Random thoughts ... (can you tell I'm bored?!)

Doubt it's just me but I have this ability to conjur up thoughts of skiing merely from the sodden after effects of being rained on (or as the proper terminology would have me say, 'soaked through') and so therefore any sweaty/damp clothing immediately takes me back to the 'glorious' smells of ski rooms full of damp, sweaty, musty ski clothing and equipment, but the question is what other smells cause people to immediately jump back to thier ski heaven, is it the jagermeister or something totally more obscure ...

... and following on with some randomness have been playing this very childlike (and some may say sad!) game when driving along and looking at the suffix of car registration plates and trying to figure out appropriate ski resorts, in the past day we've had WNG (Wengen) and VDS (Val D'Isere) ... will go back into my little northern hole now :D

Oh dear, you do need to get out on the slopes don't you ) You made me think of all the sounds you only hear when skiing, such as the chair lifts or the squeaking sound of someone walking in ski boots.

You the withdrawal symptoms are at their worst when you start to long for the smell of the boot room!

Not sure about smells, but every time I hear Katie Perry's 'Hot and Cold' it takes me back to our favourite mountain restaurant in Sauze – they played it pretty much continuously when we were there last year. As jastem says, squeaky shoes on snow (doesn't even have to be ski boots) also immediately turn my mind to skiing.

I was watching an old episode of The Hotel Inspector, set in the Portes du Soleil the other night and was positively drooling over the lovely snowy pistes in the background. I've also taken to watching episodes of High Altitude and Ski Sunday that I've taped over the past couple of years and reading numerous brochures/ski websites and checking webcams at every available opportunity (usually when I've got other, more important things I'm supposed to be doing!) :roll:

Do they have a skiaholics anonymous? I think I have a problem…….. :shock:

87 days (and counting) 'till Arabba :D

Lynn - you made me think of that song called Hey Baby by DJ somebody? which takes me to one of those greenhouse type bars in Austria with far too many people crammed into it and all singing along..... Ah Happy Days )

DJ Otzi - hangs head in shame for knowing ... :D

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Jenno wrote:DJ Otzi - hangs head in shame for knowing ... :D

It will come in useful on quiz night

I love that smell you get in a "working" ski shop, with the wax and everything filtering through and can conjur it up if I try hard enough.