MeTa post: Full date stamp request for posts

I approve your approval.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 6:04 PM on May 7, 2008

MeTa post: Listen.

funny that mine is the comment that was deleted, given that it was one of the more relatively mild rebukes. I stand by my comment (if you remember what it was)
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 9:29 PM on February 20, 2008

MeTa post: Vancouver Meetup

it's chinese new year...it would be apropos to do something related
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 11:11 PM on February 3, 2008

MeTa post: Condos and Couches: Are you going to Whistler?

I'll be there on the 16th, not the 15th. I am from Vancouver so it is easier for me to find my own affordable accommodation, so I will not pounce on any offers of couches. I suggest other locals do the same.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 9:45 PM on October 29, 2007

Britannie, I am a qualified instructor and I'll help you (and any other beginners) out, but if you are starting from scratch it won't be worthwhile for either of us unless you are an athletic prodigy.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 9:46 PM on October 29, 2007

I think we should reopen the original thread or link one to the other, so that the meetups-sidebar makes sense.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 7:15 PM on November 5, 2007

Well folks, I am gonna be offline for a month. Going backpacking in South America and get back to Vancouver on Dec 15th.

If I'm in good shape, I'll drive up on the morning of the 16th and meet y'all on the mountain. Please mention which mountain you're skiing and post a meeting time / place in this thread, e.g. at the Lightboard (locals will know what I mean).
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 9:32 AM on November 9, 2007

Oh and these are the lightboards. There's only one on Whistler, but there might be two on Blackcomb, in which case I mean the one near the top of the Solar Coaster.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 10:47 PM on November 9, 2007

definitely worth getting the edge card, especially since you reuse the same card the following year (assuming you don't lose it) -- they just charge your credit card again
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 10:52 PM on November 12, 2007

i'm the one who will only be there for sunday, don't let me hold you back from meeting earlier!
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 7:32 AM on November 21, 2007

it would've been great to meet y'all but I extended my stay in south amer.

[e.d.] and other locals -- we could meet up later on in the season.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 9:40 AM on December 16, 2007

MeTa post: Coming out of the MetaCloset

I mostly just avoid the morass of sincerity and sharing that is AskMe.

Well it's a bit late for that.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 3:23 PM on September 9, 2007

MeTa post: Steep and Deep: Mefi Whistler Summit 2007

I've also been skiing and teaching skiing at Whistler for 20 years. Snow at Whistler is, in truth, always unpredictable. Trouble is that the average alpine temperature isn't much below zero (Celsius), so we might get a big powder dump one week, then it might melt and re-freeze into ice the next week. If you are obsessed about snow quality then go to the BC Interior or to Colorado. I watch the weather report daily and skip work if the snow is good.

The reason why... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 12:59 AM on September 6, 2007

On second thought, let me qualify my comments regarding the snow: it's all relative. Don't misinterpret my lukewarm rating of Whistler snow.

If you're used to rock-hard transparent sheets of ice at Tremblant, QC (aka Le Ice Cube), Whistler is frickin' awesome. If you're used to daily dumps of crisp, dry powder at Fernie, BC (in the middle of nowhere), Whistler is mediocre. In fact, in all my years of ski instruction I haven't heard significant complaints about the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 1:15 AM on September 6, 2007

[e.d.] -- "easier", yes. Enjoyment is subjective. I guess in my book a wide turn is not the same as a GS turn. GS would be turns taken at speed, so that you're banked all the way over, your thighs are constantly burning from resisting the centrifugal force, and you're concentrating hard on maintaining even pressure on your feet so that you're 100% carving and 0% skidding. Oh, the adrenaline!!!

And while you're right in that modern skis make any snow a cinch,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 10:53 AM on September 6, 2007

One lodging option I might suggest (if you're not the Four Seasons type) is the hostel-style UBC ski lodge. It would be fun if we all stayed there and partied it up together.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 12:23 PM on September 6, 2007

[e.d.] -- No, I live in Van. As do several other posters in this thread.

mek -- sadly sometimes that's my style too.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 4:15 PM on September 6, 2007

MeTa post: I'm concerned about AskMe, particularly with...

I was piled-on by the AxeMefi crowd for a question I once asked, and in retrospect I am very glad that I got the response I did.

Sometimes when people are frustrated (sexually or otherwise) and not thinking straight, they need a good piling-on to be made aware of the error of their ways.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 1:24 PM on July 4, 2006

MeTa post: Dear ask.mefi, how can I fuck over my friend while...

Wow.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 4:24 PM on December 12, 2005

Whether is was the blunt acerbicism of some, or the more reasoned appeals to fairplay by others...

The latter. Quite frankly it's hard for me to take any of the moralising in this thread seriously given how contemptible your own responses are.
posted to MetaTalk by randomstriker at 2:19 PM on December 13, 2005