Raise your hand if you've always wanted to live in 1 of these: - Page 2

barefoot serpent · 09-30-2005, 04:27 PM

A history of the Wolf Trap Light that includes an account from one of the crew.

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Grocery items were purchased locally when our small boat was sent to shore. That was a challenge sometimes during rough seas. Lowering the boat with men in it was a tedious job as the rough seas would try to send it crashing against the structure. Getting the 2 hooks off the lowering pulleys was another challenge as the lea hook had to be released before the windward hook was released to keep the boat from turning around and hitting the structure or having the rough seas wash over the stern. On many occasions, the boat would go ashore for groceries and the weather was too rough for it to return and safely get hooked up/raised. I wonder who usually made the grocery runs and got stuck ashore...??? It wasn't me...!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2005, 05:31 PM

Thanks Serpent, that was interesting.

jinx · 10-03-2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh..oh..the third one Jinx, the one in Oley. Jim could really polish his skills on that baby.

:snicker:
He wouldn't even look at that one because of the 422 commute into the city

, but we were out in that area yesterday kayaking and it's really beautiful.

Undertoad · 10-03-2005, 10:51 AM

Off-hours, 422 is no problem. You lose 15 mins if you go inbound from 7:15 am - 9 am. You lose 15 mins if you go outbound from 4 pm - 6 pm.

Of course since there is no passenger rail and they continue to build out this way, those times will expand.

darclauz · 10-03-2005, 12:01 PM

i actually wrote this the other day, thinking about being a lighthouse keeper...how weird is that?

island keeper

black water

crashes
around me
like moses i stand
stone platform
out of the depths
caught between liquid and night

slicker alive in the wind
wet slap
staccato against my legs

for one absurd moment
i imagine myself a god
throwing my arms to the sky

stirring the storm

leaping
in yellow light,
my shadow
thrown onto brutal rock
mocks my power

i turn away sharply
my back to the churning sea
inhale the mist
and the salt

stride through the great wooden doors.
i
hold the ocean.

wolf · 10-03-2005, 01:26 PM

On second thought, I'd probably be better off in a windmill. Or my original plan of a decommissioned silo.

It was the grocery anecdote that made up my mind.

Clodfobble · 10-03-2005, 06:17 PM

Every time I open this thread, I start humming that weird old Erika Eigen song, "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper"...

limey · 10-03-2005, 06:47 PM

But I already live 130 metres above sea level with uninterrupted sea views from west-south-west to south-east ...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-03-2005, 06:58 PM

With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven.

BigV · 10-03-2005, 07:05 PM

Ewwwwwwe crack me up xoB.

limey · 10-05-2005, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven.

That's "whisky" where I come from, but I can see where the "whiskey" comes from on a clear day ...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2005, 05:18 PM

Oh, ok. I've seen single malts spelled wiskey, also.

barefoot serpent · 10-10-2005, 05:38 PM

Auction may be ending tomorrow 10/11 @3EST. Current bids are:
Smith Point: 55K
Wolf Trap: 25K
Thimble Shoals: 65K
Middle Ground: 21K

and they've added pix of the interiors to the links contained in the first post.

So get those hands up where I can see 'em!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2005, 01:37 AM

Don't forget to factor in the cost of a dehumidifier.

wolf · 10-11-2005, 04:06 PM

Can't you just leave some of those silica gel packets on the stairs?

09-30-2005, 05:31 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks Serpent, that was interesting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-03-2005, 12:01 PM	#20
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	i actually wrote this the other day, thinking about being a lighthouse keeper...how weird is that? island keeper black water crashes around me like moses i stand stone platform out of the depths caught between liquid and night slicker alive in the wind wet slap staccato against my legs for one absurd moment i imagine myself a god throwing my arms to the sky stirring the storm leaping in yellow light, my shadow thrown onto brutal rock mocks my power i turn away sharply my back to the churning sea inhale the mist and the salt stride through the great wooden doors. i hold the ocean. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-03-2005, 01:26 PM	#21
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	On second thought, I'd probably be better off in a windmill. Or my original plan of a decommissioned silo. It was the grocery anecdote that made up my mind. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-03-2005, 06:47 PM	#23
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	But I already live 130 metres above sea level with uninterrupted sea views from west-south-west to south-east ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-03-2005, 06:58 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-03-2005, 10:51 AM	#19
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Off-hours, 422 is no problem. You lose 15 mins if you go inbound from 7:15 am - 9 am. You lose 15 mins if you go outbound from 4 pm - 6 pm. Of course since there is no passenger rail and they continue to build out this way, those times will expand.

10-03-2005, 06:17 PM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Every time I open this thread, I start humming that weird old Erika Eigen song, "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper"...

10-03-2005, 07:05 PM	#25
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Ewwwwwwe crack me up xoB. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-05-2005, 05:18 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, ok. I've seen single malts spelled wiskey, also. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2005, 05:38 PM	#28
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Going... going... Auction may be ending tomorrow 10/11 @3EST. Current bids are: Smith Point: 55K Wolf Trap: 25K Thimble Shoals: 65K Middle Ground: 21K and they've added pix of the interiors to the links contained in the first post. So get those hands up where I can see 'em!

10-11-2005, 01:37 AM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't forget to factor in the cost of a dehumidifier. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-11-2005, 04:06 PM	#30
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Can't you just leave some of those silica gel packets on the stairs? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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