[Little Bill]

I was at the Salt Lake Zoo in 1978. I had my kids with me and I was buying tickets and the lady , in a very snotty voice after noticing my accent, "Just Move here."

I refrained from pointing out that my family settled in Utah in 1848 and I was born about a mile from the zoo, "Just visiting." says I.

[metesky]

Well Bill, I can't deny I'm a Masshole, born in Boston City Hospital in '44.

The friends I've made in the 10 years we've been up here in Bangor can hardly believe that I am not like the rest, trying to change the place into a well regulated Boston suburb, but the native Dems here are doing it all by themselves anyway. I bet about 55% of working Mainers get a government check in one form or another.

Just like the rest of the country, the tick is growing bigger than the cow.