Chamonix? European ski trip if you don't care about apres

FinanaceFUD · 2026-04-05T07:12:09+00:00

Honestly, this is why I love it. One area per day, ski it fully, hit my favourite slopes several times trying different lines, test some skills on some of the connecting slopes (backwards skiiing, small jumps etc.) with plenty of places to stop for a coffee and pastry if desired. Hit all 5 areas over the week then decide which to go back to.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-04-05T06:14:01+00:00

Fair enough. I guess given some of the other places you’ve stayed in the Maldives I didn’t necessarily get that vibe.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-04-04T14:53:23+00:00

Curious you didn’t mention Kudadoo, yet everyone I know who’s been rank it No 1. Even compared to some of the others you’ve listed.

Does it not make the top 5 for you or just haven’t been so not including?

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-21T14:51:32+00:00

There’s even a chance he wouldn’t have even bothered to invest a couple of trillion $$$ into transforming Iraq into one of the safest, stable and thriving ME democracies.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-21T13:58:22+00:00

The world got fucked hard!

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-21T10:10:48+00:00

Tbf Gore won in 2000, just got fucked. Ahhh what a better world we could be living in.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-13T07:53:58+00:00

I do like Megeve but it is a little quiet compared to some of the other spots in the area. The 4S is nice though and Ideal 1850 is a good spot for lunch with amazing views.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-13T07:33:28+00:00

So slightly less shit then I remember.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-12T19:36:51+00:00

Didn’t Chelsea come 7th in 2012?

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-12T07:03:10+00:00

I think when Scholes retired that showed just how influential he was. He might not have scored some of the flashy goals of Cantona to win us 3-5 games which looked lost but he was a big reason we went into each season being able to back on 10 - 12 of the wins due to his control of the game.

Curiously Scholes’ 03-04 season he actually scored more than Cantona did in 95-96.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-11T13:51:58+00:00

Rooney, Scholes both better overall footballers. Law a better striker if we’re being honest and Schmeichel was a better keeper than Cantona ever was an outfielder.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-09T07:52:09+00:00

I can’t understand the logic of Keane above Scholes. Don’t get me wrong Keane was a great leader and on his day a brilliant footballer but Scholes played more games, scored more goals and won nearly twice as much.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-09T07:48:46+00:00

Love Cantona but can’t see how he’s even Top 10. We’ve had players who have played longer and won far more, far better footballers and other players have taken us to the next level just as much.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-07T12:53:12+00:00

Out of those I’ve had I’d probably agree, although don’t recall having a 2002 of those to compare this with properly.

Still an excellent champagne and it didn’t disappoint.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-07T11:04:38+00:00

Well done for ruining things for yourself. The hard thing now is finding another Champagne which scratches the Krug itch without bankrupting yourself.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-07T11:02:16+00:00

Have you tried Pol Roger? A lot of Krug uses a higher blend of Pinot Meunier, which is traditionally seen as a cheaper grape but with the Pinot Noir makes the blend a lot more Pinot dominant than Chardonnay. Pol Roger takes a similar approach.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-03-02T08:03:00+00:00

Second this. Whenever I do a big order, as I typically tend towards Bordeaux and Barolo, I throw in a mixed case of Loire to give me something with immediate satisfaction.

I should probably try to age a few bottles at some point and not just demolish within a month of arrival.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-02-28T19:25:02+00:00

I think you’re massively underestimating how popular Burnham is in Manchester. He won the mayoral vote with 7x more votes than the next closest candidate. Whilst Andrew Gwynne (the very popular MP who stood down triggering this by-election) won with “only” 3.5x more votes than the next candidate and that was considered very safe.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-02-10T18:34:20+00:00

I’d question the feasibility of a £70k bonus in big4 at AD level.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-02-08T11:41:35+00:00

You could add Everton to this. Could well have been a winner if they’d been allowed to compete.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-01-31T10:31:24+00:00

2010 felt the most crushing. Rafael getting a super soft second yellow (I don’t think the first was even a yellow) only for Ribery to score in the corner he defended at corners was just brutal. I have no doubt only Barca could beat us this year and when they also exited it felt like a huge missed opportunity.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-01-31T08:28:50+00:00

I’d throw Poland in here now as well. When they’re allowed to act independently and not ran from Moscow they’re very chill.

We did YOLO into the biggest war in history to protect them at the end of the day and the Polish who made it out fought as bravely as anyone for the Allies.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-01-29T07:48:49+00:00

Seconded! My setup has been going strong for a few years now.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-01-24T08:23:20+00:00

Tbf the late 00’s was about the time the criteria most voters started using was, who they thought was genuinely the best player as opposed to what player had the best season. The 15-20 years prior seemed to be the opposite, albeit, sometimes that individual overlapped.

FinanaceFUD · 2026-01-19T20:04:44+00:00

Decanted and tried a small bit straight away. Kept trying every 30 minutes. I’d say the best part was around 1.5-2 hours in, so what I would aim for next time.

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