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nj2nh · 04-11-2008, 01:10 PM

Okay, I am trying not to take your message personally.

I would never, ever suggest that something be torn down to make way for pizza or bagels. However, if, for example, Busy Corner in Alton Bay added awesome bagels to its already wonderful repertoire, I would be all over it.

I will never get over the loss of the pavilion. It died for me when the roller skating stopped. It died again when it went up for sale. It died for the last time when it burned to the ground. What has been put up is lovely, but it ain't the Pavillion I knew and loved.

My kids will never get over the end of the Blue Jay mini-golf as it was. I am sure that whatever goes in there will be perfectly nice, but it won't be the mini-golf. My youngest now will never have the chance to get the desired hole-in-one on the last hole.

I felt the same way when Victoria's Pier disappeared, when McGrath's burned down, when the Red Barn (that store across from the old McGrath's) was sold, lifted up and turned into part of the marina and when the Reptile Zoo was finally razed. I hate change. And before you think I am decrepid, I am not even 50 yet.

I was violently opposed to the Dunkin Donuts and have never been in it. I hate the McDonald's although desperation drove us to dine there - once.

Shall I move on to changes in Wolfeboro (Dockside, Bailey's????)? How about Melvin Village - remember the Jack and Jill shop? I confess I cannot remember what Meredith was like before the new hotels went in. I suppose we just never went there when I was a kid. And the Weirs, well, the poor Weirs seems like it is in dire straights, but it still looks like it did when I was little except the bowling is an arcade now, but you can still see the lanes in the floor.

I may have had to grow up, but I certainly do not like the way everything changed while I was doing it.

nj2nh

04-11-2008, 01:10 PM	#21
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 529 Thanks: 80 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	Okay, I am trying not to take your message personally. I would never, ever suggest that something be torn down to make way for pizza or bagels. However, if, for example, Busy Corner in Alton Bay added awesome bagels to its already wonderful repertoire, I would be all over it. I will never get over the loss of the pavilion. It died for me when the roller skating stopped. It died again when it went up for sale. It died for the last time when it burned to the ground. What has been put up is lovely, but it ain't the Pavillion I knew and loved. My kids will never get over the end of the Blue Jay mini-golf as it was. I am sure that whatever goes in there will be perfectly nice, but it won't be the mini-golf. My youngest now will never have the chance to get the desired hole-in-one on the last hole. I felt the same way when Victoria's Pier disappeared, when McGrath's burned down, when the Red Barn (that store across from the old McGrath's) was sold, lifted up and turned into part of the marina and when the Reptile Zoo was finally razed. I hate change. And before you think I am decrepid, I am not even 50 yet. I was violently opposed to the Dunkin Donuts and have never been in it. I hate the McDonald's although desperation drove us to dine there - once. Shall I move on to changes in Wolfeboro (Dockside, Bailey's????)? How about Melvin Village - remember the Jack and Jill shop? I confess I cannot remember what Meredith was like before the new hotels went in. I suppose we just never went there when I was a kid. And the Weirs, well, the poor Weirs seems like it is in dire straights, but it still looks like it did when I was little except the bowling is an arcade now, but you can still see the lanes in the floor. I may have had to grow up, but I certainly do not like the way everything changed while I was doing it. nj2nh __________________