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In news:V-CdnUc58P2YvRPZnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Rôgêr spewed forth:
> Toolman Tim wrote:
>> In news:aKydneSuGdLlRRDZnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>> philo spewed forth:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>>> Been there. Nasty place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Been to Circle Hot Springs, watched Placer Gold Mining...such a
>>>>> show! Cheechako
>>>>
>>>> I lived in Alaska for about 9 years (Sr High, college). This year's
>>>> big PC project has been scanning in my Mom and Dad's photo
>>>> collection - mostly slides. I have been SO freakin' homesick for
>>>> Alaska now that I'm into those photos <g>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well I've never been up there...
>>> about the worst I've experienced is -22 F.
>>>
>>> I usually make it a point to go out and take a nice long walk...
>>> wearing all my old army gear.
>>>
>>> I have never gotten cold except for the one time I saw ducks in the
>>> water swimming...
>>> It caused a chill to go up my spine!!!
>>
>>
>> Oh yeah - I know that feeling <g> "My Gawd!!! How can they DO that?"
>
> My wife lived in Alaska for years and longs to go back. About the same
> time she was living there, I was living in Key West and made trips to
> the Bahamas, Cozumel, Jamaica and such. You might say we have
> different ideas of what paradise is like.
Well, I'd be able to handle a vacation in the Islands, but even here in
Oregon I find it too hot to be comfortable.
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