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Forum: History 11-07-2023, 05:49 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 21,287
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 11-06-2023, 09:29 PM
Replies: 188
Views: 32,919
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: History 09-21-2023, 08:41 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,213
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 01-18-2023, 02:47 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,654
Posted By mowtorman
Very sad news hard to imagine with a helmet. ...

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...
Forum: General Discussion 12-29-2022, 08:36 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 27,191
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 12-13-2022, 10:46 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 27,191
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: Boating 12-13-2022, 09:00 AM
Replies: 913
Views: 323,127
Posted By mowtorman
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.
Forum: Boating 12-13-2022, 08:53 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 9,615
Posted By mowtorman
Nwz

Governor's bridge to Eagle to Marker I to the Pier/Flightcraft.
Forum: Boating 12-08-2022, 09:28 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 9,615
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: Boating 12-07-2022, 07:07 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 9,615
Posted By mowtorman
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
Replies: 109
Views: 27,191
Posted By mowtorman
Out of bounds

Sympathy for tinnitus, comedy for another death in the White Mtns. Another new low. How low can you go?
Forum: General Discussion 11-27-2022, 08:58 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 27,191
Posted By mowtorman
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. ...
Forum: General Discussion 11-14-2022, 08:39 PM
Replies: 133
Views: 38,358
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: History 08-18-2022, 10:09 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 10,237
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-16-2022, 07:53 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 65,946
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-10-2022, 05:43 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 65,946
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-07-2022, 07:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,040
Posted By mowtorman
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.
Forum: General Discussion 08-04-2022, 09:00 PM
Replies: 203
Views: 60,486
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-04-2022, 06:26 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-04-2022, 11:05 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-03-2022, 10:26 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-03-2022, 09:45 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-03-2022, 09:03 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-03-2022, 07:58 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 10,398
Posted By mowtorman
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...
Forum: General Discussion 08-03-2022, 05:10 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 51,587
Posted By mowtorman
Stowe expansion 1990

From Gary Kaidasch April 1990

He said there are no plans for real-estate or condominium developments on the mountain.

“We’ve seen the sins of those ways,” he said.

He said the company is...
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