Recent content by Dr. StrangeHat

We just flew to Orlando for our vacation via Southwest. Our flight from Portland to BWI was 100% full. Our 2nd flight from BWI to MCO was only about 70% full. Coming back, our flight from MCO top BWI wasn't even half full, maybe 40%. Emptiest plane I've been on in years. But, BWI to PWM was 100%...

I could see 'Hearts of the Sea' or 'Hearts of the Forest' or even 'Hearts of Maine' working. As nomc noted above, pine is a soft wood. It doesn't exactly invoke images strength. I guess pine is strong when you put a lot of it together and/or laminate it. Hearts of Laminated Pine There, that...

The story from the city is that supply chain issues caused delays in electrical and security system components have held up completion and inspections, but I haven't heard of the same supply chain issues with other projects. My guess is that that whole project is over budget, so they had to wait...

New team name: Hearts of Pine My initial reaction: Not a fan of the name :censored: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/27/mens-pro-soccer-franchise-in-portland-to-play-as-hearts-of-pines/

I'd hate to see people lose their jobs, but Tyson has been going through a lot of downsizing the past 18 months. I wonder if the Barber Foods plant is in danger of closing? If so, that would be another ideal spot for a station.

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/25/the-midtown-project-promised-to-transform-bayside-instead-it-became-the-face-of-portlands-homelessness-crisis/

I'm much rather ride the Metro North into the city than LIRR

My bags taking over 40 minutes to get from the plane to my hands the other night is a bigger embarrassment. I hope whatever upgrades they plan to the baggage claim help them process bags faster with the one or two people they have on hand to handle baggage for evening and night arrivals.

They’d probably have even more money to spend if they didn’t heat that building to 95 degrees. My god it was unbearably hot in the terminal today.

Don't forget about the winds that tall buildings create. That was Keep Portland Livable's rally cry.

Shocked, I tell you...shocked! 😂

I wonder how much NIMBY opposition Redfern will get from residents of Munjoy Heights, which Redfern built? If they still control that somehow, they should shut the water off for anyone that complains about this project. 😂

I think Sanford has issues related to image and perception. They need to first solve for that. We were in Sanford on the outskirts of town for a soccer tournament this past fall. We stopped into downtown for a team lunch one of the days, and driving in, it felt and looked old, tired, run-down...

They've been taking off on that runway, too. FedEx's 9:15am 757 to Memphis went over my house in Westbrook at a maybe 2000 feet. Shook the whole house.

A big part of that was securing a significant brownfields grant, and that was not easy. It came down to the wire after construction had already commenced. Thompson's Point was once an industrial wasteland. Fitzpatrick, not so much; it was a wetland. I'm not saying that funding cannot be found...