02 Apr 16 05:53, you wrote to me:

 ml>> no one else in here is... there was a fella or two some years back
 ml>> who were residents of alaska but we haven't heard from them in a long
 ml>> while...

 PH> Discovery Channel seem to make a few $$ out of filming folks in wild
 PH> Alaska and the hardships they face... so if I believe everything I
 PH> watch on the telly they are all unlikely to have a online connection
 PH> to participate here :)

that may be true... but folks in the more populated areas will have
connectivity and i'm pretty sure that i've seen hughesnet dishes a few
times on some of those living quarters where the folks are trying to pull a
few ounces of gold out of acres and acres of dirt ;)

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey

... I might as well exercise... I'm in a bad mood anyway !
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