I live in Alaska. We have no salt mines in the state and are not connected to the rest of the world by rail, so anything that melts snow and ice has to be shipped here. We also have little sun in the winter, a small population so limited government snow removal budgets, and very, very long winters.

I guess you’ve never lived in rural Alaska, either.

I continue to be amused by all the “expert” advice about staying warm using technology etc. How is it that planes have been flying, and people have been living through winters, in my state with few instances of frostbite or hypothermia? Homo sapiens has lived here for over 13,000 years, i.e for long before artificial…

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As an older woman with some experience in this area, but who also knows how to read, I reluctantly have to point out that the new DOJ language doesn’t say what you are claiming it says, Ms. Gupta. The language you quote says that domestic violence INCLUDES physical violence. It does not say that domestic violence is…

Among other things, the Bundys built a road on an archaeological site to make driving more convenient for themselves.  It destroyed the site, which would be a felony if I did it.

Not in my state, unfortunately. The nearest EPS facility is 1500 nautical miles away, as the raven flies, across another country. Since our recycling gets backhauled via barge, the real distance is closer to 2000 miles and takes ~three days at sea.

Menstrual blood has all kinda good things in it, too. Just sayin’.

If “trekk” means “pull” in Norwegian, how come the sled that attaches to my waist via poles, that I use to haul gear when Nordic skiing to a remote cabin here in Alaska, is called a pulk???

Adverse possession does not apply to land owned by the United States of America. And even if it did, in most jurisdictions (it varies by state) your use has to be for 10-25 years in order to claim property rights under this Common Law provision.

Wrong. I worked for NPS for 27 years and never earned an hour of overtime pay. Most NPS employees are NOT rangers! Many of us work M-F jobs (in theory, at least). I did often put in 50 hour weeks, I just didn’t get paid for them — just like most salaried workers. Of course, professionals in the private sector can get…

As someone who gave almost 30 years of her life to NPS before retiring last year, and who can do basic math, I beg to differ. Yes, the average NPS employee makes more than the average American worker. But is that even the right question to ask? Anyone with a High School diploma ought to have enough critical thinking…

All kinds of rice cook in my IP using a 1:1 ratio of rice and water, but with just a tad extra water for brown rice. Brown and cargo rice take about 24 minutes with natural release, but I’m at 1500' so they would need a tad less time at sea level.

1) Americans ruin good whisky (no “e” in the kind from Scotland) by drinking it on the rocks. Many of the subtle high notes and all of the caramel low notes are lost this way. IMHO it should be room temperature (low 60s) with a little water.  Ours comes from a well at about 35 F.

This has got my vote.

This is my 20th winter in Anchorage. I fly a lot. I think the airport has only been closed once since 1999: for part of a day in March 2001 after we got 29" in less than 24 hours. I would much rather have the snowy part of a trip be here, rather than, say, Charlotte NC.

I’d like to parse Trump’s grammar: “I hire usually good people.” Is this just his semantically-challenged way of saying he thinks he usually hires good people? Or is he admitting that he has a policy of hiring people who are good most of the time, but not all of the time?

Telework.

Stereotype much?

I worked at home for eight years straight, and at a latitude where opening the blinds early in the winter doesn’t help — the sun does not come up until after 10 AM. Nonetheless I can attest to the benefits of having a routine, a dedicated work place, and daily outdoor exercise.