No Sharks Here!

webmaster · 08-22-2019, 12:48 PM

I spent some time on Cape Cod this summer where the sharks are creating some real problems with tourism. Some people are now rethinking their vacation plans and pool builders are booked solid.

It made me think that this may be a great opportunity to draw some tourism away from the ocean and to the Lakes Region. I know we'd like to keep it nice and quiet for ourselves but the local economy needs all the help it can get.

I've asked my daughter (a graphic designer) to create a sample ad with the "No Sharks Here" theme when she has some spare time. If any of our members have some Photoshop type skills and some ideas for a funny ad please see what you can create and post it in this thread. It should be fun and maybe give the Lakes Region Association some ideas.

umbrellapoint · 08-22-2019, 12:59 PM

Check out: https://nosharksgear.com/

My wife bought a couple Winnipesaukee "No Sharks" sweatshirts for me at Wolfeboro Casuals ( downtown Wolfeboro ). Less as a thoughtful spouse gift and more to make fun of my irrationally high fear of sharks.

Andromeda321 · 08-22-2019, 01:52 PM

Sounds like Jaws!

Biggd · 08-22-2019, 01:57 PM

It's been busy enough this summer. I'd rather not see any more visitors.
Can't we say we have lake monsters!

Descant · 08-22-2019, 02:30 PM

I like the "No Sharks Here" idea. Remember, we got national publicity with the "Brake for Moose" bumper sticker campaign. From Labor Day through FITN Primary day, NH is in the spotlight.

steve-on-mark · 08-22-2019, 08:09 PM

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codeman671 · 08-22-2019, 09:07 PM

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Her bite can be much worse than a shark....

JanN · 08-23-2019, 08:03 AM

My family has vacationed at the lake for many, many years and we have never seen as much traffic as there was this year. Usually it's just the weekends, but every time we ventured away from the cottage, traffic was difficult.

With the complaints from many places about lack of help, do you really need more business in the Lakes Region in the summer? Seems like the area is doing pretty well!

Biggd · 08-23-2019, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JanN

My family has vacationed at the lake for many, many years and we have never seen as much traffic as there was this year. Usually it's just the weekends, but every time we ventured away from the cottage, traffic was difficult.

With the complaints from many places about lack of help, do you really need more business in the Lakes Region in the summer? Seems like the area is doing pretty well!

We only need more people who are willing to work. We don't need more vacationers.

Pricestavern · 08-23-2019, 08:45 AM

I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

Kings Bluff · 08-23-2019, 10:09 AM

I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.

Hillcountry · 08-23-2019, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pricestavern

I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

Wow that’s sad! To think all their perceptions are based on a Nat Geo (or similar)
“Shark week” program, that has instilled an unnecessary, fear in them for life.
Snowflakes....

Pricestavern · 08-23-2019, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Snowflakes....

Not quite sure what a snowflake has to do with sharks and the lake, but OK..

Hillcountry · 08-23-2019, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pricestavern

Not quite sure what a snowflake has to do with sharks and the lake, but OK..

The kids are "snowflakes" in case you haven't heard this term...they are "triggered" by anything and everything that makes them feel they aren't in their "safe space"

Slickcraft · 08-23-2019, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kings Bluff

I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.

I would speculate that many lawyers are property owners up here

Aunt Lula · 08-23-2019, 04:12 PM

I learned to swim in the lake at age 3 and I am much more comfortable in a lake than a cement sided pool filled with chlorine. Nothing compares to jumping off a dock or a rock into cool clear water!

Outdoorsman · 08-23-2019, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggd

We only need more people who are willing to work. We don't need more vacationers.

"WE" also don't need more MASS vacationers dictating what people need to do.

WeirsGuard · 08-26-2019, 01:17 AM

Was life-guarding at the Weirs the summer "Jaws" came out. One day a couple of teens swimming in the deeper water began yelling "Shark! Shark!"....You guessed it; people began running out of the water. It took a few minutes to get everyone to realize we were at a lake.

Weekend Pundit · 08-26-2019, 08:29 PM

Of course there are! Mutant fresh water sharks that infest the Lakes Region! They're almost as bad as the gene-engineered fisher cats that escaped from that gene lab hidden under the White Mountains. They like to eat pets, children, and small cars. And don't get me started on the coy-wolves and mountain lions.

Folks from away should probably go home...once they spend all their money.

macbeth · 08-26-2019, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JanN

My family has vacationed at the lake for many, many years and we have never seen as much traffic as there was this year. Usually it's just the weekends, but every time we ventured away from the cottage, traffic was difficult.

With the complaints from many places about lack of help, do you really need more business in the Lakes Region in the summer? Seems like the area is doing pretty well!

The ECONOMY must be doing Awesome for all the extra vacationers to be here. THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP.

08-22-2019, 12:48 PM	#1
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,446 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 455 Thanked 3,785 Times in 835 Posts	No Sharks Here! I spent some time on Cape Cod this summer where the sharks are creating some real problems with tourism. Some people are now rethinking their vacation plans and pool builders are booked solid. It made me think that this may be a great opportunity to draw some tourism away from the ocean and to the Lakes Region. I know we'd like to keep it nice and quiet for ourselves but the local economy needs all the help it can get. I've asked my daughter (a graphic designer) to create a sample ad with the "No Sharks Here" theme when she has some spare time. If any of our members have some Photoshop type skills and some ideas for a funny ad please see what you can create and post it in this thread. It should be fun and maybe give the Lakes Region Association some ideas. Attached Images

08-22-2019, 08:09 PM	#6
steve-on-mark Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Epping, NH / Mark Island Posts: 1,802 Thanks: 181 Thanked 716 Times in 415 Posts	The only sharks in Lake Winnipesaukee are inflatable! Come on up...nothing to be afraid of here! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app __________________ ....keeping " urban decay " out of photos for nearly a year.

08-23-2019, 08:03 AM	#8
JanN Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 43 Thanks: 174 Thanked 20 Times in 11 Posts	More Tourists?? My family has vacationed at the lake for many, many years and we have never seen as much traffic as there was this year. Usually it's just the weekends, but every time we ventured away from the cottage, traffic was difficult. With the complaints from many places about lack of help, do you really need more business in the Lakes Region in the summer? Seems like the area is doing pretty well!

08-23-2019, 08:45 AM	#10
Pricestavern Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Valencia, Spain (formerly Rattlesnake Isle) Posts: 388 Thanks: 135 Thanked 142 Times in 82 Posts	Bull Sharks I had a friend come up a few years ago with his kids. Neither of the kids would put even a pinky toe into the water - they were terrified of bull sharks! I explained that this is a fresh water lake with nothing here that bites but they were having none of that. "Bull Sharks swim upstream in rivers. They could be here!". Explaining that we were a hundred miles from the ocean and that there were a few dams in between meant nothing to them. Sad, really. They grew up only ever swimming in a pool. Needless to say they have never been back and remain in the sheltered confines of the backyard above-ground pool.

08-23-2019, 04:12 PM	#16
Aunt Lula Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Fairfield, CT Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I learned to swim in the lake at age 3 and I am much more comfortable in a lake than a cement sided pool filled with chlorine. Nothing compares to jumping off a dock or a rock into cool clear water! __________________

08-22-2019, 12:59 PM	#2
umbrellapoint Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Boston / Wolfeboro Posts: 23 Thanks: 7 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Check out: https://nosharksgear.com/ My wife bought a couple Winnipesaukee "No Sharks" sweatshirts for me at Wolfeboro Casuals ( downtown Wolfeboro ). Less as a thoughtful spouse gift and more to make fun of my irrationally high fear of sharks.

08-22-2019, 01:52 PM	#3
Andromeda321 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 80 Thanks: 17 Thanked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Sounds like Jaws!

08-22-2019, 01:57 PM	#4
Biggd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Waltham Ma./Meredith NH Posts: 4,057 Thanks: 2,184 Thanked 1,180 Times in 749 Posts	It's been busy enough this summer. I'd rather not see any more visitors. Can't we say we have lake monsters!

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08-22-2019, 02:30 PM	#5
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,311 Thanks: 1,328 Thanked 1,615 Times in 1,048 Posts	I like the "No Sharks Here" idea. Remember, we got national publicity with the "Brake for Moose" bumper sticker campaign. From Labor Day through FITN Primary day, NH is in the spotlight.

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08-23-2019, 10:09 AM	#11
Kings Bluff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	I've been coming to the lake for 65 years and have never seen a shark in these waters. Of course I have also never seen a moose or a unicorn up here. Doesn't mean they do not exist.

08-26-2019, 01:17 AM	#18
WeirsGuard Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	Summer of Jaws Was life-guarding at the Weirs the summer "Jaws" came out. One day a couple of teens swimming in the deeper water began yelling "Shark! Shark!"....You guessed it; people began running out of the water. It took a few minutes to get everyone to realize we were at a lake.

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08-26-2019, 08:29 PM	#19
Weekend Pundit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 343 Thanks: 26 Thanked 68 Times in 41 Posts	What Do You Mean There Aren't Sharks? Of course there are! Mutant fresh water sharks that infest the Lakes Region! They're almost as bad as the gene-engineered fisher cats that escaped from that gene lab hidden under the White Mountains. They like to eat pets, children, and small cars. And don't get me started on the coy-wolves and mountain lions. Folks from away should probably go home...once they spend all their money.

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