Unfortunately, the rule does not apply to members of the Armed Forces. You
didn't have a choice. <g>
--Bob, who has not seen 52 below in 20 years in Maine. But then he hasn't spent
any winters up in The County, either.
--Bob
On May 4, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> The first winter that I spent at Loring AFB, there was 186 inches of
> snow and the lowest temp was 52 below zero F. That low temp was the
> reading on one of those long thermometers hung on a post at the border
> crossing. When I asked the customs agent what the temp was, he walked
> over and checked it, shivered and came back to say 52 below. That was
> around 3:00AM and I was returning from a dance in Canada. When we went
> out to the parking lot that morning, out of a couple of hundred cars, 5
> of them started. My 48 Chev was not one of them. LOL So we walked to work.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
> On 5/4/2012 5:04 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> You can't be a real Mainer unless your great grandparents x 12 were born
>> here. But they say if you move to Maine, survive your first winter, and then
>> stay for another one you can be a Mainiac. (This past winter doesn't count.
>> As Maine winters go, it was a real wus.)
--
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