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Worst thing you can do. Those 6ft metal edges on your skis are the only things that can stop you. They are the only security you have.
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..and I thought I was the one who was such fun at parties...
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Just thought I would take you seriously for a moment. 
I hired some Rossignol GS race skis last year, they were quite staggering at ripping long carved turns. So precise on the edge, millimetre steering.
The snow got pretty slushy mid week and they were unusable at low speed in that gloop, so switched to some Head Shapes. Nice too, but not as good at speed as the SG skis.
Best ski I ever used was a Head Prestige, second time I went last year. They were extraordinary carvers at all speeds. You could actually feel the inside of your boot dragging in the snow such was the angle you could bank them to, with your bum a foot off the snow. Definitely want to get some again this year!
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I haven't been skiing in over 40 years.... in my day we had little more than planks of wood strapped to our boots. I loved it though - probably my favourite sport. I was living in Rome at the time, and the school used to charter a bus every (winter) weekend to take us up into the hills - used to get at up 5am for it... happy days.
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A_Griffin wrote: I haven't been skiing in over 40 years
We got hold of some old skis once, they were wood, with screw in metal edges. The boots that came with them were leather, ankle boots. The pole were steel chromed spikes.
We put modern bindings on them and gave them a try. Well, we weren't that good in those days, but they were damn hard to use!
You should get back into it. Modern equipment has made it a lot more fun, and so dynamic. It is a pure joy to ski, to be up in the mountains, in the sun, deep blue sky, ripping up a piste in perfect carves.
In fact it is the one thing that I get fit for. Hence the weight loss campaign this year. Got to shed 22 kgs before end of march. Not carrying the equivalent of a bag of cement around with you is bound to improve your skiing!
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Quote: You should get back into it.
Yeah... I have a brother living in Norway who keeps telling me to come and visit... if my blasted clients would leave me alone for long enough I might think about it...
..talking of which... some of us ought to be working.... 
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He makes it looks so easy. Seemed like the biggest challenge was avoiding the other skiers (some of which looked like they needed medical attention!)
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He does make it look easy. I can imagine trying that and collapsing after 30 seconds, my legs shattered, out of breath, or dead.
He ran over one guys skis, but that's what you get for standing around in a place where only experts should go!
Its the way he flies into what appears to be a dead end, and just misses the rocks in the chicane that gets me, plus the sheer height he jumps to. How do you land from 25 ft and NOT break something?
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Nutz
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But did you see the yeti at the 2:00 mark?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Nah, that was just an angry Welshman.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: an angry Welshman.
Like I said - a Yeti. And it looks more like a Welsh woman doesn't it?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Very  , although I gotta question the guy's sanity. I sent the link to my boss, who's currently on vacation skiing in Colorado.
Question for the skiers in the crowd: Several times when he was passing people, it seemed awfully close. In cycling the rule is the person overtaking is responsible for ensuring safety. Is there something equivalent in skiing? Or was this a 'set piece' and the bystanders were all in on the action?
Software Zen: delete this;
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The uphill skier has the same responsibility as the overtaker. Don't go so close to a downhill skier that if they do something unexpected you could hit them.
I thought that the bit at the opening where he goes through the group standing on the hill was extremely dickish!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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DRHuff wrote: I thought that the bit at the opening where he goes through the group standing on the hill was extremely dickish
I thought that too, in several places. I wondered if it was a closed course after I saw the person in a yeti costume  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Europe has those rules, but they are ignored, especially in France and Italy. Christ, in Italy they ski flat out all the time. They are all nuts. We dont have Ski Patrol here to enforce laws, its just up to the individual.
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Happy 71st! ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
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--Winston Churchill
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Respect!!! So an expert of the red hot languages of the seventies Fortran and COBOL 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Yes, lots of FORTRAN (several dialects), starting in 1964.
From a "Programming Languages Survey" course, ca 1980:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
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THIS IS THE SECOND COBOL PROGRAM I HAVE WRITTEN.
I SINCERELY HOPE IT IS THE LAST. So far, my hope has been realised.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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You forgot ALGOL!
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Pascal is sort of Algol Mark II.
As is Simula - or maybe that is Mark III. At least if you ask someone from University of Oslo.
(I have programmed both Algol 60, Pascal and Simula - but not Algol 68, that is a strange animal! Or at least it seemed so in the 60s)
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Quote: Algol 68, that is a strange animal! Or at least it seemed so in the 60s)
It was indeed ... as was AlgolW in the 70's 
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Ok, then how about using a youngling like FORTH?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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