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12 Jul 11 - 08:50 PM (#3186370) Subject: BS: An offer Joe can't refuse!!! From: Janie Better hurry, the bidding closes tomorrow - the federal government is apparently auctioning off three lighthouses. Let me know and I'll save the date for the house warming(s)! |
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12 Jul 11 - 10:07 PM (#3186396) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Bobert Maybe in my next life I'll own a lighthouse... I think it would be very cool to redo one and live in it... Preferably on the ocean... B~ |
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12 Jul 11 - 10:29 PM (#3186405) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Ebbie In Sitka, Alaska, is a lighthouse available as a rental. Sounds like fun. |
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12 Jul 11 - 10:45 PM (#3186413) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Bill D Would he have to live in one if he bought it?...Maybe set up light-housekeeping? *looking for my coat* |
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12 Jul 11 - 10:51 PM (#3186417) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Joe Offer Hey, I gotta say I like the pictures. I come from Racine, ten miles north of Kenosha, Wisconsin. I tried to get some photos of the Kenosha North Pierhead Light a couple of years ago, and couldn't get close enough for a good shot. Of the three lighthouses for sale, the prettiest one is the Fairport Harbor Breakwater Light on Lake Erie in Ohio - and there are TWO lighthouses at Fairport Harbor. I visited almost all the Ohio lighthouses when I drove around Lake Erie in July, 1998. The current bid on this light is $39,500, and there are 16 hours left to bid. To my mind, the Conneaut West Breakwater Light, also on Lake Erie in Ohio, isn't much to look at. It's an Art Deco style tower built in 1935. It had a lantern room until 1972, and it may have looked more interesting before that lantern room was replaced by a modern beacon. Can't say I've really been tempted to buy a lighthouse. I hate painting, and lighthouse paint doesn't last very long. Lighthouses sure are pretty to look at, though. Take a look at the Wind Point Lighthouse on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan - that was two blocks away from our home, and we had a good view of it when I was growing up. Now the trees have grown, and you can no longer see the lighthouse from the house where I grew up. A drive around one of the Great Lakes is one of the most relaxing vacations you can take in the United States. Lots of quaint little towns and lots of pretty lighthouses - and Midwesterners are nice people. -Joe- |
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13 Jul 11 - 04:23 AM (#3186500) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Deckman Bob Gibson recorded a song about lighthouses. As I recall dimly (there's a pun there folks) it went something like: "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ... " O.K. I'll look for my hat and sneak out the back door ... maybe! bob |
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13 Jul 11 - 08:14 PM (#3187118) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Stilly River Sage Bill D, that was awful (and you beat me to it!) Joe, that Conneaut tower looks like a giant strange kitchen gadget. I can't see much Art Deco about it, I'll take your word for it. I lived near the Alki lighthouse as a kid - we used to visit the beach down there (in West Seattle). When I lived in Everett we would regularly see the Mukilteo light house. And when I worked on San Juan Island I had a friend who was the park ranger stationed in Limekiln State Park (for whale watching) that had a live lighthouse. I spent the night out there one time and was amazed that I could get to sleep with the noise and light, but your brain seems to adjust to regular disturbances like that pretty easily. SRS |
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13 Jul 11 - 11:48 PM (#3187188) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: ChanteyLass People in RI can stay overnight at the Rose Island Lighthouse or be a lighthouse keeper there for up to a week. http://www.roseislandlighthouse.org/keeper_options.html |
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13 Jul 11 - 11:59 PM (#3187190) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Deckman Maggie ... you'll be amazed to learn that now days, the most use of the Mukilteo Lighthouse comes from hosting weddings! bob |
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14 Jul 11 - 12:55 AM (#3187197) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Joe Offer SRS, I wouldn't call Ohio's Conneaut tower an excellent example of Art Deco, but it has those lines. Port Washington Breakwater Light in Wisconsin is more generally recognized as Art Deco - very interesting, but I wouldn't exactly say it's pretty. It's a dramatic location, however - especially when the waves are washing over the breakwater, like they were the last time I visited. I walked to the tower nonetheless. Say, has anybody else here ever driven around one of the Great Lakes? I still have Superior and Ontario to do, and the I want to drive the length of the St. Lawrence River. It's beautiful country. Now, the absolute ugliest lighthouse I've ever seen is Sullivan's Island on the north side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. As far as I know, it's the only U.S. lighthouse with an elevator. I didn't know until just now that the lighthouse was inspired by the ideas of architect Louis Kahn - but it's still butt-ugly. Morris Island a the south side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, is one of the prettiest lighthouses I've seen. It was built on an island that has since washed away, and all that's left is the tall, abandoned tower. Oh, and the she-crab soup in Charleston is terrific, and the deviled crab is a trip to heaven. -Joe- |
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14 Jul 11 - 05:19 PM (#3187726) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Jim Dixon I like the idea of owning a tower of some sort. A lighthouse qualifies as one type of tower. I envy Vita Sackville-West of her Elizabethan tower, at Sissinghurst. She did her writing there. If I understand correctly, the furniture in her study there had to be built on-site, because the spiral staircase was too narrow to carry it up. She could afford it. I once knew a guy who had bought some land that contained a free-standing silo. The barn had been torn down. He was planning to convert the silo to a cabin. I lost touch with him and never learned how the plan turned out. But I had fun visualizing how it might work. A room in an old wooden water tower might be fun, but of course you'd have to cut some windows. An uncle of mine had a fire tower on his land, and my cousin's wife worked as the fire warden during periods of high fire danger. I got to visit the little room at the top once, and several other times I climbed the stairs although the room was locked. That was cool. A house with a cupola would be nice, too. If I owned a caboose, I think I'd spend a lot of time in the little room at the top. |
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14 Jul 11 - 07:22 PM (#3187859) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Stilly River Sage Joe, Do you remember seeing this a few years back? I love these great little Puget Sound area lighthouses. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention that my father, John Dwyer, wrote a song about a ferry going aground because in the fog it mistook a mooing cow for the horn of a lighthouse. SRS |
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15 Jul 11 - 11:47 AM (#3188290) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: ClaireBear Jim, your paean to towers omitted Robinson Jeffers' Tor House -- an omission I am herewith reversing with the Tor House history page. I've always wanted a lighthouse folly, myself. |
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15 Jul 11 - 02:52 PM (#3188373) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: kendall The actor, Gary Merrill, (Mr. Bette Davis) lived in one at Cape Elizabeth. He was a bit odd. Good place for a lawyer, you couldn't "corner" him there. |
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15 Jul 11 - 03:59 PM (#3188419) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: gnu Me buddy Randy Fink took three of us uni classmates up in Ironbound lighthouse one summer. It was a delight. The hightlight of the trip for me however was jigging cod. Randy and I knew how to hold a cod and the city boys did not. WARNING to animal lovers... the following is cruel to fish. We could grab a cod and throw it at the city boys but they couldn't throw one back and get "fishy" all over our clothes. Yes, it's childish but boys in their 20s are simply little boys in men's bodies. Chimp got close enough when I was showing him how to hold a cod that I was able to rub it in his face. Which was a brave thing to do... "Chimp" was his nickname... you figure it out. |
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16 Jul 11 - 02:53 PM (#3188891) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Ebbie So you've known Chongo for a fairly long time? |
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16 Jul 11 - 03:08 PM (#3188897) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: gnu Not Chongo... Chimp. 6' tall, 210 pounds, all muscle and as strong as an ape. Hair like a rug all over him. Hence the nickname Chimp. But, he was very slow to anger. Thank goodness or I'da been cod feed. |
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16 Jul 11 - 06:20 PM (#3189031) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: Joe Offer The Tenants Harbor Lighthouse was purchased by painter Andrew Wyeth and his wife Betsy in 1978. The lighthouse is now owned by their son, painter Jamie Wyeth who does much of his painting there. Tenants Harbor is located in Penobscot Bay, south of Rockland, Maine. Not far away to the north is Isle au Haut, known to many of us in two beautiful songs by Gordon Bok. -Joe- |
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16 Jul 11 - 06:57 PM (#3189047) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: gnu Ebbie... you ever hear the joke about the Navy Captain and the lighthouse? |
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16 Jul 11 - 06:59 PM (#3189049) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse From: gnu Oh, I'll just copy and paste it anyway... The following is being transmitted around the Internet as an event that really took place, but it never happened. It is simply an old joke like those found in popular magazines: Believe it or not...this is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995. US Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision. US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert your course. CND reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course! US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!! CND reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call. |
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16 Jul 11 - 08:01 PM (#3189089) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Joe Offer Ah, that joke always reminds me of the Detroit River Light at the south end of the Detroit River where it joins Lake Erie. I'm surprised Wikipedia doesn't tell the story - I'll have to fix that. lighthouse.boatnerd.com says this:
The freighter faired (sic, sic, sic) much worse with its steel bow push in like a tin can. The station's stone pier torn a 25-foot gash across the bow of the freighter which then took on water. The vessel was able to control the flooding and continued on for repairs. -Joe- P.S. The Navy denies the joke about the lighthouse and the Coral Sea. |
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16 Jul 11 - 09:01 PM (#3189117) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Janie If it makes sense for anyone to own a lighthouse, it makes sense for a painter:>) |
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17 Jul 11 - 10:04 AM (#3189420) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Charley Noble One of my favorite lighthouse choruses: Words and music by Craig Johnson © 1980 Keweenaw Light Chorus: And the stars will shine bright on the south shore to-night, The Keweenaw Light swings over the bay, And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you, On the banks of cold water at the close of the day. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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18 Jul 11 - 08:34 AM (#3189972) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Charley Noble Joe- Now this is a lighthouse, Tyne and Wear, in the UK fit for a king: click here for PIX! And yours for only £425,000! Note, you may have to cycle back one or two in the photo gallery to bring up the proper photo. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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16 Sep 11 - 12:34 AM (#3223983) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Joe Offer Somebody sent me a lighthouse quote today:
~~Annie Lamott |
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16 Sep 11 - 11:23 AM (#3224229) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: CupOfTea Joe, When you touring the Lake Erie lighthouses, were you able to see inside or go up in any of them? My only experience is the South Bass Island (Put in Bay) lighthouse which is right next door to the family home of my best friend, where I stay when I go up to the island. I was told that his sister's father-in-law, Cotton Duggan, was the last actual lighthouse keeper before it was automated in the 60s. A few years back, we were up on the September weekend when the lighthouse was open to tour & went up. Having Perry's Monument over in the middle of the island makes it feel not-so-tall is it ought to seem, as does the size of the base of the building. If you ever get back that way, I'd be glad to pass you the names of South Bass Island natives who know a bit about Lake Erie & are lighthouse enthusiasts. I'll be going up next weekend & hope to do some songs (possibly a house concert) and will definitely be singing Craig Johnson's brilliant "Keewenaw Light" next door to the South Bass Light. Hoping for fair weather. Joanne in Cleveland |
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16 Sep 11 - 01:56 PM (#3224316) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Bill D To aid in getting to work on time when you are a lighthouse keeper |
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16 Sep 11 - 02:03 PM (#3224322) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: GUEST,999 Who shovels that in winter? |
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16 Sep 11 - 02:04 PM (#3224325) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: Bill D They airdrop in a plow.... |
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16 Sep 11 - 10:57 PM (#3224516) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: ChanteyLass Joe and other Mudcatters, if you are on Facebook you can see some photos of lawn lighthouses in RI. The first one is not really a lighthouse. It was a lawn windmill, but the blades have been removed from where the hole near the top of the structure is. I guess whoever took the photo didn't know that, but I used to live near that windmill. People can add lighthouse photos to the page when they find new lawn lighthouses in RI. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.105725473283.99642.43805708283 |
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17 Sep 11 - 07:50 AM (#3224600) Subject: RE: BS: Hey Joe, an offer you can't refuse-lighthouses From: billybob My brother owns the High Lighthouse in Harwich ,England where he runs The National Vintage Wireless Museum, he also has LV18 a light ship moored on the halfpenny Pier in Harwich and both are open to the public. |
