--- In [email protected], tartbrain <no_reply@...> wrote: > I lived there a bit, and later visited regularly, throughout the 70s. > We may have crossed paths (Oh, were you the bastard that cut me off on the Ridge of Bell that fine spring morning, ha) It was a wild time for me, all those years. More likely I might have run into you in Ashcroft on the trail to the hot springs. But no telling if I was in my right mind, or on LSD. Make that "waking state" mind.
> "Did my SCI at Cobb Mountain the summer or fall of '74. I remember > sticking my thumb out at the intersection of Brush Creek Rd. and > Hwy. 82" > > For a bit I worked in Smowmass but lived near town and thus I used to daily hitchhike down hwy 82 and back daily. (Hitchhiking is such a great thing, environmentally sensible, economic, sociable. Too bad it has met its demise.) And fall of 74, I was driving from SB MIU to FF, the grand migration. Stopped in Aspen for a day or so and saw old friends (one of which was also a TM junkie). (Hey, were that guy we picked up leaving town, ha) (And I had done six weeks at Cobb earlier that spring.) > > > > --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > Did not live there. My dad and uncle bought a condominium from the blue > > prints in Snowmass Villiage around 1971 or '72, and we would go out > > there once a winter to ski, and I would go out during the summer for > > various activities. We still own it today, but don't utilize as much, > > and because of the economy, the rentals haven't really been offsetting > > the annual assessments, so we are thinking about selling it.-that is, my > > sisters and I. I had many fun times there, especially in the summer. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You lived in Snowmass / Aspen? What years? > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Did my SCI at Cobb Mountain the summer or fall of '74. I remember > > > > sticking my thumb out at the intersection of Brush Creek Rd. and > > Hwy. 82 > > > > in Snowmass Colorado and hitchhiking to Cobb Mountain. Good times! > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Tom Pall <thomas.pall@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM, turquoiseb > > [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Tom Pall thomas.pall@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I worked on the Houston (Navasota, Grimes County) capital for > > > > > > > room and board. And yes, shared an unheated cabin. Barhroom > > > > > > > was the bushes outside. Yes, it gets cold in Texas during the > > > > > > > Winter. Maharishi was absolutely right. The movement belongs > > > > > > > to those who move large quantities of cash across national > > > > > > > borders, undetected. > > > > > > > > > > > > I never went to any of the more modern TM hovels. > > > > > > I used to teach a lot of residence courses at > > > > > > Soboba (I think the name was) in southern CA, > > > > > > and attended many courses at Cobb Mountain in > > > > > > northern CA. The former didn't really have much > > > > > > personality, but the latter did. It had been > > > > > > some kind of camp or retreat facility before > > > > > > the TMO acquired it, and I found it charming, > > > > > > with its old clapboard cottages and rustic > > > > > > camp-era dining/meeting hall. Plus, the fact > > > > > > that most everyone was in a separate cottage > > > > > > made it easier to fool around on ATR courses. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I attended many course at Cobb, including my ?flying? block. My > > flying > > > > > block had a lot of live wires. The cabins closest to the main > > > > buildings > > > > > were given to married, "senior" people. They brought with them the > > > > proper > > > > > mixings for martinis and had cocktail hour before time to do > > evening > > > > > program. I went back for many WPAs and the men often flew on what > > had > > > > > been the dance floor. That place had been a really hopping place > > for > > > > > Summers and especially the weekend. The dance floor was on > > springs, > > > > and > > > > > yes, in typical TMO style, Cobb Mountain had a reputation for lots > > of > > > > > alcohol flowing, lots of extramarital sex. Back to my flying > > block. We > > > > > had a fiddler from Boston. When our mommies and daddies went to > > bed we > > > > had > > > > > hoe downs outside the main buildings. A couple times we woke up > > the > > > > sidhi > > > > > administrators who told us to cut out the dancing and go to bed. > > > > > > > > > > Cobb Mountain was in typical decay and the cabins were drafty as > > heck. > > > > > And yes, we were within something like 1,500 feet of the tree line > > so > > > > it > > > > > got cold, even in Spring and Fall. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
