Im thinking of selling cuz taxes are legal extortian!!!! (Calais: license plates, yard)

[BacktoNE]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

I have been told repeatedly that the line runs East - West and is somewhere between Augusta and Bangor.

LOL! The line must run thru Augusta. I was born, raised and spent all but maybe 10 years of my life in Waterville. You can take my word for it that WTVL is most definitely NOT north Boston. OMGosh, that is just too funny!

WTVL is a nice little college town but that's all it will ever be.

[lowelltoco]

More on straphangers.
Today' Bush was quoted in the PPH and used straphangers in his words regarding the upcoming meeting with Putin in Maine

"Sit down, no necktie, sit in a beautiful house overlooking the sea and talk frankly without a lot of straphangers and note takers, people that have separate agendas handing you notes and all of that," Bush told WGME-TV.

from wiki:
Pejorative use
"Straphanger" is sometimes used to mean a person who benefits from the actions and exertions of someone else, with no efforts of their own; someone who is "just along for the ride".
In the military slang used by airborne units: airborne qualified personnel conducting an airborne operation with another unit.
In the central Down East region of Maine, straphanger has become an insult used against persons who are perceived as being "from away". The term is generally restricted to use by the lower social strata of the area.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by lowelltoco

... The term is generally restricted to use by the lower social strata of the area.

LOL

The lower social strata

Is that bums, winos, cads and misfits?

[AlisonL]

Dayum......I have been called alot of things in my life but never lower social strata. So this means the upper social strata are straphangers? LOL Who'd athunk it.

[mollysmiles]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

Molly,
Shame on you. Not knowing what a straphanger is. LOLOL Could always tell it was summer when all the straphangers arrived in town from out of state. (Or maybe this word is just common to Hancock County?)
My mom has always called them "summer complaints". LOL

LOL....I NEVER would have figured that one out! I love your Mom's title too!

[mollysmiles]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

Dayum......I have been called alot of things in my life but never lower social strata. So this means the upper social strata are straphangers? LOL Who'd athunk it.

but see....that's why it never made it to Wash Count, everyone here is of an elevated social strata!! LOL...I'm sorry....I'm just laughing so hard right now I'm snorting.....OH-and don't take THAT (snorting) the wrong way

[AlisonL]

OMG Molly. I almost wet my pants laughing at your reply!!! we'll keep the snorting thing between us. LOLOLOL

[Sminthian]

I know everyone likes to complain about taxes. But, think about this.

1. When you look in your backyard what do you see? Probably trees, birds and squirrels. I see a parking lot and other houses.

2. When you see your neighbors what do they say to you? Mine look in the other direction so they won't have to talk to me.

3. When you talk about how much land you have where is the decimal place? I have .03 acres, and so does everyone around here.

Maine is a paradise considered to most of the rest of the country. You might have some weird hidden taxes. But, at least in my opinion, the benefits outweigh the costs.

[deerislesmile]

The term is generally restricted to use by the lower social strata of the area.

read= LOCALS

[Submariner]

So you are saying that local folks are automatically 'lower social strata'; leaving those from away to be the upper social strata.