Snow at Big Bear

On 11/24/2013 10:07 AM, Richard Henry wrote:


Mammoth is not worth the money (even at early season discount of $65
for senior single day with MyMammoth account) until at least Canyon
Lodge is open (and thus chairs 8 and 16) and at least one of the
lifts to the top ridge (Upper G, 23, 14).

Unless you just can't stand to wait.

I am quite patient, up to the point where I can't keep myself from
killing something. I was kind of halfway thinking about going to June
-- same snow, cheaper, smaller crowds. What do you think?

Let's see, I have a free hotel night coming, and the grinding noise
from the front end of my truck can be ignored by turning up the
radio...

If you hear it only when you brake, you should probably see to it fairly
quickly. OTOH, you can grind a hell of a lot of metal off rotors before
they stop stopping. Yes, I know from experience. I kind of wish I'd
saved them.

My friend found out it was cheaper to rent a car to drive to San
Francisco than to use her hubby's BMW. If the rental breaks, you just
make a phone call.


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I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those
censorious, self-righteous people around me.

On Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:05:35 AM UTC-8, The Real Bev wrote:
On 11/24/2013 10:07 AM, Richard Henry wrote:





Mammoth is not worth the money (even at early season discount of $65

for senior single day with MyMammoth account) until at least Canyon

Lodge is open (and thus chairs 8 and 16) and at least one of the

lifts to the top ridge (Upper G, 23, 14).



Unless you just can't stand to wait.



I am quite patient, up to the point where I can't keep myself from

killing something. I was kind of halfway thinking about going to June

-- same snow, cheaper, smaller crowds. What do you think?



Let's see, I have a free hotel night coming, and the grinding noise

from the front end of my truck can be ignored by turning up the

radio...



If you hear it only when you brake, you should probably see to it fairly

quickly. OTOH, you can grind a hell of a lot of metal off rotors before

they stop stopping. Yes, I know from experience. I kind of wish I'd

saved them.



My friend found out it was cheaper to rent a car to drive to San

Francisco than to use her hubby's BMW. If the rental breaks, you just

make a phone call.





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Cheers, Bev

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I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those

censorious, self-righteous people around me.

June is nice, but not opening for another month. If you go there, stay in June Lake. It's right next to the ski area, Swiss-Alp scenery, not too expensive, and old funky motels. When I stayed at one a couple of years ago, the only 3-prong outlet where I could plug in my laptop was in the bathroom..

On 11/24/2013 11:36 AM, Richard Henry wrote:

June is nice, but not opening for another month. If you go there,
stay in June Lake. It's right next to the ski area, Swiss-Alp
scenery, not too expensive, and old funky motels. When I stayed at
one a couple of years ago, the only 3-prong outlet where I could plug
in my laptop was in the bathroom.

You don't carry a 3-to-2 adapter? There isn't a single 3-prong outlet
in our entire house. I don't think they understood such things when the
house was built. They were also unclear on the concept of right angles.


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and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke

Walt wrote:
On 11/24/2013 12:55 PM, downhill wrote:
Richard Henry wrote:
Jay Peak, Sugarbush and Killington all report partially open.

Okemo claims to have skiing also.
It ain't winter until they can set gates!

Okemo's been open for about two weeks. I've been watching - it's on my
short list for next weekend.


I have done the early open okemo, and it is normally a raised narrow
white trail running in the middle of the regular sized trail.
But I think we are in for some snow now as temps have dropped and the
giggly bouncy weather girls are mentioning snow.

Hunter claims to open this friday.....

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:06:03 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:

On 11/24/2013 11:36 AM, Richard Henry wrote:

June is nice, but not opening for another month. If you go there,
stay in June Lake. It's right next to the ski area, Swiss-Alp
scenery, not too expensive, and old funky motels. When I stayed at
one a couple of years ago, the only 3-prong outlet where I could plug
in my laptop was in the bathroom.

I hope it was a GFI outlet.

You don't carry a 3-to-2 adapter? There isn't a single 3-prong outlet
in our entire house.

You don't routinely replace them? Growing up in an old house in the
inner city we would replace them all the time.

I don't think they understood such things when the
house was built.

They didn't need it. One wire is live and one is a ground. The
knowledge of electricity is older then Ben Franklin.

They were also unclear on the concept of right angles.

I'm sure they knew. The ancient Mason symbol includes a square. But
in those days the building codes were just suggestions.


There's no need to fear if Trunky is near.

On 11/24/2013 01:18 PM, wrote:

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:06:03 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:

On 11/24/2013 11:36 AM, Richard Henry wrote:

June is nice, but not opening for another month. If you go there,
stay in June Lake. It's right next to the ski area, Swiss-Alp
scenery, not too expensive, and old funky motels.

I'd like that. When I was little we'd go on driving vacations and stay
in tourist cabins, etc. Ever so much nicer than modern interchangeable
tourist-containment facilities.

When I stayed at
one a couple of years ago, the only 3-prong outlet where I could plug
in my laptop was in the bathroom.

I hope it was a GFI outlet.

You don't carry a 3-to-2 adapter? There isn't a single 3-prong outlet
in our entire house.

You don't routinely replace them? Growing up in an old house in the
inner city we would replace them all the time.

Too much trouble. We've lived here for 46 years, why change now? You
don't want me to tell you about the connections for our computers and
'entertainment system'.

I don't think they understood such things when the
house was built.

They didn't need it. One wire is live and one is a ground. The
knowledge of electricity is older then Ben Franklin.

They were also unclear on the concept of right angles.

I'm sure they knew. The ancient Mason symbol includes a square. But
in those days the building codes were just suggestions.

1952, I think. Just cheap cheesy suburban construction, and it's really
only a nuisance when you have to do something with the plumbing.
Fortunately there's teflon plumber's tape, putty and duct tape . The
son of a woman who still lived a few houses away built them. I forbore
to tell her what a **** she had for a son, she was a nice lady. His
hirelings also dumped the extra concrete in a hole with a foot of dirt
on top. Nothing would grow there, so I decided to double-dig in a sack
of manure. Ah-HAH! I rolled the thing out to the far back yard and let
it fight it out with a wild risebush. They seem to be coexisting nicely

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On 11/24/2013 1:59 PM, Walt wrote:
On 11/24/2013 12:55 PM, downhill wrote:
Richard Henry wrote:
Jay Peak, Sugarbush and Killington all report partially open.

Okemo claims to have skiing also.
It ain't winter until they can set gates!

Okemo's been open for about two weeks. I've been watching - it's on my
short list for next weekend.

//Walt

Been to k-mart twice. I think I posted this. First time out was via the
"stairway to heaven. Second time was a week ago Friday and it was really
quite good. No planning anything this weekend, usually too crowded on a
holiday weekend so probably Wednesday 12-4 and maybe Friday too.

I enjoy an early but slow start. Gets the legs going without hurting
yourself.

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:29:46 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:

On 11/24/2013 01:18 PM, wrote:


I hope it was a GFI outlet.

You don't carry a 3-to-2 adapter? There isn't a single 3-prong outlet
in our entire house.

You don't routinely replace them? Growing up in an old house in the
inner city we would replace them all the time.

Too much trouble.

Not for me. I can change one of those in five minutes. Then there's
my dad's old trick of taking a pair of pliers and just pulling the
third prong off the male connector.

We've lived here for 46 years, why change now?

You never heard of doing home improvements?

You
don't want me to tell you about the connections for our computers and
'entertainment system'.

I don't think they understood such things when the
house was built.

They didn't need it. One wire is live and one is a ground. The
knowledge of electricity is older then Ben Franklin.

They were also unclear on the concept of right angles.

I'm sure they knew. The ancient Mason symbol includes a square. But
in those days the building codes were just suggestions.

1952, I think. Just cheap cheesy suburban construction, and it's really
only a nuisance when you have to do something with the plumbing.
Fortunately there's teflon plumber's tape, putty and duct tape . The
son of a woman who still lived a few houses away built them. I forbore
to tell her what a **** she had for a son, she was a nice lady. His
hirelings also dumped the extra concrete in a hole with a foot of dirt
on top. Nothing would grow there, so I decided to double-dig in a sack
of manure. Ah-HAH! I rolled the thing out to the far back yard and let
it fight it out with a wild risebush. They seem to be coexisting nicely

I pay people to do my gardening.


There's no need to fear if Trunky is near.

On 11/24/2013 05:24 PM, wrote:

wrote this crap:

On 11/24/2013 01:18 PM, wrote:

I hope it was a GFI outlet.

You don't carry a 3-to-2 adapter? There isn't a single 3-prong outlet
in our entire house.

You don't routinely replace them? Growing up in an old house in the
inner city we would replace them all the time.

Too much trouble.

Not for me. I can change one of those in five minutes. Then there's
my dad's old trick of taking a pair of pliers and just pulling the
third prong off the male connector.

Or cutting it off with heavy-duty wire cutters. Do they still call them
dykes?

We've lived here for 46 years, why change now?

You never heard of doing home improvements?

I've heard of it, but it just seems kind of pointless. Apres nous, les
bulldozers. I'm kind of sorry I won't be around to watch them try to
take the monsterhome out of the back yard.

I rolled the thing out to the far back yard and let
it fight it out with a wild risebush. They seem to be coexisting nicely

I pay people to do my gardening.

What I do, I do for fun.


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On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:20:17 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:


Not for me. I can change one of those in five minutes. Then there's
my dad's old trick of taking a pair of pliers and just pulling the
third prong off the male connector.

Or cutting it off with heavy-duty wire cutters. Do they still call them
dykes?

Only the old timers. Usually they're referred to as, "cuts."

We've lived here for 46 years, why change now?

You never heard of doing home improvements?

I've heard of it, but it just seems kind of pointless.

You probably don't care for Tim Allen either.

I rolled the thing out to the far back yard and let
it fight it out with a wild risebush. They seem to be coexisting nicely

I pay people to do my gardening.

What I do, I do for fun.

Gardening is NOT fun. I've got other things to do on nice days, such
as golf.


There's no need to fear if Trunky is near.