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From: rsg@cbscc.UUCP (Bob Garmise)
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Subject: Re: ski tips, up or down?
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 15:37:40 EST
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You have hit on one of the modern mysteries of life...ski tips...up or down?!?
I don't think it makes much difference but there are a couple of things to
consider.
  1) Look around the parking lot at a ski area. Copy what other people are
     generally doing so that you won't be considered uncool.
  2) If skis act like a fin (what the heck is the right word?) on a car point
     them up in back if you have rear wheel drive, and down in back if you
     have front wheel drive. If the curved part is pointed forward, who cares
     unless you're planning on doing much of your driving in reverse.
  3) Are you proud of your skis? Tips up so that people can read the brand.
     Conversely, old and beat up skis? Brand name down...hence tips down.
Little did you know the complexity of your question.
...bob garmise...at&t bell labs, columbus...