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    downhill skiing

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    1 minute ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    sometimes the conditions are just too extreme.  mother nature can be tough!

     

    My 'too extreme' story was also at Mt. Snow. Woke up to sub-zero temps on Sunday morning. Went to the mountain and explained that we didn't like the snow conditions (you couldn't say weather) and asked for a refund. As we were walking back to our car we saw a group of 4 headed to the lifts that had to be in their 70's.  I felt shame. 

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    downhill skiing

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    1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    Anyone ever get frostbit?  Hurts like hell.  for months.   A lifty wouldn't let me up a T bar in college once.  Asked why and he said, "the tip of your nose is white".  Skiing in N New York is not for wimps.

     

    Years ago we skiied on a brutally cold day at Mt. Snow. First lift up was notorious for being very cold and windy as you approached the summit. We all geared up covering every inch of exposed skin - except for one knucklehead friend who left his face exposed. They were checking every one getting off the lift pointed at my friend and told him to go inside the summit lodge. He protested until the guy whipped out a mirror and showed him the patch of skin on his cheek that had turned white.

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    downhill skiing

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    18 minutes ago, muppy said:

    we won a weekend there including  condo after winning a radio station contest. It was in the spring and people were literally skiing in shorts. Gorgeous sunny day. We were having such a good time we barely stopped all day. I paid for it later than night.  The sun was so bright reflecting off the snow my eyeballs got sunburned. We didn't even ski the 2nd day. We needed ER prescription for eye drops to help. The pharmacy said we took the last dose they had. Oh My

     

    What I do remember distinctly was how many deer we saw in that area . Notably so. It was a road trip for us but we loved it. 

     

    What a great story - obviously the eyeballs and missing a ski day sucked - but in my experience the best memories weren't when everything went according to plan. Thanks for sharing.  

    2023 Yankees thread.........Domingo German pitches perfect game

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    11 minutes ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:


    As a New York Yankees fan because I grew up with Thurman Munson the 1976,1977 and 1978 Yankees in Buffalo. With the Yankees Burger King cards and the Reggie Bars the Yankees were really good when I started watching baseball and there games were on channel 29 in Buffalo. The New York Mets you needed cable and my suburban area Clarence where I grew up wasn’t wired for cable until 1980. International Cable stopped at transit road where Eastern Hills Mall is. That is when my home got WOR 9 Mets games and WPIX 11 Yankees games along with TBS Atlanta Braves 1980 when Global Cable wired Clarence town past Transit Road. I saw Mets games before that but it was either NBC game of the week, Monday Night Baseball or Montreal Expos games that Buffalo got on CBC along with the Toronto Blue Jays games on CBC and CTV that was it until 1980 cable for me personally. 
     

    The New York Mets blew it in Buffalo with there 4 year affiliation with the Buffalo Bisons. The Mets treated the Buffalo Bisons really badly and I know bought the Syracuse Mets after the Buffalo Bisons gave up the Mets to Las Vegas for the Toronto Blue Jays. But Syracuse isn’t half the sports city Buffalo is especially baseball. You can thank Fred and his meddling son Jeff Wilpon for that. They were meddlers especially the son. They wanted the Buffalo Bisons who had there nickname since 1877 to change it to Buffalo Mets. Crazy stuff like that along with bad triple a teams along with the meddling son got the Mets shown the door in Buffalo. It’s unfortunate because the Mets really missed a huge opportunity to create more Mets fans and good will in the Western part of New York State by not being so controlling and jerky about it. Your not reasonable to me asking a triple a team to change their name to Mets after over a 100 years. It would have potentially bankrupt the Buffalo Bisons the backlash. Because one Buffalo is a very traditional sports market that doesn’t like a lot of change and two Buffalo roots for multiple MLB teams and putting a MLB team name on the Buffalo Bisons. Limits the interest to New York Mets fans only potentially. Buffalo Bisons you can be any MLB fan and wearing Buffalo Bisons merchandise is ok if you are a New York Yankees fan or a New York Mets fan. So from a business perspective the Bisons changed the colors for the Mets but that was all the Mets were getting in Buffalo. Because putting a MLB name on a triple a team isn’t good for merchandise sales which the minors need that merchandise revenue because they don’t get huge television money like the MLB teams get in my opinion. Go Bisons! Go Yankees! Let’s Go Buffalo 

     

    I'm happy that you're a Yankee fan. Have a nice day.

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    downhill skiing

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    51 minutes ago, muppy said:

    My recommendation would be Breckenridge. I recall it being known for a good beginners intermediate type mountain. This is from my experience having skied at  Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone, Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs, Monarch which may or may not even be still open. I think that's it. 

     

    What was Crested Butte like? That place always looked intriguing - but maybe hard to get to.

     

    downhill skiing

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    6 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    do a place outside tahoe called,,, shite can't rememeber  wood something. lots of locals smoking pot and buzzing steeps.  Cali side.  Homewood?  Mt rose is excellent in /reno and cheap!  Really good skiers u can learn from....Allegiant flies to reno... and cheap!  I enjoy  getting deals, here.no dementia

          https://www.skihomewood.com

     

    Or maybe Kirkwood? I had a great day there on my one trip to Tahoe.

    downhill skiing

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    17 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    Ribbons work... You can spot the ski.

     

     

    Yeah but if you just use ribbons then you miss out on overspending for powder straps at the base lodge. Same premise though.

    4 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    skied a lot in Lake placid.  holding an edge on Niagara falls was crucial.  talk about N Face....

    Lake Placid, so Iceface Whiteface? Never made it up there.

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    downhill skiing

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    31 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    i have atomics.  185's.  not powder skis for me.  Orange and black? first rossi racing were the same.

     

    My Atomics aren't strictly powder skis but they perform really well in the powder. Probably around 180-185. Which was a far cry from the Salomon's which were over 200. Those were a lot of fun for skiing in the east but unmanageable (at least for me) out west.

    downhill skiing

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    1 minute ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    vail.  i lost a ski

     

     

    Damn, how'd you get back? 

     

    Had a friend who dropped a pole in the back bowls and we spent awhile looking for it in the powder. He finally decided to give up, let out a curse and slammed his other pole down. Clink! Right on the 'lost' pole. Good times. 

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    downhill skiing

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    1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    and Breck

    and Breck  Ok rossi 83 exp.  got annoyed when a lifty told me my bandits were antiques.  Head rock skis.  marker racing bindings and solomon boots.

     

    When I do go, I'm on old equipment (and wearing old clothing). Atomic Beta Ride circa 2000. Still love them. Before that it was Salomon Force 9, I still can't believe how long and skinny those were, definitely not made for the powder as I found out.

     

    Vail was my favorite out west. Great combination of resort town, night life and the back bowls. Plus it isn't too far from Denver. But the best skiing I ever experienced was at Alta. Had a few epic powder days there. 

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    downhill skiing

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    I would have been highly active in this thread 5-10 years ago. Sadly I haven't skiied much the past few years.

     

    I was never more than an upper immediate skiier and didn't start until my mid-20's. Our go-to mountain was Mt. Snow in Vermont - best combination of mountain size and distance from home for us. I've been to a number of resorts out west and there was something to like about each of them. Never made it to Taos, but that was definitely on the to-do list. Wasn't that one of the hold-outs that didn't allow snowboarders? 

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    Mets fans?

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    19 hours ago, ExWNYer said:

     

    Pham said it in the clubhouse when he was still with the Mets so he didn't throw anybody under the bus here. He told them they didn't work hard enough. Apparently, one player he specified was Lindor. He's never been one to shy away from his opinions. Based on what he's doing now versus what the Mets did this year, it's hard to refute his accusation. BTW, he went 4-4 in Game 2 of the World Series, a 9-1 Arizona win. Go Snakes!

     

    Just saw this from the game last night. Pham gave up a chance at history so a teammate could get a WS at bat after going 4-4. I'm guessing that nobody realized that 5-5 would have been a WS first. I'd also like to know why it was imperative to give Peterson an AB in game 2, I assume he won't suit up for many games.

     

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38776351/tommy-pham-asked-sit-jace-peterson-appear-ws

    The Next Four Leading Into the Bye

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    1 minute ago, julian said:

    Obviously mathematically that’s correct, I don’t think math is the only consideration when answering this hypothetical.

     

    In the hypothetical, how I feel about 1-3 would depend on how we got there.  A dominating win on the road in Philly  would feel a whole lot different than only beating the Broncos .

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    The Bills are Going to Miss the Playoffs

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    14 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

    We will need one "good" win somewhere to be assured of making it and to not lose any more games to teams we should beat. 

     

    But there is definitely a route to the Bills missing out. I would say no chance if we were 5-3 but healthy. 5-3 but banged up is a different kettle of fish. 

     

    Down two 1st team all pro level defenders. Down another defensive starter who we don't have great depth for. A QB with a gimpy throwing shoulder. And a tight end with a broken wrist. 

     

    Not exactly a positive picture. I don't see us winning any fewer than 9. But I don't see us winning any more than 11 best case scenario. 

     

    If we can't get one "good" win I'm not sure I can stick with "just make the playoffs and anything can happen" - which is pretty much where I'm at right now.

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