Give us some insight into how you think

Feb 20, 2026, 12:47 PM

At court the other day, after it had been closed for 2 days due to snow, the subject of conversation over coffee with my peers centered on how fucking stupid I was to get up at 4:00 a.m. on a Monday to drive 4-5 hours at 25 mph just to go skiing.

After the usual who do you want to be; Sonny Bono, part of the conversation, which comes up 99% of the time with non-skiers, someone mentioned that heart busting exercise in the cold for an old guy would probably cause me to die of a heart attack while skiing. My response: "I pray to God every night before I go to sleep asking him to make sure that happens". No better way to die, than doing what you love.

How do you think?

P.S. Its going to snow today and overnight - my alarm is set for 3:00 a.m. Saturday.

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Studme5310 hours ago

^ Agree 100% ! If God told me I’d die suddenly somehow when I’m in the ocean or on the beach at the Jersey shore, a place I love and enjoy, I’d say thank you.

rockie9 hours ago

If it makes you happy, that’s all that matters! Tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

Alternative_carry6579 hours ago

They sound like regular, boring bums, while you are a skibum

Iknowbetter8 hours ago

Living in Miami Beach I can’t relate to skiing so much, but I regularly get up at 3 or 4 am to burn hundreds of dollars of fuel to get offshore to fish - and sometimes come back empty handed. People who don’t understand will say it’s cheaper to buy the fish at Publix. But of course that’s not the point.

georgmicrodong8 hours ago

I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in panic like the passengers in his car.

skibum6097 hours ago

^^ I get that Iknow, my brother has a 37 ft Intrepid for fishing and the fact he lives on the water in North Palm Beach is just icing. I just want to be on the water, its not about saving money on fish lol.

gammanu956 hours ago

"In my own bed, at the age of 80, with small belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock. "

Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

wallanon5 hours ago

That's not much different than me contiuning to plow throw miscellaneous hot strippers even though the gal I should probably keep is hotter than almost all of them. I'd rather just go out on my shield. Maybe.

mogul19854 hours ago

So you ski at your "age", which is just a number that needs to be adjusted for your health metrics. My brother is 67 and skis at Park City.

I'm assuming you aren't bouncing down Black Double Diamond mogul trails, or hiking up Mt Washington for a "Mr Toad's Wild Ride." It's not like you are skiing off-trail in the Rocky Mountain high risk avalanche areas or in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Tuesday where 8 people were sadly killed doing what they love is a hype-high risk area.

In my 20s, I skied at Jackson Hole on a college trip in thigh-deep powder for 4 days, today I'd be in traction for 6 months - "A man's got to know his limitations."

You probably have a greater chance of an illegal alien driving an 80-ton semi driver piling into you on an interstate.

Enjoy yourself, just watch out for "leaf blowers." That could have been the new "The Thrill of Victory or The Agony of Defeat."

rockie1 hour ago

“I'm assuming you aren't bouncing down Black Double Diamond mogul trails”

Obviously you haven’t been paying Skibum that much attention, or I missed the modification memo!