# Few may care.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914 "2001-01-19T20:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/1 "2001-01-19T20:47:29Z")
…but in less than 48 hours I’ll be hip deep in powder snow, skiing in Vail! 😃 …for two weeks. 😃 …it’s my b-day present from my wife but somehow she managed to sidle up and get in on the trip as well. The kids too… Hmmmm… and I’m paying for the whole thing… Wait a cotton pickin’ second here! Yes, that was pointless and mundane but I simply needed to share my good fortune with those less fortunate. 🙂 Please carry on with your ho-hum lives while you envy mine… _(…ducks and runs out of room before getting lynched by angry mob…)_ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/2 "2001-01-19T21:12:57Z")
…apparently far fewer of you care than I originally anticipated. ☹ Very well. I’m off to pack. You’ll miss me while I’m gone! Right?.. somebody?.. anybody?.. oh nuts… ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/3 "2001-01-19T21:20:41Z")
**Quicksilver** , I am far too clumsy to attempt skiing myself, but heck, I’ll go ahead and envy you. 😛 This smilie is _green_ with envy! Have a good, and safe, trip. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/4 "2001-01-19T21:21:47Z")
well… if I has seen it I would care. Have fun skiing. And don’t break a leg. how long will you be gone? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/5 "2001-01-19T21:22:03Z")
Vail is a very nice place. I don’t ski, but it’s nice anyway. Have fun, happy birthday, see you when you get back. Don’t break any legs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/6 "2001-01-19T21:34:11Z")
How would you like to adopt me for the duration of your ski trip? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racerx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/7 "2001-01-19T21:38:08Z")
Don’t eat any wooden snow bunnies! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/8 "2001-02-05T17:42:47Z")
What a trip! Two weeks of snowy bliss, high altitude mountain air and no broken limbs - who could ask for anything more! I demoed a bunch of new skis but couldn’t settle on a set I really wanted to buy. Thought of trying to beat Alberto Tomba’s slalom time for a shot to win a free lease of a Lexus truck for a year - but it’s been years since I raced and I was never that good at slalom anyway. The real achievement of this trip was that my 4 year old daughter is now a skier as well. She was skiing from top of Vail to the bottom on her fourth day out. She’s a natural. I’m so proud of my little racer :). Alas, I’m back to work and the usual mundane grind. Oh well, there is always next year. So what’s new with the rest of you? Summarize it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-may-care/50914/9 "2001-02-05T21:38:50Z")
Well, I live in Colorado and I haven’t made it to the freaking slopes YET! This year I WILL go to Crested Butte for the nude skiing. I will, I will, I will!! I’ve been x-country skiing. Been to Hawaii in November & the Carribean in December. I prefer hot weather anyhow…:D:D:D:D