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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
"Steve Parry" wrote:
This is the thing though, bike gear I can say "yes that lasted me x years of fairly daily use" but skiing stuff is really only a couple of weeks per year so your 8 year usage in real terms is what, only 4 months or so of constant use? Depends how much you go. My local ski area is an hour and a half away, so I could conceivable ski every weekend from early october to mid-may *and* whatever weekdays I want to take off. I skiied more times last year than I rode my gixxer. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
Ace wrote:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:18:41 +0100, Champ wrote: On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:50:00 +0100, Colin Irvine wrote: I agree. I think skiing is expensive - no doubt about it. I also think it's worth every penny. Nailled. Of course, there are ways of making it much less so. Like a annual lift pass at chf640, which we've just used for the first skiing day of the season here in Engelberg. That's twice as expensive as my season ticket, and even more than the "colorado pass"! |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
Champ wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:09 +0100, wrote: I think motorcycle or car racing is a damn good way to burn through cash. Renting Cessnas and Cherokees at eighty or a hundred quid an hour... 100 quid an hour? I used to dream of only spending 100 quid an hour... Harvey Nichols? heh. Where's Blaney when you need him. What did he say those posh toms used to charge? 15 years ago I was told they were a grand a time. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
vulgarandmischevious wrote:
I skiied more times last year than I rode my gixxer. Bruce really is your role model, isn't he. -- ogden |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
Champ wrote:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:37:22 +0200, Ace wrote: Like a annual lift pass at chf640, which we've just used for the first skiing day of the season here in Engelberg. First day of the season already?! jealous Bah - it was two weeks ago here. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
ogden wrote:
vulgarandmischevious wrote: I skiied more times last year than I rode my gixxer. Bruce really is your role model, isn't he. in everything but barnet. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:48:19 -0600, vulgarandmischevious
wrote: 100 quid an hour? I used to dream of only spending 100 quid an hour... Harvey Nichols? heh. Where's Blaney when you need him. What did he say those posh toms used to charge? 15 years ago I was told they were a grand a time. Was that for "a go", an hour, or the whole night? -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
On 24 Oct, 00:50, Colin Irvine wrote:
I agree. I think skiing is expensive - no doubt about it. I also think it's worth every penny. In 1979 I spent £150 on a school skiing trip. In 1999 I spent £150 at the dentist. On balance, I'd visit the dentist again, if I was looking for value for money. |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:38:27 -0700 (PDT), SaladDodger squeezed out the
following: On 24 Oct, 00:50, Colin Irvine wrote: I agree. I think skiing is expensive - no doubt about it. I also think it's worth every penny. In 1979 I spent £150 on a school skiing trip. In 1999 I spent £150 at the dentist. On balance, I'd visit the dentist again, if I was looking for value for money. My choice between the two would depend on context rather than vfm. -- Colin Irvine |
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Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch
On Oct 22, 10:09*pm, (The Older
Gentleman) wrote: That bloody cost me. shell-shocked, I simply peeled the notes off the roll of twenties I got from the sale of the BMW That's ok, you're getting a raise at work ;-) Paul. |
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