55 Responses to “-10. Somebody, Please!”

1. Badda Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

   We love a challenge.

   Don’t we?

2. Badda Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

   Damn… how do you do the strikethrough text?

3. swiftee Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

   This is the last place on Earth 99% of Californians would ever consider moving to.

   Do you need anything else, really?

4. Johnny Roosh Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

   Damn… how do you do the strikethrough text?

   I dunno either.

5. Johnny Roosh Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

   seriously, its strike and /strike (inside <>)

6. Badda Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

   That doesn’t work.

   I hate it when it’s that easy.

7. Johnny Roosh Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

   watch this!

   1. That doesn’t work.
   2. I hate it when it’s that easy.
8. Colleen Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

   -10….scoff. Here up on Lake of the Woods we had -28 this morning. We are now “warmed up to” -10.

9. Scott Hughes Says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

   “Tell me. Why do we live here again.”

   Compassionate Conservatism?
   Diversity?
   Stockholm Syndrome?

10. Johnny Roosh Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Colleen boasted:

    10….scoff. Here up on Lake of the Woods we had -28 this morning. We are now “warmed up to” -10.

    Translation:

    We get more done before zero degrees than you civilians get done above freezing!

    or

    Minus ten? Humph! We eat minus twenty for breakfast!

11. kel Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    No flies, mosquitoes or ants this time of year!

12. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Oh yeah, Roosh. Well, take THIS

13. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    MWAH HA HA HA – – er, shit – hang on a minute….

    OK

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

    And, start it again….

14. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    HA HA!

    THIS THREAD HAS BEEN MARKED FOR

    DELETION!!1!!!1!1!!!

15. Mitch Berg Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    OK, kids – knock it off or I’ll send you to your rooms.

16. Mitch Berg Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Whew. It worked.

17. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    1…2…3…4… I declare a html tag war!

18. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    OK, sorry.

    I’ll stop.

19. Bike Bubba Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Not too many Californians, and it’s one of not very many places where you have a good cross country ski season and excellent skating.

20. Mr. Shirt Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    I spent 3 moths in Cincinnati summer 2007, and 2 months in Memphis this past summer… Minnesota’s crappy bits are worth dealing with. However, Denver minus the Californians is pretty decent as well.

21. Johnny Roosh Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    日月昭昭乎侵已馳。與子期乎蘆之漪。日已夕兮予心憂悲。月已馳兮何不渡為。事寖急兮當奈何。

    蘆中人。蘆中人。豈非窮士乎。

    Once again, my opponents bring a knife to a gun fight.

     

22. Mitch Berg Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
    Еще раз мои оппоненты довести пистолет на дуэли из винтовки. И я люблю мою G-3.
23. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    ☞ℜeally ℜoosh?☜

24. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    ☣ + ☢ = ☠

25. LearnedFoot Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    ☽ ☾

    (I’m mooning you!)

26. Slash Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    > Why do we live here again?

    To be close to the shining light of Michelle Bachman.

    It’s a compact florescent, alas, so no warmth.
    /jc

27. mefolkes Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    Colleen, it’s warmed to a blazingly-hot one below down here near Willmar. This is my last winter. I’m moving to a warmer climate, southeast Alaska! My girlfriend from Oregon and I also expect to find sanity more common there. As far as the climate goes, the all-time record low on Prince of Wales Island, west of Ketchikan, is five ABOVE zero. The record high is 83, so there will be no need for air conditioning. The particular locale has steep slopes and almost no stagnant water, so there are hardly any mosquitoes or gnats, and ticks do not exist. The only flaw in the move is that I will have to conceal from my girlfriend just how bad I have the hots for our new governor.

28. Master of None Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    -12 and without a working furnace!

    Every try to heat your kitchen with two waffle makers and a fondue pot?

29. Master of None Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    “and almost no stagnant water, ”

    Hard to get stagnant when it’s pouring rain everyday.

    Flew from Ketchikan when it was 32 above and then landed in Fairbanks at 52 below. It’s an interesting place. I’d prefer Juneau (better chance to run into the Gov), and they have down hill skiing, and a their own brewery.

30. swiftee Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    “To be close to the shining light of Michelle Bachman.”

    Pfft.

    All you need to do is pull your ass cheeks down around your ears a little further and you’re good to live in the Arctic if you want, Slash ol’ boob.

    /*snicker*

31. angryclown Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    To paraphrase the Chairman of the Board:

    If you can’t make it there
    You’ll never make it anywhere

32. mefolkes Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    MoN, thanks for the thoughts. It’s good that it rains so much, because rainwater harvesting eliminates the need for drilling water wells. As far as Juneau goes, being that close to the governor would force me to take too many cold showers. Although I’m full-blooded Norskie, my back needs to be protected from the occasional tumbles of downhill skiing. Since I’m a lifetime teetotaller and my girlfriend is trying to maintain her sobriety, going on two years now, having a local brewery is no big deal. We are trying to achieve a lifestyle of isolation on our terms, meaning fairly easy access to villages and small cities when we need it. I hate to make some of the weenies who pester us here get their panties in a bunch, but both of us live to hunt and fish, and we can do quite well living a distance from a supermarket.

33. Mitch Berg Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    Every try to heat your kitchen with two waffle makers and a fondue pot?

    It’s all in the wrists.

34. Master of None Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    “achieve a lifestyle of isolation on our terms,”

    well then you’ve picked a good place. Me, I’d go a bit farther north to Girdwood, see if I can pick up ex-Senator Steven’s old place near Alyeska.

35. mefolkes Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    MoN, we’ll be on an island off the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. My gal already has been promised a job in one of the nearby villages, at a clinic. It is a short commute by boat. I’m at the point where I can retire early, and hang on until I’m old enough for the full Social Insecurity payments. She has to pay some child support, and she wants to be able to pay to fly the kids up to visit us. On our island parcel, we won’t have to worry about door-to-door salesmen, Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormon missionaries. I hate to make the case too well for the good life up their, for fear that too many will want to join us, but there is no real estate tax, as well as no state income tax. And even though the state oil fund dividend will be affected by the drop in crude oil prices, each resident should still get at least several hundred dollars each year for the near future.

36. mefolkes Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Argh, typo. I meant “up there”, not “up their”. Serves me right for having an IM chat at the same time.

37. penigma Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    I hear Mississippi is the epicenter of the economic universe, what with its low taxes, caveat emptor approach to infrastructure and education, and laissez faire attitude toward the disenfranchised. It’s a neo-con Mecca to be sure.

    Perhaps you could consider joining Haley Barbour in Ole’ Miss – now frankly, the job market is HORRID – which is hard to understand, it being the epicenter of the economic universe – but you’d at least have weather.

    However, I like your writing most of the time, so I’d rather you stayed, even IF it means staying someplace where it’s sometimes cold, and the people grasp the need for collective, community action.

38. Mr. Shirt Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Penigma,

    If you had ever spent more than 10 minutes in Memphis, TN, you would be back on the freeway driving south in to Mississippi as fast as the Memphis chuckholes would allow you to go.

    Memphis is a corrupt leftist proto-utopia & it is also a cesspool of corruption & crime. Just about everyone in the area who can afford to lives in Northern Mississippi.

    Sorry, I know it’s a hobby of yours to rant on & on about things you know nothing about, but someone has to call you on it.

39. Mr. Shirt Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Meant to say:
    “Memphis is a corrupt leftist proto-utopia & it is also a cesspool of crime & urban decay.

40. Mr. Shirt Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    & I might add peev, that your gratuitous & incorrect use of the term “neo-con” only shows your hate filled bigotry towards ideas you do not understand.

    Ditching the state income tax for a slightly higher state sales tax is supported by conservatives & libertarians of all stripes, not just the “neo-con” hiding in your closet.

41. Troy Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Hey penigma! I read something in the previous posts comment section you might want to respond to. They mentioned something about “chicken” and “pansy”, and they may have been referring to you. March over there and defend your honor!

42. Cindy W Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    30 degrees ABOVE here in the beautiful Wasatch Front today and tomorrow kiddies and we lost fewer jobs in the last quarter than Richfield did in ONE DAY.

    Yeah – happier to pay for a better tundra….whatever. I don’t miss that kind of cold AT ALL!

    LL

43. BradC Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    There are no mangy clowns!!

44. Mr. Shirt Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    The Wasatch is a beautiful area as well, but that lake does smell a bit!

45. Colleen Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    Mefolkes-I have a friend that lives near Wrangell…or Pt Baker…anyway, in that area. Is that around where you’re moseying off to? She is married to a fisherman (like on World’s Deadliest Catch) and they live like backwoods hippies. I think she reads tarot cards for people…sheesh. Anyway, they have a fantastic lifetsyle if you aren’t materialistic and concerned about seeing scads of people all the time and traffic and…yeah, pretty great. We have almost the same thing up here, but no mountains.

    I’ve lived in the high mountains of Colorado and the northernmost part of Minnesota, and they are both great…one is just flatter and has more mosquitos….

46. Terry Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 2:04 am

    As I write this it is 3.3 deg C on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island and we have some snow outside the facility, left over from a winter storm that blew through last week. Light cirrus and barometric pressure a scant 623.5 mB.
    From here I can see the lights of some very swank resorts with gentle tropical breezes making the palm fronds rustle, etc. But up here it is COLD. And there is not enough air.

47. mefolkes Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Terry, yes, go ahead and rub it in. But not everyone considers life in a hot climate ideal, even if you have a chance to experience the cool of observatories and laboratories on the peaks.

    Colleen, yes, Point Baker is at the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island, and Wrangell is a fairly short distance north of that. Susan and I are locating on an island just offshore from the middle of the west side of Prince of Wales Island. I’ll be able to extract a huge amount of equity from the sale of my lake home, and we will have a huge lot with seashore a short boat commute from Susan’s place of employment, which likely will be only a few days a week. We are building the cabin ourselves, with critical help from relatives and friends. Susan’s brother and cousin, both master electricians, will come up to do the entire alternative energy system and wiring for us. The small island is off the power grid. We will have a backup propane furnace and a Cozy Heat fireplace with gasketed doors and outside combustion air, which will be tied into the furnace ductwork so we can use the furnace fan to distribute the heat from the fireplace. The water system will be rainwater catchment with filtration and UV sterilization. We will have a modern log home in every sense of the word, and we will not lead any sort of hippie life. We will have satellite TV and internet, and the cell phone signal is very strong. We will have no debt, full furnishings for a very nice home and great prospects for being good hosts to the hordes of people already begging to visit. Almost all of our meat needs will be satisfied by hunting, fishing, crabbing and clamming. Both of us are experienced at turning fish and game from carcass into perfect packages for the freezer. I’m the more materialistic of the two of us, and I can’t see how we will be deprived. Heck, Clarice Feldman, the brilliant conservative D.C. lawyer is planning on visiting us, with her husband and sons, and giving Susan cooking lessons for all the crabs, clams and shrimp.

48. Colleen Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Mefolkes-That sounds absolutely wonderful! You have quite the plan worked out. It’s actually close to the way we live (burn wood, garden, hunt, fish) only with the ocean and all…ha! Actually, the lake here is pretty darn big, so if you squint and kinda pretend….

    No, I didn’t mean that you would be living the hippie lifetsyle…just my flaky friend (from high school). We are now at polar opposites when it comes to political and world views. She forwarded me a Planned Parenthood screed about how Sarah Palin was going to bring about the end of the world if the little feminists couldn’t abort…I sent it back saying “what a load of crap” and that has been the extent of our communication this fall. So, good luck with the neighbors….!

49. mefolkes Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Colleen, I hope you’ve been watching the Californication of Washington State. In much of Puget Sound’s coastline, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves and furnaces are banned as being too polluting. Alaska has better scenery, better hunting and fishing and far fewer nuts (at least fewer of the meddling ones).

    We will have a garden and small orchard, and I’ve designed a greenhouse attached to the walkout basement of the main cabin. That greenhouse will allow us to grow tomatoes, cucumbers and melons, crops that do not respond well to the conditions up there. We plan on picking lots of fresh berries.

    Our “buyer’s agent” broker, who lives on the same island we are considering, says that folks there are mostly conservative or libertarian, and that lots of them value their privacy so much that you might not see them for many months at a time.

    My current place is on a relatively large lake, five and a half thousand acres. But my lot is only 50’x240′, and I’ve felt hemmed in most of my life. When the neighbors to the south expanded their place some twenty years ago, the tall house blocked off the sun for most of the day during the depth of the winter, and my heating bill went up significantly, due to loss of solar heat gain. I had to stifle my laughter when the widow complained bitterly, not long ago, about the negative impact of the neighbor to her south building a new house tall enough to put her house in winter shadow. I want elbow room up north. We declined several bare lots on the same island because they were 3/4 of an acre to a couple of acres. Part of the refusal to consider them is the need for at least minimal pasturage for the two Norwegian fjord horses we will have, but part is also an overwhelming desire to not have to deal with neighbors.

50. mefolkes Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Colleen, my name is Mark. We exchanged e-mails quite a while ago. I had a minor disaster with my computer, and I no longer have your addy. If you have mine, which is my user name here, plus my ISP, give me a shout. I’ll gladly share links and photos of the Prince of Wales Island area. You might also get a kick out of the cabin design, which uses the 3-side milled “D-shaped” logs for far greater strength, stability, air-tightness, insulative value, ease of construction and flat interior surface.

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