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What's in a name?
So I was hopping around the Member List and was astonished to see 2229 registered members! What’s more shocking is how many of these nice folks have never contributed to the forum. So I’m going to start a meet-n-greet of sorts. For many people, the member name/avatar they choose gives much insight to who that person is, while others are a bit difficult to decipher or non-descript. My thought was to create a thread where you can explain (quickly) who you are and your connection to the lake (I'm not sure if we have done this here before). For example:
My user name is CSUhockey3; I played hockey for Colorado State and my number was 3 (I have since graduated). I live in Loveland, Colorado but my Folks live in Meredith. My hope is that we have a fun thread and some strangers can get their feet wet with a first post. Here’s to a great boating season everybody! Update: don't forget to place a pin on the map! |
Yes, this has been done before (I think I even started something like this once) but anyways, let me be the first to bite. DPG are my initials (well, technically I do not have a middle name) I'm DG and my son is DPG (close enough):laugh: I currently own an undeveloped lot in Moultonborough however my folks own in Moultonborough which I have been lucky enough to use for years. I do hope to move to the area someday after retirement at least 3/4 of the year and maybe go to warmer climates for the winter months. Next???:D
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abay ..... my summer season home is where else, but Alton Bay.:)
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hockeypuck played high school hockey in CT and some amature hockey. Coached high school hockey for twenty years. Retired from teaching high school chemistry last year. First came to Paugus Bay 59 years ago and haven't missed a year. My father's uncle was one of the first land owners on Paugus Park. They would tent there during the summer, until the camp was built. I frequent the lake five or six times a year to vacation with family and fish. There's something about this lake, my kids and grandkids are also hooked on the lake.
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Rose
Rose is the nickname given to me by my friends from high school. We were headed to the Cape for vacation, and I was driving, swearing like a sailor most of the way at the other drivers. One of my friends piped up, "Oh, she's like a rose...like a delicate flower." And so they started calling me Rose (or sometimes Rosie or Rosebud). My mother even became Mrs. Rose.
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Island Girl
I hang out on Rattlesnake Island every chance I get at least 100 days per year. My schtick is taking pictures for PhotoPost, hosting Snake Eyes and the Ice-in/Ice-Out pages and the Lakecams pages.... all with the generous contribution of webspace by winni.com.
I came to Winnipesaukee after buying an old boat from my boss and renting a friend's island property for two weeks in 1999. The late Island Guy and I bought a little camp on the broadside of the island... and I cannot not get enough... it never gets old! I am also one of the original Babes on Sleds... I am sure the others will check in here. I read this forum daily... sometimes much more than daily. IG :coolsm: |
Some members might think my avatar and name speaks for itself.Actually,this is the name of my water thrusting,badass PWC.Grew up in Manchester NH.First came to the lake in 1960 as a little ankle biter.We would stay at my uncles camp by the Kona farm.I've been spending weekends at the lake for the last 25 years I guess,mostly using my friends.Hey,what are friends for?I spend most days on the lake heading to different friends places to bother them.Right Seaplane?Most of us end up by Timber Island rafting on a classic Winni summer day.It's so tough having to do this all summer.What a fun thread!Great to hear other peoples connection to our WWW:the Wonderfull World of Winni.We must thank the great webmaster Don for this fantastic site!
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combo
Own an island and first name Al.
Family started on Winni. when my folks visited friends on nearby island and they remarked, "why don't you buy that place, it's for sale." Dad did, Thanks Dad. That was 60 years ago. Sure has changed a lot. Mostly new folks building and several of the same families still carry on the tradition. Now training the grandkids in the joys of island living, Opening and closing, cleanup and so forth. Soon they will be old enough to actually do some of it.:laugh: |
jeffk
My avatar is one of the standard ones that surprisingly, at least I think, looks somewhat like me, brown hair, beard.
My last name is Polish, long, and, according to many, somewhat difficult to pronounce. I was one of the only people in my high school gym classes that was called by my first name (most coaches used only last names back then). Most people trying to call attendance would go "Jeff"......and start spelling "K...", and I would say "here". So it sounded like my name was "Jeff K". I noticed that "jeffk" is often not taken when registering online in different places and started using it. My car license plate is also JEFF-K. |
Been at the lake my whole life (49 years first week of may).
Thanks to my grandparents, my folks had a place to stay, then I came along and my folks inherited the place. In years gone by I purchased my own place, and since then married a girl that I met on the lake. We sold that place and now are very happy hanging out in Smith Cove. Also a contributer to the web cam Gang. Yup you guessed it (Smith Cove Cam) Cheers to a great summer!!! |
Sunset Bob
Kind of speaks for it self My name is Bob and I have a place on Sunset Lake (passed down from my parents)They met there when my farther was building the camp.I also keep a boat at Parker Marine in Alton Bay
My parents told me that I was 3 weeks old the first time I came up to the lake but I don't remember. My avatar well it's either my baby plastic fantastic or my front yard on Sunset Lake. |
My name is Patricia/Patti/Tricia (i know very creative username) I have been visiting the lake since I was 8ish with my parents. When i was 26 visiting my parents at the lake I met my now husband (parents neighbors son). We purchased the lot next to my parents about 6 years ago and got married 04/06/2007. My avatar is our dog a dachshund who loves the lake, not so much the water. Both our families and alot of friends are at the lake so it is one of our favorite places.
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Well my name is pretty staight forword
LI --- Long Island where my camp is and forrelaxin.... because that is why I have the camp for rest and relaxation I have been comming to the lake for over 20 years now, my extended family now owns 2 camps next to each other on Long Island |
Great Idea
I often read the threads, but am a rare contributor. I have been coming up to the area for about 25 years, since my brother and I bought a house together in Barnstead. Since then, I bought a separate place in Barnstead and then in the Wolfeboro area about 4 years ago (found the listing on this site). We always loved Winnipesaukee since we started coming north, but really began to appreciate the Lake when I bought a boat about 10 years ago. I enjoy coming up all year, cross country ski in the winter, boat May (or earlier when the ice and life cooperates) to October and just enjoy it all year round. My oldest is 25 and him and his sister have alot of fond memories from NH. As for the name, it is the name we use on the boat. It is a Gaelic mythological reference to the land where the Knights of the Red Branch and others wandered off to when their time came - - a land where they stayed forever young (just like Peter Pan's - - not Michael Jackson's - - Neverland). Thanks to all who post on this site for the great information I have gathered over the years.
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Hello all. Nice idea for a thread.
My name is Sal Perra. I grew up in Revere, MA. UNH grad. I fell in love with Lake W. when I dated a girl who's parents had a place on Pine Island and a beautiful wood speed-boat, behind which I "learned" to ski, back in the very early 60's. My wife (Ann, from Wausau WI, UW grad) and I bought a place in Moultonborough, near Buzzel Cove 11 years ago and enjoy it more and more with the passage of time. Our children (4) and grandchildren (5 and more on the way) enjoy the lake immensely. I tend to "lurk" but read and enjoy the forum 2 or 3 times a week. If provoked sufficiently, I will respond. |
My name is Tommy I grew up in Queens Ny, I have been going to NH since 1988 and my mother was there when she was pregnant back in 1980 lol. I have always loved the Lakes Region and I check this site and Citizen at least once a day but more like 2 or 3 times a day. I am also a sports nut, Rangers, Mets, Knicks , Jets fan. I am 26 and not working at the moment but love to walk lol.
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I am a lurker! Maybe, I will start a support group.
I live on Sleepers Island. Only weekends in May and Oct. but the rest of the time I am there full time. My husband would also like to be there but someone has to work. I started coming to the lake when I was 10. Learned how to waterski right by the Governers Island bridge, on the Weirs side. Of course, that was before it was illegal. Started off the dock, too. We just rented but in 1977 my mother bought in Saunders Bay. She was there and so were we, for 7 years. I bought the land on the island in 1984, when my husband was away fishing. He came home with stories and I had one too! It took us 8 years to build. We love it, kids love it and grandkids love it. |
OK, My name means nothing but my name.:)
My history starts with my grandparents, who lived in Philadelphia and bought (God knows why) a camp on Penelton Beach (across from Weirs Beach) after the war (number 2). My grandfather use to take August off every summer and come up north via the train that let him off in Weirs - unbelievable. As a child, born in '52, I used to come up every summer to spend 2-4 weeks with my grandparents and LOVED it. We lived in NJ and I use to bring back a sack full of pine needles, pine cones and anything else that would smell like the lake. My parents use to make me keep it in the milk container in the backyard (yes, in the 50's we use to have a milkman, even in NJ), but I would love to smell it every chance I got. My grandparents had to sell the place in the early 60's and I still remember standing on the shoreline and saying "I will find a way to live here year round no matter what" - pretty brilliant for a child of 9 or so, but it happened. In the late 60's my father worked in NYC and hated it. He had the traditional "midlife crisis" and wanted to do something new. I remember the lake and suggested "why not go the Lake Winnipesaukee", he bit, thank God for me. He moved us to, of all places, Governor's Island. Now I know what you are saying, but we lived in what we affectionally called "the ghetto" which was on the very top of the island, very cheap but was a great investment. I went to high school in Laconia, and even worked at Dorothy's at Glendale, commuting by a mahogany Correct Craft to work at 5am every day. Still the best time on the lake. Long story short...I wasn't able to stay longer than high school in the area. I had to follow the work, but I keep my promise to myself on that shoreline. I moved and worked in Massachusetts. I bought an old cabin cruiser and restored it at Fays. Lived on it with the babies until it leaked on us and my wife said she had enough. Bought my first of a few "condos" in Weirs and finally was able to find a "piece of s..t, needs a little work" in Alton 18 years ago. I have now spent the last 18 years fixing up the camp, raising the kids, fishing, swimming, sailing, closing and opening the camp and LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. My father once told me that the Lake was "God's country" and was he ever right. This is a much longer story but you get the idea, this is a very special place. |
speaks for itself....
we are a family of four - soon to be five - have been a summer rez of the big lake since i was 3 or 4, broader family is split between two big lakes - Champlain to the West and of course our beauty in NH! Spend our non lake time in Massachusetts - wife and I are both secondary school people - one public and the other private - makes for very interesting dinner debates!! To MCAST or not to MCAST! :emb: To Pay thousands for an education or not to pay thousands for an education! :eek: These are the questions at our dinner table - that and "daddy when are we goin to the lake?":rolleye2:
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In 1996, I started out as Lean Mean Less on the Waterville Valley forum, and after about three months or so of trying to spill verbal napalm, I was exiled as a troll. In early 1997, I found the Winnipesaukee forum and decided to redo my moniker from Lean Mean Less to a friendlier Fat Lazy Less. I admit it's a dopey, dumb, and perjorative name but after ten years it's too late to switch plus I like to think it gives me a license to be a knucklehead.....ynnuckk...ynnuck...ynuck.
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Nice Thread!
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Billie Anne is my nickname, and I'm proud to say that this is my 40th summer at The Lake! My family (on my mother's side) has been spending their summers on Bear Island since the late 1800s. I'm so very blessed and grateful that the camp that my husband and I now share with my sister was passed-down from my grandfather to my mother and then to us. I thank my ancestors every day -- this is the one and only place for me to spend my summers! |
What Lake.
When I first when I thought it was the ocean it was so big. I'm new to the forums. I’m grieving :( the Ice out event somewhat; I had Sunday the 22nd, off by one day. Capewx = first I live on Cape Cod and wx is abbreviation for weather which is what I Do for at living at KBOS and KFMH. I was always a weather freak growing up, (get this Don Kent was my Idol) so when I went to work in the field it was what I dreamed of doing as a kid. Everybody comes to the Cape to go on vacation I leave to go to NH and ME. Managed weather station in Augusta, ME (disgusta by locals) until they replaced us with machines then went to Vero Beach, FL been on the Cape for the last 8 yrs. When I can I wander around Winnipesaukee, have been going to Soulfest at Gunstock last several years or my other favorite Acadia NP up in Bah Habaah. Love both places however visits are limited do to costs.
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Though I don't get to downhill ski as much as I used to I like skiing history, hence NHskier.
First came to Winnipesaukee in the '60s on vacations with my parents. Stayed in a rental up behind what's now the Winnipesaukee Marketplace at the Weirs. I still remember the freight train passing by, and having to pay (25 cents?) to use the public beach. During the past 10 years the Weirs area has become one of our favorite day trips from our home in the Concord area. I've spent hours enjoying the boat parade through the channel, the girls enjoy the beach, and we always have a great day relaxing. Last fall we took the plunge and bought our first boat, and are renting a slip at Thurston's. We only had about 6 weeks with the boat last season and are really looking forward to this year and getting to know the lake! NHskier |
Great thread!
We have been on Winnisquam for 7 years. A year and a half ago we purchased a property on the north end of the lake with 2 tumble-down, rodent infested camps (the newer one was built in 1935). One of the camps was named Sunrise Point. My avatar (when my son shows me how to post it) will be a sunrise photo taken this past Dec.
The work is ongoing... we have about 40 years of deferred maintenance to catch up on. The rodents are gone, the camps are very liveable and life on the lake is great. My biggest regret is that we couldn't do this while the children were young. |
Great idea for thread!
Canis Lupus Arctos stands for my love of photography and of Jim Brandenburg's National Geographic photos of the arctic wolf. (See them at www.jimbrandenburg.com.) My real name is Mike. My dad and uncle built summer houses on Black Cat Island in the 60s, when lakefront properties were within the financial reach of anyone who had a steady job and good money management skills. As a result I spent most of my childhood weekends and vacations here and finally moved in after I'd had all I could take of the city life. My hobby of nature photography became a business at about the same time. A few months ago I started up a lake webcam on my photo site - thanks to encouragement from friends and clients. The process of letting other people know the cam existed led me to Island Girl's webcam directory, which is where I discovered links to this forum. I often use more words than I need to, but a few years ago my friends discovered that whacking my beer bottle so it erupts with foam is a great way to get me to be quiet.
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It started as a little kid not being able...
to say Winnipesaukee. We used to come up to Lake Shore Park when I was an infant and as I got old enough to talk, I would ask if we were going "up the Saukee". Well the name stuck, and all through childhood and teen years, it wasn't going up the lake (had our own place in Glendale by then), it was still going "upthesaukee". Fast forward to 1996, and having moved here, I no longer had to go up the Saukee, I was always Upthesaukee, 'cause I live here:) !!!! It is now the name on the side of my 19 ft bowrider.
The avitar is looking out from Roberts cove toward Rattlesnake, and is actually two pictures stitched together. Living year round in the lakes region is a really tough job, but someone has to do it;) . |
Grate Idea
Originally a Maniac, loved Sebago Lake growing up, came to New Hampshire for college and never left.
Trailered a boat up to Winni for about 10 years. My mother in law rented a slip in the boathouse at Lakeport Landing as a birthday present for me about 14 years ago. Have never left. Water Camper comes from a nickname our friends gave us because we used to stay on the boat. It is also our handle on the lake. Several years ago we upgraded to a small cottage behind Fratello's. We could walk to and from the boat, no waterfrontage. (This place is for sale, if anyone is interested). Never thought we would own a piece of waterfrontage on Winni, but last year I stumbled on a piece of property on Paugus Bay with 25' of frontage, a 100 year old cottage, and 4 acres. We love it here and hope to retire up here if possible. Bill |
Not too tough...
My name shouldn't be that hard to figure out. My first name is Chip, and my last name begins with a J. My license plate says nosnhoj, so that may help you figure it out.
Anyway, I live in Bow, but don't live on the lake...yet. Hoping too someday. Maybe one day I will strike it rich and can live out my dream. My avatar is one of my dogs after a rough night of drinking tequila. ;) |
I have been visiting and staying at the lake since the mid 50's. My dad was here at the Y camp on Bear Island as a child and councilor in the 20's and 30's before he married my mom. We stayed in Melvin Villlage and Alton Bay settling in just south off Peggy's Cove and Echo Point. We never owned but rented then leased year round for about 10 years until I went in the Navy. I returned to the Lake in the late 70's and have been here ever since. In the 80's I spent a few summers camping with my son on the Broads side of Rattlesnake.
I now own a Four Winns cuddy cabin and spend as much time as I can here year round enjoying the lake and the surrounding areas. I post photos of the many wonderful and interesting things I see. My son, 27, will be joining me this year as co-captain of the "Just Sold" so we will share the joys of the lake again together. My name Just Sold goes to my business, real estate, and is the name of my boat. My avitar is of me, standing, and some childhood friends on our dock in the early 60's. Another avitar I have used is of our first boat here at the lake. I have met and made many wonderful friends here on the Forum and it is truely a wonderful place to keep in touch with our wonderful lake. I enjoy everyones posts, stories and photo posts. |
Hi. I'm Island Life because, well, that's what I love - life on the island. My family's been on the same island since the late 1800's. It's a wonderful place for all the relatives to gather, enjoy one another and rehash old lake lore. Lately, I've been spending the entire summer on the island but that will change as my kids get involved with more activities. My avitar is a picture of my kids and a friend in the canoe.
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Jersey Girl
Great idea!
My name comes, obviously, from the fact that we miserably live in northern NJ, about 20 minutes from NYC. I grew up in southeastern Massachusetts and have vacationed at the lake for every one of my 46 summers (except maybe for a couple while in law school). My real name is Virginia and my husband and I have two boys, ages 11 and 13. Thankfully, they still love the lake. By the time I was 13, I was wavering. Nice that you grow up and learn to appreciate the great things in life. My parents own property in Alton on Echo Point, a camp house from the 20's and a ranch they purchased in 1997. It is good for them since they can't really navigate the stairs at the camp anymore. My avitar is a picture I took last summer of all our towels on the posts on the dock on the north side of Echo Point looking out towards Little Mark Island. It's hard to tell, but I made the entire photo black and white except for the towels. It's one of my favorites. I think I posted it in the photopost, too. Jersey Girl |
LibertySnake is homage to a few things... My last name being the first and the second being Rattlesnake Island where my parents own their lake house. I grew up in southern NH and recently moved to PA because of my job. I am going to try and make it back as much as I can. My avitar is the famous flag created by General Gadsden for the first ever Marine Corps in 1775. It sort of works with the moniker. I, like others, only really post when provoked or if there is an issue where I could be of assistance. Most of the time I just sit back and read...
My parents are members of the forum too... SHOW YOURSELVES! |
God's Country
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I have been coming to the lake since '59...Now I ride a Sea Doo GTX hence the name. We do have a boat but it so much easier to hop on the Sea Doo and ride...
No place like the BIG LAKE in Joisey. Our lakes are weed choked and muddy. |
Buffett
What a great thread!!
The name has to do with trying to see Jimmy B as often as I can. I have been coming to Winnipesaukee since before I was born. My grandparents had a cottage in Sachem's cove which was passed down to the next generation. The family had to sell it in the 80's, but my parents ended up buying another house down the cove a few years later. I spent my summers during the late 80's early 90's on the MV BearII heading back and forth from the camps on Bear Island to the Y-Landing. My parents are now retired to Meredith and my wife and I try to get up to the Lake as often as we can. The lake will always be my favorite place on the planet. |
Gatto Nero is Italian for Black Cat. My wife is from Italy and we've had a place on Black Cat Island since 2004. We live there about 120 or more days a year. When the kids are out of school we plan to move there full time.
Black Cat Island Cam is mine. Neighbors had told me that the former owners lost more than one boat from the winds on our point, so I set it up to keep an eye on my boat and dock while I was away. Once I figured out how easy it was to publish to the web I figured I'd let you guys keep an eye on them for me too. Great job so far, please keep up the good work. For the 10 years prior to moving to Black Cat we were the proud owners of a place in Brookhurst that came to be know as Mr C's. Maybe some of you have heard of it? It did get a fair amount of exposure on this forum at one time. Yes, Webmaster, I have repented for my sins. Please don't censure me again. Besides, it was all GTO's doing. That guy is bad news. :cheers: |
"hilltopper" is the nickname of my former high school's sports teams...the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers (northern VT). I lurked here for awhile but became a member when my wife and I chose to but a house in Meredith. We're very excited...we close May 4th. It offers us the best of both worlds. We'll be a few minutes from Meredith area Lake Winni boat launches (and many other lakes for that matter) and we have 36 acres to play on. Unfortunately we'll be commuting to Nashua for work but the pros to living in that area seem to outweigh the only con!
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Cool thread. First time I saw it I refrained from posting figuring who would want to read about me, but I so thoroughly enjoyed reading all your stories so here goes!
As a number of you, I started coming to the lake before I was born. In the early 70's we rented over at Sandy Point. In 75 we bought a timeshare at the Windrifter in Wolfeboro and we've been in Wolfeboro ever since (hence the moniker). Growing up, I spent a week each summer at the Windrifter and a couple weeks each summer at a rental. The rental started on Crescent Lake and moved to Winni (first Jockey Cove then The Basin) in the 90s. We finally broke down and bought a place on the lake just outside downtown Wolfeboro in 2001. ALso spent quite a few nights at LSP in college with several friends whose family owned there. Bought my first boat in the mid 90's - what a different place Winni becomes with a boat. Started with an 18' ft fish n' ski combo, and upgraded a couple of years back to a 21' bowrider (Four Winns Horizon 210). My avatar (just added it) is the wife, kids, and the dog getting ready for a cruise. |
OK, here goes
I, too, have enjoyed peoples stories. Just like the thread where we all added our "lake traditions". I barked in on Saturday morning:laugh:
BBS went to Belknap College back in the day and he always liked it here. He came across a place for sale at LSP back in 2003. We came on Halloween to take a look at it, fell in love with it and the rest in history. I am a high school science teacher so I get most of the summer off. We spend as much time here as BBS' vacation time will allow. We usually open in April and come up for weekends through October. Besides finding each other 31 years ago:eek: , this is the best thing we've ever found! Our first names begin with B and our last name with S, so we are BBS and BBS2! My avatar is our new puppy (now 9 months). She was born on 07/04/06 so her name is Libby, short for Liberty. |
My user name is easy to figure out, nothing clever about it.
Been coming to the lake off and on since the early to mid 70s when my parent's had a nice, wooden Grady White sedan bridge cabin cruiser in Robert's Cove Marina (really miss that boat). My wife, our two girls (10 and 12), and I thoroughly enjoy boating. We don't live very far from the lake and trailer our boat to launch in Alton Bay quite often because it is convenient and the lake remains terribly interesting, even though we've seen it all, over and over... We have rented a house in Blackey Cove the last couple of years, and will do so this year as well. We boat in many other places outside of Winni, mostly in the lakes region of Maine, where we have some vacation property and some great friends. We've also been known to drop the boat in salt water... My avatar is a pretty sunset shot a friend took from my boat in 2005. |
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