Forum: Area WebCAMs
01-06-2005, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,138
Hedgehog?
Curious how "Hedgehog Hill" came to be named in New Hampshire. :confused: Hedgehogs, native to Europe and Asia, are not found on this side of the world.
(Not as bad as Akwa Vista or Loon...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-05-2005, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,871
Don't worry, they're still far away.
Looks like we arachnophobes at the Forum missed "an unusual 2004 event" found this morning in the Citizen:
http://www4.citizen.com/January2005/01.01.05/news/laconia_01.01.05c.asp
Pet store?...
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Forum: Fish Tales
01-04-2005, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,682
And the alternative is...?
Unfortunately? Isn't it important to anchor a respect for "the Lake the way it once was"?
However "peaceful and friendly" a newbie Lake user may consider himself -- whether boat, PWC, or...
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Forum: Boating
01-03-2005, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
A Bonzai root-pruning exercise?
Exaggerating...from a photograph? :confused:
You have me at a disadvantage since I don't know of where you speak. The only shoreline that has more boat/wake traffic near me is a lee shore, with...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-02-2005, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,510
Special tax section
A "Special Tax Report" appeared this morning in the Citizen on-line. Towns around the Big Lake are discussed. :look:
For example: Last year, Moultonborough's new lakefronts added $1,000,000,000...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-31-2004, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,745
Last winter, a dark-blue barge temporarily...
Last winter, a dark-blue barge temporarily "uglified" a residential area near me. (It was intentionally sunk at a damaged-dock work site for the winter).
When the ice melted in April, they pumped...
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Forum: Boating
12-31-2004, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
Big Boats: A Winnipesaukee "Cultural Impact" ?
Winnipesaukee is fortunate to be an oligotrophic lake. (It could "stay good" for years).
But abuses can "force" a good lake into a eutrophic lake -- a dying lake.
Here's what nhlakes.org...
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Forum: Boating
12-31-2004, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,130
Hoyle's Rules:
If it's only cosmetic, remember that some repairs don't always go "according to Hoyle's". (Or Murphy's Law).
If it's not distorted and there's no gearlube leak, consider filing/sanding the rough...
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Forum: Boating
12-30-2004, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
Reply to Biggus:
Some may have read your most recent ad-hominem Christmas Day post before it was removed.
Normally, it would have been ignored by me; however, it arrived coincidentally the same day that some...
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Forum: History
12-29-2004, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 76,543
Aha...BLACK smoke.
1) The tank could even have been empty at the time, but a full tank of diesel fuel possibly could have survived the fire around it, especially if fire hoses were directed on it. (But it doesn't look...
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Forum: Fish Tales
12-29-2004, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,682
Angling in The Smile of the Great Spirit article
The title is new to me, but it appeared in Foster's this morning. A Gilford doctor wrote it, and it's mostly about fishing Winnipesaukee.
But the article makes interesting reading even for former...
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Forum: Winter Sports
12-24-2004, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,125
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Forum: General Discussion
12-23-2004, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,080
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Forum: Boating
12-23-2004, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
Not waves... wakes.
That makes sense -- but only from a Gilford perspective. The biggest whitecaps are produced by winds from the Northwest on Winnipesaukee.
Me too, but then I have always picked my weather.
The...
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Forum: Boating
12-22-2004, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
WAKES, not waves
OK, take it up with laker Tim McNitt:
"One Osage Beach salvage company reported raising three sunken boats in 24 hours beginning Friday night. "It looks like the ocean out here," said Tim McNitt,...
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Forum: History
12-21-2004, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 76,543
You don't remember the 1939 Hurricane?
Yeah, you're right -- 1938 Hurricane. Senior moment.
Maples too. It must have been much worse than Hurricane Bob. "Bob" only caused all the big pines around the lake to lean. (Including mine).
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Forum: Boating
12-21-2004, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 31,933
What's different about Missouri lakewater?
Somebody mention Big Boat?
Stay away from between any two of these cruisers. Their combined wakes can be seen shooting 8-10 feet high on Lake Winnipesaukee! I have seen reports of 17-foot-high...
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Forum: Winter Sports
12-19-2004, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 130
Views: 49,082
Peace
Sounds like a good reason for the LRCT to exist?
I recall a dog-sled operator being granted "peaceful solitude" by a snowmobile last year.
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Forum: Boating
12-19-2004, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,072
Sorry, Will...
This is "oats and buggy-whip" talk.
Just like the cavitation plate is gone, the NEED to swing a Big Bore prop is gone.
The efficiencies are just too great with tractor drive. You'll need less...
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Forum: History
12-19-2004, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 76,543
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Forum: Winter Sports
12-17-2004, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,125
"All for Oil"
Hoo boy.
"Burning Issues" reads like an Enron "Clean-air" natural gas advertisement. (Except for Burning Issue's word "lung-rape", which puts the site into an altogether different league).
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Forum: Boating
12-16-2004, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,072
A thousand words
http://www.ybw.com/img/newsdesk/mby/mbynews/Volvo_Penta_IPS_cutaway.jpg
Very nice, but they ought to include an EPIRB in the lower unit.
(Maybe carry a small 2-stroke outboard to get you home?)
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Forum: Winter Sports
12-15-2004, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,125
What Wood be Better?
New Hampshire has been burning wood to produce electricity -- even recently.
NH construction-debris burning to produce energy has been stopped -- or stymied. (In Spring, you can pass several new...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-14-2004, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,330
Sounds right -- kind of a "chubby" magazine...
Sounds right -- kind of a "chubby" magazine edition.
"America's Best Hospitals" is available as a reprint from U.S. News & World Report at reprints@parsinti.com
(Or 212-221-9595 X210).
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Forum: Winter Sports
12-14-2004, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,125
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