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Originally Posted by Grant
I can remember my grandfather telling me how sparsely-developed the Winnipesaukee shoreline was when he was a boy (he would be 93 now). Now, at age 43, I find myself telling my kids the same thing. The pace of development and the advent of "tear-down" cottages and McMansions has been rather startling over the past 20 years.
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Twenty years ago, I returned to Lake Winnipesaukee after a ten-year absence.
Gee! -- They've built houses on the mountains....
Gosh! -- You can't drink the water anymore....
Look! -- What's that noisy, irritating little boat putting out all that spray out the back?...
Hey! -- The water's not as clear any more....
Golly! -- You can see the lake from the highway now, they've cut down all the trees....
Jumpin' Juniper! Did they repeal the 150'-rule?
Gad! -- I get a patchy, wet, red, itchy rash from swimming now....
For the Love of Mike! What's
E. coli?
Good God! -- Has a Bed & Breakfast replaced the Davis's camp? What's a McMansion?
Boy! -- Where've all the polite boaters gone?
Holy Cow! -- There's so much plastic junk floating on the water....
Leapin' Lizards! -- They
allow those boats on protected lake waters?
Bummer! -- Don't they require mufflers on boats any more?
By Jupiter! -- We have to buy a registration for an unpowered
sailboat now?
Holy Schmoley! -- Don't bikers have to have mufflers any more?
Hmmm!-- I haven't heard the song of a wood thrush this year....
Man! -- What's happened to our old camp's shoreline?
Why oh why! -- Is there so much algae off the dock now?
Oy! Where there was one lawyer...there's ten!
Jiminy Christmas! -- Why are all the drivers in town so
frantic?
Great Caesar's Ghost! -- Why are drivers with New Hampshire plates driving like drivers from a certain neighboring state?
Holy Moley! Does our town really need eleven realty businesses?
Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! -- The lakewater
smells funny.
By Jove! -- There's not a single tree left on those Mini-Warehouse lots.
Wow! Is that a residential
burglar alarm? And has it been warbling for a full hour?
Gadzooks! -- Winnipesaukee's lost its Class-A quality rating.
For the Love of Pete! -- They're fishing the bass beds!
Holy Mackerel! -- That fisherman just hooked my new $1500 sail!
Jeepers! -- To bass fishermen, we're potted plants!
Well, I've run out of exclamations, but I know who's to blame for not watching the store:
Nobody.