I Don't Recognize Anybody Anymore!

[skicdave]

Hey with all these new Avatars lately, I don't recognize anybody! Maybe I need a new one.

Skilas's is interesting. First he was about 4, then about 45, now he's back to.. hmm 32?

M@ was into astonomy... now took up chess??

And pets are taking over! Octopuses and dogs. What no cats yet?

Whats going on!!!!!??? :eek:

[elwood]

Dave, I think I'm gonna need to switch mine up too...

[SkiStooge]

I can't switch mine now. People would cry if they didn't see my happy face! lol. Al :skistooge:

[skicdave]

SkiStooge:
I can't switch mine now. People would cry if they didn't see my happy face! lol. Al :skistooge: Go for a seasonal photo Skistooge, but better hurr or you'll have to put up your Santa Stooge avatar!

[NHski]

thx for putting up the new avatar Dave!

[kmrnskier]

NHSki - Is that your pup? What a beauty!
Dave - speaking of cats, I do have a beautiful cat I can use as an avatar, but she can be such a little ibtch sometimes, not always though.
-KM

[kfarrar]

It must be tough skiing on four legs and all. Lower center of gravity would help though.

Has your pup been to the Ravine?

[elwood]

OK, I got my new avatar up... Now do you recognize me?

[DMC]

You kinda look like a terrorist in that pic.. :)

Powder jihad!!!!

[DMC]

kmrnskier:
but she can be such a little ibtch sometimes, not always though.
-KM My cat Kittles is always a beowtch... But only to my Fiance'.... She never attacks me unless I leave her for a weekend to ski - then she rends me silly...

[elwood]

DMC:
You kinda look like a terrorist in that pic.. :)

Powder jihad!!!! Funny, you aren't the first to tell me that. Check out the new pic in my profile. That is the real powder jihad pic... :D

[skicdave]

LOL so true! Elwood if you would like I can resize that one to the correct size... it will enhance your clearity and such (along with reducing file size)... ie...

http://timefortuckerman.com/ubb/Avatars/zelwood1.jpg

hmmm... not much better but bit smaller...

[kmrnskier]

Elwood - go with the pic in your profile, that is a COOL pic.
-KM

[skicdave]

kmrnskier:
Elwood - go with the pic in your profile, that is a COOL pic.
-KM Ya love the frozen stuff on your mustache! LOL

[kfarrar]

Thats some serious dedication Elwood. I think I would have found myself warming in the lodge at that point.

[skicdave]

Oh my god!!!!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387861/newavatar.jpg

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/elwoodharem1.jpg

[elwood]

Dave, feel free to resize the pic in my profile and use it for my avatar. BTW, what size is optimal for avatars again?

[skicdave]

Look above Elwood! WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!

P.S. Avatars are set at 75x75.

[DMC]

BA HAW HAW

Dave - your pure genius!!

[skicdave]

Nice harem Elwood! Where's grandma this time?? LOL

[elwood]

ROTF*****!

That was from back in my sand-skiing days...

[Jolly J]

Glad to see the humur has come back to the page.

Great pics Elwood

[BladeGirl]

skicdave:

And pets are taking over! Octopuses and dogs. What no cats yet?
Cats do not love the snow the way we do. I have a picture of one of my indoor cats when I carried him out in waste-deep snow and plunked him down. He just sat there yowling piteously, so I brought him back inside and tried the same stunt with his sister. I got her outside where she, being no stupe and having watched al the action from the window, got out of my arms and climbed onto my head. no picture of that, unfortunately.

-BG

[kfarrar]

How does come up with this stuff so damn quickly? Does he have some interns hard at work cutting and pasting graphics?

[kfarrar]

Oops. I meant how does Dave come with this stuff so quickly.

[skicdave]

Jolly J:
Glad to see the humur has come back to the page.

Great pics Elwood I'm thinking we need a new area of the site for viewing all the oddball photos that have appeared on T4T, especially this season. No doubt Elwood would need a special section for him and and all his girlfriends :p

[M@]

That harem one is one of the best.

[elwood]

It looks like I have an evil grin in that harem photo. Marvelous job Dave! :D

[skicdave]

The REAL question though Elwood... can those gals ski??

[M@]

Skiing is the least of their talents.

[kfarrar]

I don't think they are thinking about skiing? ;) ;) ;)

[elwood]

M@:
Skiing is the least of their talents. Well said, M@.

Not strong skiers, although they are strong at the knees... (Can I say that?)
However, they are good for backrubs after a long ski day.

[skicdave]

Don't worry Elwood... I am always watching that lango of yours!!

[kfarrar]

Back rubs. Thats right - I almost forgot what they were good for. And for drawing a hot for soaking after a hard day of skiing. And for bringing you a towel when you step out of the :hottub:

[elwood]

skicdave:
Don't worry Elwood... I am always watching that lango of yours!! Good thing someone is... I have a potty mouth... :D

[NHski]

kfarrar:
It must be tough skiing on four legs and all. Lower center of gravity would help though.

Has your pup been to the Ravine? She has been up, although just to the bowl. Hasn't followed me down a run yet. I am think Hillmans first. Took her to a few spots last, like cardigan and she loved it. Racing down my tracks, trying to keep up with me, falling on her face.

[elwood]

kfarrar:
Thats some serious dedication Elwood. I think I would have found myself warming in the lodge at that point. That day was too sweet to go inside. Not a huge day, but about a foot of light and fluffy. That picture was taken at Vail. The Blue Sky Basin was empty all morning. Fresh tracks all day!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387861/shred.jpg

[elwood]

Hey if I post a picture like the one above at 800x600, is that nasty for those of you who are bandwidth impaired? I can shrink em', but I've gotten so used to this broadband thing that I never think of you 56kers out there...

[kfarrar]

Looks like it was a sweet day. From the look the earlier photo it looked like freezing rain. Glad it was melted posder on your face.

[skicdave]

Thats making me sick Elwood! Haven't seen powder like that in at least 2 years!

[elwood]

skicdave:
Thats making me sick Elwood! Haven't seen powder like that in at least 2 years! Dave,

That is why te East Coast stinks. What is the saying- Go west young man? Don't get me wrong, there is some fantastic skiing here, but they have all the good snow out there...

[skicdave]

True... if I manage 3 days a season of semi powder I'm thankful. Tremblant doesn't exactly boast much in the way of powder days, except maybe for the locals living close by.

[TheOctopus]

elwood:
Funny, you aren't the first to tell me that. Check out the new pic in my profile. That is the real powder jihad pic... D Crazy! I've had a few of those days myself. At first, though I thought you were suffering some nasty facial frostbite!

Edited to add: Awesome Vail pic, Elwood!!!

[kmrnskier]

Elwood - when was that pic taken at Vail? I was out there last Feb, BEFORE all the snow hit hard :( . Did you do Champagne Glades? Steep and Deep? Lovers Leap? Did you ski the front at all?

[elwood]

kmrn,

I too was out there in Feb. before the snow. We got a little, but nothing compared to what fell a couple of weeks later. I hit Steep and Deep, Lovers Leap and Iron Mask. That wind lip was very exposed that day, and the wind and snow were kicking. It was pretty unpleasant up there, so we tried to stick to the woods. It's hard to see in this pic due to the nasty weather, but here is the lip:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387861/windlip.jpg

[elwood]

Kmrn, champagne glades is to thE right in that picture (BUT NOT VISIBLE), on the other side of the lift, right? Yeah we hit that one too. I think that was my favorite run that day...

[kmrnskier]

Champagne Glades were sooooooooooo nice, not steep, but just a great run. Yes, you're right, it is way over to the right of that pic. I think that had to have been the 2nd greatest run for me that week, the first being over at the Poma in the Mongolia Bowl, there was NOBODY over there, it was great, untracked snow.

[elwood]

kmrnskier:
Champagne Glades were sooooooooooo nice, not steep, but just a great run. Yes, you're right, it is way over to the right of that pic. I think that had to have been the 2nd greatest run for me that week, the first being over at the Poma in the Mongolia Bowl, there was NOBODY over there, it was great, untracked snow. I was so psyched out there. It was my first time at Blue Sky, and I am hooked. I am booking a trip out there again this year. Might wait until March though for a little more snow and spring skiing.

[Jolly J]

This is my best pic last year. It was very early season at my home mountain. It had snowed 5 days earlier and I was quite surprised to find fresh tracks. I wish I had a camera for some of the actual powder days....
http://www.crabbemountain.com/images/JCPPSundayJan1103%20010.jpg

[kmrnskier]

Elwood - I'm also heading out there in March too, probably early in the month. We should meet up if we're there at the same time!
JollyJ - great pic!
-KM

[M@]

Nic epicture. 800x600 is no problem for my various connections.

As for backrubs: in 2002 we were up there and there was a girl staying in one of the lean-to's who was a professional mesus and was offering backrubs. I got one for my wife Suzy, see seemed to really enjoy it... after humping that pack up the trail a good rub down is a good thing.

[M@]

Here's a good pix I took last season at sunapea.

This is the kind of skiing I look for. Doesn't have to be UNTRACKED, but only a few tracks and ENDLESS TREES! http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/EndlessTrees.jpg

[elwood]

kmrnskier:
Elwood - I'm also heading out there in March too, probably early in the month. We should meet up if we're there at the same time!
JollyJ - great pic!
-KM KM,

I'll keep you in the loop when I finally get my plane tix. That would be cool if we were out there at the same time!!!

[kfarrar]

Will there be wedding bells in Kmrnskier and Elwoods future. That is the question?

[elwood]

M@:
This is the kind of skiing I look for. Doesn't have to be UNTRACKED, but only a few tracks and ENDLESS TREESM@, exactly what I look for too. Here is one of me out of bounds near Smuggs last year:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387861/fluffysnow.jpg

[kfarrar]

That looks like some sweet tree skiing. Nicely spaced trees are hard to find.

[M@]

One key to spacing is deciduous trees. Pines grow to close together. Birch are pretty good, if you can find a mountainside of birch trees, you can probably ski it.

[DMC]

I loooooove trees too!!!! http://www.powderhound.org/2002/OBHunter_12-30-02_Doug_upper_mossy_2.jpg

[BladeGirl]

DMC:
I loooooove trees too!!!! Me too (though I don't have a handy picture)! M@'s looked to be just perfect for me. So quiet in there. Cuts the wind, too. good visibility even if the trails are foggy (I think the trees break up the fog).

-BG

[Castlerock]

Elwood, Is that photo from what I know as the Birthday Bowls? Circa 1982.(Accessed by walking up the trail from Spruce at the top of the Stirling lift)

[elwood]

Castlerock:
Elwood, Is that photo from what I know as the Birthday Bowls? Circa 1982.(Accessed by walking up the trail from Spruce at the top of the Stirling lift) That is exactly where that picture was taken. Although it was more towards the bottom, closer to the road than the lift.

[kmrnskier]

M@ - I do have to agree with you re: not having to be untracked. I, personally, like the crud. I like it in the spring when things get mashed potatoey. I also like groomed, bumps, New England hard pack, you name it. Love it all.
-KM