Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:00 pm
Don't you actually have to get on the ice to take a core sample? By then it may be to late.
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dirth wrote:I think the town does official measurements because I there is a very specific day that the snowmobiles come out, and a specific day all the ice fishing houses come out. It goes from quite and peaceful to mayhem overnight with the snowmobiles.
Clydascope wrote:Make sure you have the right gear.
tigerlilly wrote:I saw a girl go in on Spy pond (outside Boston) one year.
She was quite clever about getting out, I thought.
She reached into her pants pocket and pulled out her car keys. Then she stabbed the ice fiercly with the longest key, about an arms length out in front of her body. She then pulled herself out with this.