DC is done!

What's your stats (age, etc.)?

I'm not single, but I can at least dream about a hardcore ski chick, right?

My wife ski's, but she's not into taking it beyond intermediate...Oh well.

I'd tell you to come to philly, 'cause you sound awesome...







.... but philly is a skiing wasteland. Sorry to anyone who lives around here... but it is. That said, if you have any friends, maybe on the younger side, that share your sentiments on things, philly might not be so bad for them, at least for the next few years

... joking joking...

... sort of...

Hell, my kinda' woman would have delivered a round house kick that caught the perp in the ear and put out his lights, whipped out a set of "plasti-cuffs" and held him till the fuzz came.

Philly has had a "murder a day" and they are now screaming for the mayors scalp .... that was in the paper yesterday.

Philly is astonishing. It's one of the five largest cities in the country (maybe 6th?), and it has only a handful of safe neighborhoods. There's one green block in all of center city (Rittenhouse), and people flock to it like it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. People tell me they love the city, and I always think I must be missing something.

argh. rant finished. I am, however, happy to meet any friends of yours that move to philly

Aw shucks. That leaves me out.

Looks like you're not the only one.
http://forums.epicski.com/showthread.php?t=50990

How ya do'n.

Idaho, Montana and Eastern Oregon still have good ol'boys. Best skiing prolly Montana. People still wave with all their fingers.

Try appealing to mens inner weaknesses, as in this ad that seems half-jokingly to be making the rounds, lately on CL:

Wanted, stable sane woman who can cook, hike, fish and owns a boat. Send picture of boat.

Substitute owns a dog/picture of dog and you get the point.

Dear DC_duh,

Well you can't help the fact that you grew up in California. But the decisions to attend Berkeley and law school in DC were yours alone and frankly any real man with only half his wits would .... let me put it this way! Women like you are the reason that real men escape to the mountains, the deep forests and other dark haunts like saloons where sawdust, spittle and blood mix and mingle on the beer sodden floors.

We are what you made us. Gotta go now! Turner is running "The Quiet Man" .... John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

Japanese snowcritter ^ watchin Irish standdown

Bwa!

You should have gone to George Mason Univ. School of Law. I would have but it wasn't there when I went to Columbus School of Law (Catholic U). In Virginia your date could have been packing and would have called 911 for an ambulance for the purse snatcher. Alas, I am also limited by similar restrictions though in the People's Republic of Maryland.

Since this IS a ski forum, we will be directing you to ski country to become a ski bum!
Be Sure to fasten your seatbelt..........its gonna be a bumpy ride!

Ann Coulter posts on Epicski???

Who knew.

Look within grasshopperette.

Yeah, we have to let liberals like her post too.

.........


There're a coupla guys out there that would fit the qualifications!!!!

Shining armor=Volant skis
Montana sounds cool=Our own "Volant Addict", "Rio" might qualify (I don't think he skis Volants..) and then there's the "banded name that can't be mentioned"....all in Montana ....these are not wimps; at least two of them drive pic-em-up trucks of older vintage.... Love dogs, hate TV and BC is more of the norm than the exception....

Montana, eh. I live near DC and I have to agree with that. The place sucks. Isn't Philly the place where the police dropped a firebomb on some squatters to get them to move out of the building? I'm going to retire in 6 years and move someplace where the skiing is decent.

Duh!

Well I can't say that I would have chased a little jerk through Georgetown on a full stomach, but I have paid for extra vert and I am an older man. I don't have any horses but I do have room for one here in Mount Airy (it's about 40 miles from DC). If you'd have posted this a week ago, I'd have been more than happy to sweep you off to Salt Lake. The cirque was a little rocky though. Pic in the sig is from heli skiing in Chile.

Word of advice - stay in DC. Real men run away from the words "real men". And knights in shining armor are only found in the surburbs, watching football and mowing the lawn on the weekends.

So why didn't clock that sucker yourself?

PS ... I will admit to being intimidated by a woman who can out fight me but not by one who can out ski me!



The "ERA" should have been "ERaER" ... Equal Rights & Equal Responsibilities. :

It could have been worse. Your date could have run after the guy, gone around the corner and hit himself with a brick. You would have thought he was some kind of hero and married the fake. A redneck would have been CCW and took the guy out.

Most men that think they are real men are mistaken. Same goes for women. Everyone has a real side. You just got to find it.

Wow 5:08am post and working.

Try www.dcski.com

Metrosexual? You: born in Cali, live in DC, educated in Berkely. Me: born on an army base, live in the mountains, educated on a fishing boat in Alaska. As far as my feelings being hurt, girl you can't go there. You got nothing.

Scared of successful, confident women? Honey, I'm not the one looking for a "knight in shining armor". If you're successful and confident, why the hell are you looking for some one to sweep you off your feet on their white charger?

You're clearly meeting men in the wrong environment and then going skiing with them (and ending up disappointed). Next time you're skiing and you see some guys tearing it up at your level, go hang out and ski with them. Any time I meet up with locals in the mid-A area to ski in VA and WV, we have a great time and would welcome a chic who can rip. I second the recommendation to visit the DC ski forums and meet up with some of us next season when we get together. There are some top notch skiers in the area if you know where to look. Starting with the metros is probably the wrong approach; start with the skiers.

sorry, duh. gotta agree with harry here. if you want a 'real' man, you have to look for a real person, not a myth. and anyone who is real and not pretending to be a knight in shining armor is going to want something more than an ego seeking rescue. sorry to be so blunt, since i know how debilitating living in dc can be. I humbly suggest you move to the mountains first and then figure out the man thing later. You are confident and successful, so you do not need the man to take you there and you shouln't choose the place based on where you think you're going to find said him. also, you will sadly notice that the Marlboro man type you describe usually is in fact either gay or seeking his counterpart, the hausfrau who won't challenge his status in the house or on the slopes. Either that, or you have to have reeeaaallly big boobs, in which case the idiot will put up with anything.

In my experience successful, confident people don't label others and call them names. You may make a bunch of money, but you don't sound truly successful or confident to me.

We'd be happy to have another good skier among the instructors at Liberty, and you would find more than enough men willing to ski with you. As far as I am concerned whether a woman skis well or not does not influence me so much as a women simply willing to ski and therefore get together on a trip. Then it comes down to personality. I am not intimidated by women who can do things I am not good at, or even those things I am good at. It is extremely unlikely that a woman who can do everything better than I can would be interested in me, so that is no problem. I am not likely to be interested in women who cannot do anything better than I can, so that isn't a problem. Therefore any woman I am likely to go out with is likely to some things better than I can and not other things. I am not alone in this respect.

As far as your post on being robbed and your boyfriend not giving chase- I don't think you apprehend how dangerous unarmed combat pursuant to a chase can be. I grew up in the Bronx, and I have done citizens arrests, chased robbers of other people, disrupted and chased a probable rapist, and I also have been held up numerous times. The relative advantage is usually with the robber who picks the time and place for the attack, so most times the wisest course is not to resist. I wasn't there, so I cannot tell how likely your boyfriend as to succeed in a pursuit. Bear in mind that robbers often have accomplices nearby to assist. If your boyfriend had given chase and been harmed, I suspect you would feel a lot worse. You should not be angry at your boyfriend. Be angry at the robber and at the system which does not deter him. After each crime in which I was a victim, I felt very angry, and I suspect you are too. Do not deflect this anger against your boyfriend who was not really in a good position to help.