Ben Rose Quotations

Yeah, we've sort of solved one of our river issues with the new bridge, ... and now our attention is focused squarely on solving the Winooski. That's really our last great route problem that we have.

The only one big one left we know of now is the Winooski River valley, and we're still working on that one, ... Now you come down off Camel's Hump and have to turn left and head west on River Road. It's a road walk hard on people's feet and doesn't have that much shade. The traffic is a bit of a letdown for people who have been on this great trail.

The merger strategically makes sense, given the complimentary product lines that Aspect offers, but I question the valuation that's been placed on Aspect -- $9.3 billion for a company that did less than $100 million in sales last year.

Too many companies rely on email too much. Email is quite inefficient. People like to 'Reply To All' and send copies of attachments to each other, instead of doing what Notes does, which is to have a single copy on the server that everyone sees.

We anticipate a few more, ... as those that may have resources here, in terms of family, make their way out. We have tried to provide them comfort and reassurance. They have literally been involved with a nightmare. We want to do all we can to help.

One of the reasons we wanted to get the Lamoille done was to be further up the learning curve going into a tougher project. Hopefully the Lamoille Bridge will act as a concrete example of what we can do.

It's kind of jarring to have to pop out after a jaunt in the woods and have to walk along a busy road. It's hard on the feet and it isn't really what the Long Trail is about.

All through the permit process there were some concerns on the part of local officials. In the end, I think we came up with a plan that passed muster with town officials in Johnson, ... To some extent we can see their point, which is that this will create some new points of potential danger, both on Route 15 and Hogback Road because of parking, but those are more than offset by the hazards it removes by asking every hiker to walk 1.5 miles down the road.

Everybody who's been there loves it, ... People are impressed with the bridge and pleased by the route and happy to have the white blazes off Route 15.