Hmm. Assumed I nailed the view for Maine without looking but nope. Hamlin Peak at 4,756ft apparently wins with 132 miles. But from there, if you take a short walk across the Tablelands to Baxter Peak and the summit of Katahdin at 5,269ft one might think you would see a wee bit further. I do but Katahdin is not listed. And if you were to take another short walk from Baxter Peak across the Knife Edge to Pamola at 4,919ft I bet that would beat Hamlin too. But, yeah, this a fun toy.
I was once a very big LinkedIn user and it did more to help me with my career then anything else available.I had lots connections and two rules for establishing them: 1) connect with no one with a "marketing" type job. All they want to do is see your connections and sell you something. 2) Only connect with people in my field. There were exceptions here and there but for the most part it was a very vibrant and engaged community from which I learned a lot. Over time LinkedIn devolved into what you and John see now, becoming a social alternative to The Facebook. LinkedIn allowed and sometimes encouraged this to happen. Unfortunate, but that's the way it is.
Well, yeah. .. Getting cash when landing on Free Parking? I was taught to play that way. That would be back in the 60's. Bidding on properties that a player declines to buy? No memory of ever doing that. Going around the board before you can buy? Sometimes. That was one of those rules that was decided before starting to play.
Nice find. If I were in Europe I'd make an effort to visit Couvet just for this experience. I like Absinthe. Neat. There I said it. I chuckle at those who say you can't do that because the taste is too strong and the alcohol content too high to enjoy. Wrong. I'm also somewhat bemused by the whole sugar ritual especially that slow drip. Who's got time for that? The bottle I have is 55% ABV. That is at the high end of what I typically like, but in this case I'll have maybe 1/2-1 oz in a small glass after a big dinner or to end the day. Works quite well for me.
The long-standing border dispute between New Hampshire and Maine ended Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court granted Maine's motion to dismiss New Hampshire's claim that the shipyard belongs to the Granite State. The opinion, delivered Tuesday afternoon, was written by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Justice Ginsburg wrote that "judicial estoppel bars New Hampshire from asserting that the Piscataqua River boundary runs along the Maine shore". Under the judicial estoppel doctrine, "Where a party assumes a certain position in a legal proceeding, and succeeds in maintaining that position, he may not thereafter, simply because his interests have changed, assume a contrary position, especially if it be to the prejudice of the party who has acquiesced in the position formerly taken by him". Put simply: Since New Hampshire had agreed in 1977 that the border runs along the middle of the river, New Hampshire may not now claim that the border runs along the Maine riverbank. Wrote Justice Ginsburg: "New Hampshire's claim that the Piscataqua River boundary runs along the Maine shore is clearly inconsistent with its interpretation of the words 'Middle of the River' during the 1970s litigation." New Hampshire appealed the dismissal and requested the Court to reconsider its dismissal, but the Court denied the motion to reconsider.
Here's what I think. New Hampshire is hoping to catch the eye of the Trumpster because it's well known he does not like Maine's current Governor due to her in your face "see you in court" comment she made to him over transgender rights.
...but what he knows probably came from either Looney Tunes or Hagar the Horrible. Or that History Channel series he's not really allowed to watch.
That History Channel series I was allowed to watch (well, I'm an old fart and can watch whatever the hell I want), taught me more about Vikings then anything before it (including Prince Valiant in the Age of King Arthur). Not directly of course. But it was so well done that I started researching names, and events, and places. So English history too. Pretty cool stuff.
If you found this interesting and would like to know more, then I highly recommend the book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick. The Essex was sunk after being attacked by a sperm whale; an event that should sound familiar as it inspired an other famous piece of literature. The sinking however, is only a small piece of an incredible story. It was turned into a Ron Howard movie of the same name, but I'd avoid that.
Unexploded munitions can emerge from the bowels of the earth...
Emergency surgery was carried out, and the object was found to be an artillery shell dating back to the First World War. Worse still, it had not exploded.
Very astute observation. Good they didn't play around with it further.
And you, Mr. Farrier, I salute with a piece of pie.
Here's what I think. New Hampshire is hoping to catch the eye of the Trumpster because it's well known he does not like Maine's current Governor due to her in your face "see you in court" comment she made to him over transgender rights.
That History Channel series I was allowed to watch (well, I'm an old fart and can watch whatever the hell I want), taught me more about Vikings then anything before it (including Prince Valiant in the Age of King Arthur). Not directly of course. But it was so well done that I started researching names, and events, and places. So English history too. Pretty cool stuff.
Very astute observation. Good they didn't play around with it further.