Yeah, I really don't get the notion of shooting guns into the air for New Year's. Maybe blanks or something for the loud noise, but you can buy and make more fun noise makers. *smile* Ah, well. They are right about not being able to fix stupid.
As for the sun only being up for four hours at a time, no thank you! I have a hard enough time with the sun shortage in Indiana. Mel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin G. McCormick Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 7:34 PM To: Just Chat; Where Anything Goes ... Almost! Subject: Happy New Y You'll understand why the subject line is cut off soon. I heard this story on a BBC Radio 2 newscast and had a good laugh. There is a small villiage West of Fairbanks, Alaska in which people like to welcome the new year by shooting guns in to the air. This is not that unusual in American small towns. This year, someone just happened to shoot and sever the one and only fiber-optic cable carrying internet traffic to and from the small villiage. The new story was aired on Friday January 10 and as of that day, the town still did not have internet traffic restored. A local official was quoted saying that frase that is extremely popular right now, "you can't fix stupid." I am sure that whatever telecommunications company is responsible for fixing the cable will do so as soon as they can but this isn't exactly the ideal time of the year for working outside just below the Arctic Circle. It's really cold and dark. The Sun rises about ten something in the morning and sets maybe 4 hours later. It is night for around 20 hours out of 24. Martin ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
