In before the "I'd buy that for a dollar" comments.

I'd buy that for tree fiddy.

Brad McCracken? Seriously?

Who wants to get with me and start the Farkistan Benevolent Society to apply for this? It says you have to be a non-profit that would maintain it for recreational purposes... I can see Fark HQ/BatCave being there off the coast.

We could even require the Coasties on staff be Farkers to get in the door.

The FBS eh? Gotta have a handshake. I'm in.

That would make an awesome bar or home. I've always wanted to be a hermit.

Who's bringing the Marshmallows?

Let the intentional wrecking begin

I'd buy it and broadcast a radio show until the undead pirates arose from the sea.

I'd buy that for a dollar!

in after the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" comment

Naticus:Brad McCracken? Seriously?

heh I noticed that too. I guess his parents weren't jokesters and decided against naming him PHIL. :)

Fark UFIA Lighthouse?

TFA says it needs to be for "public education, recreation or historic preservation"

New location for Fark parties?

They can't include one picture so we know what we're buying?

ftfa:The station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is so identified with Long Island Sound that its likeness was placed on Connecticut's specialty Long Island Sound license plate.

Why is there no picture of it with the article?

Won't that be OK?

Pics?
Was kinda hoping it was just up for sale to the public.

The federal government has officially put the Outer Lighthouse up for sale.

Suckers, I'm holding out for the Inner Lighthouse
at fiddy cent

Benevolent Misanthrope: Farkistan Benevolent Society

Wait, I though we were the Peoples Front of Farkistan.

/or was that the popular front?

clgrin:Let the intentional wrecking begin

I'm still laughin' at that one.

/damnit, "out of 150-watters AGAIN" MUUWWAAAHAHAHAHAHHAA

EARL, unavailable for comment.

I never thought I'd say this but... WANT.

carniemechanic:ftfa:The station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is so identified with Long Island Sound that its likeness was placed on Connecticut's specialty Long Island Sound license plate.

Why is there no picture of it with the article?

Because a GIS turns up umpteen different pics than the small crappy one they would have put in the article. Including a nice hi-res one too.

Benevolent Misanthrope:Who wants to get with me and start the Farkistan Benevolent Society to apply for this? It says you have to be a non-profit that would maintain it for recreational purposes... I can see Fark HQ/BatCave being there off the coast.

We could even require the Coasties on staff be Farkers to get in the door.

I'M IN!!

Lighthouses are maintenance nightmares. I had to take care of a small one for a summer. Nothing works ever. All the salt air and no corners.

FFS people, l2use GIS

complements of GIS

I'd buy it.

testsicles:Lighthouses are maintenance nightmares. I had to take care of a small one for a summer. Nothing works ever. All the salt air and no corners.

Maybe because these things are more than a hundred years old? I get that salt air and water is capable of some amazing corrosion, but we build boats and stuff all the time along the coast, and they work for a long period of time.

Honestly, the best thing would probably be to take it offline for about a year (temporarily move the beacon part offshore to a boat or something). Rip out the interior, rebuild everything, and proof it against the elements.

Fenwick is where the Hepburn summer house was, as in Katharine Hepburn's family. I don't know if the home is still there - I presume it was sold as part of the estate after Miss Hepburn died, and possibly it was torn down as it was rather decrepit.

testsicles:Lighthouses are maintenance nightmares. I had to take care of a small one for a summer. Nothing works ever. All the salt air and no corners.

don't be a killjoy. let them dream.

Huggermugger:Fenwick is where the Hepburn summer house was, as in Katharine Hepburn's family. I don't know if the home is still there - I presume it was sold as part of the estate after Miss Hepburn died, and possibly it was torn down as it was rather decrepit.

Well, it is 70 years old or so, built in wartime (or just before - IIRC the original was blown away by the 1938 Hurricane)....

They did this with Penfield Light (a mile or so off the coast of Fairfield CT). The town bought it for $1. Not sure what we intend to do with it. Apparently it's going to be almost impossible to bring it up to modern safety standards, so the chances are that we'll just treat it as a museum piece - no admission to the public. It's still better than scrapping it, though.

Just in here to post this. Shocked no one had yet.



/shamelessly hotlinked
//not that it'll make a dent in Mr. Munroe's bandwidth costs

The Crack Kid:Just in here to post this. Shocked no one had yet.



/shamelessly hotlinked
//not that it'll make a dent in Mr. Munroe's bandwidth costs

That was just so full of high grade win..

I spend summers near a beach, and just about every year, my guitar needs a new electronics setup. Salt air eats away at the shiat. I should just get an acoustic.

simpsonfan:EARL, unavailable for comment.


gimmie some inner peace or i'll mop the floor with ya!

Whats the catch?

Do I have to move it?

Is there some Historical society type group going to pounce,
if I try to paint it or give an upgrade?

I just got back from the lighthouse at St. Augustine, FLA, so I am really getting a kick out of these replies.

/got nuthin
//but would like to live in a lighthouse, though

"The station is still a working lighthouse, with an automated green light flashing about every six seconds, run by the U.S. Coast Guard."

Uh if the property is still being used to prevent ships from crashing into rocks, it doesn't sound like "excess property" that needs to be gotten rid of...

i landed there a few times with my boat.
it's a fantastic structure but very very badly in need of care.
long island sound can be gorgeous, and at the same time dangerous as hell with new england weather, and the tidal currents.
rebuilding and living in it could prove to be very difficult due to it being on the national historic register. the regulations involving structures on those lists are maddening.
beautiful place tho'.

wow - this story just keeps coming back up like a bad pork chop.

/I remember the last time this was a greenlight
/my fake lawn, get off of it.

DigitalCoffee:Peoples Front of Farkistan

Damn splitters

It's a good thing they aren't asking the buyer to move it. That linked photo is of the simple crossing of the North Cove channel and the light in question is 'way down at the end of the breakwater sticking due south off the point.

strangeguitar:I'd buy it and broadcast a radio show until the undead pirates arose from the sea.

FTW!

Naticus:The FBS eh? Gotta have a handshake. I'm in.

Will the lighthouse have one of those speakeasy doors with the eyeplate too?

"The secret password is kerflunkle. Tell 'em FOP sent ya."

Yeah, but how much will it run me on a 30-year variable rate mortgage?

Whoever buys it should have this play non-stop inside it.

/"What difference does it make?"

Ah, yes, but the shipping and handling is $200,000.

/Too much E-baying hurts your soul

Tillmaster:They did this with Penfield Light (a mile or so off the coast of Fairfield CT). The town bought it for $1. Not sure what we intend to do with it. Apparently it's going to be almost impossible to bring it up to modern safety standards, so the chances are that we'll just treat it as a museum piece - no admission to the public. It's still better than scrapping it, though.

Penfield Light wouldn't get scrapped just for the sole reason that Penfield Reef runs from the light to the shore. My previous job before moving to Italy was a steamship agent. Also had a house on Lantern Point. I remember a few times that some morans decided to cruise on the shore side of Penfield light. Can you guess what happened?

Free Pub Actually they were thinking of demolishing the building and replacing it with a simple fixed light on a tower.

Yeah, the reef gets a few victims every year. Fortunately it's gravel rather than granite.