Natural gas and wood stove here. Keep the therm set to 68 degrees.

65 / 60. Nice and balmy.

Oil to steam radiators here. Go 58 at night and 65-68 during the day (if we are home of course)

VIP broke part of my wheel changing a tire. They also said they changed my oil once and definitely did not.

Looks like knee prints on the ground there.

Just a fireplace, which is nice. We could turn up the thermostat, it wouldn't bankrupt us.....yet. but the boss has her rules!

Nope.

It happens to everyone all the time.

WWOOF

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Do you have a wood stove? Much better for power outages and making up the difference with oil/gas. We don't turn the thermostat up unless we have to. 55 at night.

My daughter spent 6 months in New Zealand just woofing and going from one engagement to the next. Spent next to nothing.

I was in line at a VIP when they told the customer ahead of me - in for all four brakes - that they would also charge (full price) for rotating the tires.

Wood heat here. We keep it at 70° during the day and let it cool to 60° overnight.

Been here 40 years and recently retired. Just curious if we're weird or closer to normal.🥶

Welcome to Maine.

I graduated from umf in 2020. Honestly don't really recommend it unless you want to do education stuff. It's only getting more focused on the ed programs these days. My entire major was axed immediately after I graduated. Also, funny side note - I graduated there, and am now almost ready to graduate from cmcc, so congrats on the equal and opposite trajectory lol.

trust me on this one

If they could put a hole it in with anything other than a saw or acetylene torch, your rot box was already gone.

I'm not sure which tire/service store is the worst, but I am sure that VIP is in the top 2.

VIP put a hole in the bottom of my car and tried telling me it was rusted out when it got there. Dumbass left the sledgehammer leaning against the lift and everything.

Fuck VIP. Paid them to put a new battery in my car, I come home, pop the hood — nope, still the same old battery. Called and was told the service writer had made "an error."

That was only months after I went for an oil change and VIP overtightened the oil plug and I ended up with a nasty leak.

They corrected the problem both times but I'm done with that outfit.

2nd this. You always want a second test, *especially* if the first test was not done by you and you don't have the raw lab results in hand. Totally worth the cost.

If I'm reading ME law correctly, your landlord is supposed to supply you with the actual test results which would serve as a baseline for you now. Someone in your local gov't has the answers you need—health inspector? building code people? You could start with your town clerk to find out who to contact. You can also search for a tenant's rights association in your location that can help.

I would highly recommend UM over UMF any day. Consider your future career path and look for positions posted now. Are they requiring a BA or a BS degree. UMF cut most of the bachelor of science degrees when the University of Maine System began pushing for single accreditation. They only issue bachelor arts degrees now. UM has a strong program in Computer Information Systems (they merged with the spatial engineering department a few years back). They teach C++, html, Java, databases, and more. Depending on the career path you wish to pursue, you will have more in your portfolio coming from UM.

That being said, nothing stops you from applying to one campus and getting permission to take courses from another campus within the system. I do this with online classes at UMA that do not have an online counterpart at USM. I went to school at UM years ago and now attend USM.

I aways pack pens with toiletries so it blends in but TSA is not looking for weed.

Are you going to skimp on $100 out of principal? This is your health and your families health. Get it done and then try and claw it back.