European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Dashing through the Snow sounds great to by John Windrow i have � great aunt who once decided to travel from Tennessee to Arizona to visit her brother she announced that she wow go by bus. The family tried la convince he to Fly. It s to much More convenient we so so much faster no humid Midnight rambling through the Outback steamy Dallas but stations in searing stretches of the West Texas desert. She was Una Rived she had a deep seated the Only Way an air plane is of egg Hurt me she said arching her Back and Loo Long Piert ugly Al us ii to fall on me. I m not setting of one " we put her on the bus and wished her ban of think of my great aunt whenever someone mentions the Joys of skiing. The Only Way a pair of1 iwo wet nest reel. Will never step them on. Fro Fery proud of this and consider having lived to be 37 without Ever having been near a pair of Sld Meo my More commendable and Texas. Skiing in t a much Lime Jot looming Down the mountainsides in main ton so outfit testes there s Aji those of to Stag refrigerator and junked cars in Jinfer the Snow. Fas for Texas Why in the Blue eyed world would anyone tear himself away from Long necks enchiladas retried Beans Lacos and Chili to drive t,000 Miles to find Snow i Hale Snow. It is a punishment from god right out of the old testament. Locusts snakes biting flies frogs flood fire the philistines and Snow. They re All shaken Down upon us out of the same sack As far As i m concerned. My loathing of Snow is one reason i refuse to spend Lime and treasure on ski expeditions. I mean think about it what has Snow Ever done for anybody ifs cold. It wrecks can. Ii freezes toes. Ii coven he Power lines and knocks out the electricity. It makes everything harder to do even just walking Down the Street. Worst of a it makes waking up in the morning getting out of bed arid trudging off to face the callous uncaring world More wrenching. He wakes up in the morning. It snowed last night she says of great he moans. Deriving in to work will be such a Why Don t you just slay Here in the Nice warm bed Wim met she says knowing full Well that he cannot he drags himself from sleep one of life s greatest experiences to face the cold wet biting White plague. The Only Good thing Snow does is Meh then it Luis into water which goes Good with Bourbon. So when some Lunatic approaches me with the suggestion that i go out of my Way to expose myself to Snow even the nicest things i say lend to be sarcastic. Like thanks but i m no Good at sport where i have to stand or. Sony but f have to visit a ski enthusiast who s Laid up in the Hospital with iwo broken that i another thing. The fear of injury. I m not big on pain. Give me luxurious ease decadent pleasure softness Cush Ness warmth. I crave that wonderful feeling that i Only need be in Good " enough physical con Morf & Marl 11. Refrigerator and the rest of the world Wilt take care of itself i Don t want to tempt the gods " Wirin Antwun Wood. I know that if i were to , i d leave a piece of myself on every tree in the Forest of you say very few people get Hurt lust the ones who Are careless or Don t know what the Devil they re doing. That describes me to a tee i m forever stepping out in front of cars walking into doors stumbling Over sleeping can pouring coffe into cups that Aren t there Lum Gitt Wrons Way i up of Way streets summing cd Doon on people hands or feet and ramming my knee into the Sharp edges of cof Tablet once get up in s the Middle of the night to go to the bathroom went to sleep standing in front of theto Flet Anifet Fonto the Bathtub i barely us injury. This makes me absolutely Imp " " Blandishments of the ski and usury woos the Public with Adif Brodil oily voiced spokeswoman and a who urge me to hop on a train arut some sunny Snow capped Peak in Italy Austria France Switzerland. 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