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W.A. Coolidge Company is a full service construction company serving the Seacoast of New Hampshire, Maine, and Northern Massachusetts. The owners, Wayne A. Coolidge and Wendy A. Wentworth Coolidge have been partners since 1984. We specialize in high quality residential and commercial building, renovations, and restorations.
The Coolidge Company is about flexibility, innovation, and results. Our company will focus on your precise wishes in order to deliver cost-effective solutions to any project. We strive to offer superior quality by using and overseeing the best and reliable subcontractors and suppliers in the area. We believe that every project that we undertake will be completed within a timely fashion as if it was our personal home. We offer first class craftsmanship and attention to detail from start to finish. We want to make your dream project a reality along with providing a fun and memorable experience.
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This beautiful kitchen renovation boasts a lovely color combination of soothing blue cabinets and clean white countertops bringing a fresh, modern look to this space. (Dover, NH)
Quarterly NewsletterVR Headset
Written by: Wayne Coolidge 
While visiting with my sister Elizabeth earlier this year, my nephew, Cole, wanted to show off his favorite new present: a virtual reality META headset. Since I was in a conversation with my sister, Wendy said she would check it out with him. I heard lots of commotion from the other room, maybe even some screaming, but I didn’t give it much attention until Wendy walked back into the kitchen. Her eyes were eerily wide open. Looking at her, I asked, “What was that all about?” She said in a hollow voice, “I was just chased and then attacked by an eight foot black spider.”
Cole appeared behind her and said, “Uncle Wayne, your turn. Do you want to do the Spider or Walk the Plank?” Looking back over my shoulder at Wendy as I headed to the living room, still seeing a troubled look on her face, I said that I was definitely not going to do the Spider, chuckling as I walked away. “Then Walk the Plank it is,” he said as he led me to the center of the living room. He fitted the VR headset on me so that it was comfortable and wouldn’t fall off. “Are you ready?” he asked. This seemed harmless enough as I said, “Let’s do this!” Cole turned on the headset, and I suddenly found myself immersed in what I surmise was a large city like New York. There I was, standing in an open doorway on the side of a skyscraper. Immediately in front of me was a plank that I estimated to be about six feet long. It looked just like what I would imagine a gang plank on a pirate ship would look like. I stood frozen in the doorway and took in the sights. I was surrounded by a cluster of skyscrapers. I looked up and across the horizon and they all ascended into the daylight sky with no ending. I completely forgot I was standing in Elizabeth’s living room until she said, “Now walk to the end of the plank and step off.” "WHAT???" my mind was screaming. That is the craziest thing I have ever heard. But being the oldest and bravest sibling, I had to do this. So, I reached my foot out and touched the plank with my toe, like I was testing the temperature of water. The plank felt solid. That eased my mind. I took a full step forward. There I was, standing outside the building, on the plank, over a bottomless pit. My heart started racing as I felt a hot flash come over me, so I jumped back into the doorway and the safety of the building. Instinctively I whipped off the headset with my trembling hands. There I was, standing in the middle of the living room, on a firm tile floor, with everyone looking at me. Elizabeth quickly said, “put that headset back on, you’re not allowed to take it off yet.” This is crazy, I know I am completely safe. Why can’t I do this? This is just a case of mind over matter… I put the VR headset back on. Boom – I was standing in the doorway again… I mustered up all my courage and slowly walked to the end of the plank. As I was looking down over the front edge, Elizabeth said, “Now just walk off the plank”. I tried and tried, but I just couldn’t do it. I stood there frozen and trembling. Fight or flight overcame me, and I retreated to the building. I took off the headset for the final time as I collapsed onto the couch. I was thankful that my sister was a PA because I was sure I was having a heart attack as I was shaking and perspiration was running down my face. Everyone was laughing, even Wendy, which was fair. Though I didn’t see the humor in this. So as Christmas approaches, and you are wondering what game to buy us as a present, may I suggest something like solitaire?! |
