Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
10-27-2024, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 11,778
Tram or Trolley?
I receive a catalogue every winter.
It does get the gears turning!
:idea:
...For awhile, anyway...
:o
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Forum: General Discussion
10-22-2024, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 8,355
The Cost of Anthropogenic "Beauty"...
:offtopic: Somewhat Off-Topic, but millions of lawns were washed into the sea during Hurricane Milton.
So...what should appear only days later, but a giant "bloom" of algae off the coastline.
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Forum: Automotive
10-22-2024, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,811
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Forum: General Discussion
10-21-2024, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 19,249
To Put the Savings into Property Tax...
I've had State Farm auto insurance for over 40 years. While they're high in premiums, their payouts have stayed at the max (and once, even beyond max)!
Now I'm thinking that, to save a bundle, I...
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Forum: Weather
10-09-2024, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
Typical...
87% of Highlands County without power, Thursday morning due to high tornado activity. Highlands County has a higher than normal elevation for Florida
Staying with old friends in Miami, concerned...
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Forum: Weather
10-08-2024, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
Some Welcome Updating...
Atlanta Speedway, although a bit of a hike, is offering free camping facilities on their usual campgrounds. Jacksonville, thought to be out of the "Cone of Death", will appreciate that offer. Even...
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Forum: Weather
10-07-2024, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
Quote Below:
"Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has strengthened to a category 5 hurricane.
"The maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 160 mph (250 km/h) with...
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Forum: Weather
10-07-2024, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
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Forum: Weather
10-06-2024, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,177
Now Comes Hurricane Milton...
Might Arrive Wednesday or Thursday, after adjustment of its forward velocity...Not particularly big, but serious.
I'm 90 miles from the coast, yet I'm evacuating!
Weathermen are saying there no...
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Forum: Boating
10-03-2024, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,591
Leave 'Em Be...
Even in this less-than-chivalrous age, all wenches needn't be present.
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
09-29-2024, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,875
Hemlock or Pine?
Red Pine is sought after by craftsmen for wood projects. White pine is sought after by flatlanders for outdoor campfires. Both have needles 3-4 inches long. Red Pine grow needles in clusters of...
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Forum: Site Support Forum
09-27-2024, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,396
To "Mean Business"
I think I'll link to this thread when Photobucket reaches the end of it's twice-weekly dire threats.
As a "social media", it could come in handy after I've written some snail-mail complaints...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-23-2024, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 13,491
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
09-17-2024, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,013
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: 15,390
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: 6,183
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Forum: General Discussion
09-13-2024, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 13,491
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: 11,435
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: 85,014
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: 9,209
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: 44
Views: 13,491
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Forum: General Discussion
09-08-2024, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 11,202
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
09-08-2024, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,183
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: 44
Views: 13,491
"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: 4,548
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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