Or the water quality test . New wells hardly ever test drinkable until they have been flushed for a few weeks so everyone just gets water to send for a test from someone elses older well. What a money making racket. I like to remind them at town hall that I can remember when one person did the work of town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, notary public and justice of the peace. She left as they wouldn’t give her a raise after 20 years at the same salary and now it takes 15 people to do her work. What is more fustrating is that my hubby ran a plumbing and heating business before retirement and he knows most of these new regulations are not really necessary.
By the way, I live a few miles East of Hollis, Maine nearer the ocean. Just love harvesting seaweed for my compost pile.
WOW - that is sure a beautiful area.
Took the whole family up there a couple of summers - Loaded up the old Chevy Vega with Wife, 3 kids, camping gear and a canoe strapped on top. We really had a beautiful campsite with a view across a lake of Mount Katahdin. Then Fundy National Park and then all the way around the Bay of Fundy to the southern part of Nova Scotia.
They almost didn’t get me to leave New Ross Farm in central Nova Scotia. It is an authentically run farm community with all the trades and crafts as they were done in the 18th century. We spent three days there and I was right at home hitching up a team of oxen and plowing, barrel making, foot treadle powered wood lathe and a whole bunch of stuff right up my alley! They give you a chance to actually do those things yourself. Second time up there we spent 5 days there - and man was it hard leaving and coming back to the old grind. It was like Sturbridge Village or Williamsburg but without the commercialization.
As a kid, my parents introduced me to a whole world of wonderful things through an old Book Of Knowledge Encyclopedia. I spent many many days reading about the world and things. It was trying to wrap my mind around a 50’ tide where the water goes from near the top of the dock to being out of sight that made me want to go there. I had to see it and experience it and wanted my kids to see it too.
Anyway, I wonder if we will ever see times again where people like the town clerk (along with the other jobs) are appreciated for all they do and we encourage people to for the good of all rather than for a new ipod, sports car, mansion, etc. I don’t think we will, and it makes me sad.