Forum: History
08-26-2024, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 13,099
Black Cat
I see the Mt. leaving Center Harbor passing Becky's Garden....photo taken from Black Cat Bridge. I see the dock as being on the shoreline between Hull and Minister Island looking towards Salmon...
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Forum: History
11-07-2023, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 29,478
More memories
Fun to see the picture of the 4th of July Parade. Longwood I remember as a true family restaurant...there weren't many choices coming off Moultonborough Neck. JoJo's was McCormick's, the name is...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-06-2023, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 189
Views: 55,603
Too much of a good thing
The lake is similar to a huge toilet bowl that flushes every winter. The pursuit of pleasure at any cost has pushed to the point that the lake is sick and there are no magic fixes to the damage...
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Forum: History
09-21-2023, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,173
Long Island Wooden Bridge
Was vastly superior in many ways. It had an inner railing that separated the sidewalk from traffic. In the evenings it was loaded with people of all ages fishing. The phone wires were laden with...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-18-2023, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,971
Very sad news hard to imagine with a helmet.
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Very sad news hard to imagine with a helmet.
When I first skied Gunstock in the 60s there was no snowmaking and we actually had genuine powder, not the hard ice base that typical today.
Feel so...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-29-2022, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 33,177
To laugh in the face of death
So presumptuous, and so many assumptions. I guess you were on the trail that day?
So irreverence is your gig? Is it a gas? Does it give you a good kick?
Regular laugh riot over the hardships...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-13-2022, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 33,177
Cog Railway employee
Bad things happen to good people
Well prepared seasoned boaters crash
Mountaineers make mistakes, unwittingly.
People lose their lives in the lake and the White Mountains every year.
Risk in...
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Forum: Boating
12-13-2022, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 988
Views: 435,126
Calculated Risk
One day you'll hit a log or that Yamaha will fail or have some water in the gas and these Northern Pass jaunts won't be so much fun with no one on the water to get you.
Live free or die.
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Forum: Boating
12-13-2022, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,237
Nwz
Governor's bridge to Eagle to Marker I to the Pier/Flightcraft.
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Forum: Boating
12-08-2022, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,237
Weirs Bay no wake?
Same as the Dive, the decisions are not made by people who use the resource. Some of it is false information no one takes the time to substantiate like water depth.
Old photos of the footbridge...
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Forum: Boating
12-07-2022, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,237
Weirs docks pedal boats
The Sun has an article today announcing a new business at the Weirs docks.
Pedal boats will be rented off the interior docks with the inner area inside the footbridge reserved for kids.
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Forum: General Discussion
11-27-2022, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 33,177
Out of bounds
Sympathy for tinnitus, comedy for another death in the White Mtns. Another new low. How low can you go?
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Forum: General Discussion
11-27-2022, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 33,177
Risk
Federal lawsuit over risk warning and responsibility in wilderness areas 25 years ago in 1994. She rode past her friends who had stopped and right over the headwall on a tube or plastic toboggan. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-14-2022, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 43,524
Surveillance
Guy lived in London had a place on Governor's. Scheduled 30' boat delivery for a Saturday. Awning man didn't show up as he was supposed to. Left the boat. Owner had called from London before we...
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Forum: History
08-18-2022, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 13,315
Night life
Was huge 70s into 80s before DWI laws changed.
Depot was about where the Volvo dealership ship is by Harts. Rocking bands standing room only lots of good times.
Coming from Moultonboro you had...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-16-2022, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 164
Views: 87,837
Relative danger
People die on boats every year. People fall out, run people over, crash going out to dinner and hit stationary objects. Are boats dangerous or do they require common sense, regular upkeep and...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-10-2022, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 164
Views: 87,837
Motorcycles
The machine is not dangerous as a powerboat is not dangerous. As with a boat, the driver can introduce danger into the picture with altering substances and how they drive. Motorcycles are small and...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-07-2022, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,486
Gilford
Flew over Patrick's after 1pm.
Quite a sight blades straight up...looked like a huge drone.
It is curious to have a military craft in and out of the lakes region.
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Forum: General Discussion
08-04-2022, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 203
Views: 68,527
Plethysmograph
Vermont in the 80s had a model program for sexual offenders run by Dr. Pithers.
Google for details not fit for this forum. Aversive program with high recidivism rates.
I don't know if they...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-04-2022, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
FLL and the magic bus
I thought it was an offer to fund the bus and stipends plus drive by FLL...an unselfish and generous offer if politically incorrect.
Carbur's restaurant in Burlington Vermont was buying bus...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-04-2022, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
Touchy topics
Both "unhoused" people and trusts.
Why? If you had a trust for 2 years your grandfather didn't buy an island property in 1950...or your great grandpappy in 1930.
As already mentioned the...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-03-2022, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
Trusts continued
Saukee your example is perfect. You die...your daughter lives out the benefits of your decisions 20 years ago and probably her kids if she has any. I have no problem with trusts my point was not...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-03-2022, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
Trusts
2 for 2 on Gilford island properties.
Island trust
Financial advisors Boston Ma
Tip of another island family trust.
Joey you need to do your own homework I'm done....only word for your...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-03-2022, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
Us and them
It always comes to this. Power vs. paddle....guns...speed limits... that's what makes a forum.
Joey you don't get it, it's not anything that matters to you. Your biggest assumption is my...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-03-2022, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 12,795
Public record
Since when are public records out of line. See for yourself...bring up the Gilford tax map and see how many properties are owned by a trust. I know 3rd generation Islanders staying on family trust...
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