Forum: Boating
Yesterday, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 714
MP Tried Recently...
NOT the first instance, I saw a ten year-old operating a Jet-Ski just yesterday.
About ten years ago, I posted here of another Jet-Skier (maybe 11 years-old).
About the same time, a 15...
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Forum: Winni Wildlife
Yesterday, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 22,401
Most Memorable Contact...
A major landowner (Merwin Horn) on Wolfeboro Neck informed me he'd never seen a bear here even before WWII.
Recently, a neighbor texted me, "You've a big bear in your back yard."
:eek2:
I...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-20-2025, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,089
The RED Ones...
Start trapping RED squirrels.
(NH's most destructive rodent).
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Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2025, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,183
Winter May Not Be Fun...
If I wanted winter access to an island, I'd want a small Hovercraft or airboat.
Islanders here can help. Or use an "advanced search" to turn up the pluses and minuses.
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Forum: Lost & Found
08-09-2025, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 416
FOUND: Bright Yellow Canoe...
Floating in the middle of Winter Harbor--among early morning skiers--drifting north slowly towards Thomas Point and The Broads.
White trim.
NHMP advised.
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Forum: Boating
08-08-2025, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,685
Behavior Matters...
In New Hampshire State Parks, "behavior" can result in being escorted out of the park.
https://www.dncr.nh.gov/news-and-media/know-you-go-visitor-safety-priority-nh-state-forests ...
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Forum: Boating
08-05-2025, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,685
Winter Harbor...
No question. :(
While not ideal, boaters used to anchor off our shore to take a lunch break, listen quietly to music, and maybe go skiing.
Years pass, and boats started growing in size. You...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-05-2025, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 12,594
Property Taxes...
Every homeowner pays "rent" to local governments. We don't own our homes outright. :rolleye2:
A few states, including Florida, are exploring elimination of property taxes.
:eek2:
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Forum: Marketplace
08-01-2025, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 404
Assorted Items Added...
1) Truck tool chest. Inherited this year: at ~5.5-feet long, and diamond-plate aluminum, it's way too big for my pickup truck, plus, I already have an adequate one.
2) Iconic Lake Winnipesaukee...
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Forum: Marketplace
08-01-2025, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,479
New This Season...
1) Truck tool chest. Inherited this year: at ~6-feet long, and diamond-plate aluminum, it's way too big for my pickup truck, plus, I already have one.
2) Iconic Lake Winnipesaukee Chart...
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Forum: Boating
08-01-2025, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,685
Swiss Like It Quiet...
I see Austria has joined Switzerland in tamping down vehicle noise. (Not sure about boats and "rap"). :confused:
Rules include severely limiting motorcycle noise, wherein owners attempting to...
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Forum: Boating
07-26-2025, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,685
I Remember "On Golden Pond"...
People look to Switzerland as an idyllic country for nearly everything.
Swiss traffic laws proscribe noise levels. Air-cooled engines make too much noise. On any roadway, you wouldn't know...
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Forum: Boating
07-25-2025, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,803
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
07-11-2025, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,958
Bird Feeder Nearby?
Commonly available bird seed "mix" has tiny, but abundant, millet seed, which many birds scatter beneath the feeder.
(Making it readily available to mice and voles).
:look:
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Forum: Boating
07-06-2025, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,552
NHMP "Lights-Up" Winter Harbor...
After alerting NHMP patrol boat about a wildlife-harming incident, my spies advised me that the same patrol boat pulled over a pair of Jet-Skis. He was then joined by a second patrol boat. :eek2:
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Forum: General Discussion
06-15-2025, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,272
Raft is in...
Winnipesaukee's weather has never fazed me and family; that is, SUMMER weather. :eek:
If it's windy, it's a good occasion to do yard maintenance and cut down poorly located trees. You'll know...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-28-2025, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 105,846
Admiration of One Another...
In the automotive community, it's called a "Mutual Admiration Society".
(Henry David Thoreau in his journal--1851).
:rolleye2:
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Forum: Boating
04-14-2025, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 15,826
"GullSweep"...$72-Up, at Amazon....
I posted a picture here of about a dozen large birds perched in front of two giant plastic owls. :emb:
I'd suggest a "gull sweep", which uses breezes to rotate a wide thin metal sweep around...
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Forum: History
04-14-2025, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,144
Near Whortleberry Island...
On occasion, my family stayed at Shore Acres in the 1950s. It wasn't far from Little Whortleberry Island, where the greatest Smallmouth Bass fishing was located.
I have a photograph of me rowing a...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-26-2025, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 81,306
Winnipesaukee Re-Freezing Evidence...
Tree ring data can be extrapolated from the European Alps; however, in support, I'd want to see ancient tree ring evidence from central New Hampshire.
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Forum: Automotive
03-20-2025, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 12,822
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Forum: Automotive
03-16-2025, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 12,822
Plugging Tires with a Ten Dollar Kit...
After Hurricane damage to neighborhoods it's not unusual to find (hear) roofing nails in one's tires.
As an aging novice at this, I managed to plug the two nail holes I picked up inna week! It...
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Forum: Automotive
03-14-2025, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 12,822
Looking Up at the Wrong Tree...
Have states done away with inspections because they've found it's always the nut behind the wheel?
"Sort of" family-friendly compilation of Canada/USA crashes:
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Forum: Automotive
02-23-2025, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,580
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-07-2025, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,915
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