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Originally Posted by *Beth*
Thanks for your update, Boots! I read a lot about on the forum about instant breakfast. What is it?
Do you have to go to a place and pay money to ski? (IF you decide to this year, which may not be such a good idea.) Or by "street skiing" do you literally mean the street in front of your dad's place? I've never been skiing (and never will), but I've been sledding twice...once was sheer hell because I ended up sliding down the entire long, long mountainside on my bare back shrieking in pain, lying at the bottom, when I finally arrived, writhing at a merciful stop, begging to die, please God, just die, my back was burning so, so badly.
The second time was a polite nod to sledding at a friend's house, it went okay, I was glad it was over, and I couldn't get back into the house by the wood-burning stove fast enough.
Sorry...I went back in time to my sledding things 
Saco and Pemi, Hello! 
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Usually for downhill skiing (which is what I usually do) you pay for a lift ticket (which has become mad expensive over the past few years), but by street skiing I mean using a shovel, a bungee cord, another person, and something to jib on right on the streets. Much cheaper. If I do go skiing this year it won't be on the black diamonds or on icy days. I might wait until spring or a warm, rainy day for soft and slow snow.
Yikes to that first sledding experience. I've had similar experiences skiing and falling on granular snow and having my jacket slide up on me or just plain skiing in a T shirt. Not fun at all.