hikerboy wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i love maine.

I do too. To bad the people are not more like the people from the south.

We loved the beauty of the land when we were there in Oct. The people are a little different. When in Berlin in a restaurant I didn't really go out of my way to be cordial but I made it a point to say hello and smile. They new I wasn't from around there but I didn't care. I was just being myself. I was looked at strangely.

thats not because you're from the south. thats because you're strange.

hikerboy wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

if you ordered lobster tails, theyd know you were from away.
no one in maine orders tails, they come from south africa

Ya', we just have lobstah up he-ah.

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

if you ordered lobster tails, theyd know you were from away.
no one in maine orders tails, they come from south africa

Ya', we just have lobstah up he-ah.

Got two fer on Tues. in North Conway. 2 for $11.99. So did Shellie. In other word I had 3 whole lobstahs and 2 claws. Yum yum. Life was good that night.

Here is a tip: The males have bigger claws and the females have bigger tails. And no, I am not kidding.

hikerboy wrote:

2-3 lbs are best.the bigger they are, the older they are-less tender

BirdBrain wrote:

LoboSolo wrote:

chic lobster are the best (1 p0unders)

I agree. 1 lb female pistols (no claws).

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

2-3 lbs are best.the bigger they are, the older they are-less tender

My sister had hers mounted. My friend served his at a party of drunks and it lasted all night.

I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about your sister's *

hikerboy wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

LoboSolo wrote:

chic lobster are the best (1 p0unders)

I agree. 1 lb female pistols (no claws).

we've got a lobster farm 5 minutes away from my home. years ago you could get 3 1 pounders for $10.99 steamed and cleaned. now theyre up to $24.95 for the same 3

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

2-3 lbs are best.the bigger they are, the older they are-less tender

My sister had hers mounted. My friend served his at a party of drunks and it lasted all night.

I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about your sister's *

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i love maine.

I do too. To bad the people are not more like the people from the south.

BirdBrain wrote:

Toli wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i love maine.

I do too. To bad the people are not more like the people from the south.

Tru dat... I spent 2 weeks in Maine each of the last 3 years(Family related not hiking 52.gif ) and my friends sister and brother-in-law would tell us to keep quite and they would order food/speak to shop keepers because she had a Georgia drawl, and me with my Cali speak, were considered "outsiders"... Insert hiking irony "here" :silly: ...

The terms are you are from away and a flatlander.

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

Toli wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i love maine.

I do too. To bad the people are not more like the people from the south.

Tru dat... I spent 2 weeks in Maine each of the last 3 years(Family related not hiking 52.gif ) and my friends sister and brother-in-law would tell us to keep quite and they would order food/speak to shop keepers because she had a Georgia drawl, and me with my Cali speak, were considered "outsiders"... Insert hiking irony "here" :silly: ...

The terms are you are from away and a flatlander.

And here I thought they just called us hicks. Although I saw some hillbilly livin' up that way that would rival the best of 'em.

milkman wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

LoboSolo wrote:

chic lobster are the best (1 p0unders)

I agree. 1 lb female pistols (no claws).

we've got a lobster farm 5 minutes away from my home. years ago you could get 3 1 pounders for $10.99 steamed and cleaned. now theyre up to $24.95 for the same 3

Crying damn shame. I can remember all you can eat grouper in the keys for $1.50

Toli wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

Toli wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i love maine.

I do too. To bad the people are not more like the people from the south.

Tru dat... I spent 2 weeks in Maine each of the last 3 years(Family related not hiking 52.gif ) and my friends sister and brother-in-law would tell us to keep quite and they would order food/speak to shop keepers because she had a Georgia drawl, and me with my Cali speak, were considered "outsiders"... Insert hiking irony "here" :silly: ...

The terms are you are from away and a flatlander.

And here I thought they just called us hicks. Although I saw some hillbilly livin' up that way that would rival the best of 'em.

I met some girls at a Flyers game that could hold their own against the best Red-Neck girls I ever met in the Ocala NF :ohmy: ...

milkman wrote:

You gotta go to Punta Gorda for the hard core ones. Those in Ocala are too close to Disney World.

milkman wrote:

milkman wrote:

You gotta go to Punta Gorda for the hard core ones. Those in Ocala are too close to Disney World.

In particular to a place out in the woods called the redneck yacht club.
You probably can google redneck yacht club Punta Gorda.

Toli wrote:

milkman wrote:

milkman wrote:

You gotta go to Punta Gorda for the hard core ones. Those in Ocala are too close to Disney World.

In particular to a place out in the woods called the redneck yacht club.
You probably can google redneck yacht club Punta Gorda.

That's funny, cuz there is one in St. Cloud too... Right on East Lake Toho... They have nicer Pontoon's then they do a house ...

BirdBrain wrote:

Hey..... since you are already in here, check out my report.

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

Hey..... since you are already in here, check out my report.

Saw it earlier today BB. Good stuff as usual and nice pics.

I offended my biggest fan. Trillium thinks I called Trillium a weenie. I was calling myself a weenie. 2.gif I am not happy.

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

Hey..... since you are already in here, check out my report.

Saw it earlier today BB. Good stuff as usual and nice pics.

I offended my biggest fan. Trillium thinks I called Trillium a weenie. I was calling myself a weenie. 2.gif I am not happy.

BirdBrain wrote:

July 18

As I planned for my walk, I drove more than a few experienced hikers batty with my postal scales and gram reduction giddiness. As it turns out, I was not enough of a gram weenie. Turns out I did not like lugging an average of 34 lbs over hills for more than 100 miles. Who would have knew?

Trillium wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

July 18

As I planned for my walk, I drove more than a few experienced hikers batty with my postal scales and gram reduction giddiness. As it turns out, I was not enough of a gram weenie. Turns out I did not like lugging an average of 34 lbs over hills for more than 100 miles. Who would have knew?

I hadn't read this the other day when I stopped reading.

Same thing happened to me. Of course, I had read for years on WB how important it was to be as light as possible. When my husband & I hiked up to MacAfee Knob in Nov 2012 and met up with 2 SOBO's, they emphasized to me how important it was to go as light as possible. So, when I started out, I tried hard to lighten my pack. As I was doing the final pack-up in the shelter near the cemetary at about mile 6 on the AT north of Springer, my husband even said to me "remember what those hikers told you on MacAfee Knob" and I REALLY tried to cut things out. But I now know that I didn't cut anywhere near enough. After hiking into Franklin and developing the excruciating foot pain, I am sure that the things that I took that I didn't absolutely need and didn't use on at least an every other day basis, contributed to the pain. Next April I will be RUTHLESS!