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From the mountains to 6th Avenue
Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?
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Umbrella challenges the mechanically disinclined
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When it's raining in Denver , as it is today, we have white stuff falling in Evergreen. The steps were slushy with ice. I tried to ignore it.
I am still trying to NOT wear the black winter coat, but it felt chilly, so I caved.
I also caved to bringing the flowery-patterned umbrella I've had for so long it looks arhtritic.
And this, despite attempts to minimize the stuff, the baggage.
I am starting to feel like a failure at minimalist style attempts.
Philosophically, I don't
need
an umbrella. It wasn't
pouring
rain.
It's a vanity thing, it's a hair thing.
I just did my hair and now you want me to waltz out into weather?
NO.
I stood at the RTD Evergreen Park-n-Ride with the other umbrella holders - all women, by the way.
Stepped up to get on and had a mechanical umbrella failure moment .
I'm midway up the steps, trying to smash the thing shut, got the tines stuck in the metal money collector machine.
The umbrella pops open again after I get it unstuck, the people are waiting to get on the bus behind me.
A seated passenger reaches over and takes control. "Thank you," I say, relieved.
The bus driver is amused.
"Sorry folks," I say, as I stumble to a seat, facing passengers already on thebus who are, shall we say, not amused.
It's too early to be amused.
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