Jasper on the Magic Carpet on his way to First Time. Saves walking up hill.
Ice cream time at MacD’s.
Angela shows Jasper snowplough with the hope he’ll copy but he’s having none of it. Sticking with parallel. After 3 runs down First Time Jasper and Angela head off home with Fiona and Wendy. They end up at MacD’s for lunch.
Kurt, Hal, Chris and I head up Crescent for some proper Spring skiing. Have 3 runs in slush with them and then head off down and leave them to the tender mercies of Hal. He takes them on a good tour and puts them through their paces.
Jasper on leashes so we can stop him.
Get back home for shower and change and then head off to a PCMSC apres ski afternoon. Take our own booze and some food. There’s a fantastic selection with awesome Carnitas from Helen, other Mexican dishes and amazing Key Lime and lemon meringue pie.
End of another awesome day here in paradise.
Snow may be crap but at least we’ve got some and how fortunate can we be to have the kids and grandkids out here. Just awesome to get to ski with Jasper at last and watch him come on. Brings back memories. A new generation of skiers.
Well riding the surf board of life this week is a real treat. I get to ski with Jasper nearly every day and having the kids here is awesome, Feeling very grateful. We’ll really miss them when they go home.
Greatest George Carlin Quotes
I’ve never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade.
One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re too tired.
George Washington’s brother, Lawrence, was the Uncle of Our Country.
Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.
Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
The picture that this whining harridan wants to get rid of.
Finally the 8th army gets out. No doubt about it the more people involved the more complex it is. It’s exponential 1 person has a factor of 1; 2 = 4; 3 = 9; 4 = 16 and if there’s a 3 year involved then double it. God only knows how we ever managed to win two World wars.
Even Beatrix enjoys it out here.
Take Jasper straight to first time – slow walking with a 3 year old in ski boots. Meet up with Helen who wants to see Jasper ski. Now Kurt can’t find his ski pass. So we ski down home run with Jasper and wait while Kurt gets a new pass. Just one of those days as I remain balanced on my surfboard of life.
Helen just can’t put Beatrix down.
Still can’t convince Jasper to snowplough, I think he wants to miss that stage out and go for the downhill skier style. Sadly he hasn’t learned to stop yet, a fairly critical fundamental skill.
Lazy afternoon and then Helen and George pick me up to go to a slide show and lecture, at the museum, on steam trains to Park City. Interesting and well attended.
Lovely blanket crocheted by Helen for Beatrix.
A lovely evening with good friends. I think George might be getting worried as Helen can’t put Beatrix down.
As usual there is all this hot air and revolt from the liberal bed wetting PC storm troopers about hard BREXIT and leaving the Single market and customs union, yet I doubt most don’t even appreciate the difference. If they did they would know that remaining in the single market = free movement of people. While remaining in the Customs Union means we could not negotiate tariff and deals with other countries. Certainly not what we voted for.
Here’s a simple table that explains the various options:
Single Market = 4 Freedoms of movement of goods, people, services and capitol.
Mac D’s yet again.
I venture forth for a few runs. With all the excitement of snowploughing down First Time with our star, it seems ages since I did any proper skiing. After a few runs, some coffee and catching up on my blog I’ve had enough. Spring slush puppy skiing is not that good, but at least we have snow.
Lazy afternoon trying to figure out all the gizmos on the drug mobile. If you wave your foot under the back it opens the boot for you; if you want to fold down the 2nd or 3rd row seats then there are buttons for that; the drivers seat has an orgasm if you drive to close to an object and vibrates on the left or right; it shows you if you wander out of your lane; it warns you if it thinks you’ve nodded off; it warns you if a cars coming up in your blind spot; it even has onboard wifi and satnav. Sadly it doesn’t park itself, mind you it needs a slot the size of a football pitch and does 16 MPG.
Then it’s off to dinner at Hal and Carols. They give Kurt and Fiona the guided tour of their new home, it’s massive and awesome. You can easily get lost.The view of sunset over the Timpanogos is beautiful. Meanwhile Angela and Jasper are having a whale of a time playing and chasing one another. Dinner’s Raclet, a friendly cook it yourself style of meal. After dinner we relax while Jasper and Angela torment Hal.
Another lovely evening with great friends. All part of our PC social whirl.
Software is slowing faster than hardware is accelerating.
The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad!
Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.
The Unix philosophy basically involves giving you just enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure.
Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
What boots up must come down.
Windows is just DOS in drag.
Rain, rain, rain stops play. Really cruel to the snow. Quite rare to encounter rain in winter, reminds us of home. So it’s no skiing today.
Fiona takes aim.
A trip to the Outlets is on the cards.
Then in the afternoon we see the news of the islamic terrorist attack in London.
When will we wake up from our slumber and smell the coffee. Let face it these terrorist activities are in the name of Islam.
Kurt with his weapon.
If you doubt it go read the Quran.
I nip up to Heber to pick my mountain bike up from Hal. Angela comes round for a sleep over.
In the evening we troop off down to Park City Gun Club. Fiona, Kurt, Hal, Bob, George and I are all shooting. I think the club must think it’s a nursery invasion as Beatrix, Jasper, Angela, Wendy and Helen colonise the lounge and turn it into a playgroup outing.
We have a range of guns, 45’s and 9mm. When I’m shooting the target is the safest place to be. Take aim, fire and miss. Amazing how difficult it is to load the gun clips with those sharp pointy things. Given this ultra-convieniance society it’s a wonder that Americans don’t get the clips ready loaded. Wow those 45’s have a real kick. We all have a great evening and Fiona actually enjoys it. Quite proud of her that she went.
I think us Brits will be passing on NRA membership. An enjoyable experience but thank the FSM we don’t have guns in the UK.
Then it’s off to Chubasco’s for an awesome Mexican takeaway. Perfect end to a very sad day.
How to Correctly Draw Muhammad:
When will we smell the coffee and realise fundamental islam is at war with us.
The Quran incites violence yet is not illegal or illegal to sell it. But the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 inserted Section 4A into the Public Order Act 1986. That part prohibits anyone from causing alarm or distress. Section 4A states:
At the gun range.
Read the Quran and it will certainly cause any “infidel” distress.
Fiona practicing before she gets her hands on a real gun.