You will never be a true Mainer but you have earned your stripes. For those
of you that are not Mainers you ain't one unless you were born there. I've
been there 35 yrs but I'm still "from away". Actually there is a joke that
goes something like this.... A baby was born in "the County" and the family
moved to the Midwest 3 days later. Likewise a baby was born in Massachusetts
and 3 days later the family moved to "the County". Upon their deaths the
local paper headlines the obituary for the Midwest boy "Local boy dies"
whereas the other read "Man from away dies". Seriously you were lucky
because survival time is <20 minutes. Bummer about the guitar.
This reminds me of the time when I first moved to Maine. I was
living in a family summer camp which I "winterized" by putting plastic over
the windows and bales of hay around the base of the camp. Drinking water
came out of a hole in the ice. Dishes froze in the sink if I got lazy and
didn't wash them before bed. I went into the lake through thin ice and I hit
bottom and was back sitting on the ice before the paper in my wallet got
totally wet.
Here is a little winter activity for you. Ask the local lobstermen
if they can swim, most can't and they likely will answer with something
along the lines of "why prolong the inevitable".
Bob J.
Peace
PDQ 36 LRC
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