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Baggage Handlers Steal From Flyers

Ouch — not only do the airlines charge you for your luggage on the plane, but you have guys like this who rob you blind when your bags are out of your possession. As reported in the Portland Press Herald, two Maine men stole electronics while baggage handlers.

Baggage handlers

Posted by on November 29, 2020 at 10:25 AM in Business, Legal, Travel | | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

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The Airlines Show Why Tax Breaks For The Rich Don’t Work

It's all over the news that the airlines have received a huge tax break because they no longer have to pay excise taxes on their tickets. This could have saved passengers about $60 on the price of many airline tickets if the benefit was passed on to the consumer.

Unfortunately, airlines are doing exactly what nearly all the rich individuals and companies do when they get a windfall tax break: they're keeping it. That's right. They're not passing the price break on to the consumer, they're not hiring more workers, they're not upgrading their equipment and purchasing new planes.

They're pocketing the savings.

The wealthy individuals and companies in this country that are getting all the current tax breaks (and screaming for more) are doing the same thing. There is very little "trickle-down" –  instead their is "stock-up" the savings.

Remember this example when you hear and read about the benefits of giving tax breaks to the rich.

Posted by on July 26, 2020 at 04:54 PM in Business, Legal, Travel | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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State Legislator Wants To Divide Maine In Half

As reported in today’s Press Herald, a northern Maine State Representative, Henry Joy, wants to divide Maine into two states.

And people wonder why there is a call to reduce the number of legislators in Augusta.

Maine

Posted by on March 11, 2020 at 03:36 PM in Business, Legal, Politics, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Back From ARAG Seminar in Phoenix

I’ve just returned from a seminar in Phoenix at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa. I was able to get out early and run up Camelback Mountain and went on an excursion to the Heard Museum (which features informative exhibits on Native American Cultures), and then going to the Desert Botanical Gardens (lots of cacti). 
 
This was an ARAG sponsored seminar — one of many that I’ve attended over the years. ARAG is a legal plan with nearly one million members. I’ve been a lawyer working for the program and can’t speak highly enough of it.
 
Members of ARAG plans have access to lawyers for nearly all their legal needs. It’s an affordable alternative to paying directly for a lawyer. If your company has an ARAG based legal plan and you haven’t used it yet, what are you waiting for? If they don’t have such a plan, I encourage you to look into it.
 
Employee or association sponsored legal plans make sense for a lot of reasons. There is an excellent article on the ARAG website that addresses how legal issues can directly impact employee morale, performance and productivity. It provides lots of food for thought.
 
Araglogo

Posted by on February 22, 2020 at 08:04 AM in Business, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Health, Legal, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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World Class Maps and Dazzling Website: Osher Map Library

Harry R. Pringle, a lawyer and managing director of Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, has written a highly informative Maine Voices article in today’s Portland Press Herald. In it, he pays tribute to the wonderful local resource Maine has with the newly expanded Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education.

This top-notch library has gained a national reputation for its collection of rare maps. What is even more delightful is that these treasures are available not only to view at the library, but also online. The website is a technological marvel that allows you to view beautiful old maps and other historical documents in exquisite detail. I urge you to visit it now.

The website introduces its collection this way:

The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education was created not only to collect and preserve old maps but specifically to promote their study and their use in teaching. These complex and richly textured documents comprise a crucial element of our cultural heritage. We can use them to trace humanity’s spatial histories, from engagements with nature to modern globalization. By studying their production, we can comprehend how art, technology, faith, and science intertwine in the human experience. By exploring how they have variously been used, we can develop a social history of culture. The study of maps thus encompasses and integrates the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Their study offers such compelling insights that anyone can enjoy and learn from them.

Mission Statement

As an integral part of a comprehensive metropolitan university within the University of Maine System, the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is committed to preserving the cartographic heritage of the state, region, and nation for future generations, and to making that heritage accessible to the University, the people of Maine, and to all other students, scholars, and visitors. It shares its collections through exhibitions (in its gallery, traveling, and online) and through collaborative efforts with other cultural institutions. It seeks to interpret its collections—to make them intellectually accessible—through K-12 outreach programs, dedicated university courses and special classes taught by its faculty scholar, public lectures and conferences, online and printed publications, and collaboration with scholars and teachers from the University and around the globe.

As Harry Pringle notes in his article:

Where else can anyone, regardless of age or educational background, have the chance to see and learn from such treasures as a 1475 map of the Holy Land; Christopher Columbus’ 1493 letter announcing the success of his voyage to the “islands of the India sea”; Capt. John Smith’s 1614 map of New England; the first map of the state of Maine, issued in 1820; and a map used to determine the boundaries of the United States of America at the Treaty of Paris in 1782-1783?

The Osher Map Library is having a grand reopening on October 16 -18 to celebrate its reconstruction and expansion. Mark your calendars.

This library is a treasure of which all Mainers should be proud.

Posted by on September 16, 2020 at 11:21 AM in Books, Business, Current Affairs, Entertainment, News, Travel, Weblogs | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Who Ever Heard Of A Real Lighthouse only 26 Feet Tall?

BugLight

It’s Bug Light! At only 26 feet tall, it’s arguably the most elegant of all Maine’s lighthouses. It was modeled after an ancient Greek monument and has Corinthian columns and sophisticated Greek roof edge ornamentation.

Over the weekend, my daughter and I visited the light house on Light House Day for a tour inside.

A more popular light house was just up the road:

Here’s a video from Portland Head Light.

Posted by on September 14, 2020 at 01:59 PM in Film, Health, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Tragedy: Hurrican Takes Life of Child in Maine

The Portland Press Herald reports today about the tragic loss of life of a 7–year old girl. Three people were washed into the ocean while viewing unusually large waves at Thunder Hold in Acadia National Park.

Park officials are saying that thousands of people came to watch the waves caused by Hurrican Bill and that many ignored warnings to keep back.

Here’s a YouTube video which says that it was taken yesterday. The person that posted the clip wrote this:

We took this clip of Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park at about 11:30 am on August 23, 2020, while standing at the top of the observation area. The stairs below had already been closed off and there was a row of spectators just below us on the trail when a large wave rolled in and reached them. Just after this wave a park ranger moved people out of that area. At about a half hoiur later/noon, a rouge wave came in and swept 3 people off the rocks at Thunder Hole and into the surf. Very sadly a 7 year old girl drown.

Posted by on August 24, 2020 at 12:56 PM in Health, Legal, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Best Lobster Shacks In Maine

Travel & Leisure has written an article about the 10 best lobster shacks in Maine.  How many have you tried?

I noticed that the lobster shack at Two Lights insn’t listed, but should be.

Lobsters

Posted by on May 11, 2020 at 04:23 PM in Business, Food and Drink, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Portland Jetport Numbers Down Again

The Portland Press Herald had an article today about the decline in passengers at the Portland International Jetport.  It read as follows:

Jetport numbers decrease for third consecutive month

The Portland International Jetport says the number of passengers in March dropped for a third consecutive month.

Greg Hughes, the airport’s marketing director, says the number of passengers was 132,959, or a drop of 1 percent from a year ago.

I wrote about this decline in business over two months ago here, and expressed my surprise at the time that the jetport director, Paul Bradbury, indicated that the jetport was “in good shape.” 

In the Feb 13th article quoted in the Press Herald, Bradbury said that “he does not see a long-term downward trend.”

He indicated that January is traditionally a slow month and that what happens in the next two months “will foreshadow the year to come.”

“That will tell us if the market is dropping,” he said.

What do you say now Mr. Bradbury?

The question is, if someone like me who knows little about the airline industry could predict that jetport business was going to continue to decline, why couldn’t the jetport director see it coming?

Runwayplane

Update:  Isn’t it interesting that passenger numbers are up in Bangor for the second straight month!

Posted by on April 23, 2020 at 08:03 AM in Business, News, Travel | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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Flight Tip: Peeing On Fellow Passengers Is Not Allowed

According to this AP News report, a 66–year old woman was watching an in-flight movie on a Continental flight from LA to Hawaii when the guy behind her stood up and started urinating on her. 

Apparently, alcohol was involved. (Duh!)  The guy pled guilty and was sentenced to three weeks in jail.

Perhaps airplanes need new signs.

No peeing

 

Posted by on April 17, 2020 at 08:12 AM in Business, Comedy, Food and Drink, Health, Legal, Travel | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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