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By definition, "you lose ground when you throw mud." ― Kare Anderson
"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"In debate, slander becomes the tool of the losing side.” ― Anonymous
Kare Anderson is the female Stuart Smalley. Self-help books are a curiously Anglo thing- as America, and to a certain extent Great Britain, are inundated with them. "Motivational speakers" are another curious affliction.
“The wisest writers devote themselves to what a man ought to know, without asking what a child is capable of learning.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Slander is an untrue defamatory statement that is spoken orally. Perhaps you have confused it with "libel"? This confusion is a etymological error frequently committed by common people.
Your third quote is internet fluff that some clown attributed to Socrates: "Middle school essayists love to start with a good philosophical quote or a dictionary definition, but this supposed Socratic saying originates from the internet, not from a textbook."
"A thick skin is a gift from God" -Konrad Adenauer.... (it also offers more protection from the chilly wind).
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@Stephen sorry for this rational post... i know you enjoy those nonsense threads
Darn right, cable’s out, I got cabin fever and need the entertainment!
We just need to get all the journalists, little girls, cattle, Hollywood ranchers, cold, waving hands, dumbass meteorologist, and lame-ass general sheeple together, and we could have a real mini-series here.
Hi Stephen, we already have that. it's called "Yellowstone"
Also you forgot to include "one of the biggest companies in the world". Folks from the low countries are very sensitive so better add that one.
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I was gonna ski the other day when it was 13F but 25mph winds. I took a day off after about 5 minutes.
In that case you would not ski many days at all in northern Norway. For example if you were skiing the classic 5 day traverse of the Finnmarksvidda, a plateau in northern Norway. You would find that even with the record warm temperatures this year in the Scandinavian arctic; that it might be a tad windy (wind-chilly?) for you:
Today (8/2/23 ) it is -4°C with wind at 21 m/s (24° F with wind at 47 mph). What can you do? Hide in your tent? No, you put on some good clothes, a windbreak balaclava, your yellow googles and you ski. You can look forward to skiing Sunday which will be -11°C with 11 m/s wind plus it will snowing (12°F with 25 mph wind), so you will put on your good clothes again, your balaclava, yellow goggles and leave your (relatively) warm tent, have a GPS handy for the whiteout and ski. Those temperatures are considerably warmer than in a normal year and the wind will usually find you wherever you are in Norway.
One thing you will not do is wonder or care what the 'wind chill factor" is.
Also my condolences for having once lived in Oklahoma. Used to be some good musicians from Tulsa though. Perhaps they can score the soundtrack for Stephen's mini-series.
I've been quietly reading and learning from this forum for 5 years or so. There are some incredibly knowledgable members, and it has typically been a lovely place.
But lately I feel like a few members are exhibiting just the strangest lack of self awareness. Am I missing something?
It is still possible to quietly discuss skiing without grandiose claims about strange topics, endless references to important friends and connections, or lectures on disjointed physics.... right?
Anyway: I went for a ski this morning with my friend Mr. Ingstad, dressed appropriately for the conditions (including considerations of windchill), and had a great time. Because that's what it's all about.
I was gonna ski the other day when it was 13F but 25mph winds. I took a day off after about 5 minutes.
In that case you would not ski many days at all in northern Norway. For example if you were skiing the classic 5 day traverse of the Finnmarksvidda, a plateau in northern Norway. You would find that even with the record warm temperatures this year in the Scandinavian arctic; that it might be a tad windy (wind-chilly?) for you:
Today (8/2/23 ) it is -4°C with wind at 21 m/s (24° F with wind at 47 mph). What can you do? Hide in your tent? No, you put on some good clothes, a windbreak balaclava, your yellow googles and you ski. You can look forward to skiing Sunday which will be -11°C with 11 m/s wind plus it will snowing (12°F with 25 mph wind), so you will put on your good clothes again, your balaclava, yellow goggles and leave your (relatively) warm tent, have a GPS handy for the whiteout and ski. Those temperatures are considerably warmer than in a normal year and the wind will usually find you wherever you are in Norway.
One thing you will not do is wonder or care what the 'wind chill factor" is.
Also my condolences for having once lived in Oklahoma. Used to be some good musicians from Tulsa though. Perhaps they can score the soundtrack for Stephen's mini-series.
You are full of a lot of assumptions, among other stuff. Why ski in conditions I don't particularly enjoy when I can skip a day and then have 6 days of great conditions? If I lived somewhere that didn't provide that opportunity, I would adjust. But one of the several reasons I settled where I did is because of lesser winds.
That's just like you to insult an entire state in USA. My guess is you either haven't spent any time there, or wouldn't be open to having genuine interaction with people less "cultured" than you. Or, more likely, both.
You are full of a lot of assumptions, among other stuff. Why ski in conditions I don't particularly enjoy when I can skip a day and then have 6 days of great conditions? If I lived somewhere that didn't provide that opportunity, I would adjust. But one of the several reasons I settled where I did is because of lesser winds.
That's just like you to insult an entire state in USA. My guess is you either haven't spent any time there, or wouldn't be open to having genuine interaction with people less "cultured" than you. Or, more likely, both.
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MCA, relax. Your choice is fine for you, and people get a little bit sensitive about kidding in here. I apologize if I offended you personally, you seem like a very nice guy.
You are correct that I detest Oklahoma having had the misfortune to spend three weeks TDY to Tinker AFB while in USAF in the early 80s. I also have a friend here in Italy who is Mexican American, an American citizen born in Mexico who is now married to a US Army RN (a LTC). He ran his own crew on the rigs in Oklahoma, one of the few Mexicans to reach that status (by working his ass off). He told me when he walked into a bar with his friends after a hard shift they would not even acknowledge him, let alone serve them (he speaks perfect English). He came into one bar there with a white colleague and they said they would serve his white buddy but not him. These were not isolated events they were par for the course. These events are not ancient history they were in the 2010s (he has since graduated university and works as a civilian DOA employee on the US Army garrison in Vicenza where his wife is stationed). Your are right I don't like Oklahoma (or Texas for that matter, I spent a lot of time there in USAF ). Austin used to be OK (I saw Frank Zappa at Armadillo World Headquarters) then in the mid-90s it went yuppie, lost its appeal. I don't like rednecks, and I don't like white supremacists both those states are packed with them.
I've been quietly reading and learning from this forum for 5 years or so. There are some incredibly knowledgable members, and it has typically been a lovely place.
But lately I feel like a few members are exhibiting just the strangest lack of self awareness. Am I missing something?
It is still possible to quietly discuss skiing without grandiose claims about strange topics, endless references to important friends and connections, or lectures on disjointed physics.... right?
Anyway: I went for a ski this morning with my friend Mr. Ingstad, dressed appropriately for the conditions (including considerations of windchill), and had a great time. Because that's what it's all about.
