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[Pineedles]

As a NJ born kid I don't feel underprivileged. I spent every summer in NH till college. NJ is very beautiful in many areas of the state. Nashua and Newark are pretty similar. Moultonborough and Mountain Lakes are also pretty much the same. Ease off on the curse, at least we had the opportunity in this Country to spend our time where we wanted to spend it. Can't say future generations will have the same opportunity.

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

As a NJ born kid I don't feel underprivileged. I spent every summer in NH till college. NJ is very beautiful in many areas of the state. Nashua and Newark are pretty similar. Moultonborough and Mountain Lakes are also pretty much the same. Ease off on the curse, at least we had the opportunity in this Country to spend our time where we wanted to spend it. Can't say future generations will have the same opportunity.

I never spent any amount of time in Newark, but I was born and raised in Nashua and find it to be a comfortable place to live.
How much time have you spent in Nashua to be able to make such a comparison? Nashua has been named the BEST PLACE TO LIVE in AMERICA more than once....Newark???

[Jonas Pilot]

Thanks you for the heart warming post.

[Argie's Wife]

Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot

Thanks you for the heart warming post.

You're quite welcome.

I grew up listening to Marty on the Mount on Channel 8 WMTW. Marty recently did a speaking engagement here in Alton a couple of years ago for the historical society. I remember I was working that night (one of my gigs is recording meetings) and came out of the town hall to see people lined up at the Gilman Museum, which is often used by the historical society for events, and you would have thought that Elvis was in town. I was blown away by the turn out of folks to see Marty and I'm sure he was warmed by the turn out. He's just one of those lovable characters in life... no one like him!



Crawford Century - Your video made a great alarm clock this morning for two boys. My 8 year old and 4 year old heard the chainsaw, tumbled right out of bed and RAN into my office. Better than a dog whistle. The oldest asked, "Whatz that?!" and the youngest said, "I wanna a weedwacka..." Gotta love 'em. Anyhow... we gotta market that - IT WORKS!

[Pineedles]

OK, maybe a bad comparison of Nashua vs. Newark. Nashua has about the same crime statistics as cities similar in size and scores 40 out if a 100 as far as safe (100 being safest), and newark is a 10. I guess I am just tired of people beating up on NJ. It really does have some beautiful areas. And no jokes about which exit they are at.

Do I still prefer NH? Absolutely!

[BroadHopper]

One thing NJ has that NH lacks is a world class dragway! New England dragway pales in comparision to Englishtown.

[Misty Blue]

The wife and I were in the hot tub on Saturday night and enjoyed seeing all of the lights across Braun Bay. After Columbus day the lights get fewer and fewer until they are almost gone. Come April we are looking forward to a bit of humanity up here and really enjoy the excitement motorcycle week and NASCAR.

So as you folks head home for the Winter, even to New Jersey (they don't call it the garden state for nothing), we know that the Lake will be in your thoughts and please remember that you, our Summer neighbors, are also in our thoughts and prayers.

See ya after ice out!

Misty Blue

[Pineedles]

Originally Posted by Misty Blue

The wife and I were in the hot tub on Saturday night and enjoyed seeing all of the lights across Braun Bay. After Columbus day the lights get fewer and fewer until they are almost gone. Come April we are looking forward to a bit of humanity up here and really enjoy the excitement motorcycle week and NASCAR.

So as you folks head home for the Winter, even to New Jersey (they don't call it the garden state for nothing), we know that the Lake will be in your thoughts and please remember that you, our Summer neighbors, are also in our thoughts and prayers.

See ya after ice out!

Misty Blue

That, is about the nicest post I have ever seen. Thank You.

[jmen24]

A native would know how to get around this whole thing from any exit in between or side road without dealing with any traffic at all.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=8731

[rrr]

Originally Posted by Misty Blue

The wife and I were in the hot tub on Saturday night and enjoyed seeing all of the lights across Braun Bay. After Columbus day the lights get fewer and fewer until they are almost gone. Come April we are looking forward to a bit of humanity up here and really enjoy the excitement motorcycle week and NASCAR.

So as you folks head home for the Winter, even to New Jersey (they don't call it the garden state for nothing), we know that the Lake will be in your thoughts and please remember that you, our Summer neighbors, are also in our thoughts and prayers.

See ya after ice out!

Misty Blue

What a beautiful sentiment. Thank you and right back at ya.

I too watch the lights in the area. I was surprised there weren't more this past weekend.

Although - we don't 'head home for the winter', our time at the lake will be less frequent over the next few months. Sometimes I marvel at how quiet and peaceful it is - no one around, a fire in the fireplace, a good book and this beautiful lake... it's good for the soul! But I have to agree when spring comes it's exciting to see people return.

[john60ri]

This thread has awakened some memories. My father always had a can of PET Evaporated Milk for his morning coffee. Instant coffee with PET milk. I drank it too when I was a kid. I don't know if this was common 50 years ago. One of those old-school things I guess.

[gtxrider]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

One thing NJ has that NH lacks is a world class dragway! New England dragway pales in comparision to Englishtown.

NJ had several good oval tracks but they seem to go the way of development. Tracks like Trenton, Flemington, Oldbridge, Pinebrook... NJ was a hotbed of racing back in the day. Please NH keep the tracks don't let them build malls, condos, etc.

Love wicked fast race cahs...

[Happy Gourmand]

...and we have the NHMS in Louden....

[Lakesrider]

I must be a true NH'er. 'Cause I know that there are really only two seasons in NH. The warm toilet seat season and the cold toilet seat season....This morning I realized it is the cold toilet seat season now....

[fatnoah]

Hmm....I have the worst of both worlds...

• Born in Boston, though mom was living in Laconia at the time
• Spent 1st 24 years of my life as an NH resident
• Now live in MA

That means I get to tailgate, drive like the world's about to end AND complain about the tourists!

I -almost- wish there were a season where everybody would just stay home so we could have the place to ourselves for a while

There are exactly two seasons for this.
1) The very short time between foliage and ski seasons.
2) The very short time between ski season and when it finally warms up in spring.

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

and the cold toilet seat season....This morning I realized it is the cold toilet seat season now....

2 words, radiant heat.

as long as you've heard the following from your local pd you are all right by me:

"sir, its midnight and your drunk, perhaps you should put the chainsaw away and let the fire die down..."

i admit i get flustered by tourists who are trying to enjoy themselves, but in my defense imagine what it would be like if we all came down to your neighborhood and stopped in the middle of the road while your trying to drive home from work.

[WinnDixie]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

2 words, radiant heat.


i admit i get flustered by tourists who are trying to enjoy themselves, but in my defense imagine what it would be like if we all came down to your neighborhood and stopped in the middle of the road while your trying to drive home from work.

Hilarious!! This thread is a great example of the Forum at its best...everyone putting their best sense of humor forward and having a fun time. I love it.

[CrawfordCentury]

Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

Crawford Century - Your video made a great alarm clock this morning for two boys. My 8 year old and 4 year old heard the chainsaw, tumbled right out of bed and RAN into my office. Better than a dog whistle. The oldest asked, "Whatz that?!" and the youngest said, "I wanna a weedwacka..." Gotta love 'em. Anyhow... we gotta market that - IT WORKS!

Here's another. Don't let the small bar size fool you - that's one big saw. And that's white oak - some hard wood there.

When you cut with the grain - as opposed to a crosscut in bucking logs into stove-sized rounds - you get a long stringy thing instead of a chip. Callem noodles. The boy loves hearing the saw start up because he loves playing in the piles of noodles when the cuttins done.



Here's an old homelite. Love the sound of those rugged old things. They're China trade nowadays. Not good - but top of the line back in the day

[glennsteely]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

As a NJ born kid I don't feel underprivileged. I spent every summer in NH till college. NJ is very beautiful in many areas of the state. Nashua and Newark are pretty similar. Moultonborough and Mountain Lakes are also pretty much the same. Ease off on the curse, at least we had the opportunity in this Country to spend our time where we wanted to spend it. Can't say future generations will have the same opportunity.

Unless Nashua's murder / crack epidemic / heroin addiction / car theft and abandoned housing rates have tripled since my last visit there (3 years ago) then they are not even close to being similar.

If Nashua was voted or named the best place to live EVER....than Newark had to be number 622.484 on that same list.

I've lived in Jersey my entire life, and have always spent summers at The Lake, I have NEVER, EVER found anything to compare Jersey with NH. Jersey is dirty, trashy and disgusting for the most part. I mean come on, our leaves go from green to brown, and all of our CLEAN lakes look like iced tea. Our sky might be just as blue on some days here in South Jersey, but never in Newark.....

[Capt Bart]

When freezing any seafood freeze it in condensed milk . Whole will do but condensed will help keep it sweet and moist!