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xach t1_jdvuxke wrote

Reply to comment by yawnfactory in Maine Maple Failure. by JqD2_

Not around here. Near perfect conditions for three weeks in a row. And another good week ahead. I’m in northern Washington county. I have 20 taps and haven’t been too aggressive and I’ve gotten 9 quarts so far.

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xach t1_jdmxlt6 wrote

There used to be a regular column in the Bangor Daily News that gave a star map and some info about interesting space events for the week or month. I believe it was from a local astronomer, not some syndicated thing.

So...subscribe to newspapers.com, look up those columns, and determine which ones apply to the current date and time.

Easy!

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xach t1_j98rw5j wrote

Smiths General Store in Springfield sells pelts and animal faces next to their magazine/box wine rack. And it has a tiny deli and a picture of obscure Red Sox players. I think they have Andre Dawson and Tim Naehring pictures on the wall, and others. They sell some hardware and steel toed red gum rubber boots. It’s not dedicated to oddities but it is an oddity itself. I love it.

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xach t1_j1prx2m wrote

Houlton is the best because it has two Chinese restaurants (Tang's is better), an ok BBQ restaurant, a real shoe store, multiple junk shops, and it's closer to Bangor.

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xach t1_ized8eb wrote

Reply to comment by WalkerBRiley in Library Cards by VaNillaRunner

There’s a bias towards the first reasonable-looking answer on Reddit. Asking your librarian is reasonable. You will get a definitive answer from them. Thanks for sharing the list. That’s good info.

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xach t1_iy85cny wrote

Get some tapes at Record Town and the paper at Mr. Paperback. Then a sandwich at the Cracker Barrel. Head over to the sears catalog store to pick up a craftsman lawnmower you ordered and then to Boot Camp Computers to get some blank disks to copy shareware from your buddy who got it at the mill. There’s always something to do in calais!

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