State Symbol Suggestions for the Gov.

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by CrawfordCentury

I've lived in this state my entire life. May 3, 2003 is a day I will always remember as the day that I lost a dear friend.

I feel the same way.I've driven past the Old Man close to 2000 times in my trek to my Cannon Mt ski house.I was in Tortola when he fell and saw it on the CNN.My heart sank

Originally Posted by CrawfordCentury

The Old Man died in a spring avalanche 7 years ago.

If your refering to a snow avalanche that was not the case.There is no way any snow can avalance to where the Old Man was.

[CrawfordCentury]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

If your refering to a snow avalanche that was not the case.There is no way any snow can avalance to where the Old Man was.

The night before, there was a torrential downpour after an extended dry spell - ripe conditions for an avalanche, or rock slide.

As to whether he would or would not be in favor of a small municipal meals and lodging tax, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a short story about a bunch of presumptuous folks that claimed to be the intellectual brethren of the Old Stone Face. All were proven impostors.

But I suppose one of the beauties of the Old Man is that it inspired people to project their own values onto him as a way of seeking the validation of some higher authority.

[fatlazyless]

Supposedly, there was a minor earthquake centered in upstate New York that shook the Old Man loose from its' perch.

For many years, it was a regular editorial device for NH newpapers to include the Old Man expressing all styles of emotion with regard to state-wide NH political happenings.

Lost but not forgotten: $24.95 at the state liquor store still buys a one quart Old Man stylized green bottle of Jenkin's NH-made rye whiskey!

[CrawfordCentury]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Lost but not forgotten: $24.95 at the state liquor store still buys a one quart Old Man stylized green bottle of Jenkin's NH-made rye whiskey!

For the teatoatlers, and at a savings of about 8 bucks, there's always the Old Man bobblehead. It can proudly take its place alongside the Hannah Dustin bobblehead!

[SIKSUKR]

From Wikipedia:

Defying attempts at preservation, including the use of cables and spikes for most of the 20th century, the formation collapsed to the ground between midnight and 2 a.m., May 3, 2003.[2] Centuries of wind, snow, and rain, as well as freezing and thawing cycles, finally caught up with the profile.

From Mike Pelchat park ranger who worked on the Old Man:
"There's only so much you can do," said Mike Pelchat, a state parks official who hiked up the mountain Saturday to make sure there were no signs of foul play.

"With heavy rains and high winds and freezing temperatures, the combination was just right to loosen him up," he said. "We always thought it was the hand of God holding him up, and he let go."


I live right next door to the old man 6 months a year for 30 years. There was never any speculation of any kind of rock slide or avalanche that brought the Old Man down. It has been held in place artificially for decades and the forces of freeze/thaw and natural erosion finally took over. There certainly was a rock slide but that was the profile itself falling.

[John A. Birdsall]

If you must know, FLL wants the old man back up in place because he and the old man are one in the same....now that I said that I thought that they were building a fiberglass model of the ole man and were going to put it in place of the old. I alos believe that I made a small contribution to doing just that.

While I think the old man should be rebuilt I also like the Mount Washington (vessel) with the Mt. Washington in the background. I think at least everyone in New England could relate to that, (if not they need to get off the sofa and see New England)

Did you know that Robert B. Woods was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for manning a gun on the USS Mount Washington, I think that was during the civil war.

[CrawfordCentury]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

From Wikipedia:

Defying attempts at preservation, including the use of cables and spikes for most of the 20th century, the formation collapsed to the ground between midnight and 2 a.m., May 3, 2003.[2] Centuries of wind, snow, and rain, as well as freezing and thawing cycles, finally caught up with the profile.

From Mike Pelchat park ranger who worked on the Old Man:
"There's only so much you can do," said Mike Pelchat, a state parks official who hiked up the mountain Saturday to make sure there were no signs of foul play.

"With heavy rains and high winds and freezing temperatures, the combination was just right to loosen him up," he said. "We always thought it was the hand of God holding him up, and he let go."


I live right next door to the old man 6 months a year for 30 years. There was never any speculation of any kind of rock slide or avalanche that brought the Old Man down. It has been held in place artificially for decades and the forces of freeze/thaw and natural erosion finally took over. There certainly was a rock slide but that was the profile itself falling.

That's right. The avalanche was the Old Man himself.

[Grady223]

Why doesn't the State hire an artist to carve the likeness of our President's face in one of the granite cliffs in the White Mountains and we could use that as a replacement to the Old Man in the Mountain as the State Symbol - could place it on every license plate in the State!

[CrawfordCentury]

Originally Posted by Grady223

Why doesn't the State hire an artist to carve the likeness of our President's face in one of the granite cliffs in the White Mountains and we could use that as a replacement to the Old Man in the Mountain as the State Symbol - could place it on every license plate in the State!

Done. Where to I pick up the check for my commission.

[RI Swamp Yankee]

Originally Posted by CrawfordCentury

Done. Where to I pick up the check for my commission.

Good one! I am rolling on the floor laughing.