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Thanks. I left out the word ‘hazy’ in my previous post (above).

Nice pics. The slightly hazy atmosphere indicates hot weather in areas I know. What was the daytime temperature?

A somewhat related fun fact is there are no daylight savings times here in Queensland. The rest of Oz has them. We went to a vote in 1992 and voted against them. There is a continued push for them and I'm ok either way but if I had my preference I'd stick with the status quo.

Yes. There is a specific reason to do so and that’s to ski on Kylie’s birthday. It’s novelty and will be for a day only. The rest of the time will be hiking. Realistically the only place we both could have skied in very late May in France this year was Duex Alpes and we had already skied there...

That shot with the moon is a ripper.

I think these are current. https://www.facebook.com/share/1NfHS5AxZ6/?mibextid=wwXIfr https://www.facebook.com/share/17vvxaqagC/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I had that at Ryuoo Ski Park earlier this year. It was very light and dry but still found it somewhat difficult.

Thanks for the offer James but indoor doesn’t count. And the haze phase has dissipated to a degree. I’m currently drinking stouts and porters but that will likely pass as our winter passes. I might call in to @tseeb ’s joint as it would be guaranteed that he’d have some choice beers at his disposal.

Exactly. It’s a totally irrational concern. Her mum’s sister who lives in Utah would like to travel to see her elderly sister in NZ one last time but won’t leave because she’s afraid she won’t get back in. It’s crazy.

Kylie is tentative about flying into America. She thinks there’s a chance she’ll be hassled or held up by ICE at the airport because she has darker than white skin. Lol. Might have to fly into Vancouver and cross at the land border. Timberline would be closer.

Yes. Skiing will be secondary. We’ve never been to Yosemite. I have my eye on walking up Mt Whitney (perhaps only some of the way). If it’s Timberline we’d want to check out Crater Lake and Mt Rainier etc.

My wife is 50 that day. I am 55 the day after. I want to be on skis that day on something that is not just a WROD. I'm starting to think about where to go. I'll know by March if Mammoth is likely to be open by then? Timberline is guaranteed to be open then? Kylie won't want to do backcountry...

It’s not the money. It’s the extra hassle factor in a limited time frame. Flights to NZ are expensive - particularly Queenstown. Queenstown is about $1000 Aussie pesos return. Auckland about $700. Christchurch about $700. Return to Santiago is only $1800. Given the distance I feel that is...

Don’t I feel like a fool. Is anything real anymore? I hate this age of social media.

I can either do mid September or wait until the week before projected closing in mid October. NZ school holidays finish early October. I’d love to take the opportunity to go to Chile but it’s so much more effort.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17qM3JYFZM/?mibextid=wwXIfr Looks fine to me.

I use a mix of booking.com and Airbnb and have found booking relatively last minute is easy outside local school holidays.

Sorry for the ignorant question but what is ‘comp’ in the table?

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/decoupling-of-income-from-labour-are-we-on-the-cusp-of-an-aifuelled-age-of-abundance/news-story/7d680a5e720187d010c0dab223d63d7d?amp Elon says there will be no need to save for retirement in the coming age of abundance. Perhaps he’ll build us an AI...

Turoa is always very late to start. It’s rare that they open at all before early July. Their season is heavily skewed toward spring. I don’t know why.