J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by pavelski

Gordie,

So sorry about "getting you away" from work and serious studies! Let me make you a bet. 20 years from now what will you remember? What will you use?

I bet you will remember all the answers to this fun quiz since many will help you ski better! Also I am sorry to tell you this but you are now "addicted"! You will sneak by every so often to check what "others" are answering! You now have a personal stake!
That thesis is for others, for that paper,,,these questions and their answers is for you!( the future expert skier)! So when you will use those numbers, and your son asks you how come you know them by heart, you will smile and remember this quiz!

By the way, the shortest Ph.d thesis was one line! An equation to determine Factorial Analysis using varimax rotation! It took a book to explain what the equation meant!

Mike,

What is happening? I expected many questions from you!

I do remember a "certain" ski tuning course you attended when all this was discussed! (Well most of it)!!!

I can not help to help you "engineers" since you are so close! Think,,,what do F1 cars, Stealth bombers and skis have in common as far as primary goals!

Yes yes you got it....to be at the "fine point" of product changes,,,, using new technological materials to make the final product better, faster, ligther, stronger, etc....

Or in other words, "why do modern skis "carve" so well?

Think!

IceGhost,
I have a dream! No it is a secret project that perhaps will come true!
First let me tell you a true story and then you will see why my dream can come true!

About 3 years ago I was skiing in a major ski resort very close to the end of the ski season. I was telling the resort manager that the conditions were so great with a base of +2 meters in April that I was coming back with 20-30 ski instructors who just finished all their classes!

Sadly the manager told me that he was closing the center in the next week ,,not because there was no snow but because there would not be enough skiers on the hill to break even!


The very next day at work, I am at a meeting and I get a call from a CEO from an international company who has a major problem! He asks me to find a possible solution!

Every year this company meets in one location and plans the next year! Due to a "strike" in some hotels in my city ,,he can not use the major convention center!!!! He is desperate!

I call the ski center manager and ask, "how much to rent your ski center; base lodge, hotel, ski slopes, lifts etc,,,"? After a pause,,, $60,000!

Back to the CEO. What is your budget for the end of year meeting? Guess what IceGhost!

That company had the very best "end of year" meeting EVER!
Yes all the "business stuff was done" ( in record time) since the white slopes were calling! Free skis, free boots, free lessons ( from those instructors that would not have skied at the center)!

Several non-skiing executives were converted!

At least two ski instructors are now working for this company!

I know for sure that at least three marriages are based on that ski day/night!

I know for sure that the CEO got a great "motivated" team that looked forward to next year's meeting!

That ski manager,,well he got a great promotion for his "brilliant" move since that very company he hosted bought into the ski center!


Now for my dream!
Perhaps one day all these skiers that "meet" in this site can plan a ski holiday in a ski resort that is "nearly" closed! Then Mike,Tony, Gordie, Jan, IceGhost, Caron-a, Ellitsine et al can finally meet and ski together!
I know I can convince some ski companies to provide some sample skis! I know I can convince some ski resort to just close one day later! I know I can get some hotels to provide some low low end of season rates!!!!

Its nice to still have dreams!

RoseR,
Were you seated close to TonyH to get exact answers?

Did you read his mind?

Since you have not "officialy" posted any answers, you can still win gloves OR that special creative, imaginative prize!

Go for it!

Tony H,

Tony, Tony, Tony,,,,I have so much to tell you! Do you have a "minute"?

As I read your answers I tried to "project" who you are, what you looked like..and how you ski!!!

Your answers were, "entertaining". imaginative, creative and unique! They provided me ( and I am sure many other readers) much "laugther"!
Please keep up imaginative messages!

Now for the bad news!
0/10 score!

However, I can not let this type of imaginative responce go by without some form of recognition,,,,so unless we get better "imaginative answers" Tony I will be sending you a "special" prize! Just send me via your PM your address etc,,,, You will wear it with pride as you ski! When other skiers ask you how you got this "unique" item,,,you can say,,,,,,,,,

Thanks for all answers!

As always I make silly mistakes that may cause 'problems" so please accept this "clarification.
I stated, "the numbers are not numbers......"

What I meant to state is, "The numbers IN THEMSELVES are not that important. It is their relationship to each other and their placement or order that is important" That will give away the answer!

It is that knowledge of the order and the relationships which separates the "real skier fanatic" from the weekend skier!

Once you get it,,,,you will all say, """"ha,,,,, yes yes so easy,,so clear"!!!

Gordieski,
Welcome to the wonderful world of skiing.

Welcome now to the world of real skiers who are so fanatic that in the Summer they do these crazy mind twisting quizzes just to "keep skiing alive" in the mind!

Also congratulations for being the first person to have tried to answer all the questions.
Your score is 1/10 ,,however you did get some answers very close to "target"

You have also discovered the "weaknesses" of Google and all internet search engines! You have to know what to ask! In other words you must have some "basic knowledge" of the subject matter! The first two items Google can not yet "compute" them ,,unless you work for CIA or such agencies!

The numbers are not numbers! It is the relationship and order which is meaningful to all "knowledgeable" skiers! I know that at least Mike, Ellistine and even Jan are going to slap themselves on the forehead if they do not get this item! They just have to think and get away from Google!

Great first try Gordie!

Jan,
I will give total mark for each posted reply!

At end of quizz I will post complete answers and declare the winner!

I do have to mention to all that it is very important to read all the words in the question! As in all quizes ot tests each word has specific meaning or "guides" the person to the answer! It is like looking at clues in the forest for the path to take! That broken branch to the uninitiated is just a broken branch but to the "knowledgeable" person it leads to the path! So please read each word carefully!

Perhaps my "clarification" post may help some of you find the path! The broken branch is there! Lift up your gaze and look for it!