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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