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and would get dressed up - suit and tie usually or a dress for women - to fly on commercial airlines!

snowing today at Grand Targhee. Doesn't appear to be accumulating, at least at the base.

My above message was written before Trump's reversal, so it is somewhat out of date. I thought it more likely that our trading partners would blink first but not a total surprise ithat Trump caved in, given the dramatic decline in the stock market over the past five days or so.

Yea, my guess is that both Trump and many of these foreign countries will "fold", whereby the foreign countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, France, etc. - will agree to reduce tariffs on goods imported from the United States and will also agree to buy more goods - agricultural products, oil and...

I'm guessing that the latter is what ultimately drives the ship here but I would guess Rupert and Lachlan probably have conservative leanings, although not full-blown MAGA tendencies (whatever that may be?).

We were in the south of France last October for a wedding and spent the better part of a day in Avignon. Yes, it's a beautiful medieval city with substantial walls and definitely worth a visit.

Thanks for the reminder, Tony. I need to call my local Hyundai dealer to find out about the adapter for the Tesla superchargers. I understand they are now available for those people, like my wife, who own Hyundai electric cars (although we may not need it that much, it would still be nice to have).

You're right here, Tony. Yes, although we have had the Ioniq5 for over 14 months, we have not taken one single long trip in the car, that would have necessitated finding a charging station. My wife uses it almost exclusively to commute to work (one of her office is only a 9 mile roundtrip from...

I live in one of the most liberal enclaves in the entire country and there are a LOT of people who drive Teslas and I have seen that bumper sticker on MANY cars in the grocery store parking lot and around town.

Yea, my wife bought herself an electric vehicle about 14 months ago and she REFUSED to even look at a Tesla, never mind buy one (and this was before Elon hooked up with Donald Trump); she was ahead of the curve here and knew he (Elon) was a very bad person, so she didn't want to contribute (in a...

Yes, James, it has been cold in January and February for almost all of the Northeast, so very good snowmaking weather for most resorts and good for preserving whatever snow has fallen. Unfortunately, I think it has been too cold and windy some days to have an enjoyable time skiing.

Yea, no doubt you're right, Tony, that to get any "real" skiing, anyone in southern or central New England (like me) needs to drive north to central or northern VT or NH or ME or upstate New York. But, for me, to even get to a place like Stratton or Mt. Snow in southern VT is a good 2 to 2.5...

Yea, but it's been a very localized "snow" year in the Northeast this season. Northern VT (Stowe, Jay Peak, etc.) have done quite well in total snowfall, with a series of Alberta clipper storms that have hit both northern New England and Quebec. My daughter who lives in Montreal has been skiing...

Yea, apparently, it's a very warm "pineapple express". Was raining yesterday up to about 8,000 feet in the Tetons and rain in the Wasatch too, up to very high elevations. Unusual, I think, but not completely unheard of.

Sounds like a nice trip! Hope the snow is good in Tignes. How long will you be in Provence? How do you fly back to Australia? I assume you have to connect somewhere?

I would say this maxim applies to many different types of life experiences and not just skiing.

Yes, Booker, a beautiful area of France. Admittedly, my wife and I and our daughter and her boyfriend were there for only a few days. We were attending my wife's niece's wedding about 15 miles northwest of Avignon (at an old winery) and it was one of those 3-day, "destination weddings", so we...

LOL, yea, she tends to freak out about things like that. Plus, we couldn't afford to miss the train.

My wife and I ran into a somewhat similar problem when we went to France in late October. We flew into Paris and then were scheduled to take the high speed train, the TGV, from Paris (Charles De Gaulle Airport) to Avignon. We discovered once we landed in Paris that they don't post the track...

There's a famous story about Richard Nixon, after he resigned the presidency, and moved back to Southern California (San Clemente) for his forced retirement from politics. He apparently liked fireplaces and fires, so, even when it was in the 80's or 90's outside, he would turn down the AC in his...