To fish with bait, or wait?

Rangeley Lakes - click to enlarge
Photo: George's Outdoor News, George Smith

  In the early last century and the century before (1800-1920) as "war" was fought in the Rangeley Lakes. 
  Most people fished for food.  They took fish with bait.  Then came the "sports" from the east coast cities.   They fished with flies, for sport.
  The two sides didn't get along to say the least.  It was a mostly verbal war.  In one instance a cook fishing for food has a large trout on his line.  "Play it!, play it" shouted at sport.  "Play your grandmother" the cook shouted back as he waved a 15 pounder over his head.
  Read more: http://georgesoutdoornews.bangordailynews.com/2014/11/28/maine-woods/battle-rages-over-rangeley-fishing-between-bait-and-fly-fishermen/

The Dodge Brothers done up proud, in Alberta, Canada

Dauphin Red and Manitoba Brown 1929 Dodge Roadster
Photo: www.autonet.ca

  Bill Gess who lives in Calgary, Alberta is the very proud owner of this beautiful Dodge roadster.  It was reworked and restored completely.  You'll wonder how it was done when I show you what he started with.
  The car was originally sold in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1929 and it looks just as good now as it did then.  It was done in the original colors and tan sharkskin leather.  Sharkskin is a finish of regular leather not from the fish.
  Read more, see more cars: http://www.autonet.ca/en/2014/11/30/dodge-brothers---three-for-the-road

At the start of restoration
Photo: www.autonet.ca

This little piggy stayed home.

The Pig on a plane
Photo: www.cbsnews.com

  Some people have support animals, helpers if you will.  Some people who have seizures have a dog that alerts them when one is going to happen.  Other people have an animal for emotional support.  Allegedly.  My own opinion is that some of them are attention seekers.  That's why you see women, or men, in Wal-Mart with four dogs in the cart!  Do YOU want to use that cart?
  One woman was an "emotional support animal" that's a pig.  That's right, she has for her "emotional" support a pot bellied pig.  A fine swine if ever there were one.  But the porker doesn't like to fly.
  Recently the woman and her support animal boarded a flight, she tied the leash to an armrest and the pig went wild.  No flight for the little guy, he was off-loaded and that little piggy stayed home.

An expanded view.

White Thursday, Plaid Friday

Clean up on Thursday on Central Street, work for some - click to enlarge
Photo: Brian Feulner, Bangor Daily News

And play for others in Hayford Park - click
Photo: Brian Feulner, Bangor Daily News

  White Thursday was okay for Thanksgiving.  If you had a shovel or a sled.  And, if you had electricity, many didn't.  It was cold too, but that never stopped me when I was a kid either.

Picking the "one" at the Briar Patch - click
Photo: Ashley L Conti, Bangor Daily News

  Friday was Plaid Friday in contrast to Black Friday in the "big boxes", and many shoppers went to the smaller, independent stores downtown.  This store, Briar Patch, has been around for a long time and it's a favorite for small children who haven't "logged on" yet.

...and, a snow shovel too.

  Yesterday was Thanksgiving and a day to shovel snow.  Not any  old ordinary snow either, this was Thanksgiving snow.  I gave thanks because it stopped at 13 inches.  It was wet, sticky stuff (I could have used another word).  That stuff (I could have used another word) stuck to the shovel so you would have to handle it twice.  I fell down in a drift and couldn't get up.  When I fell my legs crossed and I could get one on the ground.  Finally I was able to drive the shovel down and use it for leverage; it ain't easy being a geezer.
  So I'm thankful that the ground was solid, there was no sinkhole, there was no terrible heat wave AND I don't have to shop today!

Happy Thanksgiving. Well, where ever you are.

From: #Maine - click to enlarge
Illustration: www.buzzfeed.com

  You'll probably (you should!) notice some errors in the map up there.  This map and others like it were filled in by British journalists.   I would imagine that many people right here in this country couldn't do much better.  For all that matter could you, or I, identify a breakdown of Britain.
  Anyway, if you know where you live have a great day, I'll be shoveling snow (oh boy, oh boy).

I've been busy

It's going to be one of those - click to see the bird
 

  Monday I drove down to Togus VA Hospital with a friend.  He had knee surgery and I drove home.  It didn't take too long, we left at 4AM and he was checked in at 6:30 and went to the OR at 8.  We left, after dealing with the pharmacy at about 1PM, and arrived home at 2:30.
  Yesterday was my normal Tuesday with leaving at 4:15AM and getting home about 2PM.  Now I am a bit tired but we still have a couple of errands to run today.  Buying a turkey is not one of them,  going shopping in a "big box" is not one of them either.  It's going to snow later on and snow hard all night to reach maybe 10 inches or so.