[CQ-Contest] Maine Contest Site For Sale

Paul J. Piercey p.piercey at nl.rogers.com
Thu Jan 17 07:34:31 EST 2008


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris 
> Kantarjiev
> Sent: January 17, 2008 04:46
> To: CQ-Contest at lists.contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Maine Contest Site For Sale
> 
> 
> Someone asked for an explanation of why Maine real estate is 
> so cheap; I responded to him privately with a moderately 
> accurate, if brief, description of winter there.
> 
> My XYL grew up there (we're in California now and she has 
> vowed to never shovel snow again) and still has relatives 
> there. Here's a recent email excerpt from one of them:
> 
> > 
> > Luckily we had a January thaw and lost some of the 
> ~50inches we got in 
> > Decemeber, so the additional 14 we got yesterday was a 
> little easier 
> > to swallow!  It is a winter wonderland here this year for sure...
> 
> She also said to mention that Maine has only three seasons: 
> winter, mud, and bug.
> 
> 73 de chris K6DBG


Hey, that's better than here. We get 6 months of winter followed by 6 months
of lousy weather.

73 -- Paul VO1HE



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