Summer Bugs

In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

My God! We do not want this lunatic back in our sacred cycling precincts. If
you listen to him you will end up in Barrow yourself hunting the g.d. whale
and drinking yourself to death like the freaking Eskimos.

I ended up in Barrow 2 summers ago.
The North Slope is a dry borough.

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I hear the high arctic is melting away due to global warming and that the
polar bear will soon be extinct. Now if we could just figure out a way to
make old Floyd extinct. How he can ride any kind of a bicycle in Barrow is
one for the books. Do they even have any roads there?

Oh sure. The roads are graded gravel. Ride a mtn. bike easily.

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According to Floyd, we should all be taking our vacations in Barrow in
January. There we would never see the sun, and enjoy 50 degrees below zero.
The main thing we should take with us when we go there on our vacations is
plenty of liquor so we can get as drunk as the natives. After all, when you
are living that far north, you do not want to see, feel or hear anything -
except maybe the beating of your own heart just to reassure you that you
have not died and gone to a very cold and dark Hell. Greenland, anyone?

Yep, I am trying to get on an ice coring expedition there.

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As Scott lay dying in his tent in Antarctica, he wrote in his diary, "God,
this is an awful place!" Hey Floyd, you brain dead nit-wit, why don't you
go to Antarctica. Barrow (and all of Alaska for that matter) is for sissies.

He wrote awful place at the Pole before he really started dying.
Been there, done that.

What's this got to do with bikes?

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In article <[email hidden]>,
Edward Dolan <[email hidden]> wrote:

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My God! We do not want this lunatic back in our sacred cycling precincts.
If
you listen to him you will end up in Barrow yourself hunting the g.d.
whale
and drinking yourself to death like the freaking Eskimos.

I ended up in Barrow 2 summers ago.
The North Slope is a dry borough.

I spend many hours a day looking at PBS on TV and there are numerous
programs that tell how the Eskimos (and the American Indian too) are into
nothing but drinking themselves to death. I only have to go a few miles
south to the Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reservations to see it for myself.
However, as a true blue Irishman, I am not too critical of those who want to
drink. Hells Bells, sometimes it is the only thing that makes it possible to
go on living.

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I hear the high arctic is melting away due to global warming and that the
polar bear will soon be extinct. Now if we could just figure out a way to
make old Floyd extinct. How he can ride any kind of a bicycle in Barrow is
one for the books. Do they even have any roads there?

Oh sure. The roads are graded gravel. Ride a mtn. bike easily.

I think old Floyd, the would-be Eskimo, has a Tour Easy recumbent, not an
ideal bike for riding on gravel roads.

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According to Floyd, we should all be taking our vacations in Barrow in
January. There we would never see the sun, and enjoy 50 degrees below
zero.
The main thing we should take with us when we go there on our vacations is
plenty of liquor so we can get as drunk as the natives. After all, when
you
are living that far north, you do not want to see, feel or hear anything -
except maybe the beating of your own heart just to reassure you that you
have not died and gone to a very cold and dark Hell. Greenland, anyone?

Yep, I am trying to get on an ice coring expedition there.

You are welcome to the cold and dark Hell that is the high arctic. Be sure
to go there in January. May you perish there of your stupidity - along with
old Floyd of Barrow, Alaska!

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As Scott lay dying in his tent in Antarctica, he wrote in his diary, "God,
this is an awful place!" Hey Floyd, you brain dead nit-wit, why don't you
go to Antarctica. Barrow (and all of Alaska for that matter) is for
sissies.

He wrote awful place at the Pole before he really started dying.

Hell, Scott was dying of terminal stupidity from the beginning, just as you
would if you ventured to Antarctica.

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Been there, done that.

???

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What's this got to do with bikes?

To stay strictly on the subject of bikes is the most boring thing in the
universe. You proved that by answering my humble message. However, I do not
know why you have cut the other newsgroups. They are all waiting with baited
breath for my every word. Do you not have any idea at all how Great I am?

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

Newsgroups restored.

If you want.

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The North Slope is a dry borough.

I spend many hours a day looking at PBS on TV and there are numerous
programs that tell how the Eskimos (and the American Indian too) are into
nothing but drinking themselves to death.

I have met some of these Eskimos.
I was sitting in an all you can eat crab feed in Los Anchorage killing
time before a plane one winter when one such local decided to walk in
and sit across from me at the table. He was far more pitiful than a
real threat (unlike my old man).

That does not mean that all of the Native-Americans are drunks.
And they are also trying to do something about it.

And I have been multiply mistaken as an Athebascan.

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I only have to go a few miles
south to the Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reservations to see it for myself.

Thousands don't drink.

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However, as a true blue Irishman, I am not too critical of those who want to
drink. Hells Bells, sometimes it is the only thing that makes it possible to
go on living.

I've had and have Irish girl friends. Still a culture I have to figure out.
Well, you know if this were feudal Japan, and you wanted it,
I'd pull out my sword and cut your head off in the Bells put
you in that much pain.

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Oh sure. The roads are graded gravel. Ride a mtn. bike easily.

I think old Floyd, the would-be Eskimo, has a Tour Easy recumbent, not an
ideal bike for riding on gravel roads.

I only rode around with Floyd in a borrowed Suburban.

I rejected a Tour Easy for a Rans Stratus minus the lower handle bars
and the wind screen. I cna do those later if I want.

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gone to a very cold and dark Hell. Greenland, anyone?

Yep, I am trying to get on an ice coring expedition there.

You are welcome to the cold and dark Hell that is the high arctic. Be sure
to go there in January. May you perish there of your stupidity - along with
old Floyd of Barrow, Alaska!

I'd go in summer. Neat place.

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As Scott lay dying in his tent in Antarctica, he wrote in his diary, "God,
this is an awful place!" Hey Floyd, you brain dead nit-wit, why don't you
go to Antarctica. Barrow (and all of Alaska for that matter) is for
sissies.

He wrote awful place at the Pole before he really started dying.

Hell, Scott was dying of terminal stupidity from the beginning, just as you
would if you ventured to Antarctica.

Past tense?

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Been there, done that.

???

I'm back. I even have the nod for solo travel there.
Overflew the area of his body.
That what does not kills us makes us stronger?
That's a certain Western way of thinking.

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What's this got to do with bikes?

To stay strictly on the subject of bikes is the most boring thing in the
universe. You proved that by answering my humble message. However, I do not
know why you have cut the other newsgroups. They are all waiting with baited
breath for my every word. Do you not have any idea at all how Great I am?

Never heard of you.
Do you know Andy Mickel? Now he is a good man in the Twin cities.
The first sentence is somewhat correct.
Is the 2nd really humble or shallow courtesy?
I cut the other groups because they were not needed.

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the Great - Minnesota

Consider perhaps, less than great.

Been to Minnesota.
What are you drinking?

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(Eugene Miya) said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

However, as a true blue Irishman, I am not too critical of those who want to
drink. Hells Bells, sometimes it is the only thing that makes it possible to
go on living.

I've had and have Irish girl friends. Still a culture I have to figure out.

An opportunity here, what with Edward Dolan providing an
example! All the perspective needed is summed up in a nasty
little joke:

Q: Why did God make whiskey?
A: It prevents the Irish from ruling the world.

Applied to what Dolan writes, and it all becomes much easier to
focus on what he is thinking.

Of course, I'm sure Eugene already knows that, but I'll post
it for anyone who has missed the point previously

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Well, you know if this were feudal Japan, and you wanted it,
I'd pull out my sword and cut your head off in the Bells put
you in that much pain.

Don't be giving anyone ideas...

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Oh sure. The roads are graded gravel. Ride a mtn. bike easily.

I think old Floyd, the would-be Eskimo, has a Tour Easy recumbent, not an
ideal bike for riding on gravel roads.

I only rode around with Floyd in a borrowed Suburban.

Borrowed? (I don't loan it to anybody.)

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I rejected a Tour Easy for a Rans Stratus minus the lower handle bars
and the wind screen. I cna do those later if I want.

A feller here named Jim, who is a past mayor of Barrow (as is
his wife), has a tandem recumbent, among others. The two of
them, or Jim and his young son, cruise around town often on it.

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What are you drinking?

Eugene has Edward Dolan figured out...

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [email hidden]

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In article <[email hidden]>,
Edward Dolan <[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

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However, as a true blue Irishman, I am not too critical of those who want
to
drink. Hells Bells, sometimes it is the only thing that makes it possible
to
go on living.

I've had and have Irish girl friends. Still a culture I have to figure
out. ....

You cannot understand the Irish without being thoroughly grounded in the
Roman Catholic Faith. The Irish, like the Poles, are ever faithful to the
Roman Church and have been saddled with a clergy that was everything to
them. However, when an Irish Catholic falls away from the Faith, then watch
out as the Devil Himself is loose. But even a fallen-away Irish Catholic
never completely escapes his childhood faith.
[...]

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You are welcome to the cold and dark Hell that is the high arctic. Be sure
to go there in January. May you perish there of your stupidity - along
with
old Floyd of Barrow, Alaska!

I'd go in summer. Neat place.

I think Floyd, the would-be Eskimo, lives in Barrow year-around. If you are
only there in the summer, then you obviously are not as stupid as he is.
Congratulations!

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>As Scott lay dying in his tent in Antarctica, he wrote in his diary,
>"God,
>this is an awful place!" Hey Floyd, you brain dead nit-wit, why don't
>you
>go to Antarctica. Barrow (and all of Alaska for that matter) is for
>sissies.
He wrote awful place at the Pole before he really started dying.

Hell, Scott was dying of terminal stupidity from the beginning, just as
you
would if you ventured to Antarctica.

Past tense?

Nope, I wrote it correctly. I meant to imply that Scott was stupid to want
to go to Antarctica in the first place. Anyone with any common sense could
have told him that Antarctica was an "awful place."

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Been there, done that.

???

I'm back. I even have the nod for solo travel there.
Overflew the area of his body.
That what does not kills us makes us stronger?
That's a certain Western way of thinking.

Anyone can fly over anything. Don't be such a sissy. Who not trek across
Antarctica on foot?
[...]

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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Eugene has Edward Dolan figured out...

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [email hidden]

Eugene has some reflective qualities and is not as dense as Floyd. He also
likes to contribute something to the group instead of just attacking all the
time like Floyd. Floyd should take a few cues from Eugene and get with the
program.

I have severely criticized anyone who would freely choose to live in Barrow,
Alaska, surely one of the sink holes of the world. Floyd needs to explain to
the group what the hell it is that he does there in January, besides hunker
down and drink like all the Eskimos and Indians (Athabascans) do. Minnesota
is also the pits in the winter, but the North Slope of Alaska is infinitely
worse. It is a cold and dark Hell there in January and anyone who says
otherwise is a fool.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Edward Dolan said:

"Eugene Miya" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44526b08$1@darkstar...

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However, as a true blue Irishman, I am not too critical of those who want to
drink. Hells Bells, sometimes it is the only thing that makes it possible
to go on living.

"Pitiful, pitiful" --Jed Clampett

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I've had and have Irish girl friends. Still a culture I have to figure
out. ....

You cannot understand the Irish without being thoroughly grounded in the
Roman Catholic Faith.

Undoubtably true.
Therefore the non-Catholic portions of the, Asia, Africa, the
Middle-East, the Protestian parts need not attempt an otherwise
impossible task for Crusaders to learn about opposition forces?

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The Irish, like the Poles, are ever faithful to the
Roman Church and have been saddled with a clergy that was everything to
them. However, when an Irish Catholic falls away from the Faith, then
watch out as the Devil Himself is loose. But even a fallen-away Irish Catholic
never completely escapes his childhood faith.

A Romantic sounding notion, but in the current Crusade, that likely will
never cut it.

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You are welcome to the cold and dark Hell that is the high arctic. Be sure
to go there in January. May you perish there of your stupidity - along
old Floyd of Barrow, Alaska!

I'd go in summer. Neat place.

I think Floyd, the would-be Eskimo, lives in Barrow year-around. If you
are only there in the summer, then you obviously are not as stupid as he is.

I have visited Fairbanks friends in winter.
Weather is no biggie to the prepared.

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Congratulations!

Thank you.
But it's just travel.

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>>As Scott lay dying in his tent in Antarctica, he wrote in his diary,
>>"God,
>>this is an awful place!" Hey Floyd, you brain dead nit-wit, why
>>don't you
>>go to Antarctica. Barrow (and all of Alaska for that matter) is for
>>sissies.
> He wrote awful place at the Pole before he really started dying.

Hell, Scott was dying of terminal stupidity from the beginning, just
as you would if you ventured to Antarctica.

Past tense?

Nope, I wrote it correctly. I meant to imply that Scott was stupid to
want to go to Antarctica in the first place. Anyone with any common sense
could have told him that Antarctica was an "awful place."

I will repeat that the past tense was for the word "ventured."

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> Been there, done that.
???

I'm back. I even have the nod for solo travel there.
Overflew the area of his body.
That what does not kills us makes us stronger?
That's a certain Western way of thinking.

Anyone can fly over anything. Don't be such a sissy. Who not trek across
Antarctica on foot?

And I didn't?

Better think again. Not just flying.
All kinds of transport.

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Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Sad statement.

Great - Minnesota, a great state.

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Edward Dolan said:

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>Hell, Scott was dying of terminal stupidity from the beginning, just
>as you would if you ventured to Antarctica.

Past tense?

Nope, I wrote it correctly. I meant to imply that Scott was stupid to
want to go to Antarctica in the first place. Anyone with any common sense
could have told him that Antarctica was an "awful place."

I will repeat that the past tense was for the word "ventured."

The words "would" and "if" makes what follows conditional. I wrote it
correctly. I am almost never wrong about these sort of things.

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>> Been there, done that.
>???
I'm back. I even have the nod for solo travel there.
Overflew the area of his body.
That what does not kills us makes us stronger?
That's a certain Western way of thinking.

Anyone can fly over anything. Don't be such a sissy. Why not trek across
Antarctica on foot?

And I didn't?

Better think again. Not just flying.
All kinds of transport.

There is no way this idiot trekked across Antarctica. If he had, he would do
more than just mention it.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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>>as you would if you ventured to Antarctica.
> Past tense?
Nope, I wrote it correctly. I meant to imply that Scott was stupid to
want to go to Antarctica in the first place. Anyone with any common sense
could have told him that Antarctica was an "awful place."

I will repeat that the past tense was for the word "ventured."

In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

The words "would" and "if" makes what follows conditional. I wrote it
correctly. I am almost never wrong about these sort of things.

Better consider yourself wrong.
BTW, the good book Uncommon Sense by Cromer was published the year I was
in the Antarctic.

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Anyone can fly over anything. Don't be such a sissy. Why not trek across
Antarctica on foot?

And I didn't?
Better think again. Not just flying.
All kinds of transport.

There is no way this idiot trekked across Antarctica. If he had, he would do
more than just mention it.

You have a very limited, very media biased view of the Antarctic.
Yep, computer people get to the Antarctic.
And I did it on you tax dollar.

People have unicycled around the South Pole.
There are bikes in McMurdo and elsewhere.

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In article <4465147e$1@darkstar>, [email hidden] says...

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People have unicycled around the South Pole.
There are bikes in McMurdo and elsewhere.

Uh oh, does Mike Vandeman know about that?

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http://www.phred.org/~josh
"My other bike is a car."

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Edward Dolan said:

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>Anyone can fly over anything. Don't be such a sissy. Why not trek across
>Antarctica on foot?
And I didn't?
Better think again. Not just flying.
All kinds of transport.

There is no way this idiot trekked across Antarctica. If he had, he would
do
more than just mention it.

You have a very limited, very media biased view of the Antarctic.

I have read many books about Antarctica. That is why, like Scott, I know it
is an awful place. But I do not have to go there to discover that first
hand, unlike some idiots I know.

By the way, some media reports on faraway places are better than others. I
pretty much trust the National Geographic channel to report truthfully.
[...]

Get back to me if and when you trek across the continent of Anarctica.
Anyone can fly down there and sit in a shack for a few weeks or months.

You think Barrow, Alaska is a neat place? I would like to hear what you
think is so neat about it.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

I have read many books about Antarctica. That is why, like Scott, I know it
is an awful place. But I do not have to go there to discover that first
hand, unlike some idiots I know.

Are you declaring me to be an idiot?

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By the way, some media reports on faraway places are better than others. I
pretty much trust the National Geographic channel to report truthfully.

Oh, the NG is OK.

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Get back to me if and when you trek across the continent of Anarctica.
Anyone can fly down there and sit in a shack for a few weeks or months.

Oh, you are saying that I just sat in a shack?

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You think Barrow, Alaska is a neat place? I would like to hear what you
think is so neat about it.

As the Northern most US town, it has diural cycles unlike the lower 48.
It's surrounded on most sides by water. A large number of birders go
there which may be a good indicator of climate change. The physical
environment has toughened prior generations, what this means for future
generations is unknown and likely going to involve change and loss of
some cultural knowledge. Homes are shacks scattered all over the place
which contrasts to the Cartesian layout of some villages on
the North Slope post pipeline. Floyd is correct in that it
has a more diverse population that just the local indigenous people.
But this does not mean that Floyd has succeeded in gaining full
acceptance into their community. Floyd does have access in information
not covered in the touristy guidebooks. He has travelled to other parts
of his state. This last sentence can't be easily appreciated by
lower-48ers because roads don't play a part in AK as they do in the
lower 48. Yet there is substantial Internet penetration. The locals
are fairly well educated and get around.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Edward Dolan said:

I have read many books about Antarctica. That is why, like Scott, I know
it
is an awful place. But I do not have to go there to discover that first
hand, unlike some idiots I know.

Are you declaring me to be an idiot?

Only if you think Antarctica is a "neat place."

I have read that the national flag of Antarctica, if it were a nation, would
be composed of just two colors equally divided half and half. The top half
would be just blue and the bottom half would be just white. That is because
that is pretty much what most of Antarctica looks like. In short, NOT a neat
place. The Amazon, anyone?

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By the way, some media reports on faraway places are better than others. I
pretty much trust the National Geographic channel to report truthfully.

Oh, the NG is OK.

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Get back to me if and when you trek across the continent of Anarctica.
Anyone can fly down there and sit in a shack for a few weeks or months.

Oh, you are saying that I just sat in a shack?

That is pretty much all that community of scientists do down there. None of
them could survive a week if it weren't for various technological miracles.
Ah, for the good old days of the 19th century!

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You think Barrow, Alaska is a neat place? I would like to hear what you
think is so neat about it.

As the Northern most US town, it has diural cycles unlike the lower 48.
It's surrounded on most sides by water. A large number of birders go
there which may be a good indicator of climate change. The physical
environment has toughened prior generations, what this means for future
generations is unknown and likely going to involve change and loss of
some cultural knowledge. Homes are shacks scattered all over the place
which contrasts to the Cartesian layout of some villages on
the North Slope post pipeline. Floyd is correct in that it
has a more diverse population that just the local indigenous people.
But this does not mean that Floyd has succeeded in gaining full
acceptance into their community. Floyd does have access in information
not covered in the touristy guidebooks. He has travelled to other parts
of his state. This last sentence can't be easily appreciated by
lower-48ers because roads don't play a part in AK as they do in the
lower 48. Yet there is substantial Internet penetration. The locals
are fairly well educated and get around.

Yes, Barrow is a scientific resource for study and that is about all it is.
It is like Antarctica that way. I'll take soggy old Juneau any day of the
week and twice on Sunday.

I believe that most folks travel around Alaska by airplane. That would not
work for me. I do not like to fly. Do you not know that being in the air is
for the birds, being in the water is for the fish and being on the land is
for us humans.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Hey, how long do they hang around for usually anyway?
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NYC XYZ said:

I HATE THEM!!!!

Premature exclamation?

Springtime Bill

Dave said:

Hey, how long do they hang around for usually anyway?
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NYC XYZ said:

I HATE THEM!!!!

Premature exclamation?

Springtime Bill

Varies with the area. Mosquitos breed in standing water, so in swampy
areas, or areas with standing water, they will be around much longer.
Black flies breed in running water, which is why there are far more of
them in the Spring during and just after the snowmelt runoff.

Bugs will be gone by the time the first serious snowstorm hits.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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Gary S. wrote:
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Black flies breed in running water

Here in northern Maine, at least, they can breed in wet grass; having a
prolonged showery spell or even seasonable summery mornings with heavy
dew can test one's patience and preparedness.

Pete H

pmhilton said:

Gary S. wrote:
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Black flies breed in running water

Here in northern Maine, at least, they can breed in wet grass; having a
prolonged showery spell or even seasonable summery mornings with heavy
dew can test one's patience and preparedness.

Pete H

Nice to know how versatile the little bloodsuckers are.

In general, rain followed by warm weather will create an upsurge in
the bug population. This weekend in NH, for example (guess where I am
going to be :-( ).
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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Gary S. said:

Dave said:

Hey, how long do they hang around for usually anyway?
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NYC XYZ wrote:

> I HATE THEM!!!!

Premature exclamation?

Springtime Bill

Varies with the area. Mosquitos breed in standing water, so in swampy
areas, or areas with standing water, they will be around much longer.
Black flies breed in running water, which is why there are far more of
them in the Spring during and just after the snowmelt runoff.

Bugs will be gone by the time the first serious snowstorm hits.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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Hi, Gary

So you're in Needham. That's north shore, IIRC (with Dedham & Danvers?). I
lived in Boxboro - it's near Concord and often confused with Foxboro- in the
70's and had my first encounters with black flies there. Bites on knuckles,
elbows, or ankles are simply awful, last for weeks. I had lived in various
malarial areas before that so was well acquainted with the mosquito. You folks
who don't know the black fly: mosquito bites are *nothing* compared to those of
the black fly.

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Michael

I just read something about carrying a sheet of Bounce fabric softener in
your pocket can repel those critters.

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Black flies breed in running water

Here in northern Maine, at least, they can breed in wet grass; having a
prolonged showery spell or even seasonable summery mornings with heavy
dew can test one's patience and preparedness.

Pete H

Nice to know how versatile the little bloodsuckers are.

In general, rain followed by warm weather will create an upsurge in
the bug population. This weekend in NH, for example (guess where I am
going to be :-( ).
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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Yeah, it's the "April Fresh" scent in Bounce that does the trick. The bugs
around here don't come out until May, so when it smells like April they go
back to sleep. ;-)

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Mike Nowacki
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I just read something about carrying a sheet of Bounce fabric softener in
your pocket can repel those critters.