No Sharks Here!

Biggd · 08-23-2019, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JanN

My family has vacationed at the lake for many, many years and we have never seen as much traffic as there was this year. Usually it's just the weekends, but every time we ventured away from the cottage, traffic was difficult.

With the complaints from many places about lack of help, do you really need more business in the Lakes Region in the summer? Seems like the area is doing pretty well!

We only need more people who are willing to work. We don't need more vacationers.

Pricestavern · 08-23-2019, 09:45 AM

I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

Kings Bluff · 08-23-2019, 11:09 AM

I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.

Slickcraft · 08-23-2019, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kings Bluff

I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.

I would speculate that many lawyers are property owners up here

Aunt Lula · 08-23-2019, 05:12 PM

I learned to swim in the lake at age 3 and I am much more comfortable in a lake than a cement sided pool filled with chlorine. Nothing compares to jumping off a dock or a rock into cool clear water!

Hillcountry · 08-23-2019, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pricestavern

I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

Wow that’s sad! To think all their perceptions are based on a Nat Geo (or similar)
“Shark week” program, that has instilled an unnecessary, fear in them for life.
Snowflakes....

Pricestavern · 08-23-2019, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Snowflakes....

Not quite sure what a snowflake has to do with sharks and the lake, but OK..

Hillcountry · 08-23-2019, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pricestavern

Not quite sure what a snowflake has to do with sharks and the lake, but OK..

The kids are "snowflakes" in case you haven't heard this term...they are "triggered" by anything and everything that makes them feel they aren't in their "safe space"

Outdoorsman · 08-23-2019, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggd

We only need more people who are willing to work. We don't need more vacationers.

"WE" also don't need more MASS vacationers dictating what people need to do.

08-23-2019, 09:45 AM	#2
Pricestavern Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Valencia, Spain (formerly Rattlesnake Isle) Posts: 389 Thanks: 135 Thanked 142 Times in 82 Posts	Bull Sharks I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

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Aunt Lula Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Fairfield, CT Posts: 25 Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	I learned to swim in the lake at age 3 and I am much more comfortable in a lake than a cement sided pool filled with chlorine. Nothing compares to jumping off a dock or a rock into cool clear water! __________________

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08-23-2019, 11:09 AM	#3
Kings Bluff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.