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Feb. 18th, 2005 08:51 pmMore snowboarding at the dry-slope this evening. I'm slowly accumulating safety equipment - each time I hurt myself, I go out and buy the bit that protects that part of the body - so it's knee pads next. I wonder if there's an easier way to do this.
I also signed up to help out. You get free hour on the slope in exchange for each hour behind the counter, handing out boots and skis. So that's Monday's 8pm till 10pm sorted out. According to the bloke who run's the snowboarding side of things, the big benefit is that the instructors are much more likely to help you out. Generally, they're wary about giving people pointers because a lot of cheapskates deliberately take one or two lessons, then try to leech free advice to get themselves up to standard. If you're a known 'staff member' then the the instructors are much more relaxed.
I'm off to Cambridge tomorrow, to go to Galloway and Porter's warehouse sale of academic books. I used to dislike Cambridge, it always seemed too crowded, grimy and had too much traffic - really a mini-London. But it seems to be growing on me. I should get up there more often.
I also signed up to help out. You get free hour on the slope in exchange for each hour behind the counter, handing out boots and skis. So that's Monday's 8pm till 10pm sorted out. According to the bloke who run's the snowboarding side of things, the big benefit is that the instructors are much more likely to help you out. Generally, they're wary about giving people pointers because a lot of cheapskates deliberately take one or two lessons, then try to leech free advice to get themselves up to standard. If you're a known 'staff member' then the the instructors are much more relaxed.
I'm off to Cambridge tomorrow, to go to Galloway and Porter's warehouse sale of academic books. I used to dislike Cambridge, it always seemed too crowded, grimy and had too much traffic - really a mini-London. But it seems to be growing on me. I should get up there more often.
