Hello all!

Here it is, a few minutes before Easter, the two major dog sled races are over,
Yukon has had a slam dunk gorgeous winter, and the NWT pipe line may never be built. There are lots of northern topics other than these to discuss and all we
get is silence!

What goes?

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)

Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Steven Horn at 06:26 on 05 Apr 2010:

Maybe they're afraid of "Open mouth, insert foot, echo
internationally."

That's never stopped anyone before! Perhaps they are all afraid of being caught in Sarah Palin's crosshairs. :=]

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)

That's never stopped anyone before! Perhaps they are all afraid of being caught in Sarah Palin's crosshairs. :=]

I like her.


Regards,

Roger

... When the going gets tough, most people leave
--- D'Bridge 3.54
* Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)

Hello all!

Here it is, a few minutes before Easter, the two major dog sled races are over, Yukon has had a slam dunk gorgeous winter, and the NWT pipe line
may never be built. There are lots of northern topics other than these to discuss and all we get is silence!

What goes?

Maybe they're afraid of "Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally."


Regards,

Roger

... Beer is Better: Beer is always in season.
--- D'Bridge 3.54
* Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)

Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Steven Horn at 13:39 on 11 Apr 2010:

I like her.

Sarah is one of the reasons Duffy and I don't discuss politics with you. However, I do get a smile from the comment I heard recently that Ms. Palin had to come to Whitehorse to have her foot removed from her mouth because it would have cost her too much to have the procedure carried out in Anchorage.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)

I like her.

Sarah is one of the reasons Duffy and I don't discuss politics with you.

I don't discuss politics with my friends. We may touch on it from time-to-time, but that's the extent of it.

However, I do get a smile from the comment I heard recently that Ms.
Palin had to come to Whitehorse to have her foot removed from her mouth because it would have cost her too much to have the procedure carried out in Anchorage.

I haven't heard that one.


Regards,

Roger

... Fahr-ferg-nug-en: German for "Can't afford the Mercedes."
--- D'Bridge 3.54
* Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)

THEODORE NIKODEM (1:123/140) wrote to ROGER NELSON at 16:07 on 14 Apr 2010:

I read it is based on fact.
When she was a child, her parents would take their children, on the
train, to Whitehorse for serious medical conditions.
It was often impossible in winter, to get to Anchorage, hence the
train to Whitehorse.

I do, however, believe there were charges that a Canadian would not
have to pay.

Sarah has indicated that she received medical treatment in Whitehorse and her family would have been charged for the procedures. However, I am advised that Alaskans are of the view that Yukon's out-of-territory medical charges are reasonable and that even now some will attend for medical treatment in Whitehorse.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)

Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to THEODORE NIKODEM at 16:26 on 14 Apr 2010:

According to the Canadians I exchange mail with regularly, they
like their health care system. We in the Excited States don't know
what that's like, with the exception that many moons ago, there
were charity hospitals all over the place giving free, qwality
health care here in the south.

Roger, when I stopped at the Liard Hot Springs on my way to and from Fort Nelson last week. I had very little trouble explaining the basic Canadian health care system to the Americans there (they liked universal coverage financed by taxes). How it works has also been discussed at length in this echo.

The services once offered by charity hospitals never compared in depth or breadth to the services offered through our health care system. Comparing the two would be like comparing apples to oranges.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)

I read it is based on fact.
When she was a child, her parents would take their children, on the
train, to Whitehorse for serious medical conditions.
It was often impossible in winter, to get to Anchorage, hence the train
to Whitehorse.

To have her foot removed from her mouth? (-:

I do, however, believe there were charges that a Canadian would not have
to pay.

According to the Canadians I exchange mail with regularly, they like their health care system. We in the Excited States don't know what that's like, with
the exception that many moons ago, there were charity hospitals all over the place giving free, qwality health care here in the south.


Regards,

Roger

... He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows
--- D'Bridge 3.54
* Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)