{"id":427,"date":"2018-09-13T23:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Tevah.renforth.net\/?p=427"},"modified":"2018-09-24T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T16:28:31","slug":"who-are-the-people-in-your-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahamas.tevah.ca\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Who are the people in your neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A couple years ago I read a book called \u201cSailing away from winter\u201d by Silver Donald Cameron. \u00a0 This is essentially what we are doing. \u00a0 I do remember as he went through Maine he remarked about several different kinds of people he came accross. \u00a0The one that caught my attention was \u201cthe Maine Automatic talker\u201d. \u00a0While I have not met one of these yet, we did meet some interesting people today as we traveled via two busses from Northeast Harbor to Bar Harbor and then to Ellsworth and back. \u00a0All of this to get a SIM card so I could write this blog post.<\/p>\n

Here are 6 amazing people that helped us today. \u00a0We applaud their hospitality and dedication to service.<\/p>\n

Bar Tender at the Cherry Stone<\/b><\/p>\n

Several years ago while camping at Hadley point in Bar Harbor we came into town and went to this place for lunch. \u00a0 We had fun shopping and seeing the sights in BH. \u00a0 As we got off the bus today I gravitated to this place and spied the bar tender getting the area ready for opening. \u00a0 I asked him about electronics stores…nope. \u00a0 Cell phone stores…nope \u00a0 Hardware stores.. ah yes there was one of those. \u00a0 He also gave the information about the possibility of a bus to Ellsworth but was unsure if one actually existed. \u00a0 It seemed to be in the realm of a fantasy ferry tale but did direct us to the green bus building that held all the knowledge about local transportation.<\/p>\n

the Gal at the True Value<\/b><\/p>\n

We did a bit of a walk about and finally stumbled on the True Value store and found a clerk that lead us to the bundle buggie section of the store. \u00a0 We were blessed by her offer to assemble the beast so we could wheel it out of the store. \u00a0 Val commented that she was stunningly beautiful as well.<\/p>\n

The bus office gal<\/b><\/p>\n

Still unsure about how we would actually get to Ellsworth to get the magic \u201cSIM\u201d card we went to the green building on the village green in BAAAAA HAAAABAAAA \u00a0 We met a woman who amazed us with her helpfulness and hospitality. \u00a0 \u00a0She dug out a schedule and then said that we should go for a walk because there were no actual signs but if she showed us where to stand (in the shade) the buss would stop and take us to Ellsworth. \u00a0 She walked us accross the \u201cgreen\u201d and showed us the spot of dirt to stand on. \u00a0 \u00a0We were early so went on a bit of a walk about and then returned.<\/p>\n

Bus driver 1 Norma<\/b><\/p>\n

Norma showed up at exactly 1:04 and welcomed us aboard her bus to Ellsworth. \u00a0We stuffed 12 dollars into the receptical but were offered no reciept or proof of purchase. \u00a0When we inquired about the return fair she said that we just needed to tell Jeanne that we already paid Norma and that it was OK! \u00a0 \u00a0She dropped us off on the highway at \u201cnot a stop\u201d between Remys and LLBean. \u00a0 \u00a0Val went to LLBean and I proceeded to our main reason to be in Ellsworth, to purchase a SIM card that might actually have coverage.<\/p>\n

The Verizon guy Ivan<\/b><\/p>\n

So I met Ivan. \u00a0He is from Peru and also a church planter… who is working at Verizon until the church is properly planted in Belfast. \u00a0 I had to walk across the street to the Bangor Saving Bank to extract some actual cash because when you buy one of these pre paid SIMs you have to pay in Cash for some reason!!!!! \u00a0 The good news is that for $75 a month you have unlimited data!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Bus driver 2 Jeanne<\/b><\/p>\n

After we shopped at Shaws for a while and filled our bundle buggy Jeanee showed up right on time to pick us up. \u00a0 She asked.. \u201cdid you pay?\u201d \u00a0We replayed that we were told by Norma to tell her that we did. \u00a0 We roared off to TJ Maxes were she was expecting to pick up two young boys… they were not there and after Jeannne had counted down the seconds according to her cell phone she tore out of the parking lot toward the Walmart. \u00a0 \u00a0Only moments later she got a call from the dispatcher saying that he had just got a call form someone who said they were waiting at Shaws and that she went right on by. \u00a0 \u00a0We had been at shaws so she wheeled around and asked us if indeed she stopped at Shaw\u2019s and picked us up!!! We agreed that she did stop at Shaw\u2019s and she thanked us. \u00a0 \u00a0By this time we were passing a pizza joint and after she paused for oncomming traffic she said something like \u201chang on I\u2019m going for it\u201d and spun the bus around in a 180 and proceeded to return to the Shaws…… where ther was no one waiting! \u00a0 \u00a0 After calling dispatch again and talking back and forth about the possibility of some people that may or may not be waiting for a bus, we heard someone else break in on the radio (Norma) asking if they had picked up a man with a white beard and a woman with purple hair or not. \u00a0 \u00a0 It took a moment for us to realize that she was talking about us! \u00a0 Suddenly ther were two young men running toward us from the TJ Max. \u00a0 At last the missing riders! \u00a0 Off we went direct to the Walmart and then to BAAAA Haaaa BAAAA!<\/p>\n

All in all it was a great day.<\/p>\n

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