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Forum: Marketplace 05-23-2026, 11:21 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,904
Posted By DickR
I still have the sailboat, if anyone is...

I still have the sailboat, if anyone is interested.
Forum: Boating 05-06-2026, 11:39 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 42,553
Posted By DickR
I have a 1997 boat that did come equipped with...

I have a 1997 boat that did come equipped with the ECOS, in the form of a tiny toggle switch near the bottom of the throttle/gear box. The elastic coil cord to be attached to the operator's person...
Forum: General Discussion 01-18-2026, 07:44 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 90,830
Posted By DickR
As has been said before, given what a property...

As has been said before, given what a property assessment means and how it is determined, it is a measure of the wealth of someone with the means to buy the property, not that of the owner.
Forum: General Discussion 01-02-2026, 06:22 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,755
Posted By DickR
Bomb detonation at Moultonborough Neck Rd

Here is a link to a quick report on an event this afternoon involving police and the state bomb squad:...
Forum: Weather 12-30-2025, 11:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 28,914
Posted By DickR
Or, more directly:...

Or, more directly: https://mountwashington.org/weather/current-summit-conditions/

At the moment (10:48am), it's -14.2 F, 97 mph (116 mph at 10:10), wind chill -60 F, no visibility.

Let the...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 12-22-2025, 12:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 18,526
Posted By DickR
Although my own dock is crank-up, I've helped...

Although my own dock is crank-up, I've helped monitor/adjust a neighbor's bubbler, and I oversee a friend's bubbler operation elsewhere through the winter. In both cases, the "bubbler" (aka...
Forum: Winni Wildlife 10-08-2025, 06:11 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,148
Posted By DickR
A couple of winters ago, I noticed a dead deer...

A couple of winters ago, I noticed a dead deer one morning out a couple hundred feet from shore, on the snow-covered ice. From the blood trail, it appeared to have suffered an attack by a predator...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-27-2025, 04:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 30,990
Posted By DickR
The size of the tank may be determined by either...

The size of the tank may be determined by either how many days of potential outage you want to cover or the minimum size needed for the generator capacity. The generator, operating at maximum output,...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-18-2025, 06:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 48,767
Posted By DickR
This happened earlier this year to a neighbor....

This happened earlier this year to a neighbor. The leak was where the black plastic line from out in the lake was mated to a steel pipe nipple where the transition was made from plastic to all steel...
Forum: Marketplace 07-23-2025, 03:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,904
Posted By DickR
12 Ft O'day Widgeon

For sale: 1976 O'day Widgeon (12 ft) sailboat. Hull & mast stored out of weather, sails(main, jib) stored inside house. Fairly new rudder/tiller. No trailer. $400/BO.
Forum: Winni Wildlife 07-18-2025, 10:27 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 199,129
Posted By DickR
Some in our hiking group had a bear encounter...

Some in our hiking group had a bear encounter late Tuesday (July 15), at the end of a Liberty/Flume hike. In this case, the bear did not run off, but continued toward them. Here is a link containing...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-09-2025, 06:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 13,087
Posted By DickR
Over the years, I've had nests built in various...

Over the years, I've had nests built in various places around the buildings, in protected places. It seems that if I put a piece of scrap wood at a steep slope over what otherwise would be level,...
Forum: Site Support Forum 07-01-2025, 04:08 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 12,043
Posted By DickR
Just now (4pm Tuesday), after a couple more weeks...

Just now (4pm Tuesday), after a couple more weeks of failure due to timing out, suddenly we have Winni forum again! This time I got a screen (quickly, and going away quickly on its own), saying it...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-15-2025, 06:20 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 10,507
Posted By DickR
If you will be junking it, maybe do some DIY...

If you will be junking it, maybe do some DIY exploratory surgery on it. There may be an obvious problem that can be fixed easily. Worst case: you can't fix it, can't put it back together again, and...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 04-26-2025, 12:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,405
Posted By DickR
Dryer vent cleaning can be a fairly simple DIY....

Dryer vent cleaning can be a fairly simple DIY. Last year I bought a kit online, consisting of a brush and enough 3 ft rods for the brush to reach from outside to the bend in the duct just below the...
Forum: General Discussion 02-04-2025, 06:53 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 38,933
Posted By DickR
Hoo Boy, is this embarrassing. What a mis-read...

Hoo Boy, is this embarrassing. What a mis-read from the calculator! Three orders of magnitude off, and this from an ex-engineer!
Forum: General Discussion 02-04-2025, 04:44 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 38,933
Posted By DickR
According to an article in the LDS (per a quick...

According to an article in the LDS (per a quick search), Moultonborough alone has 66 miles of shorefront. Straight math: 66 * 5280 * $1.58 = $550 million, and every year ???
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-31-2025, 07:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,745
Posted By DickR
What are you planning to do with the kerosene?...

What are you planning to do with the kerosene? Depending on use, you may be able to substitute diesel. Kero is a bit lighter than diesel, but in general it and diesel have similar properties.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-21-2025, 06:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 14,104
Posted By DickR
I don't think fourteen hours in one long ON shot,...

I don't think fourteen hours in one long ON shot, then 10 hours totally OFF is an optimum strategy at all. One certainly can argue that the normally colder night time hours could benefit from more ON...
Forum: Boating 01-09-2025, 12:31 PM
Replies: 1,253
Views: 3,038,422
Posted By DickR
Make that a shirt along with a $3 round sticker...

Make that a shirt along with a $3 round sticker proving the shirt go paid for.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-08-2025, 03:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 14,104
Posted By DickR
The only thing I can think of, admittedly getting...

The only thing I can think of, admittedly getting creative here, is that the recent strong winds, combined with a lot of open water upwind of the docks, pushed a huge mass of broken ice ashore, to...
Forum: General Discussion 11-19-2024, 06:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,853
Posted By DickR
Dentist

Another good dentist: Dr Taoka, at Harborside Dental on rte 25 in Center Harbor (http://www.drtaoka.com/).
Forum: General Discussion 10-11-2024, 10:28 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 18,609
Posted By DickR
Leaving should not feel like a funeral. The Lakes...

Leaving should not feel like a funeral. The Lakes Region is a "no wake" zone! It will not be totally gone from you.

"Do not mourn forever what has been lost, but celebrate what was."
Forum: Marketplace 07-18-2024, 05:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,934
Posted By DickR
We have an O'day Widgeon (12', I think), that...

We have an O'day Widgeon (12', I think), that doesn't get used anymore and which we are thinking we ought to sell. PM if interested.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-07-2024, 06:35 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 20,644
Posted By DickR
Look for youtube videos, and watch more than one,...

Look for youtube videos, and watch more than one, to get various outlooks on the subject, and to weed out any that seem weak on content or sound advice.
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