The Coffee House

[SquarePeg1]

You been to Maine, Smoke? haha. I'd say that about 30,000 of those square miles are relatively uninhabited.

Uninhabited, not uninhabitable. :0

 

[JonA_CT]

fake news!

And I said relatively uninhabited. When you have to drive an hour plus to a grocery store like my buddy did when he lived in Carrabassett Valley, ME...that fits the definition for me, haha. The irony is that he was working ski patrol at Sugarloaf. And that grocery store an hour from his house was an IGA that didn’t carry much produce. For a supermarket, it was closer to 2 hours. Western Maine is no joke.

 

[JonA_CT]

fake news!

And I said relatively uninhabited. When you have to drive an hour plus to a grocery store like my buddy did when he lived in Carrabassett Valley, ME...that fits the definition for me, haha. The irony is that he was working ski patrol at Sugarloaf. And that grocery store an hour from his house was an IGA that didn’t carry much produce. For a supermarket, it was closer to 2 hours. Western Maine is no joke.

Or north of Bangor/Orono for that matter. I set my personal land speed record on 95 up there.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary once read that all the New England states (sans Maine) can fit in San Bernardino County.

But be fair now Gary, between the Sierra Nevada range and Death Valley there's roughly 45,000 sq. mi. of mostly uninhabitable country.

Granted, 90% of San Bernardino county is Mojave Desert ... but there is a helluva lot of it ... Not much nightlife but the parking is easy.

 

[smoke665]

@JonA_CT, never made it Maine (yet). Spent some time in MA, VT, and NH, as I recall there were some "uninhabited" areas there as well 40 years ago.

 

[Tony744]

Didn't lose power here, or at work, but half of the down town area was without power. Ended up with about 18 inches of snow here. Drive shaft on the snow blower attachment for the tractor at work let go about 2/3 of the way through the job. Ended up having to replace the entire quick-release yoke.

 

[Gary A.]

fake news!

And I said relatively uninhabited. When you have to drive an hour plus to a grocery store like my buddy did when he lived in Carrabassett Valley, ME...that fits the definition for me, haha. The irony is that he was working ski patrol at Sugarloaf. And that grocery store an hour from his house was an IGA that didn’t carry much produce. For a supermarket, it was closer to 2 hours. Western Maine is no joke.

Or north of Bangor/Orono for that matter. I set my personal land speed record on 95 up there.

95mph is what the valet does in the parking lot out here.

 

[smoke665]

95mph is what the valet does in the parking lot out here.

95 on the 285 bypass or most of the other interstates round Atlanta could get you run over!!!!

 

[Gary A.]

The I-15 south of Corona heading to Temecula is a runway disguised as a freeway.

 

[Tony744]

Is the 405 still a parking lot disguised as a freeway?

 

[JonA_CT]

I-95 not 95 mph. I found out what a rev limiter was that day.

 

[JonA_CT]

@JonA_CT, never made it Maine (yet). Spent some time in MA, VT, and NH, as I recall there were some "uninhabited" areas there as well 40 years ago.

For sure. The best areas probably!

You’ll have to make it up this way again. September/October is beautiful along the coast of Maine.

 

[smoke665]

The I-15 south of Corona heading to Temecula is a runway disguised as a freeway.

No disguising to it in Atlanta, makes you do a double take when you come around the SW corner of 285 and see a jet going over the interstate on the bridge.

 

[Gary A.]

Is the 405 still a parking lot disguised as a freeway?

Yes, the busiest interstate in the U.S, used to be a parking lot only during weekday, rush hour. But now it is a parking lot 24-7.

 

[Tony744]

That's pretty much the way it was last time I did a run down that way. I can honestly say I don't miss THAT part of California much.