Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
09-17-2024, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,470
Somewhat Off-Topic...
I had occasion to meet our dock's bubbler-service owner last month . (I'd overlooked their bill!) :blush:
I asked if a sturdy metal beam (or a heavy chain) attached to the outer pilings nearest...
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Forum: Weather
09-15-2024, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,034
After Three Years...AHA...!
Fortunately, recent threads have mentioned that the lake level is increased from underwater springs. :idea:
Shoreline tree growth (which I've encouraged), has obscured the viewing of this...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
09-14-2024, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,028
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Forum: General Discussion
09-13-2024, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,938
New Mystery Appearance...!
Yesterday, hearing a loud chainsaw, I raised my trusty 18x binoculars to see what was going on across Winter Harbor. All I could see was a new clearing and a white crane.
But also seen, were black...
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Forum: Boating
09-11-2024, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,221
Florida, Where 'Common Sense' Isn't...
Back in the Mesozoic Era--before tubing ;) skiers were in ascendancy and well aware of the danger when two skiers passed in opposite directions. With each at the end of a 75-foot tether, a...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-10-2024, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 203
Views: 66,840
Having Boated on Winnipesaukee Since 1952...,
How did I miss this long-term fix? :blush:
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1) The last time I boated on Wolfeboro's Lake Wentworth (canoe, 1992), I was impressed by the clarity of Wentworth's waters.
2) When I later...
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Forum: Marketplace
09-10-2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 441
Hot Tub: Inflatable Saluspa, Highly Mobile. $340.
This is the ubiquitous "Saluspa-Miami" model, for four adults. Unused three years, with original box.
Tenant says, "Grandkids should be in the lake with our inflatable toys we'd brought for them,...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-09-2024, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,938
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Forum: General Discussion
09-08-2024, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,757
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
09-08-2024, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,028
Crayfish + More in Knee-Deep Water...
Whilst moving a galvanized iron signpost, what should crawl out? Not one--but two--healthy crayfish. Welcome back! :coolsm:
One was on his way to becoming a "blue-claw". (old). The other,...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-07-2024, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,938
"Teardowns" and "Nutrients"...
Of course, "the nutrient level has increased". :rolleye2:
Simply in regard to everyone's leeching fields, replacement of an old system doesn't erase the previous sequestration of "nutrients".
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
09-07-2024, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,473
Piling Dock, Here...35 Years Old...
Since our dock was built about 1988, only two posts have been "compromised".
One was likely broken in half by an ice floe: its neighboring post leans to starboard due to some unseen subsequent...
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Forum: Marketplace
09-06-2024, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 298
Three Items: $150 each...
1) Truck tool chest. Inherited this year: at ~6-feet long, and diamond-plate aluminum, it's way too big for my pickup truck, plus, I already have one.
2) Iconic Lake Winnipesaukee Chart...
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Forum: Boating
09-06-2024, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,221
Imagine Canoes...
Think canoes: most average 15-feet long.
When you can mentally line up 10 of them, there's your 150 feet.
:idea:
Since I've had several mature trees fall into the lake--through erosion of...
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Forum: Marketplace
09-05-2024, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 430
Consider Kayak and Canoe Trailers...
A relatively available trailer for a Sunfish is a trailer built for a Jet-Ski. However, the rough "ride" for a 128-pound Sunfish can damage the hull.
If the trips are short ones, look for a...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-04-2024, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 8,197
Suggests a Welcoming...
Agreed...
If the town wants new recruits, this building--for a police station--invites...!
:look:
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Forum: Boating
09-03-2024, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,959
THIS Boat's Replacement...?
NHMP has (or had) a "non-standard", but NHMP-marked gray boat they'd used for late season "mooring compliance".
It may have been the same boat they'd used to maintain navigation markers and...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-02-2024, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,757
Political in Nature...
ALS, a fatal disease with ties to the prevailing wind's shores of lakes from Lake Champlain to Maine.
On Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro is a major target of wind driven cyanobacteria--and their...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-02-2024, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,757
Caution, Will Robinson...
While the attempt appears to be the right thing to do, the treatment didn't hold up. :(
This post and #14--above--puts this thread on thin ice (so to speak).
:look:
BTW: A neighbor...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-01-2024, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,757
Biology Meets Geology...
Longislander,
Paula Tracy's article's last link refers to "a Perfect Storm" which produces cyanobacteria warnings.
That was the exact term I used when the Cyanobacteria subject first came up...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-31-2024, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 17,109
Observing Gloeotrichia for Decades...
Gloeotrichia could be filtered with a paper coffee filter, but there's probably a billion gallons of Winnipesaukee's surface waters that would need to be filtered.
But is Gloeotrichia the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-31-2024, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,687
It's "FLL" Time...
Not only are chimneys expensive, they're inefficient because most of the heat goes up the chimney, while burning more wood.
Heatilator is still in business, but a wood stove is even better. ("More...
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Forum: Marketplace
08-30-2024, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 609
Work a Deal?
Try a PM.
They're not stamped "Made in US", but these are the same quality as the other dozen of keyed-alike Master padlocks I own. (Coded with key #2002). A local NH locksmith got them for me...
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Forum: Marketplace
08-29-2024, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 609
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Forum: Site Support Forum
08-29-2024, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,061
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