[cynicom]

I spent some time in Alaska, saw much of it, met a lot of people. A handout is not what they are looking for, rather, a handup. Alaskans are a very hardy and self reliant people.

Pork is only pork when it is someone else's hog.

[Chena]

I spent some time in Alaska, saw much of it, met a lot of people. A handout is not what they are looking for, rather, a handup. Alaskans are a very hardy and self reliant people. Pork is only pork when it is someone else's hog.

I hope you had a wonderful time in Alaska. You bet we are hardy and self-reliant. As an Alaskan, I thank you for your commonsense in the face of way too much bull-pucky. LOL

[ctdonath2]

A handout is not what they are looking for, rather, a handup.

Ah, I understand. How about a ticket to Seattle? relatively inexpensive, and gets one to a financially dynamic area.

Sometimes the solution to the problem of surviving somewhere is "don't be there - get out".