This poll is on Skimag.com and seemed to in line with some recent posts/rants

Like my sig says...

Yard Sale -

I'd like to vote D) none of the above. I think C) comes closest to what I think. It's their right/business to decide what kinds of recreation they want on their slopes. In some cases it's good business (MRG, Deer Valley) and in some cases (Taos?) it's probably bad business.

Mr. Woodsman, please accept my aplogy. There actually was a selection for D. It was not a none or all of the above it was "Everyone should go Tele. Sorry about that. Haste makes waste.

I know that this isn't a serious poll. But the answers are biased.

sugarboarder wrote:

Like my sig says...

Experience is the teacher of the stupid?

You can't teach stupid. Either you're stupid or you are not.

Strat wrote:

sugarboarder wrote: Like my sig says... Experience is the teacher of the stupid?

The translation can be a little different depending on who you talk to, but...

Events are the teachers of fools or "Fools must be taught by experience."

I like your version better!

I like the other side better.

Most wise decisions are the result of experience.

Most experience is the result of foolish decisions.

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I know that this isn't a serious poll. But the answers are biased.

Like "When did you stop beating your wife?"?

I agree the answers were made up (including the missing choice (D) ) by someone with their answer already in mind, and planning on getting the other answerers to agree with them.

sugarboarder wrote:

Strat wrote: sugarboarder wrote: Like my sig says... Experience is the teacher of the stupid? The translation can be a little different depending on who you talk to, but... Events are the teachers of fools or "Fools must be taught by experience." I like your version better!

Well a bit of Latin translation is interpretation, but the original speakers of various quotes usually made their meanings clear, even if the quote didn't even have a verb in it, like in this case... literal translation is "Occurrence/consequence/experience teacher of stupid men." Of course "is" is implied, and another way to say "stupid men/people" is just "the stupid," as in, the people who are stupid. I could go deeper into Latin grammar but I won't, though I do enjoy opportunities to talk about it outside of class...

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I could go deeper into Latin grammar but I won't, though I do enjoy opportunities to talk about it outside of class...

If you did I think it would require a seperate thread

Strat wrote:

sugarboarder wrote: Strat wrote: sugarboarder wrote: Like my sig says... Experience is the teacher of the stupid? The translation can be a little different depending on who you talk to, but... Events are the teachers of fools or "Fools must be taught by experience." I like your version better! Well a bit of Latin translation is interpretation, but the original speakers of various quotes usually made their meanings clear, even if the quote didn't even have a verb in it, like in this case... literal translation is "Occurrence/consequence/experience teacher of stupid men." Of course "is" is implied, and another way to say "stupid men/people" is just "the stupid," as in, the people who are stupid. I could go deeper into Latin grammar but I won't, though I do enjoy opportunities to talk about it outside of class...

Latin grammar discussion - In pace requiescat! (aka R.I.P.)

Experience is learning, everything else is just information.
-Albert Einstein

Hey, when you miss the bus it always makes it a lot harder to get where you want to go.