You know the difference between tight, wicked tight, and hummin' tight.

It was only 4 years ago when we had a cold snap that lasted two weeks. Sheesh

"I'll take a double, and you owe me $50."

Omg, I thought I was the only one thinking this. So funny

Most zoning rules are pretty good - I like not living next to a cement factory. Landowners can take out loans to build their own homes, generally, but banks will indeed treat them differently than a company known for already doing so. Sales taxes are regressive but school funding does need a mixup to be more equitable

There don't seem to be tons of complaints that there are just too many $1500/mo rents available, even though that's pretty high compared to the average income in state

It's r/Maine, this state is one of the worst impacted by short term rentals eating away the otherwise normal housing stock, and attacking services like Airbnb might have more positive impact here statewide compared to most areas of the country. Between people having a second home in Maine to summer in and short term rentals catering to people doing the same, the street I live on is something like three quarters gobbled up by housing which sits vacant except when rich assholes vacation here for three months out of the year.

Even building more housing here likely won't help without this situation being addressed - since the 60s, Maine has built about one new house for every two people added to the population, but a supermajority of those new houses are not lived in by full time Mainers. New houses right now are majority built by developers looking to sell them to the highest bidder and tailoring them to that market, so it's mostly to the short term rental/vacation home people.

You’re thinking of Gelato Fiasco and their “frozen code,” which runs through March 19.

From a FB post: “You save one percent on gelato dishes for each degree below freezing outside at the time of purchase, if you’re a Red Spoon Society member and you use the passphrase “Frozen Code” at the cash register before making payment.”

Yes but it only went to the hotel I believe. It wasn’t a true exit to 112.

Ok, Elsa.

You’ve got a license to chill.

You pay Maine taxes.

….you’re more worried about your beard getting caught in your jacket zipper then some stinkin cold.

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Yes, the ice will thicken. Ice fishing will last a bit longer.

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You skimp on heat in November when it's 40 degrees so you won't have to in February when it's -15.

I gotta tell you for some reason I am irrationally angry about the coverage about this cold snap. Like it's 36 hours of below zero, this is no big deal. Slow news week or something.

Wear a coat don't stay outside. Are people that stupid we need to talk about frost bite for 5 damn days. Ugh I gotta chill about this.

Depending on what county you are in, contact your local County Action Program and refer him for Family Coaching or Workforce. They have funds to help people in situations like that.

>The striped area indicates no parking, it does not designate a pedestrian zone

And why is it a no parking zone? Oh yeah, because people need access to get to the entrance. In particular, wheelchair users who are parking in the handicap spaces that are right nearby that pole.

That pole has prevented them from getting hit by people who are too damn lazy or incompetent to turn properly.

How many times have you actually been to this Walmart in question? I go there often. There is no excuse for being numb enough to hit that pole from the direction people keep hitting it. It's not a problem with the design of the parking lot. It's a state-wide (really, nation-wide) problem of giving driving licenses to people who are too incompetent to have them, because the required tests don't actually require any real demonstration of driving skill or to be able to pass.

>If you cared to notice before talking out your ass, all the yellow poles at Walmart are for signs, they are not bollards.

So they serve a dual purpose.

>It is not a bollard designed to protect pedestrians from vehicles, it would suck at that job because it keeps getting plowed over.

From the pictures I've seen, it does a wonderful job of stopping most of them dead in their tracks when they hit it. Takes their cars off the road for a bit, too, which at least temporarily increases the safety on public roads while they hitch rides with other people.

>How many commercial site plans have you reviewed or been involved with? You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about.

You know some things I do know? How not to smash my car into a bright, yellow, plainly-visible pole. I also know how to turn my car so that I end up on the correct side of the road. Auburn clearly has a problem with people who don't know these very basic driving skills, but were given licenses anyway. Their licenses should be revoked and the people involved sent back to driving school. Every single one of them turned well before there was actually any road for them to turn onto.

It's not just a minor mistake. This is an "I have never driven a car before and have no idea how steering works" level of incompetence. Engineering is not going to fix that. "Bravo!" to the pole for taking them off the roads, at least temporarily anyway.

OP, thanks for doing what you can to help those in your community. I've learned more from reading this thread too.

You wanna hear how my friggen can sounds?? Brap! Braaaaaap!!

You have a multi-tarp shelter for your junky collectables and parts

...you come to realize that the cold snaps never bothered you anyway.

You know the easiest way to piss off a Masshole is to drive the speed limit.