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  1. I don't get down to Anchorage very often, but I'm pretty sure that place has closed GABC is still up and running in Anchorage
  2. I’m hoping the Longhorn in the middle of the Northern Lights last night is a good omen. Hook ‘Em
  3. My wife talked me into watching this with her and I'm glad she did. Harrison Ford is killing me in this: Babies, Musicals, Magic, Kale, then Academia
  4. I live in a tourist area, and by the end of the summer I will admit that I'm looking forward to them leaving. But tourist dollars pay for everything in the Denali Borough. The only tax levied here is the bed tax. There are no property, sales, or income taxes so the bed tax pays for all Borough services. Plus the money the tourists spend supports a lot of the population year round even though the vast majority of the tourist season is in the summer. The Asians come in the winter to procreate under the Northern Lights. A child conceived under the Lights is supposed to be blessed. One of my favorite sights in the winter is the red bus parked on the side of the road. It's a modified bus with "sleeping compartments." In actuality the bus drives around the highway looking for the Lights. When they come out, it pulls over and the people on the bus go into their compartment to screw. I've often wondered how the bus driver passes the time in those situations. Always makes me chuckle when I see that bus pulled over.
  5. Good luck Wulaw I struggled with my weight for years. It's one of the reasons we moved where we did and live the way we live. I had to do something drastic or that surgery was in my future. At my heaviest I was 405. I'm down to 255. Stay active, Dude. Modern life does not make it easy.
  6. Well, you’ve basically seen our survival plan. Cabin was about the right size too. My wife and I are enjoying this show so far. Hope it finishes strong.
  7. @Brisketexan reminds me of the H.L. Mencken quote: "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." And in this regard, I can't say I disagree with him.
  8. Yes you do. I have a buddy that works for the Alaska Railroad. He gave me a 3 foot piece of 100 pound track that they were replacing. That means it weighs 100 pounds per foot. I've got it bolted to the bed of the truck directly above the back axle. The plow blade weighs right at 800 pounds. The frame and hydraulic set up weighs another 400 or so.
  9. You weren't talking about work trucks when you started the thread. You were talking about the overpriced behemoths of today that rarely get off pavement, and I agree with you. I like older vehicles. I think they look better and I can maintain them for the most part with a standard set of tools.
  10. I plow my neighbor's driveways when asked to. The payment is 5 gallons of gas put into the tank when I'm done. Ol' Blue gets thirsty.
  11. Exactly Replaced the water pump in it last weekend. Took about an hour.
  12. It gets a smooth 9 mpg on the highway. No clue what it gets when pushing snow. It snowed about 14 inches over the last week. Never snowed hard, just didn’t stop until Friday. Plowed 3 miles of road in less than 3 hours. It will push just about anything.
  13. I was out plowing the road yesterday and thought of this thread Here is my plow rig, a 1985 F250 with a 460 big block and 4 speed manual transmission. Love this truck.
  14. A truck is realistically the only option where I live, but the prices are fucking crazy. I'm a simple man. I don't want all the electronic gizmos that everyone seems to be enthralled with these days. I have 6 requirements for a truck...gasoline engine (because diesels are a pain in the ass to get started in the deep cold), 3/4 ton minimum, 4WD, full size bed, front hooks, and at least an extended cab for gear transport. The last truck I looked at up here was a fleet model F250, which is fine with me, and they wanted almost $75K for the thing. Fuck that.
  15. I hope the power gets restored soon. Be safe out there you Surly Degenerates.
  16. I didn't put it together until the scene where Joel, Tess, Bill, and Frank were having a meal on the lawn. At the end of the scene when Frank and Tess were walking to the gate they were talking about the radio code. I thought the code was going to be between Joel and his brother, but it ended up being between characters we had not been introduced to yet. It makes more sense if you are familiar with the lyrics of Never Let Me Down Again. If you aren't a Depeche Mode fan I would suggest you look the lyrics up.
  17. At the end of Ep 1 just after Joel, Tess, and Ellie left to start heading West the radio came on and played the Depeche Mode song. According to the code, that meant trouble. That was the night Bill and Frank had their last meal together. Bill let Joel and Tess know something was up, but they never heard the warning.
  18. Checking in Weird this story died in Alaska after the first day or two. Makes me think the rumors I've heard are true. Someone didn't follow trash protocol and the smell lured the bear in. Wrong place, wrong time for the mom and kid. Such is life up here, especially in polar bear country.
  19. Those throwback unis they were wearing against ULL in that highlight reel are the best I wish those were our current uniforms
  20. I never thought it would happen in my lifetime, but I think you are correct. Don't fear, but be ready...Valhalla calls.
  21. Rules of Engagement Jeff Bingham is one of my all time favorite TV characters
  22. Question about optics… Will the optics frost over if taken from inside a warm cabin to a very cold outside? I mean we’re talking what could possibly be a 100 to 130 degree or more temperature change. Are they made for something like that?
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