Like my sig says...
This poll is on Skimag.com and seemed to in line with some recent posts/rants
Like my sig says...
Altitude is Everything
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.
"Quietly Heartbroken Tennis Player."
Experience is the teacher of the stupid?Originally Posted by sugarboarder
Ithaca is (not) Vermont (but it is gorges)
You can't teach stupid. Either you're stupid or you are not.
The translation can be a little different depending on who you talk to, but...Originally Posted by Strat
Events are the teachers of fools or "Fools must be taught by experience."
I like your version better!
Altitude is Everything
I like the other side better.
Most wise decisions are the result of experience.
Most experience is the result of foolish decisions.
Like "When did you stop beating your wife?"?I know that this isn't a serious poll. But the answers are biased.
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.
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Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I- I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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...Originally Posted by sugarboarder
Ithaca is (not) Vermont (but it is gorges)
If you did I think it would require a seperate threadI could go deeper into Latin grammar but I won't, though I do enjoy opportunities to talk about it outside of class...
"Quietly Heartbroken Tennis Player."
Latin grammar discussion - In pace requiescat! (aka R.I.P.)Originally Posted by Strat
Altitude is Everything
Experience is learning, everything else is just information.
-Albert Einstein
"It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
Hey, when you miss the bus it always makes it a lot harder to get where you want to go.
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