Topic: Ya gotta luv winter...!!!
in Forum: Humor
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Aaron 
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I am a native cheeshead and passionate Packer/Badger fan 
, grew up 30 miles south of Green Bay.....Moved west 30 years ago....Thought it was warmer here....not!
High yesterday was 26, low tomorrow morning, -15....I don't know any better....
...As we are fond of saying, "-40 keeps the rif-raf out!"There is no substitute for low end torque! 
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Lifetime Member #116
Dave's '82 
. Here we are tring to convince ourselves that we like winter and they keep messing things up.
Why do we live where we are now and why don't we move?
Like Chicken, Alaska......sounds like a nice place to me.
Steve, Lifetime Member #129
74 coupe 4 speed 350, 54K actual miles,
all original; paint, interior, engine,
split bumper. #'s match. 2nd owner, no stress cracks.
. Here we are tring to convince ourselves that we like winter and they keep messing things up.
So help me I hate to see ya'll suffer so. 
Why Do They Call it "Chicken?"
Good Question. In the late 1800's, early miners traveled far in search of gold. Food was sometimes scarce, but a particular area near the South Fork of the 40-Mile River was abundant in Ptarmigan, now the state bird which bears a resemblance to a chicken (Ah the foreshadowing is thicker than steel.) The miners kept themselves alive with the help of the Ptarmigan (if you consider being eaten as helping.)
In 1902, Chicken was to become incorporated, the second town in Alaska to do so. The name "Ptarmigan" was suggested. Many people liked the name, but felt the quotation marks were too presumptuous. The name was shortened to Ptarmigan.
The only problem was that nobody could agree on the correct spelling. They didn't want their town name to be the source of ridicule and laughter, so they decided on "Chicken." (The irony is thicker than the foreshadowing.)
Jim Olson 
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