[skeet]

I'm sorry you have a recollection of a rough childhood...But then we have a tendency to remember the bad stuff more so than the good. Just being around here for the short time I have I see so many things that the kids get involved in. There are all kinds of sports meets etc that the kids are going to. Of course that presupposes that the parents are involved. Of course there are some problems..but every place has them. Most people's problems are of their own making. Mine too. North Pole is a kind of neat area. I worked for a time at the air base(Eielson). Then I also worked at Clear AFS down below Fairbanks. Kinda like Fabs said..You seem to make what you want of your life..we all do. Even as a kid in some ways