Someone will undoubtedly bid more than 220K (RTW J) + amount of hotel points needed for accommodations in each locale. Silly people. :-:

Sat next to Freddie Ljungberg from IAH to SEA last night.
 

After the Dynamo had beaten Seattle in extra time. He seemed to be a very nice guy, chatty even. Much smaller than I would have expected.

He got up to use the restroom as the FA's were preparing the first drinks. He went by the cart and snatched a packet of mixed nuts. One of the FA's nearly tackled him to take it away! When he sat down (1A), the FA said very loudly to the other (we both heard it clearly) - "Make sure you don't serve any nuts to 1A with his drink." Sheesh - dude just ran up and down the pitch for 120 minutes, don't begrudge him a little salt fix...

I think the FC cabin was 4/5's filled with Sounders.

Because it looks like This in the winter

About two days each winter you can Make a snowman

It use to be nicer flying These birds into Fargo instead of CRJ's and DC-9's

That is very cool. I'm really tempted to bid, but I'm hoarding miles for the honeymoon. What's the over under on what this will actually go for?

Assuming that's still fair game after this weekend. @:-)

I like all those except the last point :D

True. But it's pretty compelling in the 100k range.

I was just outbid. :(

Looks good to me. ^

Eh.

With global warming and all, in about 50 years winter there won't be so bad.

But, seriously, if I had 50 or so acres, I'd really only visit there during the summer.

Or, in the event of some global catastophe, year-round, but I'd probably spend the first winter there reading "how to grow your own food" manuals with more than a mere passing interest.

They al leave and go to PHX for winter. Family farms start at 3,000 acres.
Place is dead in the summer. Though that deadness would make it easy to do a FAR DO. All the really good drinking places are long gone.

There's a decided lack of trees in North Dakota (and on much of the plains). Having firewood in such a climate would be somewhat key if your Mad Max scenario occurs. Perhaps you should look into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Lots of trees, and plenty of fresh water with critters in/around it.

Not an issue for me; I don't drink alcohol.


There's plenty of oil/gas development in (parts of) North Dakota.

with 29 days left, probably north of 350000 miles...

Coal, too. It just wouldn't be very easy to get at if you're in survivalist or back-to-basics mode.

The state tree of North Dakota is the telephone pole.

That will be western ND. Low quality oil and gas at it too. Their coal is complete crap and can't be exported beyond the mines as it's too dirty (they have power plants at the mines) But electricity is very cheap because of REC.

True.

Although I guess there is always the solar option.