Bath! They hang out at Boatbuilder's Pub getting good and primed and when the dramatic moment is just right go out and belittle the girlfriends they catch secretly sneaking out of Reny's back door.

Also from the article...

"The MLA is demanding monetary damages for lost business and that the aquarium removes all defamatory statements to the industry. "

Proving the amount and dollar value of the alleged business loss will be key here. That evidence , like the evidence that Maine traps kill whales, is really hard to find.

Lots of interlinked things affect and cause market fluctuations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3OfHP5Hmo

I had sciatica from a herniated disc when I was younger, I know what pain you are in. You have my sympathies.

I get recurrent neuro pathic pain, very similar to sciatica but different nerves, in my legs now due to hip arthritis. My orthopod prescribed Pregabalin, which has successfully managed that pain until I can get a new hip, hopefully soon.

You might want to consult your MD or a specialist.

Best of luck!

Judging by that bow wave it took a cubic shit ton of power to push that boat at that speed.

And he does it very well!

I wonder if he quips "and you don't look like I imagined you either!" at every show!

I heard their drummer spontaneously combusted!

It was a magnificent sailor's delight sunset here in the Burg. Wish I had a camera.

I saw him/her last year. He's huge and his call is pretty scary if he sneaks up on ya.

Hoping he returns with a mate sometime!

Pretty sure quality of life must be code for boredom factor on this map. Is life in Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Arkansas really better than Maine? Hell, they don't even have an ocean to stare at?

I only asked because I assumed if it was repairable, they'd pay for it. If they say it's junk and won't fix it, that might be something you'd want to include in your advert.

What is the insurance co's response to the estimate?

We graded our driveway around to the back door to make it easier for visitors to find their way in and for unloading groceries.

I always know when it's the Jehova's Witnesses knocking, they're the only ones that go to the front door.

Really!

Stand by for the "Which is better, gray steamed or red snapper?" argument.

Of course, it's winter, what else do we have to do?

If you can believe the hype, there's about to be a gold rush for job hunters at Columbia Falls in Washington County. A town of population 476 has something like 5000 jobs coming open at Flagpoleville.

Again, if you can believe the hype.

Land and housing are pretty reasonable around there compared to Cumberland County if you stay away from the ocean a bit. Social life might be problematic though.

I live in a neighborhood of 13 homes. That's 13 families on a dirt road 3/4 miles long. Before a tree blight took out so many of my hemlocks, I could barely see my neighbors and only rarely heard, smelled their woodsmoke or spoke to them except at our once a year HOA meeting.

I got stuck in the ice driving up my driveway one late afternoon last winter. My neighbor stopped on his way home to help me out. I hadn't seen or spoken to him in 2 years.

The local POV seems to be 'We're here if you need us, but we'd rather you don't!'

We love it here, but after 23 years are thinking about downsizing and moving on. We just can't seem to find a place we like better.

Kinda, I started a hobby farm about 6 years ago, set a goal of selling 5K oysters /year to pay for a winter vacation. By the third year when I had salable product covid hit which put the kibosh on my sales program. Next year health issues forced me to rethink the whole enchilada.

I wound up selling all my farming gear and dumping my remaining product in a good location to hopefully reseed the coastline and get some new oyster reefs growing.

Now, when the conditions are good I go out and grab a few dozen for my own consumption. I'm hoping there'll be wild oysters all over that area in a few years.

I grow my own, stir them into my scrambled eggs for breaky, have fried them 1/2 dozen different ways (so far tempura is my favorite), love a good fried oyster po boy, toss back a few on the half at lunch time, for a snack or with beers at the end of the day and have enjoyed them grilled but that's probably my least favorite way. They add a boatload of flavor and texture to gumbo, paella and bouillabasse.

I add them to the turkey stuffing and and will plop some into the pot when making clam chowder. Regretably, I don't know how to make oyster stew.

I eat them naked, dosed with hot sauce or trad cocktail sauce, I don't much care for remoulade but don't castigate those that do.

In short, any way you eat a fresh local oyster is a good way.

Go ahead and limit yourself to raw on the half, but you are missing out on a lot of goodness.

I have a very high efficiency propane FHA furnace, a cast iron woodstove (I burn 2 cords/ yr) and a propane cookstove that has 2 continuous pilot lights that keep the kitchen toasty with no electricity consumed. The furnace rarely runs if I have a fire going in the woodstove, so most of my generator load is just lighting, refrigerators and the odd well pump cycle. 2 cords of firewood and 600 gallons of propane keep the house warm for a year.

My 8K also has a 7 gallon tank and I've gone 10 hours with gas to spare. We don't run any big loads like laundry, showering or dishwasher, but we don't skimp either. I try to keep the genny tank full and well dosed with preservative and usually have a 5 gallon can standing by.

Was he wearing rental boots?

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/xuxv9e/comment/iqyprzy/?context=1

New Balance, Dexter Shoes...

I am not worthy!!!!!! That is an awesome resource. Thank you very much!

DOH! Thanks!

OP didn't specify natives.