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Jeremy’s bad day revisited

“Jeremy's bad day” (July/August 2011, SafeRoads, page 10) should be required reading for every driver's license applicant, and every high school student!
–B. Marshall

Teen crashes per mile driven

The President’s Message on teen driving (July/August 2011, page 6) stated that “teens account for 10 times as many crashes” as adult drivers. There’s another way of calculating teen crashes. According to the Centers for Disease Control: “Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to crash.” Because teens account for approximately 7 percent of the U.S. population, they account for approximately 28 percent of all crashes per mile driven.
–C. Frank

See pottery here

“Going to pot(s)” (July/August 2011, page 58) gave no indication of where to see Mesa Verde Pottery being made. I checked the website (mesaverdepottery.com) and got a notice that the domain name “expired on 06/24/2011.”
So, where can I see this pottery made?

Editor’s note: You’ll find Mesa Verde Pottery at 27601 Highway 160, Cortez, CO 81321. Call (970) 565-4492 for hours and more information.

A.D., before and after

You mention “The Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) opened 1,293 years ago (718 A.D.)” [sic] (July/August 2011, Travel Talk, page 30). According to multiple sources, A.D. properly goes before, not after, the numerical date (e.g., A.D. 718).
–S. Chostler

Mammals, not reptiles

EnCompass needs to get a scientifically literate copywriter. The cover of the July/August issue contains the line: Snowmass dinosaurs. None of the remains unearthed at Snowmass were of dinosaurs.
–J. Eddy, Fort Collins

The Ice Age mammals discovered at Snowmass are apparently dated at 45,000 to 150,000 years old; dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago.
–K. Salzberg, Boulder

I am a 12-year volunteer in the Paleontology Lab at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and was lucky enough to spend a week in June, helping dig at this important site. The magazine arrived in my mailbox the day I got home, so I was dismayed to see the error.
–M. Stewart

Editor’s note: As these members noted, our cover headline misstated what scientists found in Snowmass. The excavation yielded 4,826 bones, none of them from dinosaurs.

Couldn’t get in

One Saturday afternoon last winter, I went to see a movie. Afterward, snow covered my car. I started the motor, retrieved my snowbrush and closed the door. Once done scraping, I found the door locked, with my purse, cell phone and AAA card inside.
I asked the theater manager for help, and he loaned me his cell phone. I called AAA and the receptionist said someone would arrive within an hour. I pleaded for quicker service, and she said she would do her best.
Within a half hour, a very jolly AAA fellow unlocked my car. Inside, my radio blared away, greeting us with the words, “I hear you knockin’ but you can't come in!” We enjoyed a big laugh.
–A. Bunch

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