I just read down the post a little further. Wow, that was bad timing on my part. Ha, now I get it.

That's very big of you. In the same spirit of rapprochement, I would like to offer my apologies for offending you. That was not my intent, as I hope you now realize. 

The use of 'kindergarten' to describe your error (which btw is surprisingly common) was insensitive and laid me wide open to misunderstanding. Sorry it upset you, & hope I'm forgiven for the temporary lapse in my manners.

Friends?

Absolutely 

Spiffing.

Don't worry Alan, the Grammar Police make allowances if English is not your first language. We still understand you anyway, and that's the acid test of any post.

Newbie here... 
I have 2 Brown Turkey, Kadota, Celeste, Panache, and one unidentified from a cutting from a friend.  I'm in 7b, per zip code (suspect maybe 7a is a better assessment).  We got hit hard the last two nights at 8 and 9 degrees F.  Mine are now all in 15 gallon and bigger pots.  Two are in the house, loaded with fruit.  I've gotten several figs ripened inside.  Anyone offering a prognosis on the rest ripening inside?  I've never had them inside before.  One of mine was in the ground previously.  It froze to the ground every year and did not come back fast enough to produce fruit.  Significant factor... too far from the hose bib.  Here, winter kill is most often related to our drought -ie climate.  I've heard both 'water them' and 'don't water them' in regard to different plants.  Not sure about the figs.  Our days have been warm enough that I have hope that the root balls haven't gotten too cold.  The pots are black and face the sun.  Reading this blog I think I need to move all but the one in the 25 gal pot which I can't lift into the garage.  The ones I left out had fruit which was too immature to ripen, I figured.  The Celeste and the other from the cutting I'd raised up to good size (for pots) and I'll be *VERY* disappointed if I now lose them after putting almost 8 months into dragging hoses for them!  For you all, I'd like to put-in that a friend's 100 year old mother here had a fig on the south side of her house which winter killed back to the ground and yet produced fruit every year.  So that *is* possible.  Our growing season is short enough though, that it hasn't worked for me.  Thanks for all the good info (somewhat painful to read through the banter about grammer etc. with my slow internet though.)

Welcome.    DO you mind me asking what state/part of the state you are in.  I didn't know any 7b had already gotten down to 8-9 degrees F!  I'm in 7a in middle TN and our low has only been about 18-19 so far this year.  your 8-9 at this time of year is likely to be more harmful to your figs than if it came later in the winter because they probably weren't "hardened off" yet (ie prepared for winter by being fully dormant, sending sugars back to roots, etc).   I must say I've always been an inground grower until this year, when I planted 4 figs in 15 gallon pots (1 each).  I moved them into my garage before freeze and one had nice, large, but not-quite right fruit.  Its nice to hear you've ripened some figs after moving them inside.  I didn't expect mine to ripen even though they were close.  I figured the lack of good lighting would put them on into dormancy.  Maybe I have hope.