Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-09-2025, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,636
Generator installation
In early 2000 I wanted to install a generator. The electrician suggested a unit large enough to carry the entire house, auto-transfer, weekly auto-exercise, and an over-sized LP tank. My reaction...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-02-2025, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 13,808
Surface crack in bathroom sink
I discovered a surface crack in our bathroom sink, not leaking (yet), but I wonder if there is a surface-applied product that will seal the crack before it gets any worse. The sink is "white", so a...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-16-2025, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,525
Home check
If there were a simple answer to this post, there would have been one answer, and the post would be over. But life isn't that simple. In reality, this post isn't any of my business because I live...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-03-2025, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,227
Septic systems
I STRONGLY support TheTimeTraveler's post, especially the comment about pumping EVERY YEAR. Many systems have filters between the house and the tank(s), so it is important to have these checked...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
01-12-2025, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,790
Junk removal
"Junk" removal brings to mind the following treatise:
Lessons to be learned about "what you have"...
When you invite friends over
You find out how little you have,
When you move,
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Forum: General Discussion
01-03-2025, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 19,368
Meredith lake access rights
This is the best answer; this is the simplest answer; this is the only answer. The OP should follow Mr. V advice, the rest of the posts are simply personal opinions with no concrete value. For what...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-19-2024, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,473
SCAM alert
This sounds like something my parents used to say to me, no..., it was my grandparents. Looking back, it was true then, and it still is, maybe even more true!
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-17-2024, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,565
Oil tank removal ...
Check with whoever will be your new supplier. The fewer people involved, the better. Your propane supplier may not actually do the removal, but he may have a business relationship with someone who...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-17-2024, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,473
SCAM alert!
I just got a text message telling me I owed for an unpaid toll invoice. I have E-Z Pass, so I knew something wasn't right. The more I looked at the text I could see errors in the wording, and the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-16-2024, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 6,565
Oil tank removal and installation
Call (on the business line, Wolfeboro Fire, at 1-603-569-1400) and ask them your questions. When I had a tank removed a number of years ago, I had to arrange for the local Fire Chief to be...
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Forum: Automotive
11-16-2024, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,931
car insurance woes
Insurance, of any type, is too complicated for me to try and figure out the best deal, that is why I rely on my local agent. Also, in case I ever needed the coverage provided by a policy, I don't...
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Forum: Site Support Forum
11-07-2024, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,498
Time ??
Why does the 'time' read one hour head of the actual time?
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Forum: General Discussion
11-04-2024, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,779
End of Daylight savings
You are correct; the confusion with time came due to some of the counties in Iowa staying on DST, while others went to Standard time.
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Forum: General Discussion
11-04-2024, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,779
Speaking of adjusting...
Many years ago I went to college in Iowa. I flew from Boston to Chicago, then took a train to Iowa. Chicago is in the Eastern Time Zone, but the train very quickly passed into the Central Time Zone,...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-02-2024, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,779
End of Daylight savings
This isn't exactly a "lake topic", but everybody needs to remember that Daylight Savings time ends tomorrow morning at 2:00 AM. So, when you go to bed tonight, remember to set your CLOCKS BACK 1...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-29-2024, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 25,139
Town line anomalies...
but, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah all come together, you can put a hand or foot in each of the 4 states at the same time, but where Barnstead, Alton, Strafford, Farmington and New...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-12-2024, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,647
Northern lights
My wife and I were on a cruise in August in Alaskan waters a few years ago and the Northern Lights were so bright our whole cabin was lit up. If course, out on the ocean there are no trees to...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-10-2024, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 14,234
Leaving NH
Great video, no, FABULOUS video, professional quality. Honestly, it took my breath away watching it, and I could hear sadness in your voice. I wish you the very best of luck where ever you end up. ...
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
09-28-2024, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 51,264
Gusto Taphouse
Rowdy children (or adults) can ruin a night out. In my humble opinion, if you take your children to a restaurant, it is your responsibility to control their behavior so as to NOT ruin somebody...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-02-2024, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 19,817
Cyanobacteria Warnings in Lake Winni
The last sentence in FlyingScot's post is all anyone needs to know about caring for our Lakes. The economy of the Lakes Region is the LAKE, whether it is swimming of boating, it is the LAKE. If the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
09-01-2024, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,769
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-31-2024, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,769
Repairing china dish
I need a china dish repaired. It was sent to me, and when I unpacked it there were some pieces broken off the edge. Does anyone know of a repair service for this type of problem? I am on the...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-17-2024, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 42,141
Police Station
It's not so much what's outside that counts, it's what's inside that counts..
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Forum: Boating
08-03-2024, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 54,104
6 -pack
I would like to think Marine Patrol looks at this site, considering that during the summer there are a great many posts relating directly to boating on Lake Winnipesaukee. I wouldn't expect them to...
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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews
07-28-2024, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,712
Downtown Grille
Both Birch & Vine and Downtown Grille (formerly) were very friendly places. If you went in and saw someone you knew, it was perfectly okay to pull up a chair and join the party.
I am sure...
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