Calving glaciers w/ seals sleeping on the nearby floes was memorable. On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 2:47 PM dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I think the best part of AK I saw was the Aleutians. They’re frighteningly > rugged, like being on a National Geographic program, and the weather is > wildly unpredictable. It’s difficult to believe that people survive out > there. > > -D > > > On Jan 10, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I liked the scenery and the fishing. I've done the Inside Passage cruise > quite a few times. All awesome, but don't want to live there. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > dan--- via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 5:27 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Cc: d...@penoff.com > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - fires > > > > While I’m no expert, having worked all over AK off and on for eight > years, I contend that anyone who lives and remains there for more than a > year has got some sort of weird affinity for the place. As I’ve stated > before, I was told by more than one of the locals that people who came up > from the Lower 48 either left shortly after their arrival or they stayed > forever. That, and everyone I worked with who were locals other that the > indigenous folks always seemed a little “off kilter”, for a lack of a > better description. Nothing you could put your finger on, just different. > > > > I never had a desire to stay. While it’s a beautiful place, and I was > privileged to see parts of it that few people ever do, it was depressing > for a number of reasons. > > > > -D > > > >> On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:56 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Fewer people are living here. The annual count (7/18-7/19) reports > that for the third year in a row the state has lost population. Births are > down, deaths are rising, the children (18-) are a bit fewer, the 18-64 > population is lower by 1% (younglings leave) and old people grew by 5% > (crazy old white professionals with good retirement accounts). Listening > to the codgers complain about the way it used to be is sort of fun, as they > seem to have been the pioneers whose families came up homesteading in the > depression and WWII era. > >> > >> Talk about cultural appropriation, they think they are native > Alaskans. Some even wear appropriated fashions. Which I understand are > quite warm, but remind one of large sunburnt white folk in Hawaiian shirts > speaking pidgin patois. At least the retired white folk here retain their > professional grasp of english. > >> > >> clay > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:18 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Gold or oil ..... or "hermit-ing". > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 8:15 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Remind me again why humans live in such a place > >>>> > >>>> --FT > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
