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Saturday, March 27. 2010

Gone to Maine, and ain't comin back

Our pal Sipp is moving to Maine. All of us at Maggie's wish him and his wonderful family an enjoyable "moving experience."


But who moves to Maine? Maybe Texas, but Maine? I recall that Abe Lincoln's dad always believed that you should move on whenever you could see the smoke from another settler's fireplace. (Not sure I believe that story about Thomas Lincoln, however.)


Speaking of presidents, Who's U.S. Grant minus John Quincy Adams?

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Maine, oh Maine
by dint her
latitude lain
long in winter
#1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-27 10:25 (Reply)
Tip for Sipp:

Use the expression "By der gorry!" a lot. People will think you're a local.
#2 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-03-27 10:36 (Reply)
I moved to Maine in 1978 to see the Grateful Dead, and am still waiting for the 2nd set to begin. Sippy, Maine is a small town... after thirty years here, I know everybody. I'd love to show you around...
#3 The Distributist on 2010-03-27 10:48 (Reply)
heh --waiting 23 years for the second set --reminds me of the Kossoy Sisters --had a hit album at 17 yrs old (they're twins), then went off to college, married, had kids and careers, then 43 years later decided to get together & do that follow-up album.
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-28 13:02 (Reply)
Somehow people have kept the idea that Maine is a bulwark of individuality and freedom and conservativism. Gosh knows how. Maine has repeatedly elected the RINO sisters and has some of the most intrusive laws I'm aware of -- they were early embracers of bottle-return laws, for example.
I loved the scenery around Loring AFB and I could put up with the isolation. But the intrusion sounds like too much for me.
#4 Geoff Brown on 2010-03-27 17:20 (Reply)

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