BS: To My Friends at Mudcat

Subject: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 12:56 PM

I haven't said anything to any of you about this before because I wanted to wait and see if the deal went through.   I have purchased a one bedroom property in the heart of Whistler as an investment. 

The purchase was completed a few days ago and I thought I'd let you know in case you're interested in renting..... it will be available throughout the Olympics here in 2010. 

I will be handling bookings myself. 

Weekends will cost approx. $100 per night (friends', relatives'  and Mudcatters'rate) and $500 per night during the Olympics. Weekly rentals available for $450; and during the Olympics weekly rentals will be $2,500.

This is on a first-come first-serve basis. Unobstructed views of most events and best of all it's very private! Let me know if you are interested. I have attached a photo as well.

Condo

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 12:59 PM

Helluva view from up there, but is it wheelchair accessible?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:01 PM

GREAT GRIEF!!!

HOW WILL I EVER BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT DATE!!!!

I GOTTA'HAVE IT!!!!!

KAREN!!! When do you want to go this place?

Wow.....what a place for a romantic interlude...with an eagle.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:10 PM

In space no one can hear you fart.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:13 PM

I'm sure provisions could be made, Don.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:14 PM

Does it have a jacuzzi?

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:25 PM

If you call it a 'vintage' condo you can charge more.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:44 PM

I'm not trying to gouge and screw here Guest, I just want to recoup on my original investment and cover the the cost of utilities, taxes and maintenance with a modest profit built in.

CarolC, I'm positive that could be arranged also, wind and rain permitting of course.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:46 PM

So that's where Bobert's bus went.

I don't know why there should be a problem, Don. Looks wheelchair accessible to me.   z:)

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:49 PM

Forgot to add my congratulations, Metch. You should be able to make a profit fairly early on. My first thought was that if you hike the overnight fee for special events the AAA will not sign on, and that could limit your appeal to many motorists. However, the AA might well make up the difference.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:50 PM

Particularly so when it snows.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:54 PM

I'm assured by the previous owner that you can ski right to the door during the winter.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 01:57 PM

Ah, the perfect spot.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:08 PM

"wind and rain permitting of course"

I would have thought that the wind and rain ARE the Jacuzzi.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:08 PM

Damn! Being on a slow dial-up connection I don't usually click photo links unless I'm pretty sure there's a reasonable chance the reward will be worth the wait. I read this entire thread before my curiosity finally compelled me to go back and click that link.

Thankfully, I've become pretty good at cleaning coffee out of keyboards over the last few years.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:12 PM

That's correct Jack.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:14 PM

Although it doesn't rain here every day.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Amos
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:31 PM

ROFLMAO!! Well, Mets, you can now claim to have bought your way into high society by fighting your way up the ladder. Sheeshe!! I'd be kinda nervous about frolicking in your place, though; especially with Rary Calhoun, my new girlfriend. I showed it to her, and she said no way. She says it might tip if we got all energetic like, and she looked at that ladder and remarked,

"That's a long, long way to tip a Rary."

A

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: jacqui.c
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:54 PM

I like the place Met - definitely would fall into the category of vintage.

Amos - that was way above and beyond my dear man. We may make you sing it at the Getaway this year!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: open mike
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:00 PM

ha--and it is not even apr. 1..
i almost sent the link to a
friend who i know often skis at Whistler..

good luck with the time share...

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:02 PM

Could I rent it in the fall for a deer stand?

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:05 PM

I particularly like the spacious recreation room downstairs. Have you though about putting a billiard table in there, Metchosin?

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:07 PM

I think it's very cool! A tree house without a tree.

Does it have a hatch underneath, like an airplane cockpit? I can't see how you'd get from the latter to the door. I also don't see a sewage pipe, but maybe there's an outhouse on the ground floor. I'd hate to wake up in the middle of the night and have to pee!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:19 PM

Why worry Jeri, its in BC, you can just stick your bum out of the door.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:29 PM

As long as you don't leave a rotting pile of guts around Rapaire, it might upset subsequent guests.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:35 PM

Nah, I'll bring along my coyotes.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 04:03 PM

Sure it's got a hatch, Jeri. Ya squat right over it if you have to pee!

Ah, Mets!! That IS vintage and this is a CLASSIC Mudcat thread!!!

I'd say I'll see your Shasta and raise ya one, but both of ours are on the ground, so you've got top billeting!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: frogprince
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 06:17 PM

Sheeeoooot: I missed the photo link at first, bit hook line and sinker, and read clear down into the thread before I smelled somethin' fishy. Love it; it couldn't be any worse than a couple of places I've reserved (fortunately just for one night) on the basis of inviting descriptions.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 08:04 PM

yer gonna be rich! Just think of the hang-gliding and bungee-jumping revenues!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 08:22 PM

... and some people wonder why they deserve the ephiphet of 'evil bastard'!!!!

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 08:31 PM

Metchosin...there are major astronomical societies that would LOVE to have such facilities! Be sure you hold out until NASA calls & bids!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 09:03 PM

The thing about tooling around in a wheelchair is that when it comes to ladders and long flights of stairs, I really hate that sickening crash when I hit the bottom. Kinda smarts!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 09:08 PM

That's not any kind of smarts, Don!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 09:12 PM

Touché, Ebbie!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 09:44 PM

I learned some of my wheelchair maneuvers sometime back from a fellow who played wheelchair basketball. He taught me how to do a quick wheelie and hop a curb, and other good stuff like that. After watching him pull some of his basketball stunts, I asked him how he managed to get stopped after making a fast run for a basket. "Simple," he said. "You just run into a convenient wall." I once saw him go down a flight of about six steps. Popped a wheelie, rolled down on his back wheels, and landed flat. I never had the guts to try anything like that!   

That entrance to the condo (and the concomitant exit) would be a bit of a challenge, even for him.

Thanks for the offer, Metchosin, but I think I'll wimp out, stock up on a bit of beer, some chips and dip, and watch on my magical Tom Swift elecatrickle video screen. I quickly learned that when watching hydroplane races, for example, the best seat in the house was right in front of the teevee.

Ever watch the British comedy Keeping Up Appearances? My rôle model is Onslow.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 09:56 PM

Hey, Don... you could always bunk in the recreation room! I heard a rumour that Metchosin might even put a billiard table down there.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 10:24 PM

Well Don, with all the money I'm going to make, I sort of hoped to provide wheel chair access or an alternative for those who do not wish to use the stairs. I envisioned a variation on the helium balloon driven Fulton skyhook. The lift power could be self generated or if Spaw stays a few nights, it might be possible to bottle enough to last a full season.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 10:44 PM

No Carol, best seat in the house for Don, by hook or by crook. Besides I wouldn't want him to take any chances in case Jeri has a problem making it through the night again.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 10:54 PM

I may just reconsider. This sounds like a real snort!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 11:29 PM

Wheelchair access? This isn't the dark ages! We have pulleys and come-alongs these days. And just think of the tickets you could sell to watch Don leave the place! Big trampoline and a pile of foam rubber....



What?...oh, no Don...not a regular act...just once, like Evel Knevel's canyon jump.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 11:36 PM

Waugh! I like it! Way cool. Yer rates are too high, though. I'll give ya $400 a month. Call me. If you can arrange to put it in the top of a really huge tree instead, I'll give ya $600 a month.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:09 AM

I can see some definite advantages to this.

Bo-WANG!!!

All the way back to Seattle in one bounce. Save on air fare!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 08:54 AM

As logn as he charges a fare price, don!

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:45 PM

Price stands Chongo, I got takers as it stands who might be interested in being hot boxed on their own farts rather than the good stuff. I figure the pre Olympic price is more than fair just to see Don fly over a ski hill. Far out man.....

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 01:25 PM

It just occurred to me that we may have a whole new Olympic event here. A combination of high-diving, trampoline, and long-jump. Being done in a wheelchair, it could also combine regular Olympics with the Special Olympics. All kinds of judgment points such as distance, height, style (spinning and somersaulting in flight), most aesthetically pleasing parabola, landing on a predetermined target. . . .   

It gives a whole new dimension to the concept of "going ballistic."

But then, I don't know. There will be all those calls about UFO sightings.

Better think a little more about this. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 01:49 PM

The possibilities are endless...but others have gone before

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 02:22 PM

A bit like the adventures of Lawn Chair Larry.

But eschewing the balloons and thinking in terms of trampolines, one could go for distance by placing a series of trampolines at predetermined target points. There have been a number of people who have attempted to go around the world in a hot-air balloon. Here's a way of trying it without a balloon. I'm afraid Metchosin's condo might not be quite high enough as a launch point, however.

I can see that if this is going to work, I'll probably have to get a pet penguin.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Metchosin
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 03:11 PM

Not new? Damn! LOL........................Whoa!....Do you think with a bit of bud I somehow channeled my way into the stream of cosmic consciousness?

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 04:16 AM

Is there no balcony? Sorry... won't come if there's no balcony.

Have to have somewhere to dry my pants.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 01:46 AM

How often do you wet your pants then, Liz?

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: jacqui.c
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 07:45 AM

Depends on the level of liquid refreshment Robin.

Subject: RE: BS: To My Friends at Mudcat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Apr 06 - 08:40 AM

oooooooooooooooooooo