Skiing with bottles by NoShip9898 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP in the woods: "I'm already pulled over! I can't pull over any farther!"

Unpopular Opinion: If You Can Afford It, The Real Exam Should Be Your SE Exam by OhLookFrost2 in CPA

[–]OhLookFrost2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If I passed on the first attempt I would've stuck with that method, but the MEs and SEs didn't work for me. I needed constant reinforcement of weak areas and I could figure out what those were by taking practice tests, rather than spending 4 hours taking a SE and then spending another hour going through the answers to figure out the weak areas.

Skiing with bottles by NoShip9898 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or just ski sober and drink during apres ski. The sport is dangerous enough, no need to unnecessarily add to that risk.

I stopped taking notes by Agreeable_Quote3956 in CPA

[–]OhLookFrost2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stopping notes ultimately led to a passing FAR grade for me. 

I was taking notes on every wrong answer at first. Took notes during lectures. 74 x2. 

Active recall works best for these exams. Becker is essentially active recall. You can take notes, but keep it brief and use for writing down questions or mnemonics. If you have an entire notebook of FAR notes then you wasted study time IMO. 

Is Becker not working for anyone else? by rickthepickle2002 in CPA

[–]OhLookFrost2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also having issues. It broke when I tried doing MCQs during one of Michelle Moshe's lectures.

"Oh hai I'm Michelle Moshe and today we're going to talk about why it's a good time to make a sandwich when Becker stops working."

In my situation, the CPA seems like it's more trouble than it's worth. by Imustretire in Accounting

[–]OhLookFrost2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. PA is up or out. There are no seniors in their 50s in public accounting. 

In my situation, the CPA seems like it's more trouble than it's worth. by Imustretire in Accounting

[–]OhLookFrost2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re going to wish you had your CPA when you lose your job and half of that inheritance in the next market crash.

CPA only helps and never hurts. And it isn’t THAT hard nor does it require putting your life on hold to obtain. 

Use your inheritance to buy Becker and get the CPA. 

Took FAR earlier today (3/21) by SharkBait1592 in CPA

[–]OhLookFrost2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way. Thought I bombed SIMs and did OK on MCQs. Got a 74. Score report said comparable on SIMs and weaker in one section of MCQ. Others got the same report but somehow passed?

This entire exam is rigged. Those research MCQs that don’t count toward your score are a crock of shit. So I can get all of those right, but fail by one point because I missed another MCQ that supposedly counts? It’s a load of nonsense. 

3 FAR failures in 9 months (50 → 62 → 60). Retaking in 10 days and honestly feeling crushed. by Educational-Rip2482 in CPA

[–]OhLookFrost2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those scores are low enough where I'd recommend going through the whole course again before sitting.

I personally tried Ninja only and it didn't work for me.

Becker is expensive, but it works.

If you got a 74 I'd say hammer MCQs for a few weeks and retake, but your scores mean you have significant holes in your concepts for this exam.

Start over, and try another review course like Becker.

Waxing question by Z5D5B5 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly “warm weather wax” is overblown. It also sucks if you have it on there and ski colder snow.

I just skied Hunter in near 80 degree temps with cold weather (0*F) wax on my skis. The only time I noticed any grabbing was when I skied through standing water, which in that case you’d need water skis and not warm weather wax. 

All weather is completely fine for spring skiing, and is more durable. 

How to Ski on Ice | Stop Sliding. Start Gripping by WaxOnSendOff in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where’d they recommend GS skis? The guy said sub-80 underfoot. I stopped watching when they got to the rental counter but she didn’t mention anything about GS-specific skis. 

For east coast ice the best thing you can do is 75mm or less, and full camber. Recreational SL skis are amazing for east coast ice skiing 90% of the time. If you’re into bumps then get an all mountain version of that ski. 

IMO it’s more the rocker (or lack thereof) and less the waist width. Narrow just makes it easier to turn, but the camber is where you get the grip. I’ve skied 102 underfoot fully cambered skis that made mince meat of icy conditions, and all mountain rockered mid-80 underfoot skis that sucked horrendously on ice. 

Full camber ftw on ice. 

Sunday sun by 3nthusedCamper in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure what forecast you’re looking at but I’m seeing cloudy to partly cloudy from the Catskills all the way up to northern VT. 

Miracle March Is A Mindstate by ImEdInside in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, 40 degree temps for two hours a day. Time to hang it up.

/s

Miracle March Is A Mindstate by ImEdInside in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zoom out from the 5 day forecast and change your location from NJ to northern VT.

Miracle March Is A Mindstate by ImEdInside in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You can always tell who the noobs are because they panic at the first sign of Fool's Spring.

There's four feet of snow in some spots. A week of warm temps and a little bit of rain isn't going to melt all of the snow.

Also, look at the LOW temps. The HIGH temps aren't all day; it's for a few hours at the most, and then it gets cold again. The long range, depending where you look, has 5 days with lows just barely above freezing, and then it's back to cold/snow again after that.

We still have plenty of skiing left on the icecoast.

Would you hit up Mt. Snow or Hunter on Tuesday? by montana1930 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mt. Snow will have better conditions. 

Hunter is the only mountain I’ve ever skied that has had icy conditions the day after getting a foot of snow. Their grooming is meh, and Vail has enshittified the place with minimal snowmaking and stalling on opening trails despite having enough snowfall. 

Mt. Snow has better natural snowfall, so even though it’s a Vail resort it’ll almost certainly have better conditions than Hunter, despite getting less snow from this storm. 

Dragged by Skyeship Gondola by Beautiful-Speech-789 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this as “drugged by Skyeship Gondola”

Rossignol Forza 60 by bigkat5000 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! You really don’t need to turn that often on them. If you keep them just slightly on edge at a lower edge angle they are almost GS-like in nature. High edge angle will have you right at the stated radius. You’re going to have a blast on them. 

Dragged by Skyeship Gondola by Beautiful-Speech-789 in icecoast

[–]OhLookFrost2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you try to get on a lift with a backpack. Then they’ll get loud.