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Mainemom (farrell@midmaine.com) -- Calais,ME
3/7/99 -- 13:13:12

Deah Exiles,
Today we are havin' one of our beautiful balmy spring
days...yup! A real Nor'eastah. Yesterday the ground was bare
and I swore I could see a hint of green in the grass. Today
about 8 to 10 inches of white stuff has come down but it's
hard to tell because it is twirlin' around so much. Do you
remember storms like this? I missed Steve King's 'Storm of
the Century' (heard it twern't very good) but what we're
experiencing today has got to be pretty darn close...by
gorry! If you're desperate from some news about Washington
County, give a holler deah. Until you can git back home for
a spell, take care.

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Steve White (skad3@worldnet.att.net) -- Dallas,NC
3/7/99 -- 12:14:09

Just got back from a five day visit "home" We partied our fool
heads off, slayed a bunch o' lobstas, ate fried clams,
humpty dumptys,italians etc etc. I'm still going thru Maine
withdrawals. I would love a few good recipes, lobsta stew,
whoopie pies and clam chowda. If I can make these favorites
once in a while I might survive this exile.
Hello to all fellow MIE, especially the ones from in and
around the Freeport area.

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Khannigan -- Dover,NH
3/6/99 -- 21:43:05

Anyone out there from the 1960 class at Hodgdon High?

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Scott (rsperez@sprintmail.com) -- Peachtree City,GA
4/5/99 -- 18:25:42

I would just like to know if any one from Cheverus visits this
site

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Claire Robbins (Snofamily@aol.com) -- Franklin,MA
3/5/99 -- 13:25:20

Does anyone have any info about becoming a member of the
Southern Maine Crafters? Dues? Membership application?
Etc.?? Thanks in advance.

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Deb (dfurino@mediaone.net) -- Greenland,NH
3/5/99 -- 09:34:42

Any other people from the County? I was from Presque-Isle.
Miss it very much!! I'm living just across the border from
Maine, but still not close enough to home!!

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John Hannigan (jdhcbh@ccconline.net) -- Bowie,MD
3/3/99 -- 11:48:50

Hi fellow exiles!
I have posted a couple of times in the past. I also have
sent some of you emails that I felt we might have had common
interest in. So to those of you whom I have met Hi! I am
from Portland PHS '65 and I left back in Sep 65 to serve
our country I have been between Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania since. I read these posts and usually get
misty eyed remembering my lost youth and all those simple
things that I now hold so dear.
Drop me a line if you like, would like to hear from you. The
best to all of you!

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Ed huntington (hunting4@earthlink.net) -- Lancaster,CA
3/4/99 -- 15:24:26

I miss Main and while surfing the net I came across this born in
Maine and living in exile. After being gone for so many
years this really gives you a touch of nostalgia. I was
raised in Portland and lived on the Hill until economics
became bad and moved down to the waterfront. From our
apartment we could see Casco Bay lines and Boones
restaurant. Even though the area was depressed I can look
back at the many friends we had and good times.
I and my sisters went to Portland High and after graduating
they left to other parts all of the country. I left for the
service and it was close to 40 years before I came home
again. Since then I have managed to go back in a May each
year. I can now go to Amarto for one of their great Italian
sandwiches with the Pepsi, and go to Munjoy Hill and look
over Casco Bay. That beats any restaurant in Los Angeles.

I enjoy walking the waterfront even though it's not the
same.What ever happened to Trident Packing Co.? I know it
was on Brown's wharf.

Anyone from my era I would really enjoy receiving email.

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Scott Thayer (Rauoul@aol.com) -- Villa Park,IL
3/4/99 -- 00:12:44

It's been a while since I visited this site. As the internet
expands, so do my connections to home. Nice to be able to
read Portland Press Herald, Mount Washington Observatory, as
well as Lewiston paper. Born in Bangor some 35 years ago,
most of my extended family live in and around Bethel. Folks
here in Chicago were amazed at our 20" snow in January.
"Once in a century storm" they proclaimed. I told friends
that up in Bethel, 20" snows are one to two times per month
in a normal winter. Anyway, I miss the White Mountains, the
Ocean, the Old Port, and Sunday River Brew Pub. Most of all
though I miss my family and the good people of Maine. I used
to miss Devil Dogs, but as of this month, they're available
here in Chicago!! Take care all, and if you're exiled in
Chicago area, don't be afraid to e-mail me!!

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Wendy (Blackman) McDonald (Beezer1967@aol.com) -- Langley AFB,VA
3/3/99 -- 10:25:53

I wanted to post a new message with my correct e-mail address.
I am an MIE in VA. My family is heading to England in May
and I'm looking for any MIEs in the Lakenheath area. I am a
Thornton grad, class of 85. The three things I miss most
about Maine are my family, Alex's Pizza, and Pier fries from
Lisa's Pizza.

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Mindi Richardson (erichar@shenessex.heartland.net) -- Shenandoah,IA
3/3/99 -- 04:17:23

Hello Again!! Did any one happen to see the 'made-for -t.v.
movie',,'Storm of the Century that recently 'aired' on ABC
a couple of weeks ago???A friend taped it,,and I just
watched it over the week-end ,,Just wondered what you
thought??Where was it filmed,,etc..I had to chuckle at how
most of the movies that are about Maine,,or situated in
Maine,,that they just can't seem to get the propah'
'intonation' of the real 'Down East ' accent,,sounds more
like Scottish, or some such!!!??Yo! What's up with that???!!
And,,,they never get the comraderie of 'banterin' around
quite right!! C'mon, STEPHEN!! GET IT RIGHT!!! Still, I
guess,,it was'nt so bad a movie,,I found alot that related
to his first movie,,' The Shining'!! Even had a little
unruly kid that would not go to bed without bein' tucked in
by his Dad,,looked so much like 'little Danny' from the
'Shining',,and the red messages, 'Give Me What I
Want,,etc,,like 'REDRUM'...anyway,,wonder what island
'Little Tall' actually is...off Machias??? and don't
remember where the 'Reach' is located...Could some of you
enlighten me??? One of my favorite song artists wrote a song
called 'The Reach' [Dan Fogelburg],,so, I related to that in
this movie...Hope to hear from you about this!!!! Also,,My
Mom who lives in Southwest Harbor, told me that Mr.King was
filming a movie last year in that town,,around October I
believe,,is it the Message In a Bottle ??? Would like to
have more info about it...Thanks to all of you that sent me
recipes,,and look forward to you sharing more,,and if you
would like some in return from the Mid-West,,let me
know..Need plenty of Maine THANGs around these heah parts!!!
Thanks!! Mindi,,oh, still hoping to find fellow classmates
from Narraguagus High,,in Harrington '73-74' Don't see any
messages from folks 'round that neck of the
woods..[Cherryfield, Milbridge,Addison, etc..
[Maiden Name;Melinda/Mindi Thomas class of 74]

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Paula Dubay (pdubay@rmwc.edu) -- Lynchburg,VA
3/2/99 -- 16:26:47

Hello soulmates. I'm from Old Town, class of 1970, grad. from
UMO and have been in VA for almost 9 years. Wondering if
there are any single guys out there in my neck of the woods
who want to be an e-pal. The good ole southern boys just
don't get it. Write soon.

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Karen (karenm@mail.bacad.bridgton.me.us) -- Bridgton,ME
3/1/99 -- 15:16:25

Not living in exile - only from my hometown of Cushing. Looking
for anyone from Georges Valley class of 89 that may know
anything about our 10th year reunion. If we are having one
and when?

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Wendy (Blackman) McDonald (wendymac@widomaker.com) -- Langley AFB,VA
3/1/99 -- 12:04:03

I'm looking for MIEs in England. My family and I are heading
across the pond in May 99. I am a Thornton Grad, Class of
85.

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John Zaharis (johnztn@ficom.net) -- Estill Springs,TN
3/1/99 -- 11:56:54

I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE E-MAIL FROM GRADUATES OF THE 1947 CLASS
OF CHEVERUS H.S.

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Scott Wilson (flytyer1950@yahoo.com) -- Oolteway,TN
2/27/99 -- 12:42:42

Hey fellow exiles. Just wanted to drop a note again thanking
the folks who put this site together. If there are any
exiles from the Scarborough area, drop me a line and lets
get up to speed with whats happening.

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Ann Williams (annwill@beol.net) -- Plain City,OH
2/27/99 -- 11:45:36

Hi, I'm from away but I'm married to a native,(almost as good)
we live in ohio now but long to go back home. I went to
Hurricane Island Outward bound while we lived in Maine . I
would like to get in touch with the school but can't seem to
find a site for it. any suggestions? Thanks

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Pat J. Soule (MIEPAT@AOL.COM) -- Hampton,VA
2/27/99 -- 08:03:22

Born and raised in Lewiston. Left in April 71 to join the
Navy. Retired Navy Feb 91 and now reside in Virginia.
Nothing replaces Maine---NOTHING. I get back when I can
and always enjoy the ride over the Kittery bridge. Just
crossing into Maine brings back that warm & fuzzy feeling
that only being home can bring. I love this site, and
displaying/wearing my MIE and Born in Maine Tees. The
looks, honking of horns just bring much needed to pleasure
to my day.
For fellow L/A EXILES, and if you missed it, Downeast
Magazine's January issue was totally devoted to our
hometowns.

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Wayne Franklin (wayne_franklin@belvoir.army.mil) -- Ft Belvoir,VA
2/25/99 -- 15:05:38

For a tough guy, this message board can certainly make me
emotional.
Everytime I read about an Amato's sandwich, a Bill's pizza,
Maine lobster, the rocky coast, it all brings tears and
lumps to my throat. We will be heading home in 18 months
after 22 years around the world with the Army. I've spent so
much money over the years getting back and hanging out - but
it was all worth it. Love having picnics at Ft Williams,
camping on Sebago, driving along the Kennebec in Gardiner.
I wear my U Maine ball cap all the time, even got my
daughter starting college at Orono in Sep 99! That was a
major coup on my part, but it was her choice.
Truly love this site - will write again in a couple months.

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Suzanne (bry-sue@pacbell.net) -- San Diego,CA
2/24/99 -- 23:56:25

Hi everybody!! I miss Maine more everyday! My mom came out
last week and visited, and it brought back all the
homesickness. I miss Machias!! My husband and I are
looking to move back to Maine in September or October :-),
so I'm pretty excited!

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Melissa Morin (birdland@cheshire.net) -- Spofford,NH
2/24/99 -- 22:01:49

issing Maine, but at least still live close.
Heard about exiles from a fellow MIE. Grew up in Newport
and Camden. Miss just about everything up thataway.

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Debby Fowles (dfowles1@maine.rr.com) -- Yarmouth,ME
2/24/99 -- 09:59:51

Saw a post asking where Message in a Bottle was filmed. There's
an article all about this at
http://portlandme.miningco.com/library/blmessbot.htm
with links to pictures of the filming locations, etc.
Enjoy!

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Karen Thibodeau Otten (otten@cybertours.com) -- N. Berwick,ME
2/23/99 -- 21:00:08

Looking for anyone who might wander on to this site that was a
member of the Cony High School class of 1979. It's 20th
reunion time!

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Paul Mullen (paul.mullen@dfas.mil) -- Indianapolis,IN
2/23/99 -- 12:24:57

Graduated from Old Orchard Beach in "61". Joined and retired
from the Army. I still work for the Government. Anybody
out there from OOB. Anybody from the class of 61. Would
love to hear from you. I get back to Maine about every
three years. Linda C. are you out there.

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Barbara Peano (bpeano@netscape.net) -- Marquette,MI
2/22/99 -- 16:23:16

been trying to chat with a few friends from home state of Maine.
hope to find some pals soon on the chatlines, miss them

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Kim (Googins) Fiedorczyk (fiedorck@worldnet.att.net) -- Tacoma,WA
2/22/99 -- 00:50:04

Hello fellow Exiles! I'm a 1990 Cony graduate and missing
things about Maine. Left Jan 91 for the Air Force which
took me to Mississippi, Germany and eventually to Washington
state (nothing more like Maine than Washington). The west
coast certainly has nothing on it's east coast counterpart.
Where did these people learn how to drive? Why don't they
know what an italian is? (Thank goodness for Subway. They
sure try to get close.) Why do the people here have such a
funny accent? Why do they give you a fork when they serve
you a lobster? I sure am glad that I had a Maine
"upbringing" and love when I run into MAINEiacs, or people
that have been to Maine, all over the world.

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Donna Glover (rmld@eagnet.com) -- St. Marys,GA
2/21/99 -- 16:13:29

Seems like summer is pretty much here in south east Ga. One
season just blends into another. I'm wanting to see spring
in Maine again. My favorite time of year. I really enjoy
reading the messages from other exiles. I think the older we
get the better home looks. A big hello to my exiled friend
Marilyn. This site is getting better and better.

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D.F. -- Lompoc,CA
2/19/99 -- 19:30:06

Hardly ever go to a 5-hanky "womens'" movie, but saw Message
Bottle for the scenery and was not dissapointed. Two lovers
with little or no visible means of support. Does her
upscale Chicago apartment cost more than his Popham cottage
would in the summer? Been to both places and would place
the higher rent on the partly-unemployed shipwright for
having the higher rent. Hope the folks on the east side of
BBay Harbor skinned the movie people for hiding all the
lobster pots to make it look like NCarolina.The movie people
missed one scene with an onboard gearbox which could only be
on a lobsterboat. Anyway, the LA Times said it was
"picture postcard scenery".. Exile men.. buy your ladies 5
hankies and see postcars scenery that we moved away from.

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Reunion Committee (LHS 59 ME@aol.com) -- Lewiston,ME
2/9/99 -- 21:51:55

Hi Exiles, Lewiston High School class of 59' is planning a 40th
class reunion in Aug. 1999. We have tried to contact all
class members, if your out there please send response, or if
you know someone from our class please pass along this
message, Thanks!
Will be checking this message board and appreciate any help!

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Bob White (whiteb3@aol.com) -- Mebane,NC
2/17/99 -- 23:16:35

Hello fellow Mainers. Just found this web page and would love
to here from some of you residing in NC.

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Mindi Richardson (erichar@shenessex.heartland.net) -- Shenandoah,IA
2/16/99 -- 03:27:00

Hello All!! I am looking for a first class recipe for "Clam
Cakes", and Pork Pie,,[can't remember the French/Candian
name for it,,something like Tortierre???, anyway,hope
someone will also note my previous post, and
respond????Thanks in advance,,and hope for Spring to come
soon! any other recipes from Maine will be whole-heartedly
appreciated as well!!!

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Cynthia (mainecfc@yahoo.com) -- Katy,TX
2/15/99 -- 09:38:26

Graduated from Gorham State in '70 and left Maine for Conn. Then
20 years ago my husband and I moved to Texas. It's another
world! I get to Maine each summer and enjoy the delicate air
(it's so humid here), black raspberry ice cream, beautiful
ocean, and Schoodic Point. I have to get "filled up" each
summer to make it through the rest of the year. It's almost
a physical thing.
I still "dress my feet", have a "dooryard", think beans are
the main meal, not just a sidedish for hamburgers, and make
biscuits with "Bakewell cream", and use the yellow box of
Bell's seasoning for my turkey and meatloaf. Maine is a
state of mine.

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Cynthia (mainecfc@yahoo.com) -- Katy,TX
2/14/99 -- 13:23:44

Just found this webpage..am excited to talk with other exiled
folks. Graduated from Gorham State in '70 and left the
state. Been in Texas for 20 years and am lucky to be able to
go to Maine each summer. It is HOME to me...the clear,
delicate air, the ice cream (black raspberry is me favorite)
Schoodic Point, and collecting sea glass. I m relaxed there
and can talk without remembering to keep the "r's" in my
speech. A few weekends ago I missed Maine terribly so drove
to Galveston Island and left after 45 minues. Watching
mud-puddle brown water come on shore was disgusting. Gulf
coast is NO Atlantic Ocean!

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Lisa Allen (labay@sandia.net) -- Albuquerque,NM
2/13/99 -- 14:42:45

My husband and myself are both native Mainers. Working on our
12th year living the Air Force life. Left Maine in 1988,
and not a day goes by that we don't think about it, our
whole reason for living is to get out of the AF and get back
to Maine!
We are both originally from Auburn. How can you lost what
you miss most? Is there anything I don't miss? Most of all
this. The green, the smell of clean air, the type of people
who live there, restaurants that are not a chain, Sam's
Italian sandwiches, lobster, lakes, and safety for your
children!

I have a few recipes that you may be interested
in.....whoopie pies and needhams, also one for a mean
chowder, E-mail me I'd be happy to share!

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Norman Drew (ndrew98@msn.com) -- Zephyrhills,FL
2/11/99 -- 20:01:41

Born and raised in Maine. Grew up in Eddington, just east of
Bangor. Spent most of my life in Maine except for two
hitches in the Marine Corps. Retired in l978 and my wife
retired in 1985. We came to Florida the winter of 1986 and
have spent most of our time here since then. Go back to
Maine for June, July and August. We love the state but
prefer the Florida winters.

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Janice (collins6@prodigy.net) -- Anchorage,AK
2/10/99 -- 02:04:47

Was born in Maine, graduated from Richmond HS in 1965. Have
been exiled to Alaska since 1967. I left Maine to follow my
air force husband and have since lived in the remote areas
of Alaska for 15 years and am now back living in Anchorage.
Alaska is similar to Maine and I would like to return
someday. My last trip to Maine was in 1995. I never
thought I would live anywhere else when I was growing up
and being an air force wife I thought I would get to see the
world, but to may amazement I got to see Anchorage, Florida
and Arizona. My husband is a pilot by profession and
someday we may have to leave this vast wilderness and rejoin
civilization.

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David -- Havertown,PA
2/9/99 -- 16:41:40

I grew up in Portland, attended Portland High then left after I
graduated in 1980. Moved to Vermont for a few years then
Connecticut. From CT I moved to New Orleans and lived there
ten years too long. All the time I kept hoping to get back
to where my heart is-Maine. Now I live in PA. It's a
little closer but not close enough.

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Sarah Wilke (kaci@cybrtyme.com) -- Rome,GA
2/9/99 -- 14:17:17

I am missing ME terribly. Wasn't born there, but was there the
10 best years of my life. Attended Lincoln Elementary in
Augusta from 1980 to 1986.
I am trying to find some of my old classmates. Please
help!

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Ervin Hinkley (erv@wt.net) -- Santa Fe,TX
2/9/99 -- 13:03:52

Left Maine in 1980 age 46. Moved to Texas. Pay much higher,
taxes lower, winter gentler and NO state income tax! There
are drawbacks. the never heard of Italian sandwiches,
Moxie, Bakewell Cream ( a baking powder made in E. Holden)
nor anything else worth eating. I go back each summer to
visit relatives and friends, in Norway, Phillips,
Waterville, Fairfield. Weather here is as hot as Maine is
cold! We get floods, but don't have to shovel them. I
found a girl who had left Maine at 18, and married her, so
have a proper Maine-type wife. just lifted up one end of
Texas and there she was! any classmates of Edward Little
High School in Auburn are invited to write to me, and
anybody else who's "homey.

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Ervin Hinkley (erv@wt.net) -- Santa Fe,TX
2/9/99 -- 12:53:33

Please anybody send me a recipe for clam chowder and corn
chowder. Enough for a family, not an army. Please and
thank yo.

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N.D. -- Zephyr Hills,FL
2/8/99 -- 15:50:13

Born in Maine, worked most of my life in Maine except during WW
II. Left Maine and came to Florida to get away from the cold
winters although we still go back ther for three months
during the summer. It is not an ideal state to retire in
because of the cost of living there. Taxes are high, most
products cost more because of transportation and cold
weather increases expenses. It is still a great state in
which to raise a family.

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Beverly Libby Jones (larryla@best.com) -- Santa Clara,CA
2/7/99 -- 13:45:44

Been in California since '74'.Was born and brought up on the
hill in Portland,Me.Go back every 2 years.Aways bring back
Moxie.Used to bring back sharp white cheese because the only
kind they had out here was ugly yellow.Finally they woke up
and now the stores carry white sharp cheddar.I suggest all
your readers go into classmates.com and register with their
high school.It's a terrific way to find old friends and
classmates.Every high school in Maine (plus those other 49)
are listed there.Will enjoy hearing from Portland high
graduates in class of '46' or around that time.Hoping for a
big reunion in the year2000.

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Larry Haskell (LEHaskell@aol.com) -- Springfield,IL
2/6/99 -- 23:45:35

Born in Bangor, raised in Ellsworth, worked in Orono. Now I
live in Springfield, IL (pop 100,000) and it is without a
doubt the smallest place I've ever lived. Got family back
in Maine, so I get home every year, but its not enough. Any
other Mainer's exiled to Flatland that want to get together
and reminisce about real baked beans, brown bread, whoopie
pies, fiddle heads, and needums, drop me a line. Hey, I
even miss blackflies!

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Boyd Smith (annwill@beol.net) -- Kileville,OH
2/6/99 -- 20:35:21

I was born and raised in Maine.I lived in Maine for 42 years and
have lived in exile in Ohio for 11 years. I spent most of my
life in the Yarmouth area, but Sherman Mills is my home
town. Hi! yanks, I miss you!!!

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Bruce Willaimson (bawcmw@bnin.net) -- Middlebury,IN
2/6/99 -- 18:42:06

I've been out here for 11.5 years. Wish that I still was there.
But it gives me an excuse to come often. Graduated in 1969
from MCI in Pittsfield.

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Dick Goldsberry (gunner44@erols.com) -- Washington,DC
2/6/99 -- 06:58:10

Born and raised in Brunswick. Left to seek my fortune via the
Navy as soon as I graduated from BHS in '59. Will soon
return for good to small ranch next to Trip Lake (pond) in
Poland Springs.

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Marc Libby (malibby@apollogrp.edu) -- Scottsdale,AZ
2/5/99 -- 16:59:11

Any one on here from Presque Isle? Grad in 75, lived in
Portland till last Fall. Proudly attend all staff meetings
with my "Born in Maine , Living in Exile" coffee cup.
A few years ago, my camera jammed in San Francisco... I
went to a camera repair shop, but they said they couldn't
fix it, but that one closer to the Financial District could,
and "..oh, by the way, while you are going there, could you
bring these other cameras and boxes of film with you?" I
said that I was surprized that he trusted me to do this..His
reply was, "You're from Maine!! I trust EVERYONE from
Maine!!!" God Bless us all

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Jennifer (jsb2@midway.uchicago.edu) -- Chicago,IL
2/5/99 -- 15:41:02

I left Maine to go to college (in PA) and then graduate school
(University of Chicago). My husband is from Illinois and
just doesn't understand why Lake Michigan isn't just as good
as the freezing Atlantic. I miss the bracing air, the smell
of salt and pine (and even mud flats at low tide!), the food
(especially Humpty Dumpty potato chips, Italian sandwiches
and whoopie pies), my parents, and small-town-ness. It may
seem suffocating while you're trying to grow up, but having
people know your business is better than having everyone
just try to ignore you (as they do here). Oh--I also miss
Maine politics. I still think of Olympia as _my_ senator
and Angus as _my_ governor. I just can't relate to the
politicos out here!

Thank you for providing this site!

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D.L. -- Milford,CT
2/4/99 -- 22:02:19

Well, I posted back a while ago, when me and the family lived in
Minnesota.....brrrr.... too cold out there! We finally have
moved a bit closer to home to Milford, CT. Work continues
to keep us from Maine, but we finally have our retirement
home in Brunswick....we'll be home soon...hopefully!

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Bev Haas (bhaas@nni.com) -- Tatamy,PA
2/4/99 -- 19:32:02

I called the Exiles store yesterday to order another T shirt and
told the lady I talked to about wearing my Born in
Maine-Living in Exile shirt to the Civil War re-enactment in
Gettysburg PA last summer. There was a gentleman there who
played the role of Joshua Chamberlain. I stood in the
crowd listening to him explain the battle that was about to
take place (The battle of Little Round Top) for about a
half hour when he looked over at me, then at my shirt,
leaned over and said "I like your shirt", then went back to
explaining the battle!