. Obski, in re parking fees: if I pay $10 for the upclose VIP parking, how long am I allowed to leave the car there? |
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Rich Heimlich wrote:
I no longer shop at places that check my bag and receipt when I leave. This is almost what I suggested about giving your business to areas that will explicitly offer their services on terms that are agreeable to you. Vote with you feet and your pocketbook instead of secretly violating their rules. Let them know why you are choosing to go somewhere else. What's been made quite clear from the two places I've discussed this is that A) theft via the use of another persons lift ticket is seemingly a large problem. B) The policy of attaching the lift ticket to a seemingly permanent location is apparently not resolving the problem. I would guess that it does reduce the amount of lift ticket fraud, but that it is not perfect because there will always be some who will go to great lengths to be able to share their lift tickets. I would not be surprised to hear that some people would go so far as to share their ski outfits, switching jackets, pants, boots, or whatever it takes. Are you suggesting that if you come upon a parking meter that has extra time on it that you drive to a new location to find another meter with no remaining time on it? grin Why should the mountain be the only one to benefit in our mutual relationship? I paid for X hours of skiing. X hours of skiing would be used Well, that is a fine rationalization, but those are not the terms on which most ski areas offer their services. I do remember reading that there were some ski areas that were offering lift tickets where they charged either by the number of chair rides or the number of vertical feet. I don't remember the details since I never skied at those areas, and I don't even know if they are still doing it. BTW, some cities have installed parking meters that reset themselves when the space is vacated. |
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