Another thing I'll probably regret

Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

--
Cheers,
Bev
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aibohphobia - fear of palindromes

In article ,
The Real Bev wrote:

Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

Too many unknowns to have much of a clue.

How much do you weigh?

What kind of skiing do you like to do?

What sort of skis were they: slalom, GS, all-mountain?

Etc.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

What kind of cartop carrier

Alan Baker wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev wrote:

Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

Too many unknowns to have much of a clue.

How much do you weigh?

15mumble

What kind of skiing do you like to do?

Fast, with occasional stops. "To turn is to admit defeat."

What sort of skis were they: slalom, GS, all-mountain?

Not a clue. I figure whatever they are, they'll be easier to turn than
my 195 MSLs. The problem is that I get muscularly tired really really
fast. No, there is no cure, it's ALWAYS been that way and is
independent of aerobic considerations.

I turned down some 177 undrilled shaped Rossis for $20 a few weeks ago.
I think I'll snap up the next pair of possibles. The stuff you should
have bought haunts you forever.

--
Cheers,
Bev
---------------------------------
aibohphobia - fear of palindromes

You weigh 15 stones, and you're a woman, and you ski.. well done..

"The Real Bev" wrote in message
...
Alan Baker wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev wrote:

Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

Too many unknowns to have much of a clue.

How much do you weigh?

15mumble

What kind of skiing do you like to do?

Fast, with occasional stops. "To turn is to admit defeat."

What sort of skis were they: slalom, GS, all-mountain?

Not a clue. I figure whatever they are, they'll be easier to turn than
my 195 MSLs. The problem is that I get muscularly tired really really
fast. No, there is no cure, it's ALWAYS been that way and is
independent of aerobic considerations.

I turned down some 177 undrilled shaped Rossis for $20 a few weeks ago.
I think I'll snap up the next pair of possibles. The stuff you should
have bought haunts you forever.

--
Cheers,
Bev
---------------------------------
aibohphobia - fear of palindromes

InMyTree wrote:

You weigh 15 stones, and you're a woman, and you ski.. well done..

A stone = 14 pounds, right? *******.

"The Real Bev" wrote in message
...
Alan Baker wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev wrote:

Rossi shaped skis, used one season only, bright yellow bottoms, looked
OK and the girl who was selling them looked like she knew what she was
doing. I decided that $100 was too much for the skis, bag and cartop
carrier largely because they were only 150 cm long -- I've tried 160s
and 170s (common rentals, both felt good) and couldn't really tell the
difference, but 150 just seemed too short. If she'd wanted only $50,
I'm pretty sure I would have bought them.

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

Too many unknowns to have much of a clue.

How much do you weigh?

15mumble

What kind of skiing do you like to do?

Fast, with occasional stops. "To turn is to admit defeat."

What sort of skis were they: slalom, GS, all-mountain?

Not a clue. I figure whatever they are, they'll be easier to turn than
my 195 MSLs. The problem is that I get muscularly tired really really
fast. No, there is no cure, it's ALWAYS been that way and is
independent of aerobic considerations.

I turned down some 177 undrilled shaped Rossis for $20 a few weeks ago.
I think I'll snap up the next pair of possibles. The stuff you should
have bought haunts you forever.

--
Cheers,
Bev
-------------------------------------------------------------
"We've got some stupid people out there. This morning, I woke
up in a bathtub filled with ice and I had an extra kidney."

The Real Bev wrote:

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

I can't work out what the model is, with yellow bases it doesn't ring a
bell. Yes, you probably would have found skiing becoming even easier.
Probably not ideal in deep fresh snow, but on everything else you'd be
amazed at what a wonderful tricky skiier you'd become and your family would
probalby have to lure you out of the moguls. 150cm is cheating, which is
good.
I vaguely remember you saying you're pretty heavy, so at high speeds they
might get squirrly, but I don't think you do mach. 1 a lot?

I felt terrible this season when I visited my ski supplier, wanting a pair
of Stockli Spirit Pros. I haven't had a shaped ski with an on-piste sidecut,
narrow underfoot, and I felt the need of a ski with particularly good ice
performance. however, their lengths are weird, and to get near my favourite
length (160) i had to go for ....arrrrgh.... a 158cm! I'm glad pride
didn't send me 10 cms longer though, as for the first week I had a real
battle getting used to these feisty little skis that think they are race
skis. They tried to leave me behind a number of times and refused to puddle
along at a nice sedate speed.

I'm used to them now and love them, but it's taught me not to underestimate
a ski just because there's a 5 after the 1.

ant

in article , ant at
wrote on 10/19/03 4:03 PM:

The Real Bev wrote:

Was I stupid? Would I have been happy with 150s?

I can't work out what the model is, with yellow bases it doesn't ring a
bell. Yes, you probably would have found skiing becoming even easier.
Probably not ideal in deep fresh snow, but on everything else you'd be
amazed at what a wonderful tricky skiier you'd become and your family would
probalby have to lure you out of the moguls. 150cm is cheating, which is
good.
I vaguely remember you saying you're pretty heavy, so at high speeds they
might get squirrly, but I don't think you do mach. 1 a lot?

I felt terrible this season when I visited my ski supplier, wanting a pair
of Stockli Spirit Pros. I haven't had a shaped ski with an on-piste sidecut,
narrow underfoot, and I felt the need of a ski with particularly good ice
performance. however, their lengths are weird, and to get near my favourite
length (160) i had to go for ....arrrrgh.... a 158cm! I'm glad pride
didn't send me 10 cms longer though, as for the first week I had a real
battle getting used to these feisty little skis that think they are race
skis. They tried to leave me behind a number of times and refused to puddle
along at a nice sedate speed.

I'm used to them now and love them, but it's taught me not to underestimate
a ski just because there's a 5 after the 1.

ant


It's a shame that Anthea Kerrison does not regret being a thief, committing
perjury, lying to the cops, threatening my life, and being an all around
screaming psychopathic bitch on rsa.
When it comes to lying about people, Kerrison truely does have no pride.

The Real Bev wrote:
InMyTree wrote:

You weigh 15 stones, and you're a woman, and you ski.. well done..

A stone = 14 pounds, right? *******.

I can't remember what a stone is, but at 15 stone you'd be snapped up by
your rubgy team to help in the scrum! BTW, i'm sure the world cup is getting
blanket coverage in the US...NOT...but the US plays Scotland tonight. Oddly
enough, your lot did OK in their first match, not being completely flogged
by Fiji. Just slightly beaten. We'll see what the Scots come up with.

ant

in article , ant at
wrote on 10/19/03 4:06 PM:

The Real Bev wrote:
InMyTree wrote:

You weigh 15 stones, and you're a woman, and you ski.. well done..

A stone = 14 pounds, right? *******.

I can't remember what a stone is, but at 15 stone you'd be snapped up by
your rubgy team to help in the scrum! BTW, i'm sure the world cup is getting
blanket coverage in the US...NOT...but the US plays Scotland tonight. Oddly
enough, your lot did OK in their first match, not being completely flogged
by Fiji. Just slightly beaten. We'll see what the Scots come up with.

ant


Who gives a **** about stupid games played by women who look like the back
end of a scrum!
Seahawks just scored a TD with 58 seconds left. Real man football. From a
real man country.
Who gives a **** about what the rest of the world thinks, either? If
Kerrison doesn't like our country, she can stay the **** out of it. We grow
enough of our own criminals, we don't need to import them.