Everyone is sleeping when I’m here…

[HotRats]

I/we love skiing but this season has been underwhelming here

Too hot, too many bad weather weekends, not very much snow.

 

[the swede]

I/we love skiing but this season has been underwhelming here

Too hot, too many bad weather weekends, not very much snow.

Shame… though, you’re kinda in the vicinity of some of the world’s best resorts aren’t you? I guess you mean locally, nearby places right?

 

[the swede]

Found a little spot of rotten grass to hang on

 

[the swede]

Can sit here all day, post-rock in my ears

 

[HotRats]

Shame… though, you’re kinda in the vicinity of some of the world’s best resorts aren’t you? I guess you mean locally, nearby places right?

In around 3 hours I can be in the Dolomiti are, a place that is are awesome as expensive all year round. Never been there for skiing with the kids so far, I wait for all of them being old enough to fully enjoy the place.

We ski in some resorts at lower altitude (a bad thing it is what it is) within 1 hour drive (a really good thing!)

 

[the swede]

In around 3 hours I can be in the Dolomiti are, a place that is are awesome as expensive all year round. Never been there for skiing with the kids so far, I wait for all of them being old enough to fully enjoy the place.

We ski in some resorts at lower altitude (a bad thing it is what it is) within 1 hour drive (a really good thing!)

Kinda the same here I live quite near the big resorts in scandinavia, 3-4 hours by car. But so far we’ve been happy with the small places in nearby, and it’s much cheaper. A season pass for my family of 4 is just 500 euro, and it’s just a short drive.

 

[HotRats]

In my region skiing is free for under under 8, 10€/day for 8-18 yo, 44 full day for adults in high season.

Very competitive for families with kids like us. I love it.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Can sit here all day, post-rock in my ears
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Lovely landscape.

No mountains over here at all, all flat. No snow, either, not even one single day with sledging on some mini-hills all throughout the winter. Guess I need to get used to it, I don't think regular snowy winters will ever come back in this area.

 

[newpedals]

In my region skiing is free for under under 8, 10€/day for 8-18 yo, 44 full day for adults in high season.

Very competitive for families with kids like us. I love it.

I would like to go skiing once. I dream of it when I see older movies which had protagonists tearing through snow.

 

[the swede]

I would like to go skiing once. I dream of it when I see older movies which had protagonists tearing through snow.

Here’s for you then This was yesterday.. I was last one down so I took the opportunity to record when no one was watching
I looks slower than it was!!! Or that’s my excuse for being careful on jumps

Anyway, it’s all melting snow so it’s kinda slushy and soft, not ideal conditions. But it was a good day.

 

[HotRats]

Here’s for you then This was yesterday.. I was last one down so I took the opportunity to record when no one was watching
I looks slower than it was!!! Or that’s my excuse for being careful on jumps

Anyway, it’s all melting snow so it’s kinda slushy and soft, not ideal conditions. But it was a good day.

I see lots of off track and jump opportunities there when there's enough snow.

When I was a teenager I was all about jumps, off tracks and risky stuff and me and my brother used to ski full day non stop, with a sandwitch in a pocket, somenthing to drink and some chocolate.
So much fun.
I really love skiing and mountains.

 

[the swede]

I see lots of off track and jump opportunities there when there's enough snow.

When I was a teenager I was all about jumps, off tracks and risky stuff and me and my brother used to ski full day non stop, with a sandwitch in a pocket, somenthing to drink and some chocolate.
So much fun.
I really love skiing and mountains.

It’s great fun and even if I’m very careful, i learned last year that even if being careful and going slow, a little fall can break something

Fell forward last year on my chest and broke a rib, the lowest rib. Nothing to do about that, but damn it took 5-6 months to heal .

 

[Dave Lewis]

It's 4am and I woke up to pee

I have a pee every morning at 4am trouble is I don’t get up until 6am

 

[the swede]

Eating at mother in law today, saw this and thought TGF

I will try one to the pulled pork and rice

 

[jellodog]

Oh man. The GLISTEN on that!

 

[the swede]

That time of year. When the last days of light in the morning going to work is about to end. It’s just a few days, a week maybe, when going to work feels like it’s the end of something and the beginning of something. It depends on my mood. This time I reflect. Honestly, that’s typical for me. Always reflections. Being TGF specific then. Last summer/fall I decided to revisit guitar and gear after a break. Went in slow and carefully tried pedals and after a year quite satisfied with the pedalboard and what it can do for me. Surprisingly I’ve been able to ignore it for days and weeks, just being content with it. I guess that was the goal, to not get caught up in rabbit holes and forcing myself to like pedals/gear. For the first time in many years I can just sit down with the guitar and play, switch on and few pedals and appreciate/accept how they sound. The goal was to be able to ignore settings and tweaking, just set and forget and let them do whatever they do. I needed that. I was never able to let my creativity breathe with advanced gear (modelers or in the box etc), which is an opposite phenomenon of how things should be. But it’s how I am, and maybe it had to take 10 years to realize I can’t be creative with a guitar until I remove all the things that can distract me.
It sounds very limiting compared to how the guitar world looks today. But it’s like comparing it to screens. Do I need a smartphone to make a call, or a simple ol school phone. I guess I just accepted that guitar playing is something I like to entertain myself with based on how i am as a person. I needed to learn that.
It’s a bit weird to be this philosophical about things. But that’s also how i am. A philosophical introvert. It took me half a lifetime to accept myself. What baffles me is that I actually like myself now.
Some of you also already know my forum activity is mixed. Sometimes I’m here everyday. Sometimes i actively posting shit.

My plan for the coming dark times is to be in the studio more. Record shit that comes out and maybe sharing it.

 

[Dave Lewis]

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That time of year. When the last days of light in the morning going to work is about to end. It’s just a few days, a week maybe, when going to work feels like it’s the end of something and the beginning of something. It depends on my mood. This time I reflect. Honestly, that’s typical for me. Always reflections. Being TGF specific then. Last summer/fall I decided to revisit guitar and gear after a break. Went in slow and carefully tried pedals and after a year quite satisfied with the pedalboard and what it can do for me. Surprisingly I’ve been able to ignore it for days and weeks, just being content with it. I guess that was the goal, to not get caught up in rabbit holes and forcing myself to like pedals/gear. For the first time in many years I can just sit down with the guitar and play, switch on and few pedals and appreciate/accept how they sound. The goal was to be able to ignore settings and tweaking, just set and forget and let them do whatever they do. I needed that. I was never able to let my creativity breathe with advanced gear (modelers or in the box etc), which is an opposite phenomenon of how things should be. But it’s how I am, and maybe it had to take 10 years to realize I can’t be creative with a guitar until I remove all the things that can distract me.
It sounds very limiting compared to how the guitar world looks today. But it’s like comparing it to screens. Do I need a smartphone to make a call, or a simple ol school phone. I guess I just accepted that guitar playing is something I like to entertain myself with based on how i am as a person. I needed to learn that.
It’s a bit weird to be this philosophical about things. But that’s also how i am. A philosophical introvert. It took me half a lifetime to accept myself. What baffles me is that I actually like myself now.
Some of you also already know my forum activity is mixed. Sometimes I’m here everyday. Sometimes i actively posting shit.

My plan for the coming dark times is to be in the studio more. Record shit that comes out and maybe sharing it.

The clocks move back 1 hour in the UK Sunday 26 October .
I like this time of year as it’s cooler and I spend more time in my music room playing Records listening to music.
I’m looking forward to having Stews in the slow cooker and roast dinners on Sundays

 

[the swede]

The clocks move back 1 hour in the UK Sunday 26 October .
I like this time of year as it’s cooler and I spend more time in my music room playing Records listening to music.
I’m looking forward to having Stews in the slow cooker and roast dinners on Sundays

im a autumn person too. Wife hates autumn and winter, gets depressed (not seriously) and such. For me it's more like there's something fresh happening... the cool winds, cosy rainy evenings, preparing the yard/lawn for winter.

Darkness doesn't bother me because of my introverted personality. I feel happy and comfortable when it's dark. Summer and people everywhere makes me feel awkward and cringy... im weird. I do like warm weather and summer because my inflammatory rheumatic disease is toned down during summer, cold and winter triggers pain. But I love the dark and winter.... strange. But as long as I stay warm and take warm baths every day, and a pill, the pain is fine. Also doing something like snowboarding and training helps a lot.

But yeah, the time is coming to hole up in the music room :)

My goal this fall and winter is to try to extract really old music ideas that I've ignored for 10-15 years. They're buried far inside now, but the usually pop up when I just play and ignore tweaking gear.