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.

 

The Older Gentleman posted:

Those who ski have money. Ipso facto.

 

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

 

<cue lecherous twats>

1. Blimey, you kept that quiet.

 

Post corrected for accuracy.

 

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

 

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

 

There are other more interesting and expensive pastimes to eat up the
cash.

 

There's a Mister Micawber thing to be done here, but ICBA.

 

Thank you, Mr Murray.

 

A significant proportion of skiers also indulge in other activities
like sailing and riding. Read into that what you will.

 

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

 

Too much disposable income. TBF I find it's free time that becomes the
limiting factor.

 

Wrong, Those who ski *used* to have money

 

You are Marie Antoinette AICMFF pieces of cake.

 

tell me about it. I am contemplating a CCR.

 

Togette needs to see picture of mine doing a nice Two Skis Airborne at
Les 2 Alpes back in 1992, using a bath suit as all clothing [1]

[1] As victory of F.C. Barcelona in the Champions League lead to too
much drunkenness and promises that later I was requested to fulfill.

 

I got involved in a lunchtime discussion about skiing, about 20 years ago
when I was spending my disposable on pottering about in little aeroplanes.

"Do you ski, Richard?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Not expensive enough."

 

I don't think it is expensive at all. My Columbia Titanium kit has
lasted 8 years so far. Boots are about 6 years old and Volkl titanium
skis are giving years of service.

So it comes down to accommodation. In (for instance) Trois Valee you can
go from a few tens of squids a night in a La Tania bunkhouse to several
hundred in a Courchevel 1850 palace. I've tried both, the former was a
better Beano as it happened.

And if you are really pikey, pack some skins and forget the lift pass.

 

I think motorcycle or car racing is a damn good way to burn through
cash.