Poor Man's Heli

Got this in my inbox today. Definitely had a double you tee eff moment. Anybody use these guys before? If not, anybody got $999 and want a TR of their services?

UPDATE:
Thinking deeper, doesn’t Costco warranty everything they sell? If you were unhappy with the trip could you get your money refunded by Costco? Hmmm…..

Think Deliverance meets Fargo. Finally found a place that had internet that’s only a 15 minute drive up the way. It’s the little things in life…

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Blue balls

So I’m flying out to Wisconsin this afternoon for Christmas and was checking the weather to see what I should pack (yes, serious procrastination, one beer last night before packing turned into seven beers on the town….oh hai hangover) and came across this article about a chairlift running in reverse at Devil’s Head ‘Ski Resort‘ (I use that term lightly in this case given it’s 500 vert total) in Wisconsin. Picture the scene in the below video, just with people on the chairs. D A M N. Best wishes to the 15 or so injured.

C’mon now, look at that thing! That looking up shot at 2:09, seriously? Jeebus.

Starts with a Basich style heli drop, transitions to a Craig Kelly-esque slash, than hauls balls at :22 in.

….I’m in the hills trying to create my next post. Sick days, and friends who use them wisely, rule.

I got your high pressure warm front right here baby

Holy headaches Batman. Was trying to order up a TV combo from Bestbuy today to have shipped to my parent’s house. Using their chat function today, and 20 minutes later, still had no resolution. At first I thought Ashley1 was a bot, but I find it hard to believe a bot could be that stupid.

Ashley1: Hi! My name is Ashley1. How may I help you?
you : I’m wondering why I can’t get the 42″ Panny/360 deal shipped?
Ashley1: Thank you for contacting Bestbuy.com. This chat session may be monitored for quality and training purposes. My name is Ashley, how can I assist you today?
you : Says free shipping on the deal, but when I click to checkout says it won’t ship
Ashley1: I would be happy to help you with that today? (why the question mark Ashley, are you unsure as to whether you’re happy to help me?)
you : Yeah, that’s what I’m hoping for. The xbox/Panasonic combo isn’t allowing me to have it shipped from your website
Ashley1: The one for $599.99
you : Even though it clearly states free shipping on the deal
(at this point she had stopped typing so I got up and made a sandwich)
you : Hello?
Ashley1: Just one moment
you : Cool
(sandwich finished by now, maybe Ashley isn’t dumb but just a slow typer?)
Ashley1: Im seeing a panasonic/xbox deal, we have a sony/xbox deal
Ashley1: Sony /ps3 deal sorry
(Nope, I’m wrong, she’s dumb or a bot to not know about the deal on the cover of their Sunday ad from last week and right on their homepage)
you : You have a 42″ Panasonic/Xbox 360 deal right on your homepage, my problem is that when I try to check out it will not let me have it shipped even though it says right on the deal page free shipping. My question to you is why can’t I get that shipped
you : the closest store w/ it in stock is 3.5 hours away so that doesn’t really work for me sadly
you : http://screencast.com/t/ZjhhMWMyO
(Another 5-10 minute pause…eat a granola bar…get back up, refill my water for the 2nd time in our conversation, eat some candy, twiddle thumbs)
Ashley1: What is your zip code?
you : the delivery zip is 54487
(5+ more minutes pass, I decide that Bestbuy can kiss my ass and close the window)

Season starts with a bang. Three days on the hill, all of ‘em pow days. Now, this cold front. What a waste of a good cold front, zero precip. Lame.

Just playing around with something today, basically a short snippet text response of the NWAC forecast. It’s limited to 120 characters right now so it doesn’t give much information, and in this day of always on/web enabled everything not sure there’s much value, but figured I’d throw it out there and see if it’s something people would consider even remotely interesting if fully fleshed out.

Text ‘NWAChood’ to 41411 and you’ll get a short response. Again, probably little value to most as you should have been paying attention long before you hit the trailhead. Figured as I was f’in around looking at this company’s technology and needed a quick test case that I’d just throw this out there. Thoughts?

Haven’t watched this yet myself, just saw a trailer for it over at TW. Documentary on snowboard legend (and crazy heli acid dropper) Mike Basich. You can check the trailer below, and the full length vid at 241-usa.