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I've been reading lately, the letters going back and forth between snowboarders and skiers about who is more unsafe. I've been skiing for 43 years and I have been hit one time ... by a skier.
I was literally thinking about the two arguments yesterday when I was passing a snowboarder on a catwalk. I was passing him on his blind side, and he turned toward me quickly, but caught himself before we hit. He apologized quickly and I had the quick thought of “damn right.” But as I thought about it more, it was I who should have been apologizing to him, because I do know better than to pass a snowboarder on his-her blind side. We skiers have much to thank the snowboards for.
If it were not for snowboarders, we would still be making pathetic jumps out in the woods rather than having these plushed-out parks that Vail takes great care with. We'd also probably still be wearing stretch pants.
If we jump into the way-back machine and think about the ski industry when snowboarding came along, I think that we all need to bow to the riders with a different look. The industry was dying a slow and painful death, and the baggy pant(ed) guys made riding cool for a younger crowd.
Try to imagine the look of Vail Mountain if snowboarding had never come along. I for one would likely not be skiing still. I love the parks and I love the diversity that snowboarders place in our otherwise homogenous sport.
Do snowboarders create more danger? I think only in the idea that more people are on the mountain than would otherwise be, and that's a good thing.
There is one factor for sure that snowboarding is associated with that I think contributes to the perceived association with the devil from skiers. They make a much louder and different noise when turning next to you or behind you (by no fault of their own).
I teach skiing and therefore ski at all different speeds. When I'm going slow with people that are nervous, and a snowboarder comes along, sometimes my bowels and I have a conversation. I find myself getting defensive of my students (and my bowels) and then I realize that the snowboarder has not done anything wrong or dangerous. But darn it, I wanted to get mad because I was scared.
There are dangerous riders out there. “Riders” is a term for all people sliding on the snow. To state that one discipline is more dangerous than the other in this argument is to make fool of yourself.
Robert Crawford
Eagle
This isn't right
On Jan. 6, the inevitable happened. My family and I were served with an eviction notice that was actually supposed to have been served on Jan. 1.
To say that we are devastated would be an understatement, especially regarding the circumstances of how we came to be here. It started in 2010 when, although we were financially solvent at the time, I thought it would be prudent to apply for a loan reduction with Wells Fargo Bank.
When my wife called, she was told that to receive a modification we would have to be three months behind. Because construction in the valley was winding down due to the economy, we decided it couldn't hurt. We waited the three months and started the long run around process that Wells Fargo put us through.
Every time we sent the papers they requested, they said something was missing. No one would ever give us their last name and spoke only on the phone. After several months had passed, we were informed that we were going to be foreclosed on by the alleged holder of the note, HSBC Bank. During this process, we offered to keep making payments to Wells Fargo. They flatly turned us down. Our Rule 120 hearing was a joke.
The judge was only interested if we were in default, regardless of the circumstances of how we got there and that as proof of our debt, the bank produced a fraudulent copy of our note.
Our 30-year fixed rate mortgage suddenly turned into a variable rate note. By now we decided to hire a lawyer who we ended up firing because he put us in a worse position than when we began. There are thousands of details I won't go into except that after contacting our senator and congressman, who in turn contacted Wells Fargo on our behalf, received two different copies of the note that also differed from ours (the opposing counsel said we forged the note).
After many pleadings later, the judge in his infinite wisdom didn't even allow us a hearing. My wife and especially the children are devastated. How do you explain to your high school age children that our house was stolen and the Colorado court system gave it their blessing?
I'll tell you how. The judges in Colorado believe the lawyer from the opposing side that the paperwork is all there in order -- a fact that judges in several other states started questioning and disallowing in their courtrooms after someone coming forward and blew the whistle that they didn't actually have the papers in their possession.
The mere fact that our note at one time was turned into the Mortgage Electronic Registry System means there is probably no paperwork. MERS illegally threw the mortgage papers away to electronically file. This is against federal law. In Colorado they don't have to produce the blue ink copy of the note. MERS also benefited by not having to pay county registration fees.
Douglas Fasi
Gypsum
Check your ammo, Richard
Why is it that so many people who oppose gun rights think it's OK to say dumb things? An example is Richard Carnes' recent column The Perfect GOP Candidate. He described positions on various issues that he'd like to see a candidate take. One of them was:
Second Amendment: “Arming a militia was fine 200 years ago. Guns for hunters and home protection are fine today. Armor-piercing bullets in automatic weapons available at Walmart are not.”
Of course, Walmart doesn't sell ammo with armor-piercing bullets, nor does it offer automatic weapons. I haven't heard anyone suggest that it should. Surely Carnes knows this. So why does he have to resort to such foolishness in trying to make whatever point he was trying to make?
Terry Quinn
Eagle
I've been reading lately, the letters going back and forth between snowboarders and skiers about who is more unsafe. I've been skiing for 43 years and I have been hit one time ... by a skier.
I was literally thinking about the two arguments yesterday when I was passing a snowboarder on a catwalk. I was passing him on his blind side, and he turned toward me quickly, but caught himself before we hit. He apologized quickly and I had the quick thought of “damn right.” But as I thought about it more, it was I who should have been apologizing to him, because I do know better than to pass a snowboarder on his-her blind side. We skiers have much to thank the snowboards for.
If it were not for snowboarders, we would still be making pathetic jumps out in the woods rather than having these plushed-out parks that Vail takes great care with. We'd also probably still be wearing stretch pants.
If we jump into the way-back machine and think about the ski industry when snowboarding came along, I think that we all need to bow to the riders with a different look. The industry was dying a slow and painful death, and the baggy pant(ed) guys made riding cool for a younger crowd.
Try to imagine the look of Vail Mountain if snowboarding had never come along. I for one would likely not be skiing still. I love the parks and I love the diversity that snowboarders place in our otherwise homogenous sport.
Do snowboarders create more danger? I think only in the idea that more people are on the mountain than would otherwise be, and that's a good thing.
There is one factor for sure that snowboarding is associated with that I think contributes to the perceived association with the devil from skiers. They make a much louder and different noise when turning next to you or behind you (by no fault of their own).
I teach skiing and therefore ski at all different speeds. When I'm going slow with people that are nervous, and a snowboarder comes along, sometimes my bowels and I have a conversation. I find myself getting defensive of my students (and my bowels) and then I realize that the snowboarder has not done anything wrong or dangerous. But darn it, I wanted to get mad because I was scared.
There are dangerous riders out there. “Riders” is a term for all people sliding on the snow. To state that one discipline is more dangerous than the other in this argument is to make fool of yourself.
Robert Crawford
Eagle
This isn't right
On Jan. 6, the inevitable happened. My family and I were served with an eviction notice that was actually supposed to have been served on Jan. 1.
To say that we are devastated would be an understatement, especially regarding the circumstances of how we came to be here. It started in 2010 when, although we were financially solvent at the time, I thought it would be prudent to apply for a loan reduction with Wells Fargo Bank.
When my wife called, she was told that to receive a modification we would have to be three months behind. Because construction in the valley was winding down due to the economy, we decided it couldn't hurt. We waited the three months and started the long run around process that Wells Fargo put us through.
Every time we sent the papers they requested, they said something was missing. No one would ever give us their last name and spoke only on the phone. After several months had passed, we were informed that we were going to be foreclosed on by the alleged holder of the note, HSBC Bank. During this process, we offered to keep making payments to Wells Fargo. They flatly turned us down. Our Rule 120 hearing was a joke.
The judge was only interested if we were in default, regardless of the circumstances of how we got there and that as proof of our debt, the bank produced a fraudulent copy of our note.
Our 30-year fixed rate mortgage suddenly turned into a variable rate note. By now we decided to hire a lawyer who we ended up firing because he put us in a worse position than when we began. There are thousands of details I won't go into except that after contacting our senator and congressman, who in turn contacted Wells Fargo on our behalf, received two different copies of the note that also differed from ours (the opposing counsel said we forged the note).
After many pleadings later, the judge in his infinite wisdom didn't even allow us a hearing. My wife and especially the children are devastated. How do you explain to your high school age children that our house was stolen and the Colorado court system gave it their blessing?
I'll tell you how. The judges in Colorado believe the lawyer from the opposing side that the paperwork is all there in order -- a fact that judges in several other states started questioning and disallowing in their courtrooms after someone coming forward and blew the whistle that they didn't actually have the papers in their possession.
The mere fact that our note at one time was turned into the Mortgage Electronic Registry System means there is probably no paperwork. MERS illegally threw the mortgage papers away to electronically file. This is against federal law. In Colorado they don't have to produce the blue ink copy of the note. MERS also benefited by not having to pay county registration fees.
Douglas Fasi
Gypsum
Check your ammo, Richard
Why is it that so many people who oppose gun rights think it's OK to say dumb things? An example is Richard Carnes' recent column The Perfect GOP Candidate. He described positions on various issues that he'd like to see a candidate take. One of them was:
Second Amendment: “Arming a militia was fine 200 years ago. Guns for hunters and home protection are fine today. Armor-piercing bullets in automatic weapons available at Walmart are not.”
Of course, Walmart doesn't sell ammo with armor-piercing bullets, nor does it offer automatic weapons. I haven't heard anyone suggest that it should. Surely Carnes knows this. So why does he have to resort to such foolishness in trying to make whatever point he was trying to make?
Terry Quinn
Eagle
