Well not exactly, since seven years ago neither this forum nor the Powdermag forum existed, and at the time I thought a message board was made of cork and push pins, but you get the idea.....
Seven years ago my wife and I made a tough decision to pack up and leave a place we call home. There was talk of goals and the future and such things. We knew it would be a long road, and so we settled in the urban prairie, hoping to make the best of it. There we discovered new things like clowns at bars, velveeta-filled bratwursts, human-sized formaldehyde tanks, people who scrapbook, lonely and featureless horizons, the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge.
If absense makes the heart grow fonder, it also makes the mind go haywire. I lived in two places at once--physically in the second city, mentally on the west coast. That's not a good thing to do, and I told myself that, numerous times.
Then we moved to northern Cal. Ah, we can actually SEE mountains from here. Certainly a step in the right direction. Met a few Kookwood maggots and felt like a local again--just barely.
And now it's all over. Next week those seven years come to an end. Next week we move back among giant ferns and even kookier locals. It's not a perfect eden, but it's home.
See you in line for first chair at Alpental.
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06-23-2004, 11:54 AM #1
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I've been waiting seven years to post this
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06-23-2004, 11:56 AM #2
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sounds like a step in the right direction to me
congrats, you must be psychedMore fucked up than a cricket in a hubcap
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06-23-2004, 11:56 AM #3
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Welcome back, ya kook. Just remember, the skiing sucks here, so sponge off your wetsuit.
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06-23-2004, 12:08 PM #4
Shoulda been there...
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Congrats, Schmear! That's fantastic news. Nothing like heading back to where you've always wanted to be. Do I see a moving TR in the near future?
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06-23-2004, 12:13 PM #5
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Congrats, Schmear. Glad to see you join the list of righteous folks taking steps (back) in the right direction.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and you probably won't see me in line for first chair at Alpental),
d.
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06-23-2004, 12:13 PM #6
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You are not allowed to leave until you find a replacement for yourself on our indoor team.
EDIT: Which I can overlook in return for tourguiding services at Alpental this winter.
Last edited by Tyrone Shoelaces; 06-23-2004 at 12:22 PM.
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06-23-2004, 12:21 PM #7
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Schmear- Good luck bro!
"It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds."
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06-23-2004, 12:22 PM #8
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Hmmm...contemplating move...Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
You are not allowed to leave until you find a replacement for yourself on our indoor team.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and despite not having seen Schmear play, I can pretty much guarantee that I would not be a suitable replacement),
d.
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06-23-2004, 12:25 PM #9
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Sounds great to me... Shot Six, Elevator, Piss Pass, and Great Scott are waiting... so will we, at the big red dot at the top!!!
THE TOL!!!
http://www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/wi...lpental_lg.jpg
Then afterwords... partying with the locals in the overnighter's lot.
Peace"You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game. "
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06-23-2004, 12:34 PM #10
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WELCOME HOME SCHMEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The PNW mags greet you with open arms. See you this winter!
"You look like you just got schnitzled..."
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06-23-2004, 12:42 PM #11
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Good for you man! Alpental looks amazing.
Funny...it will be seven years before I can make my "finally moving" post. Sounds like you kept it mostly positive wherever you were. Trying my best to do the same!
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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06-23-2004, 12:53 PM #12
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Congrts Schmear! Although I only met you a couple times, I do have to say, get yo-self back to Kirkwood again next season, ya hear??!!
I look forward to making a real move in the future, too. Either Tahoe or Utah. Enough of this staying in the same vicinity from where I graduated. What's up with that?? Anyway, good luck to you and the wife!!
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06-23-2004, 12:53 PM #13
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i feel ya man. only been here for 6 weeks and i'm convinced that the PNW is the best damn place ever!
have a safe trip and see ya on the hill if not sooner.
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06-23-2004, 01:13 PM #14
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Schmear you got lift tickets any time at Baker, drop me a line when you get a chance well have to get some drinks sometime. And congrats on the move back to the land of plentiful snow
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06-23-2004, 01:34 PM #15
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Originally posted by gincognito
Hmmm...contemplating move...
Sick and ashamed and happy (and despite not having seen Schmear play, I can pretty much guarantee that I would not be a suitable replacement),
d.
Shouldnt you have moved west about 2 years ago??? Jesus what is taking you so long??
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06-23-2004, 02:18 PM #16
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Thanks everybody.
Gonna miss skiing at Kirkwood.
Shoe, I thought I was irreplaceable?
Girlski & MBS: hubba hubba!
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06-23-2004, 02:26 PM #17
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Congrats again to Schmear!! You da man!!Originally posted by kush1
Shouldnt you have moved west about 2 years ago??? Jesus what is taking you so long??
Now, back to the slight hijack:
Reason #1: Girlfriend.
Reason #2: I like the taste of Jay Peak bark.
Reason #3: Family.
Reason #4: Security.
Reason #5: Condensing numbers 1, 3 and 5; I am a big, fat pussy.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and even pussies eventually act on dreams),
d.
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06-23-2004, 04:42 PM #18
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Re: I've been waiting seven years to post this
Looking forward to it. - First in line at Chair 2, though.[i]
See you in line for first chair at Alpental. [/B] Less than 6 months away and counting.
You'll have to join in on the Tiger Mtn. Tuesday bike riding bandwagon until then.
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06-23-2004, 04:49 PM #19
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some parallel lines here- my wife is re-evaluating ER vs Family Practice medicine and now thinking there's a good chance we'll be home this winter rotating then possibly residency in billville...
after 4 years away I'm ready to finally settle- as much as I've enjoyed the other cultures of the nonskiing masses as you've described- they can keep that shit- I'm goin back to the mtns
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06-23-2004, 04:52 PM #20
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so you're the reason it's cloudy today... the storms know your coming back.
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06-23-2004, 05:11 PM #21
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"physically living" in Chicago is dumb enough, regardless of where your mind is. It obviously was somewhere since you went to NoCal from there. Good luck rejoining the body and mind...
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