this is a list of all of my caps, yo:
[ i have 257 so far !!!!! ] :)

  • "valentine" was the name of the nantucket fire department's first dalmation.
  • 19th century prisoners held in nantucket's prison the old gaol, were often allowed to go home for dinner.
  • a message in a bottle thrown off a boat between nantucket and cape cod in 1979 washed ashore in ireland 21 years later.
  • a nantucket nectars team sails annually in the opera house cup, a classic wooden sailboat race around nantucket.
  • a skating rink was built on nantucket in 1885 on the corner of sea and beach streets.
  • a total of 339 nantucketers served in the union's army and navy during the civil war.
  • abiah folger, the mother of benjamin franklin, was born on nantucket on august 15, 1667.
  • aboard his friendship sloop endeavor, capt. jim shows you true nantucket character.
  • according to an old saying, one bottle of our apple juice should keep eight doctors away.
  • according to patrick mahoney of nashua, n.h., there are 292 ways to make change for $1.00.
  • allserve was first headquartered on the back dock of the straight wharf fish store, under the lobsters sign.
  • architecturally speaking, most historic homes on nantucket are built in a lean-to style.
  • astronomer maria mitchell, a nantucket native, discovered comet mitchell on october 1, 1847.
  • at one time nantucket had seven streets named atlantic avenue.
  • at the height of the whaling industry, the annual production of sperm whale candles on nantucket reached 380 tons.
  • based on areas of similar size, nantucket has the greatest variety of vegetation in the us.
  • before he was a juice guy, matt voltoline was a cop on cape cod.
  • before working at nantucket nectars, aviviya glukhovskaya was a school principal in estonia.
  • benjamin franklin's mother was born on nantucket.
  • benjamin tashima, who reigned until 1770, was the last indian chief on nantucket.
  • between 5,000 and 7,000 grey seals live off the coast of nantucket.
  • brad elders, sports guy for si, is also a juice guy.
  • brendan at nantucket sleigh ride on india street considers himself the ornament guy of nantucket.
  • bruce cowen has given more harbor tours than any one else on nantucket.
  • by plane, nantucket is 15 minutes from cape cod.
  • canopach is a native american name for the island of nantucket. it means the place of peace.
  • can't find your favorite nantucket nectars flavor? check out our web site www.juiceguys.com.
  • cars were not allowed on nantucket until 1918.
  • christmas 2003 was the 100th anniversary of main street sing, a tradition started by the nantucket civil league in 1903.
  • christopher and rebecca sears, of bedford, n.h., have collected hundreds of nantucket nectars bottlecaps.
  • coin divers made their living diving for coins thrown overboard by tourists from the steamship ferry.
  • dionis beach in northern nantucket was named for dionis coffin, and early settler on the island.
  • doug whistler, the founder of nantucket's harbor launch, taught tom first how to sail.
  • due to world war II, a rumor circulated that nantucket would be closed for the summer of 1942.
  • emily woods did not have to travel to scotland to become a "scott" on june 8th, 2002.
  • entrain, a band out of martha's vineyard, is a nantucket nectars favorite.
  • ethan farrel will tell you that there are three lighthouses on nantucket: brant point, sankaty, and great point.
  • esther island, located off madaket harbor in nantucket was formed in 1961 by hurricane esther.
  • every year, there's the firetruck water fight on nantucket as part of the 4th of july celebration.
  • following a 1921 shipwreck, islanders collected coconut oil by the ton off nantucket's eastern shores and used it to make soap.
  • from 1664 to 1692, nantucket island was part of new york.
  • from 1881 to 1917, a railroad ran from nantucket's steamboat wharf to various points on the island.
  • great point in coatue were not connected to nantucket from 1896 to 1908.
  • h brought nantucket nectars to nyc.
  • harris wofford, head of americorps and other national service programs can't get enough of nantucket.
  • harvesting cranberries replaced whaling as nantucket's major industry in the 1920's.
  • hello, newman.
  • houses on nantucket are routinely moved to other sites on the island.
  • hyline cruises was originally called the nantucket boat company.
  • ichabod paddock was nantucket's first professional whaler.
  • if it weren't for julie westrom at white cap, you wouldn't be reading this.
  • if you want to watch the big game, kitty murtaugh's has the best big screen on the island.
  • in 1660, the island of nantucket was owned by 20 men.
  • in 1673, governor lovelace named the island community sherburne, the name that preceded nantucket.
  • in 1686, nantucket's "oldest house" was completed. it is still located on sunset hill.
  • in 1700, a storm closed the opening of capaum harbor, making it t he quiet pond it is today.
  • in 1778, ratable property on nantucket was valued at $866,630.
  • in 1829, nantucket's william rawson raised a turnip that weighed over 11 pounds.
  • in 1840, nantucket's population 9,712. it is now about 9,000.
  • in 1850, sankaty head lighthouse was built on the bluffs on the southeast side of nantucket.
  • in 1900, the valuation of nantucket totaled $3,338,033.
  • in 1918, a law prohibiting automobiles on nantucket was repealed.
  • in 1932, a prisoner in a nantucket jail was smuggled off the island in a laundry cart.
  • in 1983, the original copper dome of the great point lighthouse was knocked over by a storm.
  • in 2001, nantucket won the best island award from the readers of travel and leisure.
  • in 2001, nantucket's year-round population made up about 0.15% of the total population of massachusetts.
  • in april 1997, hundreds of bags of candy fell off a ship and washed up on nantucket's shores.
  • in february 1905, nantucket harbor froze solid for 2 weeks and the steamship nantucket was stuck.
  • in the 1960's nantucket and martha's vineyard considered seceding from the commonwealth of massachusetts.
  • isaac folger was the last person to travel by land between nantucket and tuckernuck before the separation became permanent in 1869.
  • island juice guy ron fesko is the only nantucket nectars employee to bowl a 300.
  • island tours on nantucket experiences its highest volume in august.
  • islander doug bennet stood at the milestone rotary for 82 consecutive days.
  • it's possible to bike around the entire island of nantucket in a day.
  • jamie murphy runs the iron teams relay and helps keep the iron teams relay running.
  • jessilyn made pressed apple happen in the big apple.
  • juice guy beth english runs the shop at the island juice bar, provisions and juice guys.
  • juice guy bryan wright has done thousands of pounds of laundry for allserve.
  • juice guy chip ford says, "authentic lemonade is the bombdiggity."
  • juice guy chris kinch's battle cry is: "touchdown alabama."
  • juice guy deacon paul testa wears his nectargarb religiously.
  • juice guy gary keimach believes he will never have his own nantucket nectars bottlecap. he is mistaken.
  • juice guy irene euvino reminds us that a typical feature of houses on nantucket is a widow's walk.
  • juice guy james denitto climbed mount mckinley, the highest peak in north america, wearing nectargarb.
  • juice guy jason camillos once received three speeding tickets in one day calling on distributors. tom first was the passenger.
  • juice guy jason "guy" camillos is the reigning champion of office "trashketball."
  • juice guy larry belka once worked at bartlett's farm, which has been run by the same family for seven generations.
  • juice guy lorianne brasseur is the ninth of 11 children.
  • juice guy rachel wynne gave birth to a "mini-wynnie" in september 2003.
  • juice guy tony a. is firmly cemented in the philly market.
  • juice guys at nantucket nectars don't wear ties to work.
  • juice guys care hosts a cross-country biking challenge every year to raise money for charity.
  • juice guys care is the name of the nantucket nectars social responsibility program.
  • juice guys chris testa and kelley merrill tied the knot on july 17, 1999.
  • juice guys juice bar opened on molly heartfield's birthday, and she was the first customer.
  • kate winne and joanna bettinger's dorm room at brown university is long and skinny like a bowling alley.
  • kelley, kim, cally, eliza, liz and allison placed first in the women's category at the 1998 nantucket iron man.
  • kim wrong is usually wright.
  • life is good is a house special at the chicken box.
  • madaket, at the western point of nantucket, means "sandy soil at land's end."
  • many say that the best sunsets on nantucket can be seen on madaket beach.
  • march on nantucket is affectionately called "hate month" after endruing winter on the island.
  • maria mitchell, the first female astronomer in america, was born on nantucket.
  • milestone road, which connects the town of nantucket and siasconset, is actually a state highway.
  • moby dick was based on the tragic story of the nantucket whaling ship, the essex.
  • most nantucket whaling voyages lasted two or more years.
  • nantucket airlines is the official carrier of the nantucket whaler sports teams.
  • nantucket attracts well over one million tourists every year.
  • nantucket had a railroad on the island until 1917.
  • nantucket high school opened on april 15, 1838 with 59 students.
  • nantucket high school's student newspaper veritas brings home national awards annually.
  • nantucket high school's whaler football team plays its home games on burnham dell field.
  • nantucket historian edouard a. stackpole wrote 28 books about the history of whaling.
  • nantucket ice is the island's community ice rink, not the place to get ice. it was opened on july 26th, 2002.
  • nantucket is also known as the 'little grey lady of the sea' because of the gray shingles and frequent fog.
  • nantucket is 30 miles off the coast of hyannis, massachusetts.
  • nantucket is an island in the atlantic ocean located thirty miles south of cape cod, massachusetts.
  • nantucket is the home to the nantucket film festival, an annual event.
  • nantucket is world-known for its sports fishing of stripers, bluefish, bonito and false albacore.
  • nantucket island has over 82 miles of beaches.
  • nantucket lighthouse baskets were first made on the island over 150 years ago.
  • nantucket memorial airport is located in what many claim is the island's foggiest area.
  • nantucket memorial airport is the second busiest in massachusetts.
  • nantucket nectars #1 selling flavor, orange mango, was the brainchild of larry "the bod" perez.
  • nantucket nectars introduced the u.s. to the new zealand water sport of zorbing.
  • nantucket nectars is a member of business for social responsibility.
  • nantucket nectars orange mango was the idea of larry perez, the juice guy fishing on the label.
  • nantucket nectars organizes the six-leg iron teams relay every summer on nantucket.
  • nantucket nectars sponsors the juice guy player of the game for the whaler football team.
  • nantucket nectars were first sold outside the usa in the british virgin islands in 1995.
  • nantucket sea captains displayed pineapples on their homes to announce their return from long voyages.
  • nantucket was created 50-70,000 years ago during the earth's glacial era.
  • nantucket was initially incorporated not as an island, but as a town.
  • nantucket was once the third largest city in massachusetts.
  • nantucket whaling captain benjamin worth spent 41 years at sea, sailing 879,960 miles.
  • nantucketer bud gifford has spent 40 years lining his walkways and gardens with upside down wine bottles.
  • nantucketers discovered whaling by accident when a "scrag" whale found its way into the harbor.
  • nantucketers first shipped scallops to the mainland in 1881.
  • nantucketers moving to the mainland in the 18th century often disassembled their island homes and took them along off island.
  • nantucket's annual island fair features pumpkin contests, vegetable judging, and an exotic animal show.
  • nantucket's atheneum is the site of frederick douglass' first public speech in 1841.
  • nantucket's cranberry bogs are located on the east side of the island.
  • nantucket's main street was lined with cobblestones in 1837, and still is.
  • nantucket's milestone road is named after the milestones set along the road in 1824 by peter ewers.
  • nantucket's opera cup began in 1973 and is among the greatest classic wooden boat regattas in the world.
  • nantucket's whaling dominance was part of the literary classic, "moby dick."
  • nbc correspondent tim russert is known to be a juice guy.
  • nearly half of all the whaling ships of the world sailed from nantucket.
  • nectars employees kelley and eliza finished the 1998 boston marathon in under four hours.
  • old island records reveal variations in the name nantucket, including nantacei, nautican, and nantae.
  • on 1/1/2000 the first sunrise in the united states was at siasconset on nantucket.
  • on june 17, 1817, it snowed in nantucket.
  • on february 28, 1925 an earthquake tremor was felt on nantucket.
  • on march 7th, 1970 a total solar eclipse on nantucket lasted 2 minutes and 6 seconds, and the temperature dropped 10 degrees.
  • on nantucket, there's a new sheriff in town: richard bretschneider.
  • one of the largest sailboat races in the northeast is nantucket's figawi race.
  • our lemonade uses three simple ingredients; lemon juice, sugar and water.
  • peach orange, one of the three original nantucket nectars flavors, is back.
  • pete, the black dog in the boat on the label, is a portuguese water dog.
  • peter foulger was the interpreter for the 1st settlers of nantucket and the grandfather of ben franklin.
  • pocomo is one of the best wind surfing spots on nantucket.
  • president grant visited nantucket in 1874 and was entertained at what is now the jared coffin house.
  • rowland hussey macy, the founder of macy's, and james a. folger, the founder of folger's coffee, were born on nantucket.
  • sankaty head golf club hosts a nantucket boys and girls club fundraiser every summer.
  • scores of "figawi" sail boats race to nantucket over memorial day weekend.
  • shay thomas is the ticket maestro for nantucket nectars.
  • shell street in siasconset is too narrow for cars AND bikes.
  • siasconset village was built on the east side of nantucket to take advantage of the abundance of codfish in the area.
  • skip vollans' "sconset woodshed" was originally the "sconset schoolhouse."
  • some native americans believed nantucket to be their god moshop's slippers filled with sand.
  • some say the old mill on nantucket is home to barnabus bunker's ghost.
  • star gifford thought it would be fun to sell muffins to boats in nantucket harbor inspiring the idea for allserve.
  • straight wharf, established in 1723, was the first town wharf built.
  • taylor denn claims he was the first passenger off the ferry to nantucket in the year 2000.
  • teams of juice guys travel across the USA in nantucket nectars winnebagos towing bottle-shaped trailers filled with nectars.
  • the allserve general store roof jumps are part of nantucket nectars history.
  • the allserve general store was originally an ice house.
  • the average snowfall on nantucket is 5 inches, in 2002-2003 it was 71 inches.
  • the average water temperature in july for nantucket is 73 degrees.
  • the body of water between martha's vineyard and nantucket is the muskeget channel.
  • the cormorant bird is said to be nantucket's official greeter.
  • the dogs drawn on the label are pete and becky.
  • the end of broad street by steamship wharf is known as "the strip" on nantucket.
  • the ferry m/v grey lady II logs over 85,000 miles a year between hyannis and nantucket.
  • the ferry ride from hyannis to nantucket takes a little over two hours.
  • the first christmas stroll held on nantucket was in 1974.
  • the first daffodil weekend ever held on nantucket was in april, 1974.
  • the first pay telephones were installed on nantucket in march 1899.
  • the first peanuts on nantucket were taken from a wrecked whaling ship in 1814.
  • the first steamship to service nantucket was the massachusetts on october 9, 1854.
  • the first stores to sell nantucket nectars were stars ice cream and the sconset market on nantucket.
  • the great fire on nantucket began in a hat shop on main street on july 13, 1846.
  • the headlamp from locomotive #1 is one of the only items left from the nantucket railroad.
  • the highest point on nantucket is folger hill. it is 109 feet above sea level.
  • the high, cliff-like dunes on nantucket's north shore erode at a rate of about four feet per year.
  • the inaugural 2003 "juice guy player of the year" for the nantucket whaler football team was john farrell, #24.
  • the inspiration for creating nantucket nectars came from a peach nectar tom first and tamara nuttall tasted in spain.
  • the island of nantucket is 14 miles long and 4 miles wide.
  • the island of tuckernuck was connected to nantucket until 1869.
  • the monument on nantucket's main street records the names of the 73 nantucketers killed in the civil war.
  • the legendary mildred "madaket millie" jewett was named an honorary member of the u.s. coast guard because of her bravery at sea.
  • the nantucket boys and girls club has over 600 members.
  • the nantucket community joins together on christmas eve for the annual christmas raffle drawing.
  • the nantucket high school sports teams are known as the whalers.
  • the nantucket island fair features fierce competitions in knitting and needlepoint.
  • the nantucket rainbow parade is a colorful sailing race held in nantucket harbor every august.
  • the nantucket whaler football team, coached by vito capizzo, is dominant every season.
  • the ocean rose half way up nantucket's brant point lighthouse during the "perfect storm" of 1991."
  • the old mill on nantucket was built in 1746 and still produces coarse-ground cornmeal.
  • the oldest home on nantucket is the jethro coffin bouse, built in 1686.
  • the oldest living nantucket resident is given the boston post cane, an award they hold until their passing.
  • the opera house cup is nantucket's classic wooden sailboat race, organized every august by chick walsh.
  • the original purple seals were andre grennan, mark scherer, and dave whitlock.
  • the original nectar van, nicknamed "the pod" was used to deliver scallops from nantucket to boston each winter.
  • the popular nantucket reds pants originated at murray's toggery shop on nantucket.
  • the piece of ocean between cape cod and nantucket is nantucket sound.
  • the red sox will win the world series next year.
  • the "rock run" is an annual 50-mile race around the island of nantucket.
  • the size of house lots on nantucket was once determined by how many sheep could graze there.
  • the steeple on the old north church on nantucket was placed there in 1968 by a helicopter.
  • the students of concord academy in concord, mass. drank over 3,000 bottles of nantucket nectars in 1996.
  • the teen classic movie, "one crazy summer", takes place on nantucket.
  • the total land area of nantucket makes up about 0.6% of the total land area of massachusetts.
  • tthe town of nantucket has two stone markets that indicate the north and the south lines of town.
  • the tuck it away investment club meets every second wednesday on nantucket.
  • the "turkey terrific" sandwich from provisions on nantucket has become an island tradition for lunch.
  • the waters of nantucket have one of the most abundant supplies of bluefish in the world.
  • the winning pumpkin at nantucket's 2002 island fair pumpkin contest was approximately 660 lbs.
  • the youth hostel on nantucket is the original site of the lifesaving museum.
  • there are 44 steps at steps beach on nantucket.
  • there are five public restrooms on nantucket. plan ahead!
  • there are four golf courses on nantucket.
  • there are no skunks on nantucket.
  • there are six points on coatue, the sandy beach extension sheltering the harbor from nantucket sound.
  • there are two historical districts on nantucket: the old historic and the sconset.
  • there is a demolition derby every summer on nantucket.
  • tom & tom do not use scripts in their radio ads.
  • tom first lives in a green house with his wife kristan and their dog pete.
  • tom first's wife kristan is a landscape architect.
  • tom scott is an avid NASCAR fan.
  • tom scott lived in his car in order to save money during the early days of nantucket nectars.
  • tom scott surfs in the summer and skis in the winter.
  • tom scott's fifth grade teacher gave him a "d" in penmanship - nothing has changed.
  • tourism replaced whaling as nantucket's economic base.
  • tuckernuck island is the island off nantucket's west end, and it's name means loaf of bread.
  • two nantucket whaling ships, the beaver and the dartmouth, helped ignite the boston tea party in 1773.
  • using tax-free liquor as an incentive, nh's governor tried to convince nantucket to going the granite state in 1977.
  • visit the nantucket nectars web site at www.juiceguys.com for more cap facts.
  • walter at the straight wharf fish store makes some of the best clam chowder you have ever tasted.
  • whale pants are a common, but unfortunate sight on nantucket.
  • when boston reporting legend mike barnacle visits nantucket, he's always looking for free golf.
  • when looking for a place to live, or anything else on nantucket, the bulletin board at the hub might be your best bet.
  • when people have a thirst for nantucket nectars in the bahamas, trading post delivers.
  • when sharking offshore, it's best to stick with a native. meet capt. josh on the monomoy.
  • when tom first was little, he asked his parents to dye his hair black and change his name to jack.
  • you are always safe with juice guy/professional umpire frank sylvester.
  • you can have a party of your own on the lightship nantucket.

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