[Sam Cree]

" A little ice age might mean good snow from October through May. "

I think it might help the ski resorts in Virginia too :-) They've been somewhat beleaguered recently.

Do you own your own skis?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Yes. my wife and I both ski K-2's -- they are a "local" brand that used to be made up here on Vashon Island (near Tacoma). Now, like everything else, they are mostly made overseas. The company is still owned by local folks (I had friends in high school who worked at the factory in the summers).

They still have the best skiing commercial of all time: Phil Mahre (double gold medalist from our area -- he and his brother Steve (silver medalist) are part owners of the ski area that I go to most often, White Pass) standing on a pair of skis mounted on top of a car, urging the driver (who was another skier) to go faster. It was supposed to be part of his "training".