Downeast Yankees, Speak Up!

WATCH YOUR MOUTH!!!!

Foxboro?

Sweet Sister, I only go there to cheer on my Patriots, drink 168 beers in the parking lot, and show everyone how funny I am.

I'm originally from the 413 - that'd be Western Mass, Westfield, the Wip City - a great place to leave. Lived in Boston (Watertown, Brighton) for nearly a decade.

I miss those 4 ft. snowdrifts, I miss my snowboard and enjoying a hearty dark beer by a roaring fire in the lodge afterward - and again, showing everyone how funny I am.

I miss the 4 seasons of New England; warm, hot, hotter and really hot are NOT seasons, those are variances in my Buffalo wings at Buff's in Newton Corner. I miss Buff's immensely!

The seasons break the year up into segments and leave timestones to remember things by. I miss the autumn colors so bad it hurts. I miss sweatshirt weather and I desperately miss riding to work in the early mornings along the Charles River - and then deciding to call in sick and just riding around Boston. I miss the Public Gardens and Newbury Street.

I miss going to the Penobscot River on the 4th of July, climbing Katahdin, rafting, drinking beers and showing everyone how funny I am, again. I love canoeing the Saco River in Maine too.

I miss driving in VT/NH and Maine and coming into a valley and seeing a snow squal blotting out the far side of the mountains. I miss the excitement of the first snow in Boston and the first crocuses of spring. I miss the smell of the earth thawing in April, opening day at Fenway, Patriots Day at Fenway, anyday at Fenway. I miss all my friends' dogs.

Beyond that, nothing. The people on the East Coast suck. I don't miss the people in Boston - sans my friends - one bit, those miserable bastards deserve each other.

Which brings me to why I'm here, the people are beautiful, inside and out.

(Maine Girl, you either have grotesque thumbs, or your picking the strawberries too early. I've seen many that are the size of baseballs, 3 bites minimum - no offense to your thumbs.)

I miss the air. The air here is so heavy compared to the crisp air in Maine.

I miss the quiet. The DR tends to be kinda loud between the motorcycles and the music.

I haven't been here long enough to miss anything else.

As far as missing the seasons; well, it is almost mud season in Maine to be quickly followed by black fly season. How can you miss that??? (Except maybe Spring fishing)

My kids don't miss anything. They think the DR is perfect.

Forgot the air

You're right on there. I love driving with the windows down and smelling pine and cedar. The dampness when you drive the bottom of a valley.

Fresh air, what a novel idea.

Man Poor Cleef... You must be the freakin hunchback of Notre Dam or something close if everyone picked on you so much that you didn't like people from New England!

I loved the people in NE. Always thought that they were so polite. I lived in W. Dover VT. I loved every season other than Mud Season. I loved to ski, I loved watching the leaves change and I loved boating and swimming in Lake Whitingham, especially at the Ledges

When I was in the Used Car business for a little while it was a relief to go to the Auction in New Windsor. That was the first Auction that the other dealers didn't just blow their noses in their hands hence I always thought them gentlemen.

When I am in the D.R. I miss stateside family members, fresh NE seafood, NE fall season to include a ride along the Mohawk trail to VT and return through NH, a summer ride up rt 127 to Gloucester and Rockport, Sam Adams beer. "cheap" gas, and traffic order.

When I am stateside, I miss Dominican family members, a soncocho made over an open fire, a ride to and through the mountains, fresh and cheap fruits and vegies, Presidente's, and warmth (environmental and human). Regards, PJT

jazzcom said:

you didn't like people from New England!

I loved the people in NE.

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Chewy, pay attention. I love NE.

Everything West and North of Portsmouth moves at a different pace than the rest of New England, the people are great. Boston is the East coast to me.

In fact I'd take New York City over Boston when it comes to the people - again, with a (very) few exceptions.

I'll live in Maine, VT or N.H. eventually. I went to undergraduate in NH and got my doctorate and law degrees in Vermont. If Rhode Island was above Mass. and not below it, I'd be there now. Best beaches in NE.

Dr. Cleef

After trudging back home in the snow today, it's bad timing to ask me what's great about New England. Tonight I told a friend that this winter and this latest storm is God making sure I get one thing absolutely clear in my head: Never again in Vermont.

It's pretty and all during the fall, guys, but really, a weekend visit would do. It's not cool that we've had 6 months of winter going on up here. Seriously, it has had physical and emotional effects on me. The -30 (w/out the wind chill) one day in January was memorable. The fact that all the students here break out the flip flops at 35 degrees or higher shows you how f'ed up we are. I heard from a professor that his kids haven't been allowed out of their classroom to go to recess except for 2 days this year. It's been so cold the School Dept. won't let the teachers let them out.

But my Vermont experiences aside, I have enjoyed my New England upbringing. I am repping Brookline and Newton (half of my house in B, half in N) but I am a true Bostonian, born and bred in Jamaica Plain. Most of my time spent in W. Roxbury and all that area. The weather is not as harsh, those 5 degrees warmer makes all the difference. We spent (still do) every summer in Plymouth, MA.

When I am away from Boston from extended periods of time I miss codfish, going to Bingo in JP with my grandmother on Sundays, and my Boston driving. But I hate the accent!

Another Masshole.......

Scandall hails from The People's Republic of Massachusetts also. Grew up in North Andover and had my own houses in Worcester (blah) and Burlington (15 miles North of Boston). I went to a Military College in Vermont for 4 years.

New England is beautiful during the fall. I moved down here for the sun and laid back pace for a few years.

I miss Tia's on the waterfront in Boston. Great place for Thursday cocktails. What else?

Jazz,

W. Dover VT. What a great place. I have been there many times. Deacons Den is on the top of the list of places to drink beers after a day of ripping it up on the slopes of MT Snow, home of Gold Medal winner Kelly Clark (serious shreddar in the half pipe). Do you know any of the Swim clan Jazz? I hail from Mystic CT. For me there is no better place than New England. I have been to the DR one time this past Feb. Love the place. I am good friends with Cleef and he showed me the ropes when I was down there. If anything drastic happens to my world here, I would come down as fast as possible. If I left New England though I would miss a lot of what has been posted. Something about the place just runs in the blood very deeply.

Cmoore001

Remember more than once being in Deacons Den and listening to great bands, talking with friends and just relaxing. I designed the logo for Ponchos Wreck, owned part of the White House and a bunch of other real estate at one point and loved the area. Bad car accident in 81' left me with bad arthitus in my back and have had to swear off winters, snow and even rainy weather.

Do you remember a guy that sang, played piano all year round wearing just a g-string? They took our liquor license away at the White House because of him playing there Remember Country Village? I conceived the place.

Sheesh there was also a bar in Wilmington just before the light coming from Bennington before the light I use to go to and another place just before the mountain on a left turn I use to hang at also but cant remember the names. I remember free season passes to the Mt Snow and to Haystack. Man I loved the area.

Loved the Ledges. Ever go there?

Sorry to hear you have the misfortune of knowing Cleef. Next time you get to town I will introduce you to some nice people!

I had a woman from Maryland that stayed at my house every winter her name was Anne. 6 foot blond that was very beautiful who was a young ski bum and worked winters at Snow Lake Lodge. Do you remember her? Ran into her in a Casino in Lake Tahoe while killing time waiting for friends to get off work to have dinner.

I was just trying to have polite conversation with the black Jack dealer but she wouldnt give me the time of day. I asked her if I could get a cup of coffee and Anne brings it over. Well Anne asked me to dinner and took me up on my offer to join my friends and I instead and was suppose to meet me back at the table at 6 pm. Well the dealer says to me how do you know Anne. I just said she was an old ski bum that use to stay at my home in Vermont. Well it turned out that Anne was the Hottest Ski Magazine Model in Tahoe and now this idiot dealer wanted to be my friend. She had the market cornered on Modeling in both the Ski Mags and the Food Mags.

Funny things happen to me all the time.

Regards

Connecticut

I live in north central Connecticut, home of broadleaf tobacco. I love New England and consider all of it my home. Snowmobiling and skiing in VT, NH, and Maine. Long weekends on Block island in the summer.
I can't imagine living without all four seasons. The beginning of each is always very nostalgic.
I love the laid back almost "anything goes" feel in the DR. I'm trying to slowly lay the groundwork for a future snowbird lifestyle spending maybe one month of winter here the rest in the DR.

Don't remember the guy in the G-string. But if I did I would be trying real hard to forget. That was before my time. But I have skied both Haystack and Snow. I love them both. I do know the White House. Great place for tubing. I love that you can ride to all the bars in the area on Snow Mobile. Can't do that in Santo Domingo. I have to say that the best thing about New England is the people. We know how to have fun. Some of the funniest people on the face of the earth(in my humble opinion) are form New England. Cleef you are not one of them! I think that the long winters force us to view the world with an air of sarcasam that is not matched any where. At least that I have been.


C

I'm funny

If I had any friends you could ask them.

Cmore, looks like you can stay with Jazzy next time. What a relief!

I was at Deacons Den in January after a day at Mt. Snow, I was the only guy there in a g-string.

DamnYankee (as if there is any other kind?) I picked the broad leaf for two summers when I was 14. $3.25 an hour, plus extra bents. I don't miss that!

The good news is I think I may have found my elixir for snowboarding. I did some wakeboarding for the first time today, I'm in love, I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl.

I can still taste saltwater, but it beats smashing my ass on frozen granular and riding a lift into -40 winds.

Re: I'm funny

Cleef said:

If I had any friends you could ask them.

Cmore, looks like you can stay with Jazzy next time. What a relief!

The good news is I think I may have found my elixir for snowboarding. I did some wakeboarding for the first time today, I'm in love, I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl.

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Hey Cleef if this is your boyfriend I don't want to step on anyones toes ya know...

Giddy as a schoolgirl? Ho boy... Seems as the DR's natural resourses are wasted on you! LOL

Hillbilly.........

is from New Jersey, as well as I. Larry (I LOVE DR) is
from New York. I know there are others but some
were born in the DR or are of Dominican parents.

Hope this helps,

Moca