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Originally Posted by mishman

I hesitate to post this as I don't want to be anti- landscape firms...We love the peace and quiet of the lake and don't like the racket these machines make during evening hours...I know these firms are trying to make a living and I respect that. I just ask them to respect why we are all at the lake in the first place - for some peace and quiet.

What mishman expected:

• Lake Winnipesaukee should be quieter on weekdays, and very noisy on weekends. If all the yard maintenance was done on weekends, there'd be very few complaints.

Alas we had a series of quiet, windless days recently, so we could hear the gas-powered leaf blower noise everywhere. If it wasn't along our shore, it was traveling over the water—where noise travels easily, echoes easily—and very far.

• Last night, nearly two months past July 4th, fireworks (distant to us) could be heard returning echoes off mountains in Wakefield and points east—perhaps even to Maine. Lakesrider take note!

At least last night's lightning show was Mother Nature's.

• As to "my world": it's the world of my Grandparents, Parents, Primary Physician, only Dentist, only Medical Specialists, and good friends—two, my oldest friends in the world. They all live in Lake Winnipesaukee Towns that still have no street lights, no traffic lights, and very few sidewalks. One could say, "I'm fully vested in Lake Winnipesaukee's 'Quality of Life'"—and they'd be right.

• Only the naysayers from the "Wal-Mart side of the Lake" question that a great movie was made of this world-grade Paradise!

But unlike at Lowe's, we can't return it.