Sawzaw,

Believe me Don's an Ebbie's exasperation is understandable.

If you act like and idiot, people will come to believe that you are one.

While in a conversation about Alaska, asking if anyone has talked to anyone has EVER talked to and Alaskan while a well informed Alaskan seem to me a new height in condescending stupidity.

And don't say that you learn more but talking to them in person than on line where the have a chance to think about their responses before they type. Because that is just stupid.

As the risk of seeming condescending to you, may I point out the obvious to you? Alaska has well over a half million people and well over a half million square miles. You do not know Alaska. You can't. You haven't seen it all or talked to everyone. You probably don't know squat about it compared to Ebbie who lives there. So stop being condescending about the special knowledge which you apparently do not have.