AND
AND WE
AND WE ARE FROM CHUCK TODD WITH NBC'S MEET THE PRESS AND FIND OUT WHY HE HAS BEEN SPENDING
MORE TIME IN MAINE LATELY.
>> TONIGHT, THE COMMUNITY OF
REXFORD IS RECOVERING FOLLOWING
THE MASSIVE FIRE ON HANCOCK
STREET.
AS MORE 4@INFORMATION COMES OUT
ABOUT IT, MORE ARMS OF SUPPORT
ARE WRAPPING AROUND 4@THAT AREA
207'S BETH McELROY WAS THERE
WHEN ONE OF MAINE'S OLDEST
DINER SITS JUST 4@DOWN THE4@4@
FROM WHERE THOSE FIRES
OCCURRED.
SHE IS HERE NOW TO TELLS MORE
ABOUT HER STORY APPEARED
>> EVERYONE AT THE DINER IS 4@
SAFE AND THE BUILDING IS OKAY. @
I HAD INITIALLY HEADED THERE TO
CHECK OUT THE SMALL TUCKED AWAY
DINER THAT HAS BEEN IN
OPERATION FOR MORE THAN 90
YEARS.
THE RESTAURANT HAS SEEN SEVERAL
OWNERS THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS
BUT IS NOW RUN BY 4@A PAIR OF
SISTERS AND AS THEY SAY, THEY
ARE TH4@E HOMES OF EGGS AND
INSULTS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY
FRIENDLY AND COVER
CONVERSATION.
WE HOPE THIS STORY HELPS WITH
THE SPIRITS OF THOSE IN BUM
FURRED TONIGHT.
ON ANY GIVEN MORNING ON BUM 4@
FORD WHICH BUSTLES IN THE
MORNING, YOU CAN FIND A SEAT.
AT ONE OF 4@MAINE'S OLDEST
DINERS.
FOR 4@THE OWNERS, SISTERS JODI
CAMPBELL AND 4@JUDY 4@KILEY,
BREAKFAST IS TRULY THE MOST
IMPORTANT MEAL OF 4@THE DAY.
IT'S A FAST-PACED DANCE BEHIND
THE COUNTER. 4@4@
TO FEED THE HUNGRY CUSTOMERS
SITTING AT THE 4@16 STOOLS.
JODI WORKS THE GRILL EVERY
MORNING.
>> I BROKE THE YOLKS, 4@THE
HORROR.
MY FIRST DAY WORKING HERE I HAD
A GOOD TIME.
REMAKE JULIE WAITS 4@ON EVERYON
>> I WENT HOME AND THE 4@FIRST
THING MY HUSBAND SAID IS WHEN
YOU GOING TO BUY IT.
SIX MONTHS 4@LATER MY SISTER AN
I 4@OWNED IT.
>> Reporter: TAKING PIE AND
FIVE MEALS AT 4@A TIME.
JODI STILL HAS TIME TO SPARE TO
SPREAD HER SASS.
>> 4@YOU HAD BETTER WATCH
YOURSELF.
>> Reporter: 4@4@AS FOR4@ WORKI
EVERYDAY WITHIN FEET OF YOUR
SIBLING MAKE
>> WE HAVE A SQUABBLE ONCE IN A
WHILE.
BUT THEY ARE MINOR.
MY SISTER IS VERY FUNNY.
SHE HAS THE BIGGES4@T HEART.
WE ARE VERY COURTEOUS TO EACH
OTHER.
IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: THE DINING 4@CAR W
OTHER. IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. >> Reporter: THE DINING 4@CAR W@
DELIVERED TO BUM FURRED BY
RAIL.
THE 4@BUM FORD.
THE TILES AND SILVER HOOD ARE
ALL ORIGINAL.
>> IT 4@HAS HERE SINCE 1929 AND
IT'S ALL THE SAME.
>> EVEN THE HOME FRIES ARE AN
ORIGINAL RECIPE.
>> WE LIKE TO MAKE THINGS THE
EXACT SAME WAY.
IT'S ORIGINAL AND YOU DON'T
WANT TO CHANGE AT ALL.
>> Reporter: THE SISTERS HAVE
ADDED THEIR OWN 4@PERSONAL
TOUCHES.
AS ONE APPROACHES 4@THE DOOR,
IT'S A TELL TO TH4@E 4@LOCALS.
>> THE WAY WE LL A NEWBIE IS
WHEN THEY TRY TO PUSH THE DOOR
INSTEAD OF SLIDING IT.
PEOPLE COME IN FOR 4@4@THE FO4@
BALANCED WITH SOME HEALTHY 4@
RIBBING.
81-YEAR-OLD DON DUNCAN DOES NOT
MISS A DAY AT 4@THE DINER.
>> THEY ARE VERY NICE GIRLS.
I COULD SAY SOMETHING ELSE BUT
I WON'T.
>> Reporter: DON HAS SEEN THE
DINER PASS-THROUGH 4@FOR OWNERS
BUT THESE LIDS GO THE EXTRA
MILE.
>> WE HAVE REGULAR'S THAT COME
IN EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHE4@R D
AND IF I DON'T SEE THEM, WE
MAKE THE CALL AND WE CARE ABOUT
THEM.
>> Reporter: OF THE DINER IS A
FATHER 4@AND 4@SON TRADITION FO
HIS FOR ROGER AND HIS 4@SON
DALTON.
>> SMALL HOUSES SMALL TOWNS 4@4
MAINE. 4@
>> Reporter: A LANDMARK IF YOU
CAN FIND IT.
>> AND 4@I DID THIS PLACE WAS I
AROUND 4@HERE.
>> JODI HAD LIVED IN THE
RUMFORD FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE A
FRIEND REVEALED THE TUCKED 4@AW
SPOT.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF
MEN FREQUENT THIS PLACE.
>> WHAT I FOUND OUT THEY 4@WERE
RUNNING IT I STARTED COMING
HERE.
>> Reporter: BUT A 4@DINER RUN
WOMEN ATTRACT OTHER WOMEN.
THEY ALWAYS KEEP ME LAUGHING
AND WE NEED THAT.
>> Reporter: OLD 4@AND YOUNG.
MALE OR FEMALE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER AS ONE OF
MAINE'S OLDEST 4@GREASY SPOONS.
>> WE ARE 4@GREASY SPOON AND WE
ARE PROUD OF THAT.
IT'S PART 4@OF HISTORY AND THER
HAVE BEEN A LOT OFIN THOSE
SEATS AND WE LOVE THAT.
>> Reporter: A PLACE WHERE EVEN
IF IT IS 4@YOUR FIRST TIME
MAKE
>> A SENSE OF COMMITTEE AND
FRENCH UP IS WHAT IT REALLY IS.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL CARRY ON @
LONGER, TOO.
>> Reporter: IT WON'T TAKE LONG
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL CARRY ON @ LONGER, TOO. >> Reporter: IT WON'T TAKE LONG@
FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW 4@YOUR 4@
NAME.
>>> AND THE DINER IS OPEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND 4@
LET ME TELL YOU, IT FEELS LIKE
THE HOME OF EGGS AND INSULTS.