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Originally Posted by darrylkmc

Darryl in Fairbanks where its supposed to be +91 F today, currently 87 F

Hi Darryl:
Give us a weather update next January or February.

My daughter-in-law was stationed in Fairbanks for three and a half years at Eielson Air Force Base and one February morning my son called and said, "What's the weather like there in Texas today?" I replied, "Sunny and probably 70 degrees, why?" He said, "How does 68 BELOW ZERO sound?" Said he had his wife make him a pot of scalding hot coffee and poured him a cup - he went out on the porch and threw the contents up in the air and "WHOOSH" - it vaporized and vanished! Then he said he got my granddaughter's little bubble blowing jar and blew some bubbles and they just settled softly on the porch - he then thumped one and it shattered like a light bulb! No thanks, I'll take Texas winters.

They actually lived in North Pole, Alaska and considered buying a house on "Santa Claus Lane". My son said, "Think of how much money I could have make by having people send me their kid's letters to Santa and his reply would be postmarked North Pole, AK and mailed from Santa Claus Lane."

Pretty place - we visited them for about two weeks while they were up there . . . but we went at the end of June and early July. Had problems sleeping since the sun never set - I asked him on July 4 what time the fireworks started and he laughed and said, "There are no fireworks up here since it's never dark enough to see them."