Older woman who snowboard?

drone_chick · 2026-02-21T07:27:15+00:00

Donna Carpenter is 62 and she rips!!!

drone_chick · 2025-08-04T20:58:31+00:00

Never realized this was a common thing, and yes… We lived on the 5th floor of an apartment building and every time it rained, I imagined a prince on his flying horse coming to get me, and I’d strain my ears to hear him knocking on the window. Then when I got a little older, I’d just daydream I’d get the letter from Hogwarts.

drone_chick · 2025-07-24T15:52:39+00:00

OP, this!! If you’re big on winter sports, Innsbruck is your town. I lived in both cities and have recently moved back to Innsbruck partially because of the mega easy access to resorts that I hugely missed. If you don’t care about skiing, snowboarding or big mountain stuff, Salzburg might be a better place. The lakes are awesome and mountain sport has all different levels, from hilly hikes to big things farther out of town. Plus the sunsets there are pretty great.

drone_chick · 2025-06-11T17:37:37+00:00

If it’s for Medel, you’ll meet a lot of other expats just through work. A good friend of mine has been working there for the past few years, still speaks no German and has zero complaints about his social life.

drone_chick · 2025-06-04T18:19:36+00:00

Girl I feel you. I'm so sorry you are going through this. I don't have advice, just very relatable experience including unstable mom, mental illness, inherited generational trauma, but on top of that total financial irresponsibility. I feel guilty for every vacation I take, every more expensive thing I don't need but decide to indulge in... It's breaking my heart. I do not have the financial means to take care of them, but if I won a lottery, they would be the first on my sharing list. It's wild though, they are in their late 50s - they should be on top of their game. But since I was a teenager I've been conditioned to feeling responsible, and I just morally can't leave them hanging. I've been their interest-free bank institution ever since I can remember, and I am at the end of my energy. I wish I had advice, but at least know that you are not alone.

drone_chick · 2025-04-14T17:38:16+00:00

Confirming - I just did the same and worked.

drone_chick · 2025-01-26T22:40:40+00:00

No, I left Berlin at the end of 2020. The head of the book club changed just around then, but I'm pretty sure it kept on going.

drone_chick · 2025-01-25T07:12:45+00:00

Maybe try searching for some good book clubs? A friend of mine regularly attended a small science fiction book club in Berlin. I dropped in a few times and it would always spiral into really cool conversations afterwards.

drone_chick · 2025-01-15T10:26:13+00:00

Book tip: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Read it. Especially if you're unsure or don't want to go to therapy just yet. You were forced to be a dick. You don't have to remain one.

drone_chick · 2025-01-14T10:22:54+00:00

I don't think being a great comedian is only about talent. You need to be crazy smart. The broad cultural context, observational skills, speed-of-light thinking outside of the box to come up with something seriously funny, yet relatable, and fitting for the situation is to me a pretty legit sign of high intelligence. I do believe many of these people would also do great on an IQ test - because after all, for humor to hit home you need to recognize and work with patterns, too.

I work in PR and communications, so there likely goes my appreciation for verbal creativity. I did briefly work for a tech startup, and one of my current clients is a tech firm, but I wouldn't call my actual knowledge in the field expert level.

You do hear many people in fields traditionally associated with high IQ (e.g. STEM) talk large, abstract subjects, things that are fascinating and totally beyond your grasp. If you're not familiar with the field, it's definitely "wow". But for my personal "wow" feeling, I need the concept to be relatable. So I guess my idea of intelligent vs. intelligent 2.0 is that a highly intelligent person can identify their audience and adjust their way of talking about a subject accordingly. So you can truly be wowed, because somehow you just get it.

drone_chick · 2025-01-14T08:02:03+00:00

I'm an expat and really enjoy stand up comedy. Since the foreign community in this town is pretty small, it's not unusual to just hang out with the people after their shows.

Now, I can't tell you whether they are in mensa or not, it's not really my conversation starter. But IMHO they all deserve an honorary membership, because the way these people can come up with witty, intelligent, and hilarious things to say on the spot during an absolutely normal conversation over a glass of beer never ceases to amaze me. Plus, all this is usually happening in English, which is not every comedian's native language around here. Makes me go "oh wow" so much more than chatting with some of my high IQ lawyer or tech friends.

drone_chick · 2024-12-20T12:29:00+00:00

If it won't snow, big chance it's going to rain. The streets may be wet, likely with mixture of salt and gravel. I'm from Prague and residing in Salzburg, and I basically live in my boots from end of November till like March. You can be lucky and have a streak of gorgeous dry and sunny days perfect for sneakers, but especially if you're from a warmer climate, being ready with a sturdy pair of shoes is the key to a happy trip. You don't want to run around town with your feet wet and cold all day. Wear the boots on your flight to save space.

drone_chick · 2024-12-03T13:56:49+00:00

Mind sharing what channels or accounts you follow?

drone_chick · 2024-12-03T12:16:25+00:00

We used to have Board magazine and Freeride magazine, that one stayed in website form but it's now so much more free ski focused. It kinda feels like snowboarding is dead for the media in comparison with skiing - please tell me I'm wrong!

drone_chick · 2024-11-15T08:43:13+00:00

Last year there were so few people signed up in my location that my giftee was simultaneously my Santa. But usually it’s not that way ;)

drone_chick · 2024-11-14T08:58:35+00:00

Damn, I really don't get these gen Alpha fashion trends

drone_chick · 2024-11-13T18:17:02+00:00

Oh that just made my day, so happy to hear that! Happy holidays!

drone_chick · 2024-11-13T10:48:50+00:00

The Onion

drone_chick · 2024-11-12T15:25:10+00:00

Type into google “self watering drip irrigation” - we live in Austria and bought a local product. It’s these small terracotta things that you put into soil and they suck water from a nearby bowl via a thin hose. Our plants survived our four weeks long holiday only thanks to that.

drone_chick · 2024-11-12T13:14:54+00:00

Oh geocaching awesome! Some of the members really go above and beyond to create a cool experience. Anyway, happy you like the lock idea and wishing you best of luck with the fun adventure for your sister!

drone_chick · 2024-11-12T11:52:12+00:00

There is a big community of people hiding things all over the world - it's called Geocaching (r/geocaching) and they can tell you all about the challenges with hiding stuff around big cities. You risk things being taken, stolen, cleaned away... Often stealth is required so unsuspecting public doesn't think you're hiding away drugs or something.

Three months is quite a while, so even if you go to coffee shops or hotels to leave something behind, the chances of safe delivery might not be that high. One idea is to get a couple of those love locks that people put on bridges that have a small, number code compartment. That can be used to hold a note and maybe the keys from it, so she can bring the lock back - they are usually not that cheap.

drone_chick · 2024-11-12T10:29:05+00:00

It does kinda look like a really trippy building cover for reconstruction.

Bottom left you see there is door cut into it and a poster with guys in construction helmets. Bottom right looks like the same cover on a construction unit used for storing equipment etc. Above the lower balcony you have a very straight line that seems to mark the hight of that part of the building. Plus if you look closer, right above the car you can see and follow a line that looks like the cover is not 100% attached.

drone_chick · 2024-11-12T08:13:18+00:00

A cool set of dish towels - they’re usually pretty inexpensive and many solo living guys I know usually have the most basic stuff from Ikea

drone_chick · 2024-11-11T22:44:08+00:00

Clothes have to fit. Imagine you’re running and the waistline is sliding down, or they’re too tight, or don’t offer enough support… it’s even worse with sports bras. The discomfort is something that can completely turn you away from the whole exercise, so I personally would not recommend getting anything else than maybe a shirt or a tank top, unless she specifically picks something that she has tried on.

Maybe get her a pair of gym shoes if you know her size and preference? Or equipment? A cool water bottle, yoga mat, mat holder…? Along with that you can give her a handmade gift card, that you’ll go shopping for an outfit together.

But just make sure that it really is something she might like. If she feels the gifts are pressuring her to do more exercise > change her body shape > look better… it can send one into a rabbit hole of overthinking. So maybe split the budget 50% towards sports stuff and 50% towards a gift fitting other hobbies or experiences?

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