Things that PISS ME OFF..No.17..SKIING !

The kids had off( seems like they have off more days then civil servants), so my wife and I took the kiddies up to visit friends in New Hampshire for some Skiing, Drinking, and ..well that’s it. The first morning was fine. Eggs, coffee, NY Post, and then it happened.. Death by Ski preparation. My 9 year old son had to have 17 layers of long johns, thermal socks,plastic concoctions for moisture ,and of course ski pants that looked like the Sta-Puff man gave away last Christmas. And that was only my 9 year old. Next up my 5 year old. 19 minutes and 140,000 sweat beads later he was ready. We drove it seemed like for 3 hours ( 13 minutes in skiers time), til we got to the mountain. It just started. Lift tickets, rentals in crowded,over-heated basements with pimpled 17 year old discontents with attitudes, questioning ME, the 51 year old pissed off one ,why I didn’t know my 9 year olds exact weight. ” Why is that so important ” I mumbled. ” Ah it’s not man if you don’t mind you sons ankles breaking”. Whether the 9 year old boy weighed 64 or 70 didn’t seem that important to me( I know about bindings ) ,but was it really going to snap both his ankles as if they were made of Tofu , or whatever that dude was eating behind the counter. ” Just pick the higher number OPIE, and he’ll be fine”. I responded. So there I stood in 18 degree temp(-7 with wind)and watched as my 5 year old and my 9 year old made pizza wedges at the rate of $ 50 an hour. Nice work if you can get it. I walked back to the lounge with 3 thoughts running through my frostbitten head. 1) Tequila 2) I hate skiing 3) The Beatles. Yeah remember in HELP, when the Beatles went skiing and they were falling all over the place ? I remember as a 8 year old thinking.Why would anyone ever do that, especially THE BEATLES. Well I still have the same question.. Why THE BEATLES..Why my 5 and 9 year old, or even Tofu boy and most importantly,..Why the 51 year old Pissed off Guy ?