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fatlazyless · 05-08-2010, 09:02 AM

Doesn't New Hampshire have the Old Man of the Mountain for a state icon. Every state highway route sign has the Old Man's profile designed into the sign, and there's got to be hundreds of these state route signs all over. According to the info displyed at Profile Lake in Franconia Notch State Park, the Old Man was here for 12003 years, from 10,000 B.C. to May 3, 2003.

Without a doubt, the Old Man icon suffered a very serious loss in promotability as a state icon when it fell off the cliff and got shattered to many small pieces. However, while the Old Man is seemingly lost, and becoming forgotten, it is definately not too late to rehabiltate the Old Man as a business promoting, tourist attracting state image, that would be good-to-go for many more years ahead.

Here's the plan. It is very simple. The people of the State of New Hampshire should install a reproduction, facsimilee Old Man, built of aluminum and fiberglass, and bolt it back up top the Cannon Cliff. It does not have to be anything fancy, just something that is plain, simple, cheap to build, paid with statewide small contributions, and for an extra nice touch, an Old Man integral light show and sound system could easily be included.

Listening to assorted goldy oldie hits like Frank Sinatra, Peter,Paul & Mary, Led Zeppellin & others along with their appropriate light show could do good things for Franconia Notch, the North Country, and New Hampshire, over-all!

How difficult a construction project could it be? Just build the Old Man and hoist it up to it's original spot with a helicopter, and people will come to see it. It worked for 12003 years, and should be restored with a prosthetic Old Man. When a soldier gets his nose blown off in battle, he doesn't spend the rest of his life walking around with a hole in the middle of his face....he gets the best prosthetic nose he can get. So, what's the differance..... the state gets the Old Man lost to pieces, it should get a new one built. It wasn't all-natural for the last hundred years of its existance, so replacing it 100% would be ok.

05-08-2010, 09:02 AM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,769 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,019 Times in 741 Posts	Doesn't New Hampshire have the Old Man of the Mountain for a state icon. Every state highway route sign has the Old Man's profile designed into the sign, and there's got to be hundreds of these state route signs all over. According to the info displyed at Profile Lake in Franconia Notch State Park, the Old Man was here for 12003 years, from 10,000 B.C. to May 3, 2003. Without a doubt, the Old Man icon suffered a very serious loss in promotability as a state icon when it fell off the cliff and got shattered to many small pieces. However, while the Old Man is seemingly lost, and becoming forgotten, it is definately not too late to rehabiltate the Old Man as a business promoting, tourist attracting state image, that would be good-to-go for many more years ahead. Here's the plan. It is very simple. The people of the State of New Hampshire should install a reproduction, facsimilee Old Man, built of aluminum and fiberglass, and bolt it back up top the Cannon Cliff. It does not have to be anything fancy, just something that is plain, simple, cheap to build, paid with statewide small contributions, and for an extra nice touch, an Old Man integral light show and sound system could easily be included. Listening to assorted goldy oldie hits like Frank Sinatra, Peter,Paul & Mary, Led Zeppellin & others along with their appropriate light show could do good things for Franconia Notch, the North Country, and New Hampshire, over-all! How difficult a construction project could it be? Just build the Old Man and hoist it up to it's original spot with a helicopter, and people will come to see it. It worked for 12003 years, and should be restored with a prosthetic Old Man. When a soldier gets his nose blown off in battle, he doesn't spend the rest of his life walking around with a hole in the middle of his face....he gets the best prosthetic nose he can get. So, what's the differance..... the state gets the Old Man lost to pieces, it should get a new one built. It wasn't all-natural for the last hundred years of its existance, so replacing it 100% would be ok. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!