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February 24, 2009
Iditarod Volunteers Working the Load Out
5 time Iditarod Champion Rick Swenson's food bags are headed for Skwentna Alaska via the Iditarod Air Force!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Trail Breaker: February 24
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Cold Is a Relative Thing
COLD IS A RELATIVE THING
65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat
People in Alaska plant gardens.
60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably
People in Alaska sunbathe.
Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in Alaska get out their winter coats.
10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Alaska are selling cookies door to door.
20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Alaska let the dogs sleep indoors.
30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
People in Alaska get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.
40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops .
People in Alaska start saying,"It's getting a little chilly out"
50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Alaska public schools will open 2 hours late
65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat
People in Alaska plant gardens.
60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably
People in Alaska sunbathe.
50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Alaska drive with the windows down..
40 above zero:
People in Georgia don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Alaska throw on a long sleeve shirt.
35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Alaska have the last cookout before it gets cold.
20 above Zero
People in Miami all die.
People in Alaska close the windows at night.
People in Alaska drive with the windows down..
40 above zero:
People in Georgia don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Alaska throw on a long sleeve shirt.
35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Alaska have the last cookout before it gets cold.
20 above Zero
People in Miami all die.
People in Alaska close the windows at night.
Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in Alaska get out their winter coats.
10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Alaska are selling cookies door to door.
20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Alaska let the dogs sleep indoors.
30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
People in Alaska get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.
40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops .
People in Alaska start saying,"It's getting a little chilly out"
50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Alaska public schools will open 2 hours late
Sunday, January 18, 2009
How Cold Was It?
How Cold Was It? It Was So Cold....
- kids were using a new excuse to stay up late: "But Mom,
my pajamas haven't thawed out yet!"
- when kids go outside to play, they can only go as far
as the extension cord will allow.
- kids were using a new excuse to stay up late: "But Mom,
my pajamas haven't thawed out yet!"
- when kids go outside to play, they can only go as far
as the extension cord will allow.
- if you pee'd your pants, you'd either have to have them
chiseled off or be stuck in them until the spring thaw.
- groping in crowds was considered acceptable as long as
you were wearing big woolly mittens.
- we had to carry around hammers and chisels so we could
get out of our parkas.
- Levi Strauss started manufacturing electric jeans.
- perps wouldn't take off their mitts when they were arrested....
- groping in crowds was considered acceptable as long as
you were wearing big woolly mittens.
- we had to carry around hammers and chisels so we could
get out of our parkas.
- Levi Strauss started manufacturing electric jeans.
- perps wouldn't take off their mitts when they were arrested....
their fingerprint charts were just big mitten smudges.
- the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with
every new pair of eyeglasses.
- the Statue of Liberty was seen sticking that torch
under her robe.
- you need the wallpaper steamer to get undressed.
- the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with
every new pair of eyeglasses.
- the Statue of Liberty was seen sticking that torch
under her robe.
- you need the wallpaper steamer to get undressed.
- "blanket suffocation" is now the number one cause of
fatalities.
- Playboy magazine stopped publishing because no women
would take their clothes off.
- the computer store was selling giant keyboards so
people could type with mittens.
- "hot pants" started selling again.... until people
figured out they weren't.
- kids had to stay inside all week.... parents are now
organizing a "teacher appreciation day."
- anyone with a body temperature near 104°F was in danger
of being hauled out of their sickbed and used as a heater.
- firefighters couldn't convince people to get out of
their houses when they caught fire.
- we had to chop up the piano for firewood.... but we
only got two chords.
- we didn't clean the house, we just defrosted it.
- the lights would only go on in the house when someone
opened the door.
- I tried to take the garbage out, but it didn't want to go.
- we pulled everything out of the freezer and huddled
inside it to warm up.
- when I turned on the shower, I got hail.
- I chipped a tooth on my soup!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Famous SnowZilla
Here is the famous Snowzilla that got a lot of publicity over the
Christmas Holidays. It was built by the guy who owns the lot next to
his house. The folks who run Fur Rondy want to try to re-create
SnowZilla as a Rondy exhibit!
hugs all around,
Mary
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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