False.

PSA: Don’t forget this is also the season when front porch roofs get ripped off of houses.

I lived in MO. We had a really bad I've storm in 07. My folks' street didn't get power back for 14 days. Thank goodness for generators, gas fireplace, and a well that didn't freeze.

Maybe for a bit… bits back down to prices it was in 2016…

It's because the price of natural gas has skyrocketed in the last two years... use of natural gas to generate electricy accounts for 80% of the electrical power in NE...Annnnd every available molecule is being liquefied and shipped over seas.

To pay for their stupid transmission line and fighting Pine Tree Power.

The only experience I would classify as painless is anytime I’ve had to go in on a snow day and it was empty. I’ve had to argue with some employee at MV that yes, I really needed a REAL ID compliant license. She kept telling me they aren’t required and while I assured her that’s true, as a frequent flying it’s less hassle to have one. That was a 5 minute conversation after an hour long wait.

I won’t even get into my IRS story. Government agencies have zero interest in providing any real customer service.

I have spoke to CMP a few times and while it’s never a pleasant experience, they aren’t any better or worse than our government.

My wife and I got a bridesmaid some seaweed and a cookbook to go with it as a gift. I would be interested in trying it. I'm all for sustainable sourcing

I see this coming up everywhere. CMP is not the supplier and you pay for them to transport electricity to your house. It makes up a smaller portion of your bill. If you are finding your bills double you are probably with a crap supplier like Electrcity Maine who just doubled in price beginning of the year. Call CMP and switch to standard offer already.

didn’t know that. thanks

Worst part is: the corridor likely isn't going to get shut down.

MNW is going to look like Clinton Co, NY; with 100's of windmills sprouting up like shrooms in the next few years; energy headed to MA that needs the corridor to get there.

Yes. Some people with autism benefit from open captions.

> have you ever tried to get them to do something they didn’t want to do? They basically tell you to go screw and you have zero recourse.

It sounds like you're referring to some specific experience here. Not sure why you're being vague about it. But no, that hasn't happened to me. I have asked for minor not-in-the-job-description type favors a couple times (like making an extra copy of something) and they have always been happy to oblige.

Even if they weren't, though, would that really separate them from the customer service at most corporations? It's like pulling teeth to get most companies to do even the things they ARE supposed to do, because doing things costs them money and they know if they make it hard enough, many people will just give up.

> but I have no idea why people love government agencies so much.

Because government agencies have the goal of providing a service to you, not extracting the maximum profit from you while providing as little service as possible.

(And because many of us have traveled and lived abroad, and have seen firsthand what it's like when government services are actually well-funded).

And people who don't like or can't use that equipment simply won't go, costing the theaters lost business. So more theaters are doing both.

Nope. But I can cancel my cable and my HR team can put pressure on my insurance company. Even with CMP, the PUC has oversight.

We have zero recourse with the government.

Serious question - have you ever tried to get them to do something they didn’t want to do? They basically tell you to go screw and you have zero recourse.

Granted, CMP isn’t great, but I have no idea why people love government agencies so much.

We have been without power for about 36 hours now. I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. No pun intended.

Fucking sucks

Oh yes, and if you don't mind 20€ coffee you can even go to see him at the three story Cafe they built around him on the Hollywood Strip

That would be Conflagration, Bangor 2053's red light district which will feature a "sky blue house of pleasure" as the head quarters of whoever I decide to put there, I'm thinking a trim lumberjack built man who dresses in flooring silks and carries himself like a brothel mistress.

Bunch of thugs

Cool to see Paul Bunyan survive.

From what?

why not ask the person you're looking to rent from?

Lol. I made the Cardinal sin of forgetting the /s

I think complaining on Reddit is exactly what Reddit is for

It's an open to the public premium game I'll be running once a month on a Sunday in Bangor if you're interested.

$5 a person plus you have to buy food from the venue, Paddy Murphy's