In the "What are they thinking?" Category ...

mcdude · 09-16-2006, 06:03 PM

Pepper:
As I was reading along on your post I kept thinking..this is a joke....or....what is she drinking?

I have heard about this Reach the Beach Relay because I read about it in the local newspaper...they were seeking permits at a town meeting in Barnstead. JJ Goodwin's on Rt. 28 was one of their "rest stops".

Here's from a blog from the 2003 event:

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2:00 AM Saturday - I nestle peacefully into our mothership "moosemobile". Moose Digger takes off for a be-sparkled run through residential Gilmanton. He pulled the lucky straw! With his early difficult run, he looks forward to a serengeti-flat four and a half-mile run. As crowded as a Christmas mall, he weaves his way through a virtual throng of runners. Chatty runners kibitz and enjoy the company of newfound running buddies on the darkened road. Companionship on a lonely night course, priceless.

With a lopsided moose smile and dangling headlamp Moose Chaffee is next to be serenaded off on his 6.4 mile moon light stroll. Destination: JJ Goodwins Eatery and Sports Pub, Barnstead New Hampshire. Granted in 1727, Barnstead is home to nine lakes, 3,886 residents and for a short while 1000 noisy runners and six sleep-deprived moose. Early settlers named Barnstead after Cape Cods' Barnstable and Long Islands' Hampstead.

I guess I didn't realize that this goes on all night long! Kinda crazy...

Pepper; Glad to hear you weren't hallucinating!

McD

Weirs guy · 09-17-2006, 07:39 AM

Note to runners: running through my neighborhood in the middle of the night and waking me and my family up will get you shot at with a paint ball gun. I understand its for a good cause, but the road will still be there in the morning.

SAMIAM · 09-17-2006, 08:14 AM

I was told that they were heading to an Al Gore 2008 rally and were running at night so as to release less carbon monoxide into the atmosphere.The SUV's accompanying them were all converted to bio fuel.

pmj · 09-17-2006, 08:38 AM

hehehe..good one,Samiam. They were also probably trying to avoid the global warming effects and running with cool night breezes.

Weirs guy · 09-17-2006, 02:48 PM

Didn't Al Gore invent bio-fuel?

ITD · 09-17-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Weirs guy

Didn't Al Gore invent bio-fuel?

Nah, it was the internet......... Smart guy that Gore, poster boy for Global Warming..

KBoater · 09-17-2006, 06:38 PM

Pepper,
I so glad you found my trained fire flies.

I lost them the 4th of July in Wolfeboro It did take them a long time to get to your house but they only go about after midnight.

rander7823 · 09-20-2006, 12:35 PM

Live Free or Die....unless you bother me.

Weirs guy · 09-20-2006, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rander7823

Live Free or Die....unless you bother me.

More like the Wiccan Rede "An it harm none do what thou will". I don't think anyone has the right to "impose" their good time on someone else.

Pepper · 09-20-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rander7823

Live Free or Die....unless you bother me.

Not sure why you think I feel this way.

rander7823 · 09-21-2006, 02:30 PM

Sorry my comment wasn't meant for you....as you seemed quite amused by the whole situation.
It was more of a mischievious catalyst

to see how wound up everyone would get.

Pepper · 09-21-2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by rander7823

Sorry my comment wasn't meant for you....as you seemed quite amused by the whole situation.
It was more of a mischievious catalyst

to see how wound up everyone would get.

Bad boy! Trying to start

and

These days, fortunately, there's a lot more

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and even an occassional

!!!

But I will say, you almost got me !

Airwaves · 09-21-2006, 09:51 PM

Note to folks in NH

Now and again we folk from the lower states need to "get away" and since NH is the first place we can "get way" to, some of us do.

I have been known to leave the Fitzwilliam Inn the weekend following Thanksgiving with a group of about 20 folk and go for a walk.

That means 20 of us are walking down the dark streets of Fitzwilliam!

Running? Hell that healthy crap will kill ya

rander7823 · 09-22-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pepper

Bad boy! Trying to start

and

These days, fortunately, there's a lot more

and

and even an occassional

!!!

I always like a good "discussion" so I tend to send stupid stuff just to get it going. And like I always tell her "It was a simple question with a yes or no answer and you said yes......don't blame me"

09-17-2006, 07:39 AM	#2
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Note to runners: running through my neighborhood in the middle of the night and waking me and my family up will get you shot at with a paint ball gun. I understand its for a good cause, but the road will still be there in the morning. __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

09-17-2006, 02:48 PM	#5
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Didn't Al Gore invent bio-fuel? __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

09-17-2006, 06:38 PM	#7
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	fire fly Pepper, I so glad you found my trained fire flies. I lost them the 4th of July in Wolfeboro It did take them a long time to get to your house but they only go about after midnight. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

09-20-2006, 12:35 PM	#8
rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 304 Thanks: 556 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	State Slogan Changes for NH Live Free or Die....unless you bother me.

09-21-2006, 02:30 PM	#11
rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 304 Thanks: 556 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	Wasn't you Sorry my comment wasn't meant for you....as you seemed quite amused by the whole situation. It was more of a mischievious catalyst to see how wound up everyone would get.

09-17-2006, 08:14 AM	#3
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,927 Thanks: 350 Thanked 1,694 Times in 596 Posts	I was told that they were heading to an Al Gore 2008 rally and were running at night so as to release less carbon monoxide into the atmosphere.The SUV's accompanying them were all converted to bio fuel.

09-17-2006, 08:38 AM	#4
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hehehe..good one,Samiam. They were also probably trying to avoid the global warming effects and running with cool night breezes.

09-21-2006, 09:51 PM	#13
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	Note to folks in NH Now and again we folk from the lower states need to "get away" and since NH is the first place we can "get way" to, some of us do. I have been known to leave the Fitzwilliam Inn the weekend following Thanksgiving with a group of about 20 folk and go for a walk. That means 20 of us are walking down the dark streets of Fitzwilliam! Running? Hell that healthy crap will kill ya