Jens Arne Maennig

Tim C. wrote:
    > Following up to Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> :

    >> Remember vinyl?
    >
    > Still got loads!

Only about 20 % of it converted to mp3 so far ...

Jens

Martin

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:59:43 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >>>You obviously were clueless.
    >>>You were probably being fined for the speeding offence.
    >>or by a pickpocket wearing a home made uniform.
    >It's not unheard of. :-) It's vitally important to get a receipt.

There used to be a local harbour master with a mentally subnormal son.
I was there once when his son put on his dad's official peaked hat and
collected all the overnight charges from a lot of boats. The son was
not as daft as his father thought.
--

Martin

Martin

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:28:42 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Following up to Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> :
    >>Tim C. wrote:
    >>> Jethose ?!! LOL! They were out of fashion before even I started.
    >>You start getting old when you have the first oldies in their original
    >>cover in your record collection. Remember vinyl?
    >Still got loads!

and Edison wax cylinders?
--

Martin

Alex Heney

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:53:30 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Following up to Alex Heney <[email protected]> :
    >>He will be looking in Innsbruck area.
    >Maybe, he didn't say. He might want to hire sets in each of the places he
    >visits, and as St. Anton was one of the places listed .... Who knows?

Maybe, but I had the impression he would be staying in Innsbruck and
traveling to the ski areas each day.

In which case it makes a lot more sense to hire one set for the entire
period than go through the hassle of hiring separately each day.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
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Jens Arne Maennig

Tim C. wrote:

    >>or by a pickpocket wearing a home made uniform.
    >
    > It's not unheard of. :-) It's vitally important to get a receipt.

Get some inspiration here:
http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/guard.asp. I'm sure there's also
a local version in your area.

Jens

Tim C .

Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :

    >On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:28:42 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Following up to Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> :
    >>>Tim C. wrote:
    >>>> Jethose ?!! LOL! They were out of fashion before even I started.
    >>>You start getting old when you have the first oldies in their original
    >>>cover in your record collection. Remember vinyl?
    >>Still got loads!
    >and Edison wax cylinders?

Sarcy!
Most of the records I have on vinyl are hard to get nowadays. Some would
say thankfully. Most are pretty obscure for a good reason.
--
Tim C.

Tim C .

Following up to Alex Heney <[email protected]> :

    >On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:53:30 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Following up to Alex Heney <[email protected]> :
    >>>He will be looking in Innsbruck area.
    >>Maybe, he didn't say. He might want to hire sets in each of the places he
    >>visits, and as St. Anton was one of the places listed .... Who knows?
    >Maybe, but I had the impression he would be staying in Innsbruck and
    >traveling to the ski areas each day.
    >In which case it makes a lot more sense to hire one set for the entire
    >period than go through the hassle of hiring separately each day.

Makes more sense, sure, on the face of it.
Skiing one day, snowboarding the next ...may have a car full of people and
no ski rack. May want to take a day off in between. Who knows?
--
Tim C.

Martin

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:45:47 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
    >>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:28:42 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
    >>wrote:
    >>>Following up to Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> :
    >>>>Tim C. wrote:
    >>>>> Jethose ?!! LOL! They were out of fashion before even I started.
    >>>>You start getting old when you have the first oldies in their original
    >>>>cover in your record collection. Remember vinyl?
    >>>Still got loads!
    >>and Edison wax cylinders?
    >Sarcy!
    >Most of the records I have on vinyl are hard to get nowadays. Some would
    >say thankfully. Most are pretty obscure for a good reason.

youtube.com has a lot of good old stuff. How do I download and save
music from their website?
--

Martin

Tim C .

Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :

    >>Most of the records I have on vinyl are hard to get nowadays. Some would
    >>say thankfully. Most are pretty obscure for a good reason.
    >youtube.com has a lot of good old stuff. How do I download and save
    >music from their website?


no idea.
--
Tim C.

newsposter

The air company will charge me 10-20$/kg to have my own ski set with
me.
Renting doesn't sound good at all for me. Yes I will be traveling each
day to an other resort
I just want to see them all (as I selected them they are among the best
in Austria I would say).
Now I am wondering which one makes more sense:

-to have my own set
-to rent one
-to buy one there

I as someone said I do not need the latest model of boots or skis...but
I doubt that for 150 euros I can buy skis and boots in Innsbruk for
instance. It is also time consuming. I will anyway have to pay :-)) to
take them back with me :-(
Renting means probably 150 euros at least for 5 days.
Having my own I believe is going to be the same amount. Never cared how
much a ski set would weight !:-) I have to find out.





Tim C. wrote:
    > Following up to Alex Heney <[email protected]> :
    > >On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:53:30 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
    > >wrote:
    > >
    > >>Following up to Alex Heney <[email protected]> :
    > >>
    > >>>He will be looking in Innsbruck area.
    > >>
    > >>Maybe, he didn't say. He might want to hire sets in each of the places he
    > >>visits, and as St. Anton was one of the places listed .... Who knows?
    > >
    > >Maybe, but I had the impression he would be staying in Innsbruck and
    > >traveling to the ski areas each day.
    > >
    > >In which case it makes a lot more sense to hire one set for the entire
    > >period than go through the hassle of hiring separately each day.
    > Makes more sense, sure, on the face of it.
    > Skiing one day, snowboarding the next ...may have a car full of people and
    > no ski rack. May want to take a day off in between. Who knows?
    > --
    > Tim C.

Jens Arne Maennig

Martin wrote:

    > youtube.com has a lot of good old stuff. How do I download and save
    > music from their website?

Firefox plus the VideoDownloader plugin.

Jens

Martin

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:55:36 +0100, Jens Arne Maennig
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Martin wrote:
    >> youtube.com has a lot of good old stuff. How do I download and save
    >> music from their website?
    >Firefox plus the VideoDownloader plugin.

Thanks, Jens.
--

Martin

Alex Heney

On 29 Nov 2006 05:38:29 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >The air company will charge me 10-20$/kg to have my own ski set with
    >me.
    >Renting doesn't sound good at all for me. Yes I will be traveling each
    >day to an other resort
    >I just want to see them all (as I selected them they are among the best
    >in Austria I would say).
    >Now I am wondering which one makes more sense:
    >-to have my own set
    >-to rent one
    >-to buy one there
    >I as someone said I do not need the latest model of boots or skis...but
    >I doubt that for 150 euros I can buy skis and boots in Innsbruk for
    >instance. It is also time consuming. I will anyway have to pay :-)) to
    >take them back with me :-(
    >Renting means probably 150 euros at least for 5 days.
    >Having my own I believe is going to be the same amount. Never cared how
    >much a ski set would weight !:-) I have to find out.

I don't know which airline you are using, but many of them charge a
fixed price for ski equipment, regardless of weight.

If the cost is similar, I would always take your own, because it is
what you are used to, and it means you won't have to waste time
selecting and paying for rental equipment.

I would only rent if it was going to be significantly cheaper, or if
there was going to be a lot of other travel involved where skis would
just be an encumbrance.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

Tim C .

Following up to [email protected] :

    >The air company will charge me 10-20$/kg to have my own ski set with
    >me.
    >Renting doesn't sound good at all for me. Yes I will be traveling each
    >day to an other resort

Have you considered the ski trains? There are often special trains to
selected resorts which do a good deal on ski-passes as well.


    >I just want to see them all (as I selected them they are among the best
    >in Austria I would say).
    >Now I am wondering which one makes more sense:



    >-to have my own set
    >-to rent one
    >-to buy one there
    >I as someone said I do not need the latest model of boots or skis...but
    >I doubt that for 150 euros I can buy skis and boots in Innsbruk for
    >instance.

You could get a set of skis/bindings/stick for around that -February.
If you really want to buy something, then buy boots, and rent the rest.


    > It is also time consuming. I will anyway have to pay :-)) to
    >take them back with me :-(
    >Renting means probably 150 euros at least for 5 days.
    >Having my own I believe is going to be the same amount.

Not counting boots, which will set you back around €200+ depending on what
you want.

    >Never cared how
    >much a ski set would weight !:-) I have to find out.

They're heavier than you think. The whole lot will most likely be over
10kg.(skis~3.6kg pair, bindings 1.6kg pair, boots ~5+kg pair)
--
Tim C.

Alex Heney

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:48:15 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Following up to [email protected] :
    >>The air company will charge me 10-20$/kg to have my own ski set with
    >>me.
    >>Renting doesn't sound good at all for me. Yes I will be traveling each
    >>day to an other resort
    >Have you considered the ski trains? There are often special trains to
    >selected resorts which do a good deal on ski-passes as well.

I have a sneaking suspicion he may be traveling from the USA (the
reference to $ above may be a clue). There aren't any ski trains to
Austria from there :-)

    >>I just want to see them all (as I selected them they are among the best
    >>in Austria I would say).
    >>Now I am wondering which one makes more sense:
    >>-to have my own set
    >>-to rent one
    >>-to buy one there
    >>I as someone said I do not need the latest model of boots or skis...but
    >>I doubt that for 150 euros I can buy skis and boots in Innsbruk for
    >>instance.
    >You could get a set of skis/bindings/stick for around that -February.
    >If you really want to buy something, then buy boots, and rent the rest.

You can often use a second pair of skis. But boots? And his own boots
can go in an ordinary suitcase, so are the easiest part of his kit to
bring with him anyhow.


    >> It is also time consuming. I will anyway have to pay :-)) to
    >>take them back with me :-(
    >>Renting means probably 150 euros at least for 5 days.
    >>Having my own I believe is going to be the same amount.
    >Not counting boots, which will set you back around �200+ depending on what
    >you want.
    >>Never cared how
    >>much a ski set would weight !:-) I have to find out.
    >They're heavier than you think. The whole lot will most likely be over
    >10kg.(skis~3.6kg pair, bindings 1.6kg pair, boots ~5+kg pair)

Yes.

It all adds up. I find my luggage (including skis) usually weighs more
for a solo ski holiday than for a pair of us on a summer holiday (and
we take a lot of books on a summer holiday).
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
If you associate with the wise, you will become wise.
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom