Nancy Thomas McInnes (
Floridathomcat1@aol.com )
-- Gainesville, FL
3/23/02 -- 12:37:00 PM
Haven't posted in about a year.
Still missing Maine and longing until my husband can
retire at 52 (another 15 yrs)! and we can make our
way back to what will always be considered my
"home." The occassional trip up to visit
family and ski just doesn't cut it anymore....am
missing apple-picking season the most (the crisp air
and fall leaves)and even the tiny Augusta/Gardiner
area. Oh, what wonderful Cony memories! Have yet to
hear from anyone from the same area of Maine, but I
keep hoping! Happy Easter, Mainers-at-heart! Relax
and Enjoy.
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Peter Clancy (
pclancy618@cs.com )
-- Lisle, IL
3/22/02 -- 11:31:24 PM
I am from Westbrook, but have lived all over the
eastern half of the country. Miss the ITALIAN
Sandwiches and the ocean and Friendy's.
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Wayne ( wfrank@maine.rr.com
)
-- Portland, ME
3/22/02 -- 08:47:47 PM
It's been a long time since I've posted. For 23
years we roamed the world compliments of Uncle,
always knowing that we would return to Maine.
Retired from the Army in the Wash DC area and I
could've chased the beltway bandit money - but we
wanted to be home, with family, and with fresh
lakes, and awesome lighthouses, and the great smell
of a spring day. Happiness means more than $$.
I read MIE 3-4 times a week the last four years
before we came home and got so psyched reading
everyone's messages.
It's not perfect, no place is, but it sure comes
pretty darn close. God bless all.
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Ron -- Arlington, TX
3/22/02 -- 01:20:24 PM
Rich, If you post at www.uscho.com
you'll probably get more responses on the tickets.
GO UMAINE!!
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Rich ( rantash@yahoo.com
)
-- Boston, MA
3/21/02 -- 12:40:40 pm
4 tix to UMaine mens ice hockey
playoff game this Saturday. Pleae e-mail...
Rich rantash@yahoo.com
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Cynthia (
mainecfc@yahoo.com )
-- Katy, TX
3/19/02 -- 09:02:00 AM
In Jan. I flew home to Maine on a
great ($109) rate from Houston. Couldn't resist. It
had been 18 years since I'd had a winter visit. I
got to make a snow angel on a "snow" day,
after helping shovel part of the driveway. I loved
chipping the ice out of another driveway and enjoyed
the whole two weeks. I was tickled by the sound my
boots made on the snow, and that that sound seemed
familiar. Our memories are so precious and to bring
them out in the open to experience again is such
fun.
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Eric Schult ( wes@wi.net
)
-- Racine, WI
3/19/02 -- 08:20:47 AM
I miss my vacation river frontage on
Big Wilson Stream, near Monson. Wish there were some
jobs up there, so I wouldn't have to settle for
seeing it once a year!
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Paul Hazard (
d.dochazandmel@verizon.net )
-- Wiliamsburg, VA
3/18/02 -- 07:43:45 PM
MY NAME IS PAUL HAZARD. I SPENT MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD IN CUTLER, EAST MACHIAS AREA. ATTENDED A TWO-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE NEAR CUTLER "GEORGE L BUCHNAM. ME AND TWO GIRLS IN KINDERGARDEN FIRST GRADE (LIVED WITH GRANDMOTHER "VIOLA FOSS"). THEN MOVED TO EAST MACHIAS. MYSELF AND 32 KIDS 2ND, 3RD GRADE "ELM STREET SCHOOL".
MY MOM MET AND MARRIED A SAILOR, WE MOVED TO ALASKA, FLA, AND BACK TO CUTLER. MYSELF AND SAME 2 GIRLS IN 6TH GRADE. THE BASE (CUTLER) THEN STARTED SENDING US TO ELM STREET AGAIN, SAME 32 CHILDREN.
LEFT IN 1978 FOR THE LAST TIME. JOINED US NAVY 1982, TRAVELED THE WORLD BUT STILL CAN'T GET MAINE OUT OF MY HEAD. I MISS HER. CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO NAVAL COASTAL WARFARE GROUP TWO.
I MISS THE SMELL, I MISS NOT LOCKING MY DOORS AT NIGHT. I MISS THE PURITY AND SIMPLICITY OF LIFE.
WHO CAN SAY THEY CARRIED WATER FROM THE WELL. HOW MANY POPLE KNOW WHAT A PISS-POT IS. HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED YOUR GRANDFATHERS HANDS BLEED ON THE MUD FLATS TRYING TO DIG OUT A LIVING FROM THE SEA FLOOR.
HOW MANY OF YOU RAKED BLUEBERRIES FOR 12 HOURS A DAY TO PAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL CLOTHES. WHO KNOWS WHAT TIPPING IS.
HAVE YOU EVER STOOD IN THE WOODS KNOWING THTA NO OTHER PERSON IN THE WORLS HAS EVER STOOD IN THIS SPOT.
IT MAY SOUND LIKE I AM COMPLAINING, BUT I'M NOT, I WOULD NOT TRADE THOSE DAYS FOR ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. I ONLY WISH I COULD SOMEHOW PASS ON TO MY CHILDREN THE LESSONS I LEARNED GROWING UP IN THE WOODS.
I MISS MY HOME, I HAVE CALLED 20
STATES AND 4 COUNTRIES HOME OVER THE YEARS, BUT
MAINE IS TRUELY MY ONLY HOME. I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR FROM SOME OLD FRIENDS, FEEL FREE TO WRITE.
PAUL
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maine_iac (
maine_iac67301@yahoo.com )
-- Independence, KS
3/16/02 -- 09:19:44 PM
hi everyone! bear with me, new at
all this.
was wandering around and found this site.
thought i'd try this out. i was born in maine and
have moved around the world (military dep.) ended up
in kansas, yes, kansas. been here for 10 long, no
ocean, no salt breeze, no one who understands what
the heck i'm saying, years. enough whining. all i
wanted to say was hello to everyone and heck yes i
miss maine! i'm moving home for good soon. i
can't stand it any longer,i've got to have freash
seafood on demand. thanks for visiting me!(hope i
can find this place again)
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Bill Knipp (
billtarget@msn.com )
-- Va Beach, VA
3/16/02 -- 08:36:01 PM
After moving to Va Beach, VA to
start a new business three years ago, we finally
realized this isn't "the way life should
be"!!! We are moving back in the summer and
can't wait. We thought the mild winters would be
great but we miss a good snowstorm. The quality of
life has become more important than ever and my kids
would like to be able to survive high
school(literally).
See you all soon, Bill, Linda, Charlie @ Katie Knipp
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Maureen Sargent (
Msarg958@aol.com )
-- Chattanooga, TN
3/156/02 -- 10:55:34 PM
Hello ! I lived in Bowdoin,
Bowdoinham, Bath, Woolwich and Georgetown, Maine
prior to relocating due to our son's illness and
need for surgery at the Shriner's Hospital back in
1987. We currently reside in TN. I
graduated from Mt. Ararat School, in Topsham Maine
in 1976.
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Muriel ( frogladymim@chartertn.net
)
-- Maryville, TN
3/15/02 -- 11:46:13 AM
Eileeny!!!! This is so funny! Have
to admit, I haven't been in here for awhile, but,
been sick, been busy, etc. We have met up already,
and it is so cool to come to a site like this, when
you are looking for someone! And here, I thought you
were kidding when you said you found me on
"Exiles" Been a few people I've known,
that have met up with me here. Who would think
someone from Mexico, ME would be here, huh???
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Wayne St. Clair (
wane9779@hotmail.com )
-- Roanoke, VA
3/15/02 -- 11:18:41 AM
Spring treads softly in Maine, at
least in the beginning. Piles of rotting snow are
broken up by the power of delicate crocus &
daffodills poking out at the sun. Is there anything
so beautiful than the brilliant yellows, purples
& blues splashed against the drab gray white of
old snow? The ground becomes squishy with mud &
the grass renews itself with emerald green. The sky
when clear takes on a clarity seen only in the
seasons of change, fall & spring yet the light
is different. In the autumn there is a sharpness to
it unique to that time of year yet in the spring it
is so soft like babies breath. My toes curl with
antisapation & the ladies never look so lovely
than they do is spring's golden light.
To change the subject I came across a
micro-beer down here called "Mud Bock Spring
ale" I said to the sales clerk with a name like
tha..... got to be out of New England, sure enough
its from Middlebury Vt. Tasted pretty damn good too.
Enjoy this time of year...winter
without cold & snow is simply dull & boring,
spring a blessed relief.
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Nancy Sawyer Donovan -- Anthem, AZ
3/15/02 -- 12:46:45 AM
Living in Exile but do love AZ. Maine will always be
my home state. Love it there.
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Mark Katz (
idotnet@adelphia.net )
-- Hallowell, ME
3/13/02 -- 06:55:51 PM
Sylvia (Lorings of Augusta) and I
tried South Florida for a spell - got back to the
farm in Palermo and business in Hallowell in time
for blackflies. Did develop a taste for sushi,
though.
We just met the famous children's book writers,
Justine Korman and Ron Fontes who've settled in
Readfield. They've begun writing a comic
series about a sixteen year-old Maine boy from Moose
Harbor who out-migrates to the CITY to seek his
fortune. Anyone who ever left Maine looking
for greener pastures may enjoy this growing
anthology - you can find them at
www.24-7intouch.com/crittertainment
/tales_of_the_terminal_diner.htm
It's wicked good fun.
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V. Odom ( gwodom@aol.com
)
-- Portsmouth, VA
3/14/02 -- 12:32:57 AM
Hi Mainiacs -
("Mainers" will never sound just right to me; but
a rose by any other name...etc.)
My husband and I just went home for a few days. It was
a wonderful visit; but too short!! I was surprised at
some of the changes, particularly the price of houses and
even apartment rentals. I also noticed the high
grocery store prices and was amazed by the high property
taxes. What is happening to "Life the Way it
Should Be"?...it sure is getting expensive!! We
had thought of moving back; but our eventual retirements
will never allow it.
I miss so many things about Maine; but I think the one thing
that I miss the most (besides lobster, red hot dogs, cains
relish, fried clams, wonderful bakeries, etc.) is the
sincerity of the people. "We am what we am and
that's all that we am". Bless you all.
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Joyce St. Pierre (
Charlie32@att.net )
-- Sumner, WA
3/12/02 -- 01:51:44 PM
Hello Mainers. Washington
State is ablaze with blooming flowers and green
grass. At least where I live. Rainy and
windy, with sun coming out now and again. But
not cold. Hope Maine gets some of this rain so
their wells don't dry up. Have a great day all
you Mainers. Going back in May. Can't
wait.
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T. J. -- Springlake, NC
3/11/02 -- 10:39:46 AM
Gail Leonard, I was in Panama from 87-94....worked
and lived at Amador.....I grew up in Bath, have not
been to Maine since I was drafted...to cold....I
know you but cannot put the face to the
name....another good site is www.morsehigh.com.....class
of 67
has a wonderful message board...
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Gail (
g_leonard_burnet@hotmail.com )
-- Bath, ME
3/10/02 -- 12:55:01AM
I was born in Bath, Me. and was
raised my whole life there. I graduated from Morse
High School in 1968
I left Maine to go to school in the Boston area,
then choose to stay there to work. I got married and
moved to Texas, then to
Virginia, then to Panama South America, then back to
Newport News, Va. This is where I have resided for
many years.
My ex-husband was in the Military and that is why we
came here and stayed. I miss home a lot, the nice
fresh air, my folks home on a lake, my old home in
Bath. I miss my old friends and of course my
brothers are all still up in Maine. which I miss
tremendously.
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Jim Bennett (
edjb1937@aol.com )
-- Cape Coral, FL
3/9/01 -- 01:48:53 PM
Wife Evelyn is from Noth Berwick and
I am from Portland and Westbrook.Been in Fl. 12
years to get away from the snow and now miss it.You
can't win!!!!
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