Got no dog. Say something nice about Bangor, Maine &

crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:28 PM
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Got no dog. Say something nice about Bangor, Maine &

good luck with that.

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jpgray

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:30 PM
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1. There's doubtless an obligatory muncipal pickup line.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:32 PM
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4. Municipal pickup line?

As in "Hey Bangor, what's your sign?"

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Gormy Cuss

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:31 PM
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2. It's closer to Baxter State park than Portland is.

It's a good rest stop on the way to Presque Isle or Calais.

Okay. I think that's about it.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:33 PM
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6. It is closer, but nobody stays here.

Bad food, limited accommodations.

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terrya

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:32 PM
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3. Isn't Stephen King from Bangor, Maine?

Or lives there?

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:34 PM
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8. Yes, he is probably the one and only attraction.

His house is, at least.

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malta blue

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:33 PM
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5. There is a big statue

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:35 PM
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9. Oooh, I see you have a picture of him freshly painted.

Admit it: a huge painted statue of Paul Bunyan is not a "good" thing. :P

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malta blue

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM
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Well, I would pose in front of it for posterity

I am such a geek!

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:38 PM
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16. No you're not. Our visitors from abroad always do that.

:hi:

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malta blue

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:11 PM
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46. Well thank goodness for that!

:hi:

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Radical Activist

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:47 PM
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62. There's also a statue of Hanibal Hamlin

Lincoln's first vice president.

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:33 PM
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7. Crim son lives there!

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:36 PM
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10. True: that is it's second main attraction, right after Stephen King.

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM
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13. Fuck Stephen King!

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:38 PM
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17. ...

:loveya:

That's the spirit, lover. :7

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:42 PM
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24. I'm well-trained.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:42 PM
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26. I know!

And I'm getting used to it. :P

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:43 PM
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28. You damn well better.

:P

Unfortunately, I have to get back to work now. x(

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:45 PM
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32. That's okay.

Don't overdo. :hi: Poor man.

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terrya

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:38 PM
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15. Hey, he's only sold a few books.

But does he hang out at DU? I think NOT. :-)

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:39 PM
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18. He might.

He's hip and he's a Democrat!

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RetroLounge

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM
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11. I made a good Lyric in "King of the Road"

3rd boxcar, midnight train,
destination bangor, Maine...

RL

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:40 PM
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19. I didn't know that!

Although you can't get here by train any more: it's Greyhound or Concord Trailways in this modern age.

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Gormy Cuss

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:45 PM
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30. It's that song that gave people from other states the notion that it's pronounced " banger"

Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 12:47 PM by Gormy Cuss

I remember hearing that song as a little kid and wondering why he said it like that.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:46 PM
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34. I see. I always thought it was pronounced "Banger " too -

in the same way I thought my favorite state, Oregon, was pronounced "OreGone".

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RetroLounge

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:45 PM
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31. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fsMCxE1Zc

RL

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:51 PM
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37. Hey, that blue sidewalk is just around the corner!

:rofl:

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Maine-ah

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:57 PM
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57. eastern doesn't go that far?

huh, well then. I can only say it's nice when you finally get there because the roads are crap all the way there. Turns an hour and a half to two hours of bumps. :hi:

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mainegreen

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM
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12. It has the *only* good bagel shop in Maine.

My wife and I are always jealous of Bangor for that really good Jewish bakery in downtown Bangor. Those bagels are amazing.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:41 PM
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21. Which one?

Seriously. I never set foot in The Bagel Shop before it turned into the Thai restaurant. I really need to go to this great bagel shop.

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mainegreen

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:45 PM
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33. I believe it's called bagel central. It's downtown by the canal.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:47 PM
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35. I know exactly where it is!

My daughter is always raving about it. I'm convinced: it's time to go to Bagel Central :D

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buddhamama

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM
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14. it has a few places to shop

Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 12:37 PM by buddhamama

and the hospital. it is close to other destinations. :hi: i don't mind Bangor as much as you do but i don't live there. :hi:

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:42 PM
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25. There are things I love about Bangor. The summer.

The people - they are very friendly. The lack of road traffic is nice. :hi: And I'm relying on Eastern Maine Medical Center to hire me some time down the line.

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Omphaloskepsis

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:40 PM
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20. She is cute, I want to go to Bangor...

I got nothing.. This is what I get for getting drunk in the morning.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:43 PM
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27. How about the standpipe?

It looks pretty good when you're drunk in the morning.

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Omphaloskepsis

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:58 PM
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42. what is a standpipe? A crazy name for a cock?

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:13 PM
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47. Not in my little world.

It's an old watertower which is considered one of our main attractions:

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MissMillie

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:41 PM
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22. I've had a terrific lunch at the CG base at Southwest Harbor

:shrug:

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:44 PM
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29. Southwest Harbor is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

That really is a lovely area. Dead as frozen lobster at this time of year, though.

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MissMillie

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:24 PM
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55. My sis was stationed there for a while

she lived in Hancock.

Now she's further south, in Waterboro

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BarenakedLady

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:42 PM
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23. It's green

In the summer and has pretty leaves in the Fall?

:shrug:

Plus you live there.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:49 PM
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36. I hate leaving here in the summer and fall because then

this is a perfect small town. A little big ugly but with character. Hi BNL :D All done cleaning the house? I've got to start because we have another showing on Saturday & I swore I'd do some painting touchups. Bah!

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Momgonepostal

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:53 PM
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38. It's got some cool, old houses nt

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:55 PM
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40. Yes it does.

That's one of the things I really do love about it.

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northzax

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:53 PM
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39. Bangor?

I hardly know her!

ok, fine, it is the largest town between Skowhegan and Fort Kent.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 12:55 PM
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41. hehe.

Gee, haven't heard that one before! :P

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northzax

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:11 PM
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45. and, of course

Mama Balducci's is the single best Italian place in Maine owned by the family of a former Congressman and current Governor of any state with a really bad image of a cockroach on the license plate.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:14 PM
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48. I don't like to cast aspersions on Mama Baldacci's but

:puke: Sorry. And that's a lobstah!

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northzax

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:33 PM
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56. that is not a lobstah!

sorry.

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leftofthedial

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:06 PM
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43. "Bangor"

is one of the more interesting place names in America

it lends itself to uniquely effective use in Limericks, for example.

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:15 PM
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49. Keep that in mind, would you?

:rofl:

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Drum

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:10 PM
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44. Got no dog, but Bangor

is not far from the ferry one takes to Swan's Island.

My Aunt/Uncle/cousins have had a place out there for 40-some years, and a sailbout out among all of the lobstermen.

Many treasured memories for Drum.

:D

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:16 PM
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52. Not too far, no.

The Maine coast and its islands, oh, Maine in the summer. There is nowhere else I'd rather be.

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Guava Jelly

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:15 PM
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50. There is this really sexy and hot Blonde that lives in Bangor Maine

:7
:hi:

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crim son

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:17 PM
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53. There is?

:hug: :hi: :loveya:

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Guava Jelly

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:18 PM
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54. hell yeah!!

She could be your identical twin sister :loveya: :hug: :hi:

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jpak

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Tue Mar-20-07 01:16 PM
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51. It's the Queen City, home of Stephen King and the Penobscot runs through it

Yay Bangor!!!

:evilgrin:

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Jimbo S

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:25 PM
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58. Ask me again in four weeks after I visit!

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KamaAina

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:31 PM
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59. Uh, its airport has a really, really long runway?

which is why flights affected by the Terralert Du Jour are constantly being diverted there...

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av8rdave

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:40 PM
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60. Bangor was one of my all time favorite layovers when we still did those...

The hotel gave us a free crew car to use, there was great scenery, good places to eat, and I saw some pretty wild things in the hotel lounge on Friday/Saturday nights (a lot of international carriers did overnights there).

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ThomCat

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:45 PM
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61. I've been to Bangor, once.

And the weather was pretty nice. It was in September. :)

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GalleryGod

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Tue Mar-20-07 02:56 PM
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63. It's Cold, Right?

Anyone still get banged-in-Bangor ?:rofl: :spray: :rofl:

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Radical Activist

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Tue Mar-20-07 03:23 PM
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64. Its not too far from Acadia National Park

Which is a very nice place.

Although, their downtown streets are this crazy death trap when they all merge at once with no lines. Crazy.

But, being the hometown of Lincoln's first VP is by far the biggest thing going for it.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Mar-20-07 03:34 PM
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65. I spent a couple of summers about 35 miles SE of Bangor...

It was pure heaven. :-)

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wildhorses

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Tue Mar-20-07 03:38 PM
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66. a good-looking boy with a funny hair-do lives there and his momma

she's a friend of mine...and their house is fucking awesome:bounce:

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peacefreak

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Tue Mar-20-07 03:51 PM
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67. You've got a pretty nice little Folk Festival.

But no Marden's.:-(

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