Went from him to my grandfather (I remember learning to play cribbage with him on one of the pull-out writing shelves). When he died it went to my cousin, and when she died it came to me. I have a few other artefacts from great-grandpaw's time with the desk including a tintype photo of him in front of one of the churches he praught at (teach -> taught :: preach -> praught) and a book of his somewhat religious poetry that he self-published.

Which are the ones on the list but when you show up they act surprised you’re there? That was us one year

I’ve been to places where the reviews are good and the place is not good (to me) and the exact opposite. But if multiple people say it’s good then it’s a good chance it is, if multiple say no, probably a chance it isn’t good and we find somewhere else.

And it isn’t a bad thing to not blindly go somewhere, show up, spend money and time to then find out it’s not good.

Do people buy a car simply because someone says “just go support your local car dealer”? No. It’s the same thing.

And you trust a strangers opinion on the internet over your own experiences?

Thanks!

As much as that is a standard statement around here, i prefer to find out if something is decent or not before I spend money on it.

Treehouse Maple in Auburn

TIL everyone that works at a job "dedicates their life to it".

Gotta boil hot dogs in the sap! Nothin' like it!

Which place is that?

The same reason we give soldiers who die in the line of duty special treatment.

If the sugar house isn't just 3 old timers with a bean supper and a bottle of wild turkey watching the boil, I don't want any part of it

I been trying to see these for about 30 years. At this point I've considered taking a trip to Alaska, Northern Canada or Iceland.

Edit: Tell me more about these flashlights. Are you on /r/flashlight too?

Yeah well hopefully. I won't be buried in any of the trash furniture you made.

If I wanted shit that looked like a dorm room exploded and reassembled, I'd call ya.

Mobile Observatory is awesome for Android and has a free version.

You were much more committed than I was! Don’t think I’d make it 4hrs anywhere beside my bed that late at night. Ended up seeing a lot of fantastic pictures on here and IG, so at least some Mainers got to enjoy it!

My hope was that I could walk on my deck and look north to see the auroras. The reality is I played with my flashlights in the fog for 10m then went back to bed. Still had fun!

Get off your moms couch and dedicate your life to law enforcement, then perhaps when you die you’ll get the respect you so desperately crave.

Star walk 2.

Nobody remembers redetiquette

I member.

That is so neat. Was it passed down, or did you stumble across it in auction/somewhere else?

I assume I will also be granted the same use of taxpayer funds when I die.

Fuck em.

When I first got the notification on my phone on Thursday I checked our forecast for cloud coverage and it showed near 100%. Then I proceeded to check everywhere within 4 hours drive, ready to get in the car and go for it. Nada, showed fully cloudy everywhere.

Few hours go by, and an extended family member posted a great picture of them up in Palmyra, just an hour away. I was pretty butt hurt.

Yea, they just didn’t make it down into Maine. Sorry to get everyone’s hopes up.

I had high hopes that they’d trickle down into Maine. I was up looking for them the night before but the coast was pea soup at midnight.

Le vent du nord has a great song about harvesting sap to make syrup called “L’eau de vie de l’arbre” if you want a themed soundtrack 🤓