YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM ALASKA WHEN...

* You have taken your kids trick or treating in a blizzard.

* You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one meter above the ground!

* You only have four spices, salt...pepper...ketchup...and Tabasco.

* The dang mosquitoes have landing lights.

* Kids Halloween costumes fit over snowsuits.

* Driving is better in winter because the snow covers the potholes up.

* Everyone has hundreds of recipes for moose meat.

* You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

* At least twice a year the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

* Sexy lingerie is fleece socks and flannel nightie, but with only eight buttons.

* Snow blower gets stuck on the roof again.

* The most effective bug repellant in Alaska that works is a shotgun.

* The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.

* You find -60c a tad chilly.

* The mayor greets you on the street by your first name.

* You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

* You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't prowl your deck.

* Moose season is a state holiday!

* The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus.

* Shoveling the driveway constitutes great upper body workout.

* You know the four seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

* You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewels, and your bunny boots.

* The major parish fundraiser isn't bingo, it's sausage making.

* Two speed limits in Alaska, the get outta my way limit, and taking cover limit.