Fairly quiet week on the home front. Lots of questions from the contractors (e.g “Are the cabinets in the MBR with or without doors?“), but overall fairly uneventful. With one small exception. Our comrades at Fairpoint informed us that the…
Read MoreWe have never lived in the former Soviet Union. But Debbie likes thrillers from that time period and Steve had to read Nabakov at Bates, so we believe we’re eminently qualified to make the following statement : The individuals running Central Maine…
Read MoreThere’s yet another post underway about our “kremlin-esque” experience with Central Maine Power and Fairpoint, but — frankly — it wears us out. Let’s just look at how the driveway is progressing…. ‘
Read MoreFirst, the good news. Central Maine Power (aka CMP) showed up today and one of the field engineers was wearing Bean Boots. So we’ve got karma going for us. From there, it got more complicated. In order to make a…
Read MoreCentral Maine Power kills me. Today’s appointment was at 10:30 am. Review the site, discuss options for getting power, etc. We’d like to get a sense as to the financial commitment involved in getting electricity to the site before our due…
Read MoreOn her third try, Deb has finally made contact with the right person in the CMP office and we’re now scheduled for a site visit on 8/30. The word from the assorted contractors is that CMP’s field engineers are great,…
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