I grew up calling it pate chinois at my Memere and Pepere's house. :)

I still call it shepherd's pie - or pate chinois. :) I will not cook with lamb, sorry. Not doing it. And no cheese. or tomato. But plenty of herbs and seasoning and it's just fine, thanks.

No worries! Have a good one!

2 adults in a 1200 sq. foot house. Heat pump, radiant heat (run by oil), 1 smallish chest freezer, electric stove, drier, washer, dishwasher, etc.

I think my highest bill has been about 170. Even in summer it is still about the same as we just switch from heat to AC.

OP. In the post.

I add mushrooms, peppers and don't use pepperoni. Never have. And I also use sauce.

Right. As I said, a lot of Maine doesn't though. I didn't say none of maine.

That's when I tweak all my mirrors - useless at that point but I can see.

Most of the time in Maine there's only a left lane and a right lane. No "far right lane."

They're back!

Home in my bed.

My husband and I want to live somewhere we don't see any traffic for days. That sounds like a huge plus.

Did the same at 10, made it until 5. Go us!

hahahaha! That's one way to look at it! Have an upvote of your own! :)

As dense as the other jokers up voting them.

I witnessed Versant crews working round the clock. My own power was back at 9 at night - well outside business hours. Should they have been out before the storm was done, further risking their lives and having their work undone?

ETA: A friend works for Versant. Crews can be on the road until 10pm performing repairs. As an FYI.

How far back from the roads should people clear? Should we be clear cutting our yards? 🙄

This is not the golden idea people think. Ledge. Rural communities. Funding. How high do you want those monthly bills? You thought people had issues paying now. Oh. And maintenance expenses. Cost of adding something new.

There's a LOT of reasons this is a bad idea.

You poor thing. What do you want " x street in your town will be back at this exact time" ? You sound so spoiled. What are you, 12? With that much wide spread damage, they were doing the best they could - on Christmas Day no less.

Are you kidding me? We live in a very rural state and they had close to 60,000 customers without power. Nearly as much as the ice storm. The employees are giving up their Christmas to get everyone going again and anyone bitching just sounds like an ungrateful brat. The fact they've gotten as many people going again as quickly as they have is pretty impressive.

Also Glenburn, also out.

Hello fellow Redditer from The Burn!

My word. Shit happens. Only shit people would turn around and victim blame.

This weekend, I would assume anything to be wires, flooding, or trees in the roadways. This is going to take time to clean up from.

Something happened around 5 - big flashes right around WZON/Northeast Eye Center - I think that's what took down the power. I had to turn around atWZON. ThTs when Broadway Shopping Center went. Thankfully, Bangor Drug still had power, and I could pick up meds.

There were definitely flashes. Then it was totally blocked off with fire trucks.