2/9/2006: Indoor ski resort

Undertoad · 02-09-2006, 04:41 PM

Where else but Dubai? In the background you can see the hotel that IotD has featured a few times, most notably with Tiger Woods driving a ball off the heliport. Turns out they needed a ski resort. In the desert. And since they have more money than... anyone, they can manage to get that done.

BigV · 02-09-2006, 04:54 PM

Doesn't look very cold.

May be a reasonable substitute destination for driving 4wd SUVs.

Wombat · 02-09-2006, 04:56 PM

Oh! My! God!

barefoot serpent · 02-09-2006, 04:57 PM

They'll be wanting to host the Winter Olympics next time.

jinx · 02-09-2006, 05:45 PM

There are quite a few of these things in Japan, and I think one recently opened in Shanghai too.

magilla · 02-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Yup.

We should think about this whenever we fill up our SUVs.

Personally I think it's pretty grotesque, but that's just me. I mean, people in Texas go to Colorado to ski- seems like Dubaians (I made that up) could jet to the Alps (oops...Alpine glaciers are melting too).

Chris

sandra77 · 02-09-2006, 06:11 PM

Check out the lift lines. There is hardily anyone there.

lumberjim · 02-09-2006, 06:25 PM

jackets are all the same. think they're rentals? or is that the ski patrol?

Griff · 02-09-2006, 06:48 PM

I need pictures of some non-crazy Arabs. Please, somebody show me something that looks normal.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-09-2006, 06:59 PM

The best thing about sking is the fresh mountain air and the scenery......uh. nevermind.

AureliusVin · 02-09-2006, 08:03 PM

I can't imagine the energy needed to keep that thing running, nice waste of resources...

PhillipOnLine · 02-09-2006, 08:19 PM

Does anyone else think it's stupid that they still have lifts?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-10-2006, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AureliusVin

I can't imagine the energy needed to keep that thing running, nice waste of resources...

Every once in a while, when the snow gets dirty, they shut off the power and trade their skis for surfboards.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-10-2006, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipOnLine

Does anyone else think it's stupid that they still have lifts?

How else do you get from the bottom to the top with skis on?
Welcome to the Cellar, PhillipOnLine.

wolf · 02-10-2006, 01:04 AM

Are their women allowed to ski too, or is this just a toy for the boys? I mean you have to have chicks on the slopes, right? What's skiiing without snowbunnies?

02-09-2006, 04:41 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/9/2006: Indoor ski resort Where else but Dubai? In the background you can see the hotel that IotD has featured a few times, most notably with Tiger Woods driving a ball off the heliport. Turns out they needed a ski resort. In the desert. And since they have more money than... anyone, they can manage to get that done.

02-09-2006, 04:54 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Doesn't look very cold. May be a reasonable substitute destination for driving 4wd SUVs. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-09-2006, 04:56 PM	#3
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Oh! My! God! __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

02-09-2006, 05:45 PM	#5
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	There are quite a few of these things in Japan, and I think one recently opened in Shanghai too. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-09-2006, 06:25 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	jackets are all the same. think they're rentals? or is that the ski patrol? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-09-2006, 04:57 PM	#4
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	They'll be wanting to host the Winter Olympics next time.

02-09-2006, 05:55 PM	#6
magilla Belt Conveyor Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 67	Yup. We should think about this whenever we fill up our SUVs. Personally I think it's pretty grotesque, but that's just me. I mean, people in Texas go to Colorado to ski- seems like Dubaians (I made that up) could jet to the Alps (oops...Alpine glaciers are melting too). Chris

02-09-2006, 06:11 PM	#7
sandra77 Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22	Check out the lift lines. There is hardily anyone there.

02-09-2006, 06:48 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I need pictures of some non-crazy Arabs. Please, somebody show me something that looks normal. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-09-2006, 06:59 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The best thing about sking is the fresh mountain air and the scenery......uh. nevermind. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-09-2006, 08:03 PM	#11
AureliusVin Expectorant Inspector Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31	I can't imagine the energy needed to keep that thing running, nice waste of resources...

02-09-2006, 08:19 PM	#12
PhillipOnLine Kinda New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	Does anyone else think it's stupid that they still have lifts?

02-10-2006, 01:04 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Are their women allowed to ski too, or is this just a toy for the boys? I mean you have to have chicks on the slopes, right? What's skiiing without snowbunnies? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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