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Forum: Winni Wildlife 10-08-2025, 06:11 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,908
Posted By DickR
A couple of winters ago, I noticed a dead deer...

A couple of winters ago, I noticed a dead deer one morning out a couple hundred feet from shore, on the snow-covered ice. From the blood trail, it appeared to have suffered an attack by a predator...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-27-2025, 04:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 13,662
Posted By DickR
The size of the tank may be determined by either...

The size of the tank may be determined by either how many days of potential outage you want to cover or the minimum size needed for the generator capacity. The generator, operating at maximum output,...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-18-2025, 06:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,052
Posted By DickR
This happened earlier this year to a neighbor....

This happened earlier this year to a neighbor. The leak was where the black plastic line from out in the lake was mated to a steel pipe nipple where the transition was made from plastic to all steel...
Forum: Marketplace 07-23-2025, 03:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 408
Posted By DickR
12 Ft O'day Widgeon

For sale: 1976 O'day Widgeon (12 ft) sailboat. Hull & mast stored out of weather, sails(main, jib) stored inside house. Fairly new rudder/tiller. No trailer. $400/BO.
Forum: Winni Wildlife 07-18-2025, 10:27 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 87,671
Posted By DickR
Some in our hiking group had a bear encounter...

Some in our hiking group had a bear encounter late Tuesday (July 15), at the end of a Liberty/Flume hike. In this case, the bear did not run off, but continued toward them. Here is a link containing...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-09-2025, 06:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,470
Posted By DickR
Over the years, I've had nests built in various...

Over the years, I've had nests built in various places around the buildings, in protected places. It seems that if I put a piece of scrap wood at a steep slope over what otherwise would be level,...
Forum: Site Support Forum 07-01-2025, 04:08 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,351
Posted By DickR
Just now (4pm Tuesday), after a couple more weeks...

Just now (4pm Tuesday), after a couple more weeks of failure due to timing out, suddenly we have Winni forum again! This time I got a screen (quickly, and going away quickly on its own), saying it...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-15-2025, 06:20 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,174
Posted By DickR
If you will be junking it, maybe do some DIY...

If you will be junking it, maybe do some DIY exploratory surgery on it. There may be an obvious problem that can be fixed easily. Worst case: you can't fix it, can't put it back together again, and...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 04-26-2025, 12:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,016
Posted By DickR
Dryer vent cleaning can be a fairly simple DIY....

Dryer vent cleaning can be a fairly simple DIY. Last year I bought a kit online, consisting of a brush and enough 3 ft rods for the brush to reach from outside to the bend in the duct just below the...
Forum: General Discussion 02-04-2025, 06:53 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 35,032
Posted By DickR
Hoo Boy, is this embarrassing. What a mis-read...

Hoo Boy, is this embarrassing. What a mis-read from the calculator! Three orders of magnitude off, and this from an ex-engineer!
Forum: General Discussion 02-04-2025, 04:44 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 35,032
Posted By DickR
According to an article in the LDS (per a quick...

According to an article in the LDS (per a quick search), Moultonborough alone has 66 miles of shorefront. Straight math: 66 * 5280 * $1.58 = $550 million, and every year ???
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-31-2025, 07:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 17,287
Posted By DickR
What are you planning to do with the kerosene?...

What are you planning to do with the kerosene? Depending on use, you may be able to substitute diesel. Kero is a bit lighter than diesel, but in general it and diesel have similar properties.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-21-2025, 06:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,604
Posted By DickR
I don't think fourteen hours in one long ON shot,...

I don't think fourteen hours in one long ON shot, then 10 hours totally OFF is an optimum strategy at all. One certainly can argue that the normally colder night time hours could benefit from more ON...
Forum: Boating 01-09-2025, 12:31 PM
Replies: 1,183
Views: 1,350,393
Posted By DickR
Make that a shirt along with a $3 round sticker...

Make that a shirt along with a $3 round sticker proving the shirt go paid for.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-08-2025, 03:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,604
Posted By DickR
The only thing I can think of, admittedly getting...

The only thing I can think of, admittedly getting creative here, is that the recent strong winds, combined with a lot of open water upwind of the docks, pushed a huge mass of broken ice ashore, to...
Forum: General Discussion 11-19-2024, 06:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,532
Posted By DickR
Dentist

Another good dentist: Dr Taoka, at Harborside Dental on rte 25 in Center Harbor (http://www.drtaoka.com/).
Forum: General Discussion 10-11-2024, 10:28 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 16,624
Posted By DickR
Leaving should not feel like a funeral. The Lakes...

Leaving should not feel like a funeral. The Lakes Region is a "no wake" zone! It will not be totally gone from you.

"Do not mourn forever what has been lost, but celebrate what was."
Forum: Marketplace 07-18-2024, 05:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,354
Posted By DickR
We have an O'day Widgeon (12', I think), that...

We have an O'day Widgeon (12', I think), that doesn't get used anymore and which we are thinking we ought to sell. PM if interested.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-07-2024, 06:35 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 19,603
Posted By DickR
Look for youtube videos, and watch more than one,...

Look for youtube videos, and watch more than one, to get various outlooks on the subject, and to weed out any that seem weak on content or sound advice.
Forum: Boating 07-07-2024, 11:59 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 24,302
Posted By DickR
Here is the text of the bill:...

Here is the text of the bill: https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1045/id/3009358
In it, the part regarding exceptions reads: " III. Paragraph II shall not apply if:

(a) The main helm of the vessel...
Forum: Getting Here 05-25-2024, 05:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 13,611
Posted By DickR
In NH, and thus perhaps also in other states, if...

In NH, and thus perhaps also in other states, if you go on the state's website, you can look up what they have down for you and pay within seven days to avoid the extra processing charge. In other...
Forum: Boating 05-25-2024, 11:02 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 43,022
Posted By DickR
Has anyone determined the channel cross section...

Has anyone determined the channel cross section area at various places? That would let us divide flow by area to approximate current speed at those places.

OP: there have been discussions on this...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-18-2024, 04:13 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 19,365
Posted By DickR
I'm hoping others with experience with the...

I'm hoping others with experience with the various types of gutter screening will chime in. It seems to me that success depends on the nature of tree debris falling on the screens. Pine needles, in...
Forum: History 04-17-2024, 03:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,167
Posted By DickR
It seems there are two "Cotton" mountains, one...

It seems there are two "Cotton" mountains, one near Wolfeboro and one in Holderness, toward the west end of the Squam Range. If comparing either to Whiteface Mountain in the Sandwich Range, Whiteface...
Forum: General Discussion 03-15-2024, 11:57 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 33,224
Posted By DickR
Download & install IrfanView (irfanview@gmx.net),...

Download & install IrfanView (irfanview@gmx.net), a very nice and free picture viewer. It will let you resize pictures easily.
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