Comments on: If You Kill Someone

By: e*star

e*star — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:20:08 +0000

@HC: Hahaha. Bike police…I know the bike culture in LA is growing, but seriously you can only see this happening when we were kids.

By: H.C.

H.C. — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:11:59 +0000

I got ticketed by the bike police too (for wearing headphones, but I had it at a pretty low volume and can totally hear my surroundings). Spent an hour watching a circa 80s bike safety video – makes me almost wanna hairspray my hair and acid-wash my jeans.

But yea, I find great humor in ego-trips from these wannabe cop types.

Awww shiet, just got that Spice Girls song in my head too….

By: e*star

e*star — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:51:40 +0000

@soulst0p: I know, they’re almost all mine.

@CC: You must’ve been a bad 8-year-old. j/k. Talk about cops not prioritizing.

By: CC

CC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:55:38 +0000

Ski patrol, huh? Did I ever tell you about the time I got pulled over by the Bike Police? I was about 7 or 8 years old at the time…

By: soulst0p

soulst0p — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:49 +0000

I don’t think I have seen this many emoticons in a comments page before

By: e*star

e*star — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:43:37 +0000

I hear ya, Tom. And I know what you mean – even simple things as not being cognizant of trail merges and looking uphill.

As for Mammoth locals, I hold nothing but regard for them – just as I am sure there is a common disdain they hold for SoCalers who come up during the weekend. I know I’m not far off on this, and if I were a local I would think the same way. So to answer your uncertainty about my style, yes, I do write with a tinge of sarcasm at times. So my answer to that is, I myself am from a small town (at least in comparison to LA) from an obscure state once upon a time, so I guess as far as using “all y’all” it was coming from kind of a point of ownership on that front.

I hope you have a storm that DUMPS on your home mountain very, very soon!!

By: SingleSpeedTom

SingleSpeedTom — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:41:15 +0000

You’re right. My comment was a LITTLE snarky. But, as a season pass holder as well (not at Mammoth), I see too many accidents that result in serious injury. I also know several ski patrolers who are forced to deal with waaaaaay too many people with bad attitudes that are really one jack ass move away from ruining someone’s day or life (I’m NOT referring to you here, btw). And, yes, I get that there are probably many bad apples in the ski patrol bunch and apparently you ran into one.

As to the mountain town comments, maybe I ‘m reading it wrong or am unfamiliar with your style, but to me the paragraph drips with sarcasm. If I am, my apologies. But, words like “y’all” and “funny” don’t exactly connote respect to those of us who do choose to live in the mountains.

Again, my apologies if I’m being a little too grumpy–I’m probably just jealous. My home mountain has not opened yet (Wink back at you)

By: e*star

e*star — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:09:33 +0000

Similarly, SingleSpeedTom, what a snarky little comment and unwielding respect to Ski Patrol authority you hold. I can see that you really have no expectations of their abilities to offset their self-imposed, jerk-like behavior to guests at their representative world-class mountain resort with their ability to assess the almost-nil chance of a runaway snowboard.

As someone who almost got careened by a runaway snowboard (Mt. High) of which the owner never got reprimanded, I take offense that the guy had to really be a jerk about what could’ve been a simple warning.

BTW, I’m curious as to what assumptions in my post you read that I hold about living in a mountain town other than putting up with weekend tourist traffic – because I’m rereading my post again and I can’t find any! Hmm, I guess I did call mountain people “funny” while reciprocatively degrading urbanites as “Hipsters.” My bad.

(insert wink here) Welcome to my blog, btw.

By: SingleSpeedTom

SingleSpeedTom — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:52:57 +0000

Wow, what a snarky little post. I’m sure Mr. Ski Patrol has NEVER seen someone get killed or seriously hurt by a runaway snowboard. And,your assumptions about living in a mountain town and what he “probably” thinks of you are also, ummmm, interesting (insert eye roll here).

By: e*star

e*star — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:38:46 +0000

Oh, I respect it, son. I respect it!!