Diane Miller (sachia1782@cs.com)
-- Rowland, NC
8/4/01 -- 05:05:46 PM
Hi to all you fellow Maineiacs,
Getting my travel trailer packed to head up to Maine for
a 2 month stay. Will feel like living in a sardine can,
but hey........if I am in Maine, I can put up with a
lot!!! After not being home for over two years, it is a
trip well-deserved! Hope to leave on the 8th of Aug. and
return sometime in the middle of October. Will get to
spend September there, and to me, it is my favorite
month as far as Maine is concerned. Trees are just
beginning to turn, and the tourists have all gone back
to where ever they came from. Plan on staying at a
campground near Belfast,which is my home town, and visit
with all my friends and relatives. Hope to eat all the
lobstah I can afford, and smell those old clam flats I
used to haunt as a child. Also want to locate some red
dogs, moxie, and pig out on whoopie pies. Oh, how
wonderful it will be to not hear a southern accent for 2
months!!!!
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Vince -- Newington, CT
8/4/01 -- 11:52:33 AM
Wayne in Las Vegas, NV. You were good on the
statements. I have been trying for 36 years and
still can't get there.
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Wayne St. Clair (wane9779@hotmail.com)
-- Roanoke, VA
8/2/01 -- 11:14:34 AM
Wayne in Las Vegas touched on something interesting
& now it has got me curious. Just what would it take
for anyone of us to stop gripping & pining &
return to Maine for good? I know what it would take
me...the death of my parents long may they live &
the subsquent release from those obligations. But then I
am not sure even then if I would return to Maine or be
happy being back somewhere in New England as I
personally love the whole region. What do the rest of
you say?
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Kate Marquis (kate@thetroupe.com)
-- Manchester, NH
8/2/01 -- 09:05:44 AM
Geez...I meant Clam Festival as
opposed to "Clan" Festival. You know in
Yarmouth(incidentally that's where I grew up as well).
Sorry about that.
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Kate Marquis (kate@thetroupe.com)
-- Manchester, NH
8/1/01 -- 01:24:36 PM
Hi! It's been a while since I posted last but I moved
a little closer to Maine(from Lowell, MA to MAnchester,
NH) although I can't say that NH is any better than
Mass. I was at the clan Festival two weekends agao
and have to say that my niece did a fine job in the
Diaper Derby on Sunday...even though she did not leave
the start line...at least she tried a little. RE: Loring
AFB...I think the proper address was in Limestone, ME.
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Robyn Hall (robynhall10@hotmail.com)
-- Easton, ME
8/1/01 -- 12:32:25 PM
lived in PI till I was 14, then
moved to Easton and graduated from that high school.
Living in Mass now, but still get up to the area at
least once a year to visit my parents
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Pat Soule (miepat@home.com)
-- Hampton, VA
8/1/01 -- 06:50:04 AM
Denise of Saco! Try
contacting the Franco-American Cultural Center in
Lewiston. The are housed in the old St. Mary's
Church and maybe a good source. Good Luck!
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Wayne -- Las Vegas, NV
7/31/01 -- 11:18:01 PM
5 Top Reasons To Live (Re-live)
in Maine.
1. Losbster
2. Other seafood
3. Four seasons
4. The Ocean
5. Relatives
5 Reasons I cannot live in Maine (For awhile)
1. State Income Tax (None here)
2. High Property tax (Gamblers pay it here)
3. Much Snow (Mainly in the moutains here)
4. Low Wages (I was offered a job at 75%)
5. Relatives
:)
But all-in-all I will keep looking for that job and when
I find it I will move back. If not I will wait until I
retire (less taxes). I will visit again in 2003. Enjoy
your stay.
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Sharon Oliver Knape (Snowblockers8258@aol.com)
-- Omaha, NE
I
was born in Boothbay Harbor Maine, and lived in Georgetown and Five Islands till I was ten. My mother Grace Pierce Oliver was a single mom with three children, and met our step father Paul Thompsen when he was stationed in Maine. Paul was from Omaha, and we moved from Maine when I was ten. I miss the smell of the salt air, the dense forests, the ocean, the small town feel of Maine.
I have lived in
the mid west for over 40 years. I have all my
relatives back there. My grandfather Wallace was a
light house keeper and his father before him.
Wallace was the light house keeper at Breakwater.
My land our home was on in Georgetown has been in the
Oliver family since l629. My roots go deep
in Maine. I would have my Uncle Fran send me pine
balsam pillows every so often so I could travel back to
my childhood forest by way of my sense of smell. I plan
to go back this September and stay a long while.
It has been way too long.
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Bill MacManus (Billmacmanus@aol.com)
-- Springfield, MA
7/31/01 -- 09:18:34 PM
I just returned from a conference in Arizona where
the daily temp for the 2 week period was 105+....I live
in Mass but boy did I miss the ocean of Maine...There is
something about the Maine waters and the feeling it
gives peope who just stand or sit and watch and listen
to the waves....I have a couple of timeshares at the
Samoset in Rockport, Maine and always want to go back
and relax...I don't think we realize how much we miss
something until we don't have it anymore....That
statement is true for many lifesituations, not just the
state of Maine...But being a Mainer is something to be
proud of....it truly is the way life should be...Enjoy
the rest of the summer....and keep thinking about
Maine....
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Margaret (mconley@antiochsea.edu)
-- Seattle, WA
7/31/01 -- 08:02:15 PM
Hey, where is everyone?
Are you all off vacationing in Maine??? No fair!
Well, I'm possibly headed there in September so I
shouldn't complain.
Just checking in.
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Doug -- Fayetteville, AR
7/28/01 -- 01:28:18 PM
I have moved from heaven to hell itself, Um smell
them chicken houses..I would die just to smell a lobster
pound again..These people a primates, and after a year
here I'm plotting my return and escaping from my wife's
no teeth, backwoods white trailer trash...Ellsworth I'm
coming!!!
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Greg -- Gettysburg, PA
7/27/01 -- 09:14:11 PM
To copywriter on USAIR:
She made it! M is awake and will recover. I'll be going
back up to L-A in August to welcome her back to the (real)world
but she still has a long recovery period. Hope your
visit to Maine restored some sanity. nice meeting you.
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Wayne St. Clair (wane9779@hotmail.com)
-- Roanoke, VA
7/27/01 -- 11:37:12 AM
I am pleased to hear that the audobahn society (at
least thats who I think did it) aquired cow island off
great diamond in casco bay. It is so good beacause too
much of the south & mid coast has been turned into
wealthy developments & the locals are being pushed
out. One of Maine's biggest problems is too much of the
resourses are owned by out of staters who rape it for
profit & give nothing back. It would be good if the
state committed a portion of its income into buying back
what it can & encouraging local ownership but then
what do I know?
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Alice -- Rochester, MI
7/26/01 -- 03:11:45 PM
Hi! Am exiled in (the
flatlands)--Michigan. Born and grew up in Old
Town; left to join the army, cause the five and ten and
the shoe factory--my only choices simply didn't
seem like good career options!! Boy, was I in for
culture shock---imagine, 17, innocent and naive, nevah
seen a person of another race, knew NUTHIN about nuthin......dropped
into San Francisco during the height of the Vietnam war,
drugs, peace, etc. Thank goodness for my strict
Maine upbringin'--Now have been in exile longer than I
was growin' up.....still gonna find my way back!
My sistah just moved back after 27 years.....I just came
back from heaven, and ate myself into a coma---2 and
ahalf pound lobstah--made me sick; but it was worth it!
Come on back my fellow maniacs---it's WICKED lonesome
heah, where no one evah heard of devil dogs, whoopie
pies, or lobstah rolls! The supermarket tried to
sell me a dead lobstah---whut does that tell ya?
Ayuh! Grins----!
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MAC -- Tacoma, WA
7/26/01 -- 02:56:51 AM
Sorry, not a Mainer. Hope
that doesn't disqualify me but I need help! I am doing a
genealogy of husband's family and need information on
the old Loring AFB. Was the address of same designated
as a city? ie: McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington.
Appreciate any help. Thanks mac recnmac@aol.com
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Daniel Cota (dcota@hotmail.com)
-- Anchorage, AK
7/26/01 -- 12:43:12 AM
I was born and raised in orono.
I am currently looking for a way to get back
"Home". Hopefully I can be there soon.
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Lesley (thumper129@hotmail.com)
-- Manchester, CT
7/25/01 -- 02:49:44 PM
Hi again everyone! I have a free minute so decided to
let y'all know that i will be in maine this weekend july
27th and of course i have to leave the 29th to be at
work monday mornign but its all good because it take sme
5 hours to get up there from connecticut to bingham and
it kinda sucks but i dont mind as much as i used to
because have not been up in 3 weeks i think and i miss
my friends i gotta go see them andof course my family.
everytime i go up there though it seems like the cops
follow me around because i have a flat landers plate and
i laugh becaue if they find a reason to pull me over
they will realize i am from maine and maybe they wont be
such jerks anymore but know one can say they dont
discrminate because they do! i hope its nice up there
this weekend but even if its not i still get to my
friends and family and i always stock up on humpty
dumpty potatoe chips! yum but anyway this is kinda not a
good message to post but oh well i am a maina in exile
and i ate it i just hope to meet someone someday down
here in connecticut who knows how i feel.......c y'all
lata
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Wayne St. Clair (wane9779@hotmail.com)
-- Roanoke, VA
7/25/01 -- 12:23:54 PM
:I have seen lately that it is
almost southern hot in Portland this summer. The one
thing I remember most about my time there was the
wonderful cooling sea breezes that blew in off the
islands in the afternoon cooling things down & often
bringing with it fog to coat the city in a lovely
evening haze. I have a good friend, a co-worker who will
be moving to portland this september (the best month of
the season) & I hope the place welcomes him with
open arms as he is a good fellow. It has been awhile
since I've been able to get on via our local libiary
computers for some reason. Be that as it may I will try
not to be a "rabble rouser". Hello to all.
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Ellen (flsquirrel@bellsouth.net) -- Port Orange, FL
7/24/01 -- 10:38:23 PM
Hi Everyone, I'll be heading to
Maine this Sat. for two weeks and can't wait to smell
the FRESH air and actually be able to see all of those
stars on a clear night! There is no place like Maine in
the summer!
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Denise (dmeredit@maine.rr.com)
-- Saco, ME
7/23/01 -- 10:20:53 PM
Hi, I am hoping you can help me. I was brought up
with french, but forgot most of it. Do you know of
anyone that has maine french tapes for learning french
again? Not candian french or paris french, just out
lanquage of french we use in maine. thank you for your
time and web site.
Denise a true mainer.
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Al Viney (aviney@teale.ca.gov)
-- Rancho Murieta, CA
7/23/01 -- 04:02:20 PM
Maine certainly is a great place One that I
miss every day. This site and
those who contribute to it do much to add to my memories
of home and certainly make my day much more enjoyable.
To those who complain about having to drive 6 or 8 hours
to get back to Maine I can only say that, given that
choice, I would gladly drive 6 or 8 hours each weekend
just to be back in the state. Consider
yourself fortunate to be that close. Best wishes
to all.
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J. Binder (judy_binder@diodes.com)
-- Camarillo, CA
7/23/01 -- 11:32:23 AM
To A.D.L. of Oxnard, I too am from Maine. Our
families should get together since we currently leave
about 7 miles from each other. We are now in
Camarillo, and I too miss a lot of things about Maine.
Can't say that I miss the snow. Feel free to
e-mail me at judy_binder@diodes.com
or if you have AOL Instant message myname is Lady Diodes
Look forward to hearing from you,
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Cindy (reikisun@discovernet.net)
-- Farmington, CT
7/23/01 -- 10:58:23 AM
I was born and raised in Maine. And have been
living away for the past 20 years. Due to a recent
divorce, I'm re-evaluating my life and thinking about
returning, and living in Bangor. Could anyone tell
me how the job market is? I'm a burned out social
worker but have been doing medical billing.
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Tim H. (mainestay2001@hotmail.com)
-- Brewer, ME
7/22/01 -- 05:07:51 PM
I finally made it back!! After living away for
the past 15 years we moved back to my ol' stomping
grounds here in the Bangor area last month. And
let me tell you it feels great! After living in
the Nebraska panhandle for years it's wonderful to be
smelling pine trees and salt air. I'm here to stay
this time.
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Bonnie Bruebaker (bbruebaker56@yahoo.com)
-- Biloxi, MS
7/18/01 -- 07:38:27 PM
I was born and raised in Brunswick, Me. I moved to
Mississippi with my husband, (he was born here). the
things that I miss the most is family of course, the
ocean and rocks. There aren't any rocks here unless they
are imported. I miss fall foliage but not the winters.
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Jeremy Hull (jcahull@earthlink.net)
-- Monument, CO
7/18/01 -- 03:20:15 PM
Ah, looking forward to 2 weeks in Maine.
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P. A. M. -- Dresden, ME
01:16:32 PM
I've been reading a lot of messages
talking about some of the things that are unique in
Maine such as Italian sandwiches and Moxie so I thought
I'd put in my two cents worth. Don't forget about
the Needhams at Lou-Rod Candy, Inc. on Sabattus Street
in Lewiston. Not to change the subject--I've
driven down the East River Road and the Townhouse Road
in Whitefield many times during the summer months.
It's just beautiful! The land in the area is
outstanding.
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A. D. L. -- Oxnard, CA
7/17/01 -- 11:48:50 AM
Hadn't checked in for awhile -
it really does make me so homesick to read about home -
and home will ALWAYS be Maine - doesn't matter where I
physically reside, there really is no way to take Maine
from my soul!! There are lots of things I miss
that are related to Maine but I guess the most important
thing is the people - I still have true, real friends
there. I've managed to make acquaintances with
folks in other parts of the country but they will never
replace those who still are in Maine.
For now, we are in CA because my husband's Mom is
getting older and we need to be near her.
I
have been back to Maine last November and again in
February - both for family things - I'll be missing a
family gathering this weekend - gosh, I miss being home.
It doesn't help matters that one of my two bosses, along
with his wife (neither of whom is from Maine) have just
moved to Brewer - they had visited Maine a number of
times and since his wife retired, they made the move and
are very happy there - he is here in CA right now
covering for the other boss who is on vacation - our
work is mostly computer-based so we can do it from
anywhere - he chose Maine - smart guy I'd say!!
Guess I should have had the boss bring a lobster, an
Italian, a couple of red hot dogs.... oh well, next trip
home I guess!
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Maravene (j131934@aol.com)
-- Sarasota, FL
7/16/01 -- 09:14:35 PM
"Mainiacs away from Maine
are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half
aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner
attention is always preoccupied and pre-empted by the
tiny pinpoint on the face of the globe called Down East.
They try to live not in such a manner that they will
eventually be welcomed into Paradise, but only so that
someday they can go home to Maine."
-- Louise Dickinson Rich
Couldn't be expressed any better.
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