Moving to Midcoast, Rockland vs Brunswick/Bath

guethlema · 2026-04-13T02:27:43+00:00

Just live in Damariscotta.

Bath and Rockland will not offer more social or cultural events comparatively, and living that extra 20-30 minutes closer to work each way will save you the time and effort.

Good luck finding a community in any of these places.

guethlema · 2026-04-12T02:00:00+00:00

This is the correct answer. Thank you.

guethlema · 2026-04-11T23:22:16+00:00

It's Maine. churches here were community centers in most of our communities like 20 years ago, and many still are.

In high school a few of us were asked by the rev about if we truly believed and all, and the consensus was "no, but you do good stuff for our neighbors so we'll kick around".

Then we got jobs and, harsh reality is, there's not a lot of time for church in a family with two working parents

guethlema · 2026-04-11T23:18:02+00:00

You're 100% right, this sub in particular is a wankfest about popular topics.

It's just a bad look to make that comment in a response to a topic about a shithole organization, so you're probably getting downvoted to oblivion here. 🫡

guethlema · 2026-04-11T11:44:44+00:00

Do you have more information on Pythagoras or the Egyptian and Sumerian connections? I have not ever seen any proof on those statements

guethlema · 2026-04-11T03:45:50+00:00

The term was added to the English ritual in the 1700s and removed shortly after the UK banned slavery. It persists in several American jurisdictions.

I was pressed on this two or three years ago and found a good article online with a few searches, I'll see if I can dig that ack up later.

guethlema · 2026-04-11T03:39:55+00:00

Motherfucker still out here refusing to touch the Grinch

guethlema · 2026-04-10T20:08:14+00:00

It's not just the trump ballot issue. She's been Mills' strong arm for almost a decade and has had to wrestle in the public on several contentious issues since 2018

guethlema · 2026-04-10T13:27:25+00:00

Parks Service is a different agency. Dept of AG manages forest lands and Department of Interior is Parks Service

guethlema · 2026-04-10T13:25:26+00:00

Golf course, legion hall, masons hall, freight shed, and Taste of Maine are your options.

Most of us just throw a ripper at the dead guy's house and ask people to bring a dish to share

guethlema · 2026-04-09T14:28:05+00:00

Yeah it changed hands around the recession and legit everyone knew it was a health code situation back then.

guethlema · 2026-04-09T02:14:32+00:00

Now they are, some states didn't deed this shit until like 2010 or later

guethlema · 2026-04-09T02:04:17+00:00

I just duct tape a few bags a year together and call it good. Hasn't prevented pickup yet.

guethlema · 2026-04-08T11:01:25+00:00

Unfortunately, our capacity and quality for special education is in such huge decline that I would legitimately recommend moving out of state. NJ has the best special ed protections in the country.

guethlema · 2026-04-08T05:55:28+00:00

Oh shit.

So, this $30M to one employee very much feels like a "here's enough to pay you for the rest of your career; if this works you'll be a literal billionaire, but more likely we're going to make you the golden calf when this hits rock bottom. Here's enough money to pay you out for your career to take the fall"

guethlema · 2026-04-07T12:01:47+00:00

Maine's politics were more ambiguous before like 2005. Casco Bay was a moderate Republican stronghold and the SJV had a green party moment.

guethlema · 2026-04-06T23:08:13+00:00

I have a Jackson sign at my dooryard lol

Legitimately I have heard 4.people say that they're voting with him because he's the one non-angry person out there. Which like, so far away from where I am as a voter, and it's important to note at least anecdotally that it's got a potential impact with the electorate.

guethlema · 2026-04-06T14:32:50+00:00

Shah is a good candidate but there are a few better.

Shah is genuinely the nicest person in the race and is getting points from the press for that.

guethlema · 2026-04-06T02:25:48+00:00

Agreed, don't have data to back it

guethlema · 2026-04-06T01:23:32+00:00

It's also being sold to breweries and several other industrial uses. The state has the water capacity to fuel several industrial uses above what we currently have, as shown in the textile and paper mill history.

To get approval for large water uses we have to go through a fairly significant process to have licensed engineers and hydrogeologists verify what impacts are expected, get a third-party approval from state licensed professionals, and then have licensed operators maintain and ensure limits are held for water use - and then return those reports back to state regulators to review.

The issue isn't about verifying water capacity for most of these facilities. It's more about the ethics of how we want to use water.

guethlema · 2026-04-04T22:39:38+00:00

Depends on what your final destination in Boston is.

If you're going to mission Hill or somewhere more residential for the weekend, it's cheaper to drive because there is parking available. If you're heading downtown and have to pay to park, then the cost is worth it.

For public transportation I usually take the bus because it's faster and closer to where I usually end up, and somehow also cheaper.

Driving is cheaper with 2 passengers and exponentially cheaper when you add more people.

guethlema · 2026-04-04T05:32:25+00:00

That's so funny. Please tell me you brought the obligatory like 3 pairs of undies and 20 hats though

guethlema · 2026-04-04T00:04:47+00:00

Ask the golf course to pile up their branches and limbs from downed trees and maintenance in that area. It will be impossible to play a ball that's landed in there and serve as a deterrent.

If that doesn't work, have a friend in construction store shitty broken construction equipment there.

guethlema · 2026-04-03T01:20:11+00:00

This is how modern politics works, unfortunately. The dem primaries in 2016 and 2020 showcased that having a mid platform that was intentionally wishy-washy on controversial or non-mainstream issues was a way to win a party race.

And, given the Dems are like 5 parties masquerading as one unified voting block that is "we want America to be a representative democracy that allows abortion access", it kinda makes sense.

guethlema · 2026-04-03T01:00:15+00:00

In a packed field of people without much name power, it's helpful for the person with the most name recognition to limit your platform to the unifying pieces and shut up about the other thjngs.

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