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Brian Boyer (BBOYER@VMAIL.VICR) -- Tewksbury,MA
6/13/00 -- 13:33:28

I USED TO VISIT REALITIVES WHO LIVED IN LIMESTONE AND FORT
FAIRFIELD. THE NAMES WHERE THE DIONNES.WE VISTED IN THE 60S
AND 70S I HAD A BALL PLAYING IN THE POTATO FIELD AND THE
BARNS. I GO CAMPING NOW AND THEN IN BRUNSWICK BUT SURE DID
LIKE LIMESTONE AREA.

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Roy -- Hopkins,SC
6/11/00 -- 21:17:57

Greetings to you other Maine exiles. I posted here eons ago,
and just happened to doing a little web browsing and wound
up back here. Originally from Millinocket and the Calais
area, I've been living in South Carolina for 16 years now.
I know the route up I77 to I81 to I84 to I90 to I295 to I495
to I95 blind-folded. I'll be making my umpteenth trip up
"Noth" next month and there's still no feeling greater than
driving over the Piscataqua River Bridge inbound!!!!

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Clint -- Massena,NY
6/11/00 -- 16:58:17

i just miss the salt air

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David -- Dundalk,MD
6/9/00 -- 23:43:12

I was wondering what kind of a religious group bought the old
Katahdin Lodge hunting camp that was up on route 11 above
Patten Maine. And where have the former lodge owners Fin and
Marty Clarke moved to?

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Ricardo Marvel (ricardom_98221@yahoo.com) -- Anacortes,WA
6/9/00 -- 19:48:16

this lobstalovin maniac traces roots to brownfield but misses
much his dear ones in friendship !iwould love to hear from
you!

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Maravene (J131934@aol.com) -- Sarasota,FL
9/10/00 -- 10:07:10

For all of you that wonder about affording a move back home, or
anywhere else for that matter. I came across a web site
that may help. Go to www.homefair.com/calc/citypick.html.
In left margin, click on salary calculator. Follow
directions and you will pick state to state, then salary,
then city to city. It will calculate what you could expect
to have to earn to make the switch. Also, info on schools
and the city you would be moving to. Hope it helps some of
you get "home".

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Ivon Prescott (ivon2@yahoo.com) -- Park City,Ill-Annoy
6/9/00 -- 09:21:15

to: Don -- Crown Point,IN - i lived on the side street by T.W
Dick - near Wakefield's diner in Gardiner - went to Spring
Street school, up by Gardiner High - when i was in 3rd grade
- i was going to school there when President Kennedy was
assasinated. i used to walk downtown Gardiner quite a bit
as a kid. i loved the smell of the woolworth's store, and
it's creaky floors... and walking down behind the stores
along the stream, fishing for eels... i miss maine!

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Steve White (maineiac@telocity.com) -- Dallas,NC
8/11/00 -- 11:21:58

Well fellow MIE's, I just got back from a 5 day stay in
Freeport. I'm still reeling with withdrawals and the sadness
that always sets in upon my return to NC. All my old friends
were there, we partied and ate lobstas and clams till we
burst. Went down to the wharf in S. Freeport to check out
the hahba and smell the salt air. We got more than we
bargained for, my friends car broke down and we ended up
spending 2 hours in the 90 degree heat waiting for a wrecker
to tow us back to town. It was still mahvelous! Somehow,
someday my family and I will return to Maine to stay and
I'll be a Mainer In Exile no longer......

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Cynthia (mainebrown@earthlink.net) -- Katy,TX
6/7/00 -- 09:51:30

To Emery in Australia-I've been whining because I have to move
to Florida for 2 1/2 years before we retire to Maine
forever...But I can still get in my car and drive home if
the urge takes me. I humbly apologize. Hope your trip home
is a safe one, and will hold you until you can return again.

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Cheryl Brown (mainebrown@earthlink.net) -- Westerly,RI
6/6/00 -- 12:18:21

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Rachel Price (JDRMPrice@aol.com) -- Blanchard,OK
6/5/00 -- 22:57:14

I grew up in Auburn, went to ELHS, and just recently moved here
to Okla. I absoluted love it! We moved here last October
... Maybe this summer I might miss the ocean, and the fried
clams from Clam Bake, but I moved here so my husband could
be nearer to his family, and there are no regrets. Someday
we will go back to visit, but our new home is here.

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Don -- Crown Point,IN
6/4/00 -- 12:57:28

To Sheila who posted on 5/13/00: My wife and I also live in
Crown Point and thought for sure that I was the only Maine
exile here. I grew up in Gardiner where my grandparents had
Wakefield's Diner on Bridge Street. We were back in
Boothbay for just a night early last month (were in NH for
meetings and ran on up), ate at the Sea Basket and had a
lobster roll at Red's. Didn't have time to get to Bolley's
for a World Famous Frank, but did get a good Italian and as
much Moxie as I could drink. I grew up on Bolley's Dogs. As
my dad always said, you can the boy out of Maine, but you
can't take Maine out of the boy!

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Beth -- Bailey,CO
6/2/00 -- 10:38:16

Sherrie and Melissa stirred up a lot of memories as I split my
time between WTVL and Augusta. When I was very young, we
used to walk down the street from my aunt's and play
mini-golf at Rummel's and then eat their ice cream, what a
treat! And in high school we would frequent Whippa's in
augusta. Does anyone remember Avril's ice cream on Rte 201
between Augusta and Vassalboro? They had the best.Steve, in
Dallas, that vision was so perfect- i felt like i was
there. Oh well, I'll be setting foot in the great state 'o
Maine in a week & a half. Can't wait! It'll be wicked
good! bye for now.

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Emery Cox (TheEmJim@aol.com) -- Hobart, Tasmania,AUSTRALIA
6/2/00 -- 02:51:49

DEAR HOME,
CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE. LEFT IN '84 VISITED IN '92 AND
COMING HOME FOR A VISIT ON JULY 10 FOR 5 WEEKS. AND I'M
GONNA HAVE A WICKED GOOD TIME. $2200 TO GET TO BOSTON. JOHN
DON'T FORGET TO PICK ME UP FROM THE AIRPORT.

HOPE THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL WHEN I'M THERE AS IT'S THE
BEGINNING OF WINTER AND THE OTHER NIGHT IT GOT DOWN TO 34
DEGREES F AND IT WAS RAINING NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH. EVEN HAD
TO TURN ON THE HEATER. REALLY ONLY TWO SEASONS HERE, SUMMER
AND WINTER, MIND YOU IT'S JUST LIKE MAINE CAUSE YOU CAN GET
BOTH IN ONE DAY.

I COULDN'T POSSIBLY BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT I MISS SO I'M
JUST SAVOIRING THE IDEAS. CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO A REAL RECORD
SHOP (CD). ONE WITH SOME DEPTH. CD'S ARE $32 HERE. FANCY
LEAVING MY WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN HOME WHILE I COME ON A 5 WEEK
VACATION. OH WELL I'LL TRY TO TUFF IT OUT.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, SEBEC LAKE, BUDWEISER,BACK ROADS, OH AND
LOOKING FORWARDS TO BLACK FLIES,BASEBALL INSTEAD OF CRICKET,
I RECKON CRICKET IS LIKE BASEBALL ON VALIUM, THE DOUGHTY
HILL BOYS, PATS PIZZA AT MIDNIGHT AFTER AN 11:00PM HOCKEY
GAME AT ALFOND. LOTS OF MOOSEHEAD FURNITURE(MORE THAN WHATS
IN OUR KITCHEN AND BEDROOM), WOULDN'T MIND A COUPLE OF FROST
HEAVES BUT I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO GIVE THAT A MISS IN JULY, MY
FIRST FOXROFT ALUMNI BANQUET, THE COX REUNION IN LIBERTY.
ANYWAY THAT'LL DO.

ALSO I DON'T MEAN TO BE NEGATIVE BUT YOU MANIACS THAT LIVE
BETWEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CALIFORNIA HAVE GOT IT PISS EASY.
TRY LIVING 12000 MILES FROM HOME.CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT SIGN
I-95 EXIT NEWPORT. SEE YOU SOON MUM.
LOVE EM

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Glenice (cookson@samnet.net) -- Monson,MA
6/1/00 -- 16:55:23

I've been visiting this site for a long time and have yet to see
anyone write that was from Dexter where I grew up. I like
Ma. ok, but, as all of you will agree, there is no place
like home. My husband and I have lived here for 13 years. He
is a lineman. As with most of you , we moved here because
there were too few good paying jobs in Me. We visit with our
famlies in Me every few months and plan to come home to
retire in about 5 years.
I have found that if you want to, you can be happy where
ever you are, especially as long as you know you will be
going home someday to stay.

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Sherrie (ruamainer2@hotmail.com) -- Louisville,KY
6/1/00 -- 13:28:25

I've been in exile since August, and I leave Saturday for nine
glorious days in Maine! I'm surprised no one seems to be
from the Waterville area. The very first place I'll hit
upon my return is of course...Sonny's Pizza in Fairfield.
Then for dessert, I'll stop by Hillmans Bakery for some
whoopie pies and cream rolls. My visit won't be complete
until I stop at the Sea Basket in Wiscasset and Bolley's
Famous Franks in Waterville (sorry, I prefer the one in
Waterville to Augusta's). I may be able to fit in some
strawberry picking if I'm lucky. I'll be fat and happy until
I have to return to Louisville. To all you unlucky souls,
I'll be sure to enjoy the pine and ocean scented air for
you. Maybe I can even bring home a lilac bouquet if it's
not too late.

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Cheryl Brown (mainebrown@earthlink.net) -- Westerly,RI
6/1/00 -- 12:22:57

I just had a wicked wave of nostalgia reading these posts, and
am now overwhelmed by the urge to play in the water at
Popham Beach. My husband, who is from South Carolina, has
never been able to get into the ocean in Maine. He asked me
how we stand the cold. My method was to stand in the water
ankle deep until your feet are numb, then the rest of your
body doesn't seem to mind! Remember how it feels after
bodysurfing all day at the ocean...go home, and while you're
lying in bed, you can still feel the rocking of the waves?
God, I'm homesick....

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Sheila -- Crown Point,IN
5/13/00 -- 20:38:37

I am so excited about this website. I am exiled in Indiana.
Have been gone from home (Veazie and Bangor) since '81. I
can't believe how many people out there feel like I do about
Maine---the home sickness I meen. It runs pretty deep here
for me. I am here because of the economy, and my
children(divorced). I am class of '81 at BHS. I was
scrolling through the mail and was hoping to find some one
in Indiana, but just see Ill. I am just outside of Chicago.
Are there any Maine-iacs out there in Ind? I miss the red
hot dogs, whoopie pies, but recently they have come out with
salt and vinegar potatoe chips here! Yeah! My friend used to
mail them to me from Bangor... And REAL italian
sandwhiched--not subway! I don't like chicago style pizza-I
miss Pat's in Orono! I plan to go back for a long over due
visit next summer! See you then..I'll be tuning in to check
for mail. I'd really love to hear from anyone who went to
John R. Graham school in Veazie! See ya!

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J.W. -- Newark,DE
5/14/00 -- 18:58:28

ANY OCEAN PARK PEOPLE OUT THERE????? I'm 27, and have been going
every summer since I was born (my family has a home on
Temple Ave). Ultimately, I plan on living in maine full
time- as soon as I'm finished schooling. Love everything
about the state- originally from mass, so I've had a lot of
opportunities to see quite a bit of it. I love maine!!

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Melissa (melissabrann@hotmail.com) -- Oklahoma City,OK
5/31/00 -- 16:30:33

I have been living away for about four and a half years.
Finding this site and reading these messages makes me feel
closer to home than I have felt in a long time. The Cosmic
Muffin!! Who doesn't get a smile on her face after being
reminded of early morning drives accompanied by "The
Captain" and "Mark"?
It amazes me that despite our various current addresses, we
all share many of the same memories, favorite things, and
intense desire to be back home. I know that I sit around
for hours and dream of my triumphant return--driving around
the Cony circle, past Whippers Pizza, up Bangor Street, all
the way to Mom's house. Someday soon! Until then, I will
keep reading this posts and sharing your thoughts.

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Maravene (J131934@aol.com) -- Sarasota,FL
5/30/00 -- 19:58:26

We better keep our accents,as the world seems to be blending
into a "tv" bland accent.
A couple of years ago we traveled back to Maine with our
son, his wife (she's from Chicago) and their two children.
She tells everyone that as soon as we crossed the borda'
into Maine, I started talking just like I had never left.
My husband (also from Maine) and I are headed HOME for three
weeks in July. I can hardly wait. Know we are going to
have one wicked good time.

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Steve White (maineiac@telocity.com) -- Dallas,NC
5/30/00 -- 14:14:40

The internet is a wonderful thing! I'm exiled in Dallas , NC but
right this minute I'm listening to WBLM out of Portland -
the only station I listened to when I still lived in Maine.
If I close my eyes and allow the daydreams to take
hold..................
I'm sitting in my pick-up on the wharf in South Freeport
with the windows down in the middle of June. I've got a cold
beer between my legs and I'm listening to 'BLM mixed with
the sounds of the harbor. The sky is a mixture of blue and
whispy white clouds. There's a cool breeze blowing off the
water. a bouy clangs somewhere in the distance and Archie
pulls up in the old Novie that shuttles people back and
forth to Bustin's Island. Suddenly a sea-gull flies right in
front of my windshield and startles me - back into reality
and my office chair at my desk in Dallas, N.C......BAD
SEA-GULL!!!!!!!

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Gerry Jean (gerryjean@worldnet.att.net) -- Pacifica,CA
5/29/00 -- 20:51:38

Thx, Cynthia (from Katy,TX), for your very refreshing note about
accents. When I head back to Lewiston,
I tell our friends here in California that I'm going back to
have my accent retreaded. My wife was born/raised in
Queens, NY, and she just has to nod her head & people know
she's a Noo Yawker. As I've gotten older, I realize that
accents are all part of what makes us a bit unique .... that
rather than completely blend in with "the crowd", we have an
identifiable attribute that unites us in good fellowship
with strangers.
My wife & I are lectors at our church, each reading a
scripture passage in front of the congregation. We have had
people come up to us after the Mass is over to ask,
referring to our accents, "Just WHERE are you two from?!"
All in good humor & friendship.

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Cynthia (mainecfc@yahoo.com) -- Katy,TX
5/27/00 -- 10:29:31

it's summah, and that means returning to Maine for some
time...this year it means at least 6 weeks. I am wicked
excited! The other night I couldn't sleep, so got up and
retreived a map, and looked at all the places I could scour
for sea glass. I will go to CT to "meet" a former student
from 28 years ago! That will be such a blast! When I was a
teen, I worked in PA one summer, and was very aware (for the
first time) of my accent. Now I get it back each time I go
back and I love it! I don't realize how I must try to speak
"correctly" here, till I go back and find myself relaxing
and out comes the Maine accent. I love reading how there are
others that share the love of "our" state.

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Bonnie DeMoss (bonniedemoss@home.com) -- Crestview,FL
5/7/00 -- 07:04:00

Was stationed at Loring AFB from 1983 - 1988. Would like to
hear from old friends. I worked at SPS and CES.

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Ellen Rubin (erubin@nixonpeabody.com) -- Cambridge,MA
5/25/00 -- 17:28:19

I lived in Maine for all of my "formative" years. Have lived in
the Boston area for 19 years. Maine will always have a
special place in my heart.

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David Lemont (paintman80@earthlink.net) -- Roseville,CA
5/25/00 -- 01:12:53

I'm just three weeks shy of the eleven year mark since I left
Maine. Leaving was the biggest mistake of my life.
California was fun for about a year, I've been in misery
ever since. Some days I dream about just heading east on
I-80 and not looking back. I would trade everything I have
here to be back home. Who knows, tommorow I may just make
the trade. Is any one else in as much misery as I?

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Jeff (heater9@yahoo.com) -- Boston,MA
5/24/00 -- 12:39:15

This is a great site, it is good to know that so many people
appreciate Maine for what it has given us all. I am only a
3 hour drive from home (Pittsfield) but it is a world away.
Went home for 4 days this past weeek, first time since
Christmas, what a great time! Just to be out of Mass. is
always a treat.

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Karen (K9Tiger@aol.com) -- Aiken,SC
5/22/00 -- 14:11:06

WANTED: Camp on China Lake to rent week of July 4. If anyone
knows of a camp that is available, please e-mail me with
info. Thanks!!!

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The Bartletts (riaabartlett@juno.com) -- Warren,ME ME
5/22/00 -- 11:52:10

University of Maine, 1990s, InterVarsity.

We are having a reunion this summber for IVCFers of the
1990s that attended the UMaine/Orono chapter. For more
information, e-mail us today!

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Michele Holland (mholland@ccp.com) -- Savannah,MO
5/21/00 -- 16:04:02

Hi exiles! I have talked with 3 people from Downeast Maine since
finding this site. Hi Dawn, Nancy, and Mindi! Any other
Mainiacs that were raised in the willywags of Washington
County, feel free to email me. On a road trip to FL, I was
able to stop in and visit Dawn and Steve who are living in
TN. Planning a road trip to Maine this summer. Going to
spend some time in the Belgrade Lakes area and intend to get
my fill of seafood while I am back HOME. My mom was nice
enough to mail me some Moxie this spring. It's history, but
we will stock up again. Plan to check out the tall ships in
Portland harbor the end of July too! See ya in 6 weeks
Maine!

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Susan Brown-Penzero (Mmainer1@aol.com) -- New Canaan,CT
5/21/00 -- 14:13:22

Hi!
I found this site last night and spent two very enjoyable
hours reading back to August of 99. I did notice that there
aren't too many from the county on here. Doesn't anyone
long for Houlton Farms icecream and doughnuts from Alice's
bakery in Caribou, Maine?
I am so lucky because I have been going back to Maine at
least twice a year since I left it in 1975. I have always
spent the entire month of July in Caribou and have taken my
children with me so that they could have a taste of what
made me who I am. It's a little harder now since they are
20 and 17 respectively and there is not a whole lot to do
there now that Loring has been closed, but most of the time
they humor me and come for a short time, anyway.
I now teach summer school at my old alma mater (CHS) and
that experience totally reminds me of who I am and where I'm
truly from.
I would love to chat with other Mainers and there must be
a lot of you out there because I could not get an email
address with only one M in Maine; they were all taken!!!!!!

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S. B-P. -- New Canaan,CT
5/21/00 -- 00:14:01

I am a Maine original which compels me to admit that I am new to
the computer and very new to this site. I am, however, NOT
new, but because I was born and bred (NOT inbred) in THE
COUNTY, I am fresh. And so it goes............

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Beth Somers (ericbeth@earthlink.net) -- Bailey,CO
5/19/00 -- 10:11:43

Hi fellow exiles. I just wanted to share my excitement at going
home for two weeks in June!!!Can't wait, I'll probably eat
Italians every day, guess I better take up jogging or
something. I'll leave the seafood to my brothers(I know,
what kind of a Mainer doesn't like seafood) Anyway, to all
you colorado exiles, the Delta flight deal from the springs
to Bangor(156.00 rt) is good through Thanksgiving, i
checked. I don't know if it goes through Christmas though.
I can't wait to go down to Popham(sp?) and Belfast-we'll
have to get up early to beat the tourists, tho. I'll get my
own MIE bumpa sticka in person! bye for now

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Kathleen (Karma2424@aol.com) -- Concord,NH
5/18/00 -- 06:21:15

I have been back in New England for four months now, and it has
been wonderful. I was away for 17 years in the south. I go
back to Portland to visit my parents and they know everyone
on their street!! Its a wonderful thing. Even though I'm not
in Maine, I can be home in a hour, just to be able to drive
to the ocean in 45 minutes is wonderful. I lived in
Tennessee for 10 years the closest ocean was in Florida!

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Connie (pcox@columbia-center.org) -- St. Helens,OR
5/18/00 -- 03:22:17

Hello fellow Mainers. Well, it's been almost five months now
since I went into exile and I sure do miss Maine somethin
wicked! Steve, there are some Maine chat rooms on Firetalk
once in a while. Sure is nice to drop into those rooms and
hear that Maine accent. Going back for a visit in July and
can't wait to have some lobstah! momydearest, I have a
neighbor out here who was raised in Houlton too. I gave him
this site but don't know if he's ever checked it out.

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momydearest (Momyd@eudoramail.com) -- Marquette,MI
5/14/00 -- 22:28:11

born and reared in Houltonmaine but for financial reasons moved
away after HHS, would love to chat about old times with some
other Shiretowners.

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Michael Welch (michael1124@prodigy.net) -- Hollywood,FL
5/14/00 -- 21:47:08

i, I'm from Portland and can't even begin to say how much I miss
my home town. The Old Port and Congress St. The Red hot dogs
and GOOD salt and vinegar chips. Well anyway lived in
Portland most of my childhood, but went to high school in
Yarmouth. Anyone out there from the class of 77.

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Steve White (maineiac@telocity.com) -- Dallas,NC
5/14/00 -- 09:55:28

Been awhile since I posted. Are there any good Maine "Chat
Rooms" out there? Sure do miss Yakkin' w/ Yankees. I haven't
checked this site in awhile. What's up w/ CM? I looked for
her posting but it must have been yanked. I went back thru 4
months worth of postings- nothing. What gives?
Going "home" for a 5 day visit in August. There'll be some
Lobster eatin' and beer guzzlin' goin' on in Freeport that
week.

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Debra (www.pumpdoodle@aol.com) -- N. Miami,FL
5/13/00 -- 16:53:22

HI, I GREW UP IN BIDDEFORD,BUT LEFT FOR FL. IN 1980. I'VE BEEN
HERE EVER SINCE, BUT MUST NOW RETURN TO MAINE BECAUSE MY
FATHER IS DYING & I MUST HELP TAKE CARE OF HIM. I ALSO FOUND
THRU RESEARCH THAT MAINE IS 1000 TIMES SAFER & BETTER
QUALITY OF LIVING THAN MIAMI TO RAISE CHILDREN. I HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND SUITABLE HOUSING DUE TO
THE GREAT HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SOUTHERN MAINE.
IF ANY ONE WHO READS THIS KNOWS OF A 3-4 BDRM HOUSE OR APT
FOR RENT, THAT'S IN A DECENT NEIGHBORHOOD NOT TOO FAR FROM
SACO, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT WWW.PUMPDOODLE@AOL.COM.
I'M TRYINTO MOVE THE END OF JUNE. THANK YOU.

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Claudia (claudiafisher@hotmail.com) -- Sierra Vista,AZ
5/11/00 -- 15:11:52

to the gentleman who asked about the Norway bakery...I'm from
Buckfield, and old enough! and yes I remember the bakery.
Norway was the city to me! I was thinking about the BarJoe
(sp) recently. Does it still exist? And do you miss Awful
Awfuls?

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Therone (Tony) Tompkins (tntom60@juno.com) -- Green Cove Springs,FL
5/9/00 -- 22:38:18

I have been off the site for little while and need to establish
converation with folk from "the county" that's Aroostook to
you who are uniformed. I was born in Mapleton in 1940 and
lived there til 1958 when I went into the Air Force. I
retired ffrom the Air Force in 1984 while stationed at the
former Loring AFB. My wife Carol and I along with my sons
Antony and Matt liver in Woodland until 1993 when we move to
Florida. I look forward to coming to Mapleton this June to
Mapleton Daze and hope to see many friends there.
My wife Carol is an Registered Nurse and worked on the
Medical Floor at TAMC while we were there. Please Email me
if you know us or want to.
Have a wicked good day.

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Jason (jaeson46@hotmail.com) -- Sacramento,CA
5/9/00 -- 21:12:28

Year Two: California still sucks. Its been two years since I
left Paradise (aka Maine) Though I struggle to Maine-tain
hope, it seems though the days stretch ever onward into
oblivion. Maine, I hear your siren call, and am doing my
best to return to your nuturing bosom as soon as I can!
Dirigo!!!!

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Maria (Malexsara@aol.com) -- Sarasota,FL
5/9/00 -- 17:20:57

Born and raised in Lewiston. Graduated from the brand new
(then) LCHS in 1974. Lived in Ellsworth area for 3-4 years
in the mid-1970s. Lots of relatives in Presque Isle. Have
been in Sarasota for 20 years and like it here very much
(could say I got sand in my toes). Miss all of the Maine
seasons except winter. Especially miss lilacs in the spring
and fall foliage. Still have my parents in Lewiston and one
brother in Greene. We get up there at least once a year.
My husband is from Minnesota, so has his own unique
qualities from there. He likes Maine a whole lot, too. I
originally left Maine to see what a warm winter felt like.
Don't know if I'd move back full-time, might just be a
summah person someday? Have gotten pretty spoiled here in
Sarasota.

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Kathy Britt (kathleen.britt@saintmarysreno.com) -- Reno,NV
5/8/00 -- 18:128:21:09 PM55

Is it really too expensive to live in Maine?
My husband was born in Maine; my heart belongs there!
We want to move back, but people tell us you can't get a job
and the cost of living is too high.
What's up??
We want to move in July...can anyone give us any info???

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Wayne St. Clair (wane9779@hotmail.com) -- Roanoke,VA
5/4/00 -- 11:52:09

On C.M. To quote Shakespeare, "Lord what fools These mortals
be." Better yet, "What a piece of work is man how noble in
reason, how infinate in faculty, in form & action how
express & admirible."

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Theresa (maineporters@vnet.net) -- Concord,NC
5/3/00 -- 14:07:08

I love the great state of Maine and the nice people whom I left
behind. One day we will be back.
I visit this site to read about people who are as homesick
as I am and to see if I recognize any one I know who has
moved out of state and found this message board as well. I
love to reminis (spelling?). I miss the country side, the
calm people you meet in any town. I also miss the great
taste of seafood and lobster and having it so close at hand.
We are stuck here due to work and some day plan to move
back home when we feel it is time. We'll know when that is.
I HOPE!!! The thing I miss the most about spring in Maine
is my garden, I had alot of wonderful, tulips and crocus. I
can get crocus to grow here, not having much luck with
tulips. I'll just have to find something else. Hope all
you Miners in Exile are doing well and hope you can visit
home soon. I'll have to wait till next year. Take care.

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Claudette Desrosiers (cludettedrose@mindspring) -- Atlanta,GA
5/3/00 -- 09:24:28

Born and bred in Biddeford, went to Stella Maris, then onto
Saco, attended Thornton Aca.58 59. Moved to Phila. at 17 and
onward or I should say southward to Atlanta. Thinking
seriously about returning to Maine, probably in Portland
area. Raising a seven year old grandson, and I'm not sure I
want to do that here in Atlanta.

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Tom & Phoebe Laughlin (livinfla-p-t@dellnet.com) -- Beverly Hills,FL
5/2/00 -- 11:35:52

Born in Maine,lived in Portland area,left for Florida 1985. [Why
did we leave]Too expensive & limited employment
opportunities.We miss Maine very much but would have to
reduce our standard of living by at least 30% and with
retirement around the corner we are unable to come home.
Maine was our home for over 50 years and we wish we could
return. We now live in north west central Florida on the
gulf coast.Florida has been good to us but as you
know,[there is no place like home which is synonymous with
Maine]

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J. L. -- Washington,DC
5/2/00 -- 09:13:28

ok.ok. Can we move on now?

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