Forum: General Discussion
09-12-2023, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,085
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Last weekend, I was told by an employee at the gift shop that the dam is fixed, and they’re waiting for Mother Nature to refill the pond. Could take a few months.o
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Forum: General Discussion
09-15-2022, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 1
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what's this all about??
Just now, we saw two boats out near Spectacle Island carefully nosing around a rocky area. The double-deck pontoon boat had some kind of camera rig on the bow that could be rotated through 360...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-06-2022, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 48,722
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Forum: General Discussion
11-14-2021, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 76,214
Our thoughts...
We’ve been retired for a decade or so. Here are a few thoughts on the OP’s topic. (1) after retiring, we moved to the Lake, which remains our primary residence. We have family in MA and it was...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
05-25-2018, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,816
A couple more thoughts based on our experience
We love our aluminum raft with cedar decking, BUT...as cedar ages, it can produce tiny little splinters. Much better than the enormous, jagged splinters from pressure treated, but still. We talked...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
05-23-2018, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,816
Center Harbor Dock and Pier
These folks made our aluminum frame and cedar decking raft years ago, and it's held up very well. Nice people, but obviously very busy at this time of year!
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
01-28-2018, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,962
Another thumbs up!
I discovered Steve Buy about a year ago. He's proved to be dependable, honest and personable. He's now my go-to guy for all heating work. He would be my go-to guy for A/C work, except we don't...
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Forum: Lost & Found
11-22-2017, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,707
Lost yellow kayak
Some time in the last couple of weeks, a kayak disappeared from our dock. This is a yellow Wilderness Systems Pungo kayak, which is a plastic sit-in design. We are located near the end of...
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Forum: Boating
05-29-2017, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 15,959
More details
This happened right out in front of our family's cottage. We called the MP, and our two young nephews got in our boat and motored out to help. It was one middle-aged guy and his mother out for...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-16-2017, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 109,296
Thanks...
...for the encouraging words. We have our fingers crossed!
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Forum: General Discussion
03-16-2017, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 109,296
Still out
It's 7:30 AM Thursday, and our home at the end of Moultonboro Neck is still out. We picked this week for a short trip to FL, and are still down there. I'm pretty sure we'll be facing frozen pipes...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-11-2017, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,106
Sledding hill in Moultonboro?
Hi all...
We're lucky enough to get a visit from our two little grandsons (oh, and their parents too) this coming weekend. Weather cooperating, we'd love to take them sledding. They're little...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
01-05-2017, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 34,053
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Forum: General Discussion
10-17-2016, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,285
It was planned
We saw it from our vantage point at the end of Moultonboro Neck, and called 9-1-1. It was some kind of training exercise for the Tuftonboro fire department...it was a controlled burn. There was a...
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
08-26-2016, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 16,864
Vegan dining options?
Our daughter-in law and grandkids will be staying with us for the week ending in Labor Day. She has recently decided to become vegan, and we are wondering what restaurants in the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-07-2016, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,713
Gould jet pump repair?
Can anyone recommend someone who can repair a Gould jet pump on fairly short notice? I live in Moultonboro. Thanks!
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Forum: Boating
03-20-2016, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,977
Thumbs up for Melvin!
We've bought our last 2 boats and an outboard at Melvin Village. We have nothing but good things to say about them, especially including Rob and his service department...trustworthy and competent...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-07-2015, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 118
Views: 62,923
As for me...
I am presently 8 years away from 60. Of course, next year I will be 9 years away from 60. :)
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Forum: General Discussion
06-19-2015, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,485
Playgrounds for toddlers?
Hi, all...
Our 2 year old grandson is visiting this weekend, and we're looking for a good playground for a little guy like him. We are in Moultonboro, and do know about the playground on...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-21-2015, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,542
Experience with plastic or composite decking?
Hi, all...
We are on the verge of replacing our 14-year-old pressure treated deck (yes, it should have lasted longer, but that's a different story). Given that minimal maintenance and nice...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-10-2015, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,051
Interesting!...
Catdon, we must practically be neighbors. Our sons have AT&T iPhones and complained for years about being unable to use their phones successfully at our house. They finally bought a "microcell"...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-09-2015, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 11,051
Tracfone
We live at the end of the Neck. We initially switched to Tracfone using a GSM phone, which simply didn't work. It took a LOT of time with customer support to convince them that we needed to use a...
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
05-09-2014, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 30,011
Dewey's??
Anyone know when Dewey's Ice Cream in Center Harbor is opening? They've done a lot of work on the building since that bizarre accident when a truck slammed into it last summer. It looks like the...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2014, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 35,560
Re: Permethrin
You can buy a permethrin spray at EMS or REI. Or, if you're paranoid and/or wealthy, you can buy a line of pre-impregnated clothing from LL Bean. The brand is Ex Officio and the line of clothes is...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-28-2014, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,533
Watermark is extremely busy!
We suffer varying degrees of dock damage every 2-3 years. It all depends on which way the wind is blowing when the ice starts to move. In our case southerly winds usually cause the problem.
This...
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