FTFA: In 2008, a passenger from Ireland found himself in Bangor after he smoked a cigarette in a bathroom, punched an off-duty airline employee and made threats about hijacking or destroying the plane, authorities said.

LOL! Gotta love the Irish.

Because the Langoliers aren't putting up with any of that noise.

You Bangor, you brought her.

I often go to bangor for liquor.

But I hardly know her.

It's gotta be tough getting them down off the plane without weights, given they all float down there.

Cat Stevens ended up with the shortest US tour ever in Bangor. I got the t-shirt.

Allegedly his eyes changed color shortly before he asked for another tooter fish sandwich.

I usually like to give these flights a Gander

ahh bangor...the place where it is perfectly acceptable to walk through security with heavy machine guns, knives or whatever, but God forbid you have cuban cigars or other contraband in your bags

/seriously do you know what it's like to unload an entire plane full of duffel bags to have them x-rayed
//you have to keep all the good stuff on your person:)

Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam (which name sounds more pretentious?) was sent back to London?

"I'm being followed by a big camel, big camel, big camel...."

Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

VoodooHillbilly: Allegedly his eyes changed color shortly before he asked for another tooter fish sandwich.

Well he did have all that dope strapped to him.

Yes this is dog: Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Just ask Stephen King. Hint: Derry.

Yes this is dog: Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

middle of farking nowhere really.

Yes this is dog:

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Where the hell did you live? 1st, 2nd, or 3rd street?

I bought a house here in Summer of 2010 and I love it. There's quite a community here if you choose to get to the know the place.

mwfte: Yes this is dog:

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Where the hell did you live? 1st, 2nd, or 3rd street?

I bought a house here in Summer of 2010 and I love it. There's quite a community here if you choose to get to the know the place.



Now, you don't want to go below 4th street. That's where the Indians buried their haunted vampires. Ayup.

Strongbeerrules: Yes this is dog: Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Just ask Stephen King. Hint: Derry.

Yes, and I think that Jerusalem's Lot was supposed to be right outside of Derry, too. Central Maine is dangerous, people. That's why I stay in Kittery.

mwfte: Yes this is dog:

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Where the hell did you live? 1st, 2nd, or 3rd street?

I bought a house here in Summer of 2010 and I love it. There's quite a community here if you choose to get to the know the place.

I just find the place terribly boring. I visited my buddies up in school a few times, and there was nothing to do but drink, and even that got old.

Yes this is dog: I just find the place terribly boring. I visited my buddies up in school a few times, and there was nothing to do but drink, and even that got old.

It definitely depends on when one visited. The downtown area has really come to life in the last few years.

You are right that drinking is big, but isn't that big everywhere?

Granted I was only there for one day, but I enjoyed Bangor, Bar Harbor was far better, Presque Isle.....well...

In 2002, I was flying from JFK to Barcelona. An hour or so in, the plane started dipping and the lights were dimming. Then the Captain came on the horn and said we were headed to Bangor to fix an Electrical problem on the plane.

My friend flying with me freaked out, started hitting the button for flight attendants and was screaming at them, demanding to know "what was going on". Being the sensitive soul I am, I put on my headphones and listened to my iPod. If I was dying in the ocean, I wanted to go out with a sweet soundtrack.

As our plane touched down in Bangor, there was a fleet of fire trucks and ambulances with their lights and horns going that were waiting at the end of the runway, the flanked us and followed us into the terminal. It was bizarre.

As soon as we touched down, I ran to the back of the plane and got a double scotch. They quit serving by the time I went back for a re-fill, but I made friends with some nice rednecks who were more than happy to share their duty-free liquor with me. An hour later, they said they fixed the problem and we took off on the same plane. Never had to exit the plane.

/CSB

mwfte: Yes this is dog: I just find the place terribly boring. I visited my buddies up in school a few times, and there was nothing to do but drink, and even that got old.

It definitely depends on when one visited. The downtown area has really come to life in the last few years.

You are right that drinking is big, but isn't that big everywhere?

To be honest, if I could teleport there, it probably wouldn't be so bad. Three and a half hours on the Maine Turnpike is a tortuous endeavor.

Yes this is dog: Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Still better than Lewiston.

FTFA: Two years ago, a jetliner set down in Bangor after a former Air Force intelligence officer who had taken a prescription sleep aid claimed he had dynamite.

The Ambien Walrus strikes again.

I have traveled often and seen much of the world, but I was born in Bangor and still live here. It's hardly redneck although if you get about 5 miles outside he city limits in any direction, it gets a little "Deliverance-y."

On the west side, anything south of Seventh street toward downtown is ghetto.
On the east side, any of the "tree streets" south of Garland Street to the river is ghetto.

Also the national sex offender map seems to confirm this as well.

My neighborhood is great. I love it here. There has been an increase in some shady shiat in the city over the past couple of years, but we're still not nearly as bad as Lewiston or Sanford. They're farking hopeless.

Mr. Scott: I have traveled often and seen much of the world, but I was born in Bangor and still live here. It's hardly redneck although if you get about 5 miles outside he city limits in any direction, it gets a little "Deliverance-y."

On the west side, anything south of Seventh street toward downtown is ghetto.
On the east side, any of the "tree streets" south of Garland Street to the river is ghetto.

Also the national sex offender map seems to confirm this as well.

My neighborhood is great. I love it here. There has been an increase in some shady shiat in the city over the past couple of years, but we're still not nearly as bad as Lewiston or Sanford. They're farking hopeless.

You know, I grew up two towns over from Sanford, and I never went there once until I was 17 and I went with some friends to go pick up drugs. Good times, good times...

Because they're fleeing the fake chancellor.

They didn't mention the 2 primary reasons.

1. If there's an incident in a plane, where would you want it touching down: a. Boston, b. New York, c. Bangor?

2. Bangor is home to a Federal Court, which is where all of aviation cases have to be handled.

Bangor native. Loved it, but always knew I'd leave after high-school. I did leave. Went back for the summer between freshman and sophomore college years. Only been back since for a vacation and funeral.

Ed Finnerty: FTFA: In 2008, a passenger from Ireland found himself in Bangor after he smoked a cigarette in a bathroom, punched an off-duty airline employee and made threats about hijacking or destroying the plane, authorities said.

LOL! Gotta love the Irish.

Yeah, you have no choice or we'll beat the tar out of you.

Fun times: twice on flights back home from Dublin fist fights broke out. But both times it was American tourists doing the fighting, not Irish. Both times the crew handled things and didn't feel any need to land before our destination.

mwfte: Yes this is dog:

Most of the people who live in Bangor would rather not be there at all, either. The place is horrendous.

Where the hell did you live? 1st, 2nd, or 3rd street?

I bought a house here in Summer of 2010 and I love it. There's quite a community here if you choose to get to the know the place.

It's weird how one person's view of a place can differ so radically from another. I know two families who bought homes in Bangor and they love it. I love visiting, but I don't think I'd like it year round. The spring/summers are awful.

Jamieboy:
I love visiting, but I don't think I'd like it year round. The spring/summers are awful.


What are you talking about? The three weeks of Summer are farking awesome!

One of my former college professors was on the plane and got some good video. Didn't seem like such a big deal.

meerkat: They didn't mention the 2 primary reasons.

1. If there's an incident in a plane, where would you want it touching down: a. Boston, b. New York, c. Bangor?

2. Bangor is home to a Federal Court, which is where all of aviation cases have to be handled.

Bangor native. Loved it, but always knew I'd leave after high-school. I did leave. Went back for the summer between freshman and sophomore college years. Only been back since for a vacation and funeral.

Plus the fact that Maine is very close to the shortest air routes from Europe to many American cities.

This tired meme would be amusing if 'Bangor' was actually pronounced that way, i.e., 'bang her'. But it's not, so it isn't.

As someone else pointed out, it's a lot better than Lewiston.

Knows what goes on in Bangor

/"Hot hamburger sandwiches equals hot full the fark over; I'm starving!"

my first ever sight of america was bangor, me. I had assumed it would be Orlando, fl.

It was then i realized that 'direct' flights and 'non stop' flights were not the same thing.

Why are transatlantic flights with potential terrorists waiting to land in Bangor? Maritime cities like Halifax are further East. Why keep such a flight in the air longer than it has to be just so you can prosecute the offending passenger under U.S. law?

// lives in Halifax - doesn't really want to see influx of terrorists landing here, but it would make the news a lot move interesting

My husband has deployed several times with the USAF, and absolutely loves landing in Bangor. He said the elderly greeters hugging them as they step off the jet, no matter what time night or day, makes coming home all that much sweeter.

"The Way We Get By", an excellent documentary about them - streams on Netflix.

I lived in Bangor as a whee child ~1970. I remember one of the earlier trans-atlantic 747s was forced to land in Bangor because of a bomb scare. It was on the tarmac for 2 days. Folks gathered in large crowds at the Bangor airport to gawk at that plane, just to catch a glimpse of the Boeing.

/My parents took my brothers and me to gawk too
//My dad was USAF - Dover-Foxtrot Salute!
///Bangor is a nice town.

Mr. Scott: I have traveled often and seen much of the world, but I was born in Bangor and still live here. It's hardly redneck although if you get about 5 miles outside he city limits in any direction, it gets a little "Deliverance-y."i>

I lived in Maine for four years- an hour north and west of Bangor. I swear the first day I was in my house I heard the banjos from "Deliverance"! I dearly loved the land but some of the people outside of Bangor.......

I'd move back in a second if I had property closer to Bangor and LePage dropped off the face of the earth.

unicron702: VoodooHillbilly: Allegedly his eyes changed color shortly before he asked for another tooter fish sandwich.

Well he did have all that dope strapped to him.

Where's the evidence then, huh?

/ Dad-a-cham? Did-a-chick?

Isildur: Because they're fleeing the fake chancellor.

*crickets*

Oh, come on, people; that can't be obscure.