The Portland area is great for a vacation generally but where are you coming from? Just so you know, March is still full-on winter here.

While this is true… op, don’t go into nursing. Don’t do it.

The septic pipes won't freeze for the same reason the well pipes don't freeze they're below the frost line, or should be anyway.

A traditional Maine home will often have frozen pipes, especially in the north. I say that because those houses were built "Good enough" for most of the time, when real cold sets in they're not good enough because there really isn't enough insulation.

Any house built in the last 30 years ought to have no problem with -20F. My parent's house was built in the early '70s and I don't remember one incident of freezing pipes ever...

Bet

It doesn’t change the fact it’s needed

Yup and an oil filled one that "keeps heating after it's shut off" will drag an equivalent amount when it starts off cold.

Truck drivers

Dermatologist

Psychotherapist

Psychologist

General Contractor

Home Health Aid

And then you won’t be able to take calls….and so on, we need reasonable rentals sos people can move here, we need population growth in order to keep Maintaining Maine

Which of those two jobs lets you drive the Ghostbusters car though?

Construction especially complete home remodeling. Buy a dumpster house and create a new home for about half the price of new! Long term opportunities here north of Portland

Maybe they could staff Denny's for me! 🍽

We need everything, doctors (all types of specialists), dentists, veterinarians, etc. I mean, we can't even keep Denny's in Bangor open every day. Unfortunately, pay is terrible in Maine. There's not much to do, it's expensive, and you have to travel anywhere because Maine is a big state.

What would you do with them after wrangling them?

Back when we drove Tercels with 13" tires a little sand in the hatchback helped the little bugger dig down through the snow to solid pavement. Don't knock it until you try it.

I will start off by saying my suggestions are very southern Maine centric, so if you are going to be in a different part of Maine this may not be super helpful.

The first thing to do would be to make sure you have your GED or High School Diploma. Then go to a lab website and find a tech position. Nordx operates the Labs for all the MaineHealth hospitals and has tons of openings, here is an example of a posting.

https://www.careersatmainehealth.org/jobs/1350029-anatomic-pathology-technician-histology

The job description will say prior Tech experience preferred, but you definitely want to make sure your resume has things on it that point to you wanting to work in healthcare. Volunteering at hospitals, or non clinical jobs in the healthcare field would be a great thing to have on your resume to show that. So would college or community college level classes on Health Sciences or Healthcare Administration.

Another option would be to start as a phlebotomist, working at a lab clinic or hospital drawing blood. This is a direct patient care role, but is often a good inroad to a lab carreer. SMCC has a 6 week fully paid program where you can learn to become a phlebotomist.

https://my.smccme.edu/ICS/icsfs/Phlebotomy_221115.pdf?target=2dea6825-44e6-4429-bf41-f76919df0555

I hope some of this helps. Maine does need new blood in the workforce, so good luck!

Yeah cracking faucets is something to do somewhere like Texas where the houses are on slabs with the pipes outside the walls and not engineered for the occasional winter blast.

If you specifically have that one bitchy faucet that needs running, by all means, go for it, but doing it in a traditional Maine house that used to see winters like this all the time is actually inviting trouble. Like what if your septic line freezes but your well doesn't? It could happen.

You don't need water for avocado toast, which is what they're eating, while complaining about your $15 annual incremental rent increase.

Fatphobic much?

Tonight, on the Dukes of Hazzard

It's stealing survival energy from the nearby, nearly dead, Auburn Mall.

It'll make the photos and memes better.

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It's in front of a large zebra striped sidewalk where customers meander out of the store and split off in all directions. Motorists get impatient and try to cut the corner to get around those customers.

Trades -- electricians, plumbers, carpentry.

Health care -- doctors, nurses, home care for elderly