The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- "Alaska Singles Thread (January 05 - 07, 2007,)

various | 5th January 2007 | Proud_yank

[snugs]

The 49th State - The Last Frontier
by proud_yank

Having recently moved here, I thought an Alaskan Singles Thread would be pretty fun.

Alaska is the largest state in America, roughly twice the size of Texas (sorry Texas!).

Putting Alaska into perspective. The Aleutian Islands over California, and South-eastern Alaska over Georgia.

An interesting fact I learned the other day is that in addition to being the Western and Northern-most state, Alaska is also the Eastern-most state too. The Western tip of the Aleutian Islands is just West of the International Dateline.

Alaska can be separated into five regions. The Far North (Also known as the 'North Slope') extends from the Brooks Range (the Northern-most extension of the Rocky Mountains) to the Arctic Ocean. Here are some photos of the Brooks Range, and the North Slope region. Barrow is the most Northern city in America. For fun, here is Barrow's weather.

Most people in Alaska live in Southcentral Alaska (Anchorage), and then the Interior (Fairbanks). Temperatures in the interior are sometimes colder than in the Arctic. Western Alaska is famous for the finish of the Iditarod dog-sled race in Nome. Southeastern, and the Interior, are famous for the Klondike gold rush.

Juneau, the state capitol is located in Southeastern Alaska. As a staunch conservative, it makes me smile that the govt. is located somewhere that can only be reached by boat or plane :-).

The Regions of Alaska

There are lots of moose here, and you really have to be careful driving. In the winter moose will come down from the mountains, and casually stroll through downtown Anchorage. We had one right outside the front door of our main office today! Other animals here include caribou, grizzly, polar, and black bears, muskoxen, beaver, otters, wolves, wolverines, tons of birds, and lots of delicious fish!

Some other interesting info about Alaska....

At 20,320 ft., Alaska has North America's highest peak, Denali.
State bird - Willow Ptarmigan.
State fish - King Salmon.
State tree - Sitka Spruce.
State spore - Dog mushing.
State animal - Moose.
State flower - Wild Native Forget-me-Not.
State song - 'Alaska's Flag'.

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

Here are some of my photos that I've put online so far

[snugs]

Watching FNC, and munching on Pringles BBQ flavour

[krunkygirl]

May I talk about plumbing? ;)

Soon as I finish my dinner I must go try to tend to the toilet----just before I got online the rotted rod that connects to the chain that lifts the flapper and ball----BROKE!

I will try to locate an old one to use 'til I can get to the hardware store tomorrow...

How's that for Friday night fun?!

[krunkygirl]

Oh my.......

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I am a fan of the sour cream and onion variety.

[darkangel82]

Ouch.
My brother broke his arm when he was 13, and has a metal rod in there that will be there forever.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

yeah, motorcycles have a way of rearranging your anatomy. lol

[RockinRight]

I'm just hanging around. Bored.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

It is amazing what they can do to fix shattered bones nowadays. Thank God.

[ilovew]

I probably did forget to mention it. My mom wanted me to get a second opinion at first but then she talked to my worker's comp person and decided it would be okay. So I wasn't sure for a while that I actually was going to have the surgery. When I had the plate put in, they said it might be in permanently unless it was causing me problems. I was having problems with something (although I wasn't convinced it was the plate) so they decided to take the plate out. *shrugs* I guess I'll see if that helps.

[darkangel82]

So am I, join the club.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Well hope your recovery is swift and the results are excellent.

[krunkygirl]

Oh my, plates all around tonight...Yikes! Both you and Demi have my sympathy.

I can't put Demi's FReeper name in the "To" box 'cause I can't spell it or even remember it...hence, "Demi".

[snugs]

Well I supposed preferable to having to throw a bucket of water down the loo each time.

I stayed with a friend over Christmas one year and the toilet flusher went down on Christmas Eve after the shops had closed.

In the UK we also have the day after Christmas off (Boxing Day) so for 3 days we had to empty a bucket of water down the loo until the store opened and he could get the part.

The worse bit was that we also had a teenager in the house and she was not impressed at all

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

You should hear people try to pronounce it, I sometimes don't realize who they are talking to.

[snugs]

Already eaten, I also like the salt vinegar I think salt and vinegar is my favourite for any type of crisps (potato chips)

[ilovew]

Thanks :)

[ilovew]

Well, it served its purpose anyway. The plate did a marvelous job of holding my ankle together while it was in. Lol I can't spell Dmitry's name either. So let's just keep talking about him, okay? Maybe he won't notice if we don't ping him. ;)

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

I like salt and vinegar as well, but have found too many and my lips are on fire.

[krunkygirl]

I had a motorcyle burn (a nice round, brownish circle--from the exhaust pipe--) It finally faded aaaawaaaay and is no more.

Do you plate folks 'ping' when going through airport security?

I know I'm making light of serious injuries--I wouldn't wish your situations on anybody. I'm sure you always worry about protecting those areas from further injury.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

You are both busted. ;)