My sister and I used it often. Not sure of its origin. I hadn't really thought about it much until recently (I am 59). I was wondering if it had roots in Catholicism. Maybe coming from Ave part of Ave Maria. But that is just my own speculation. Interesting to read other people's takes on it.

The hundreds of reactors being used around the world without issue. The rest of the world utilizes them quite a bit

That doesn’t answer the question. Are you a statistician and nuclear physicist and engineer? How else could you be so sure about that?

A repeat incident is astronomically low. That plant was built over 50 years ago, technology has advanced

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If you'd be able to help, then that would be amazing. In the general health system, nearly everything that could go wrong went wrong, and I have a lot of things that I should've taken legal action for, if not for the fact I knew how awful doctors were being paid, and I didn't want more people in the same scenario I was in. So, any advice at this point would be helpful. It's harder to explain things to counselors when you can't even process what to do if they basically ignore you.

So, supposing that’s true, do you believe that it’s outside the realm of possibility that such an event would cause substantial harm to the environment or people?

My brain hates the sight but is intrigued by the flavor.

I considered it when I saw it...

There's already a long discussion on 3 mile.

To sum it up, 0 dead, no notable environmental effect.

Hows Rumford lately? Been years since ive been through.

What will they thing of next?

Really should demo the entire plazas and let nature reclaim it. Or turn them into city parks. Or SOMETHING that isn't acres of empty asphalt.

It's Maine. A three hour drive is a Sunday afternoon trip for us.

Paul Lepage in shambles

Lol I'm 51and it's showing!

Jordan's is the OG Lewiston Lobster but Maine Family Farms makes a better one, I think.

Mmm

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All good things must come to an end

Ew. I hate when people try to make a savory thing sweet.

Yeah they still get the occasional shipment of monitors/other tech, furniture is okay if you look. Flooring is super cheap by the foot. Carpeting, kids toys, etc.

I remember kids saying this all the time in school. To me it always sounded like they were saying "umm-vah!" or "oom-vah!", and it was always after a kid said or did something they should not have. "ummvah, you're in trouble!" "oomvah, I'm telling the teacher".

I only ever heard it in maine and thought it was a french canadian thing.

Northern Vermont in the late 70s it was pronounced more like ‘fa fa’….

Wow, flashback. Very prevalent around me in 60’s/70’s and only in Maine. Also assumed Fr/Can from va . Older me saw Oi Vey connection, which doesn’t make much sense for Maine. So I just looked up the German equivalent for the Yiddish word. And… Germans use O weh (which is of Dutch origin) and means “Ouch!” Which…. is exactly what I often heard in France. Ai is for sharp pain, A-wah for anything irritating. The Dutch Weh word lives on in English: a half-century ago in Maine when my big sister told me ”Ah-Vah!” she was actually saying ”Woe is You!”