4/AWD helps you accelerate on ice. It doesn't really help you with the stopping or the turning.

I get the impulse, but in this case the cut scenes were mostly cut because they're fucking awful. The one that jumps to mind in particular is a scene with some kids (I assume the children of the producers) talking to Buford and the acting is just fucking terrible. The scene is also pretty pointless.

I've seen both versions, and it's not like LOTR or other films with extended cuts. The extended stuff adds nothing of value imo.

There’s always the catch-all “driving too fast for conditions”. Maine has a basic speed law in addition to the speed limits.

“ An operator shall operate a vehicle at a careful and prudent speed not greater than is reasonable and proper having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the way and of other conditions then existing.”

https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/29-a/title29-asec2074.html

That is mostly incorrect. Assaulting into fire is still an extremely effective tactic in a lot of circumstances, even in the era of automatic weapons. The trick is knowing when to do it.

General Pickett decided trotting half a mile up a hill to assault the entrenched enemy center, which had artillery support on the flanks was a good idea. It wasn't. However, he almost pulled it off, if it hadn't been for some reinforcements that had been relocated to the safety of the center after their heroic actions the previous day. That's right, Picketts men, made it to the union line, broke through, and ran right into the 20th Maine interrupting their rest. Right place, right time two days in a row.

The charge down little round top on the other hand, the 20th was almost out of ammunition, 1 - 2 reloads per man and they were outnumbered. The confederates assaulting up the hill were better supplied, but they were tired, and were scattered out of formation. Had the 20th stayed in place the Confederates would have had an opportunity to get organized and overwhelm them. Charging the disorganized enemy before they could consolidate was exactly the right decision.

When the road is snowy and slippery it's harder to find a safe place to pull over without slowing down even more and that's compounded by someone riding your tail with headlights glaring. If you find yourself behind someone you want to pass maybe try backing off some so they don't risk having you slide into their backside when they signal and brake.

Look up “poker Black Friday” I know a few Mainers who were online poker pros that were forced to move out of Maine and then out of the country in order to keep on playing.

That’s exactly why I always get standard transmissions in my vehicles. Last thing I want is to lose control because the computer made a stupid decision.

Your reading comprehension is as piss poor as your demeanor and social skills but your ability to jump to wild conclusions is on point. I sure hope to never run into you on the roads or in person!

Good decision.

There's some debate about how much Chamberlain actually mattered. Caveat he's certainly a state hero and I love the guy.

But there is debate that he gets so much attention because he was really good at publishing and advocating his successes whereas other, perhaps more impactful, individuals weren't.

If anyone makes it down to PA check out Gettysburg. You can walk the area where Chamberlain and the Maine boys were positioned and it's amazing to see and feel the history.

People’s instincts . . . is probably to go 10-15 miles slower

Not just an instinct. It's called driving for the conditions and it's required.

Extended cut or bust. If I'm sitting down for a three hour movie I'm going all the way.

"Chahge" is doing a lot of work accentwise. Possibly carrying the whole load even.

You stated something so ridiculously obvious, like I’d honestly be shocked if anyone in New England wasn’t aware of the fact that snow tires are the safer option. I think you’re ignorant for suggesting that everyone should buy snow tires as if it’s super affordable. It’s not. And then you try to shame me because I have a medical condition and a medical marijuana card? You don’t even know me, don’t tell me why I can’t afford things in my life. Like I said, you’re ignorant AF.

Bayonet charges usually were terrible ideas. Melee is chaotic, and usually a disaster for the charging force in the era of rifles onwards. Something something Pickett's Charge. They were relying on scaring the rebels off which was a huge gamble. Charges get a lot of clout in movies, but in reality they are usually just as bad if not worse for the attacker.

He also stopped an attempted coup in 1879 Augusta at the state capital. https://downeast.com/history/maine-governor-steal-election/

Ok toots, sorry you’re big mad over my general suggestion that it would be prudent to purchase snow tires for inclement weather. Your personal situation and where you’re from is irrelevant to the fact that snow tires make driving in snow safer. I hope you’re able to find some peace and happiness despite the animosity and hatred that you’re clearly harboring.

Goddamn the soundtrack of this movie never gets the credit it deserves in movie soundtrack conversations.

(For anyone who's unaware, this is from Gettysburg (1993). Great movie. It's long but absolutely worth your time if you've never seen it before. Just be sure you watch the theatrical version and not the extended cut, which is even longer and contains a bunch of deleted scenes that were deleted for very good reasons.)

Just as the energy industry is accountable for their life-cycles, footprint, infrastructure impact, future big box stores need the same accountability. It should be incentivized to refurbish and repurpose and decentivitized to blight for hedging tax recoup into portfolios.

Building without contributing to road / sidewalk infrastructure, building without contributing to the expansion of services, building and blighting without consequences needs to go. These buildings created in the 80s and 90s are destroying communities and driving further why Maine and other big box centric infrastructure across the country have brain drain issues

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Crazy to see the bars and stars in Maine these days knowing that Chamberlain and the 20th played such a big role in the winning of that war. It’s so disrespectful to the land.

295-north yesterday though…

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Bro I am not talking about snow tires lol. I'm talking about people that lose power and make the Pikachu face. A small generator is not expensive. You live in a state that occasionally gets wild weather. Prepare for it

As long as people keep buying Chinese-made trash from Amazon and Walmart, Marden’s will be prosperous.

Quality is a thing of the past in the United States. Most things have no competitors.

Are you going to buy a wooden spoon with hair made by a Granny in the county for your daughter or are you going to buy the latest Barbie or Disney princess made in China? We as a country are addicted to chinesium: buy, use once, trash.

Are you going to buy the Restoration Hardware couch made in North Carolina, or are you going to buy the chinesium dupe on Amazon for 1/2 the cost?