Daily Mail Ski Show - ouch

That bloody cost me.

Number One Daughter recently turned 18, and for her present, I asked if
she'd like a ski kit: boots, skis, etc. As she's lived on hand-me-downs
since the age of four, she beamed.

So I left her, with her mother, at the Snow & Rock stand, while I
wandered round, trying to find accommodation for us at half-term[1].

And every time I went back, the price tag had jumped by £50.

Not saying what it cost, but she's got a pair of Atomic boots, Volkl
skis and I-dunno-what bindings, and shell-shocked, I simply peeled the
notes off the roll of twenties I got from the sale of the BMW K100RS
recently.

And she's crooning over the kit. The boots are electrically heated, FFS.
I mean, when I was her age, I was on bloody leather lace-up things.

Oh well. Money well spent: a daughter on Cloud Nine, and if she's like
her Dad, the kit will last her[2].

[1] A nice apartment in Montgenevre, £900 for the three of us.
[2] My old Salomon boots did me for 22 years[3].
[3] And my Look 55 double-pivot bindings, transferred from skis to skis,
for nearly as long.

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The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.

Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

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Darren
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DR wrote:
The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.

Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

Skiing, at least for the British, is a painfully middle class pursuit.

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ogden

ogden wrote:

DR wrote:
The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.

Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

Skiing, at least for the British, is a painfully middle class pursuit.

I never did it until I moved here (partly because I've never really
known many who did it - make of that what you will). But in Colorado
it's extremely diverse. Of course, I've never been to Vail...

DR writes:

The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.

Those who ski had money. Ipso facto.

Post corrected for accuracy.

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DR wrote:

The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.

Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-)


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BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to five bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

The Older Gentleman wrote:
DR wrote:

The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.
Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-)

You mean those who can afford to but don't ski have money, YTC.

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Eiron.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:25:44 +0100, Eiron squeezed out the following:

The Older Gentleman wrote:
DR wrote:

The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.
Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-)

You mean those who can afford to but don't ski have money, YTC.

Thank you, Mr Murray.

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Colin Irvine

On 23 Oct, 08:25, Eiron wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote:
DR wrote:

The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.
Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-)

You mean those who can afford to but don't ski have money, YTC.

Precisely what I implied. That'll be a whoosh, then :-)

TOG@Toil wrote:
On 23 Oct, 08:25, Eiron wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote:
DR wrote:
The Older Gentleman posted:
That bloody cost me.
Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.
No. Those who *don't* ski have money. ;-)
You mean those who can afford to but don't ski have money, YTC.

Precisely what I implied. That'll be a whoosh, then :-)

You are Marie Antoinette AICMFF pieces of cake.

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Eiron.