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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rogwar on December 30, 2010, 07:05:36 PM
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Have enjoyed watching the Palin series on Alaska even though it's a bit like the Palin Summer Vacation. Interesting to see some of the fun things to do there. Some day in about ten to thirteen years I plan to retire, sell the house, buy a class A dp, toad and hit the road. One thing I'd like to do is drive to Alaska for the summer.
Have not watched the Gold Rush show but am a little tired of like the logging, swamp etc type programs.
There is also supposed to be a show coming out on Discovery about a small airline or charter service in Alaska. Will give it a shot.
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I watched the 'premier' of Gold Rush. Whadda bunch of pansies :devil
I saw the commercial for the airline one myself, looks "legit", as the hip kids say these days.
If you ever do decide to drive to Alaska, definitely visit Palmer! One of the most beautiful places to live on the planet. Don't rush up here though, take the time to enjoy the scenery of wherever you visit along the way.
It'll be a blast :cheers:
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i'm stationed in Alaska, there really isnt much to do here, at least in the winter, there is a ski hill and snowboarding slope but sometimes its way to cold to go up there.
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i'm stationed in Alaska, there really isnt much to do here, at least in the winter, there is a ski hill and snowboarding slope but sometimes its way to cold to go up there.
You're too far north is the problem. Nothin' much up there but trees, tundra, and the occasional mountain. :P
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You're too far north is the problem. Nothin' much up there but trees, tundra, and the occasional mountain. :P
yea pretty much
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If you ever do decide to drive to Alaska, definitely visit Palmer! One of the most beautiful places to live on the planet.
Lived in Palmer from '82 through '89 just east of Palmer High School. Lived in Alaska 14 years altogether. Great place to visit, but way too expensive to live there. Still, I reminisce about my younger years when I look it up on Google Earth and see our old house.
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Lived in Palmer from '82 through '89 just east of Palmer High School. Lived in Alaska 14 years altogether. Great place to visit, but way too expensive to live there. Still, I reminisce about my younger years when I look it up on Google Earth and see our old house.
I found it too.
(http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jeffs-tiny-house-450x337.jpg)
:D
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Lived in Palmer from '82 through '89 just east of Palmer High School. Lived in Alaska 14 years altogether. Great place to visit, but way too expensive to live there. Still, I reminisce about my younger years when I look it up on Google Earth and see our old house.
I live a couple miles North of the high school.
Cedar Hills?
@Ranger - Not nearly enough snow :devil
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I love the Alaska shows but they make my family and I all home sick. I doing everything I can to get the Army to send me back up there so I can retire. We loved Fairbanks.
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I live a couple miles North of the high school.
Cedar Hills?
@Ranger - Not nearly enough snow :devil
Highland Subdivision, corner of Montgomery & Edinborough just off Arctic Avenue, three story tri-level house with a glass door facing north (go figure since the high winds slam into it & make firewood fly across the back porch. :rolleyes:). Was a damn cold walk to school in the winter in the late 80's. 70mph gusts at times. No more, thank you.
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I found it too.
(http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jeffs-tiny-house-450x337.jpg)
:D
That reminds me of that guy who lives in "economic" houses he designs and lives in.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1789545n
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That new series about the family running that airline, My uncle lives there at Unalakleet. Ive been there many times flown w the pilots many times. :aok The airline used to be called Hageland Aviation. I greens n wolvrine n Elimak1 know all the people in that family.
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Highland Subdivision, corner of Montgomery & Edinborough just off Arctic Avenue, three story tri-level house with a glass door facing north (go figure since the high winds slam into it & make firewood fly across the back porch. :rolleyes:). Was a damn cold walk to school in the winter in the late 80's. 70mph gusts at times. No more, thank you.
I could probably find it. In the summer though, aha.
We were getting up to 87 gusts several weeks ago. That was... fun :D
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want to see whats really going on in alaska?
find out the secret of nome alaska by watching the movie "the fourth kind"
youl go from: :headscratch: to :confused: to :O to :uhoh about what goes on in alaska.
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want to see whats really going on in alaska?
find out the secret of nome alaska by watching the movie "the fourth kind"
youl go from: :headscratch: to :confused: to :O to :uhoh about what goes on in alaska.
Just hype dude.
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Just hype dude.
idk about that...the one scene with the guy in his bed...that was crazy.
and the one where the guy shoots his whole family, and the police cam catches it all.
and finally, the ufo caught on the police cam outside the womans house?
crazy crazy stuff.
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idk about that...the one scene with the guy in his bed...that was crazy.
and the one where the guy shoots his whole family, and the police cam catches it all.
and finally, the ufo caught on the police cam outside the womans house?
crazy crazy stuff.
Do you believe everything you see at the movies?
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Do you believe everything you see at the movies?
no, not everything, but what they said, the evidence they presented, and the people who actually put it all together (a university) seemed legit.
watch the movie, you'll see what im talking about.
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no, not everything, but what they said, the evidence they presented, and the people who actually put it all together (a university) seemed legit.
watch the movie, you'll see what im talking about.
I got a bridge to sell you.
Or perhaps you'd be interested in some ocean front property. (In Arizona)
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I got a bridge to sell you.
Or perhaps you'd be interested in some ocean front property. (In Arizona)
have you seen the movie im talking about? if you havent, your stupid mocking about what i consider legit and not is just making yourself look bad.
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have you seen the movie im talking about? if you havent, your stupid mocking about what i consider legit and not is just making yourself look bad.
It was a weather balloon.
Never really heard of the movie but did a little research and it's about as real as the blair witch project.
"The Fourth Kind is a 2009 American science-fiction thriller film"
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have you seen the movie im talking about? if you havent, your stupid mocking about what i consider legit and not is just making yourself look bad.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :aok
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have you seen the movie im talking about? if you havent, your stupid mocking about what i consider legit and not is just making yourself look bad.
Greens and I both live in Alaska. I think you're stupid mocking us.
Merely my opinion though. I recommend not replying to this thread from this point, and starting your own so I can flame you there?
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Greens and I both live in Alaska. I think you're stupid mocking us.
Merely my opinion though. I recommend not replying to this thread from this point, and starting your own so I can flame you there?
that comment was not even directed towards you, so your opinion on it is unwanted, and unneeded.
unless you just feel like trolling.
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want to see whats really going on in alaska?
find out the secret of nome alaska by watching the movie "the fourth kind"
youl go from: :headscratch: to :confused: to :O to :uhoh about what goes on in alaska.
Seems to me like you're comparing All of Alaska to what you've seen in some Sci-Fic. movie.
Seriously. Start you're own thread :rolleyes:
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Seems to me like you're comparing ALL of Alaska to what you've seen in some Sci-Fic. movie.
Seriously. Start you're own thread :rolleyes:
uh, i believe i clearly stated NOME alaska, not ALL alaska? might want to read the whole post before you decide to troll someone... :rolleyes:
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uh, i believe i clearly stated NOME alaska, not ALL alaska? might want to read the whole post before you decide to troll someone... :rolleyes:
PM me, I dare you. I'm done with you in this thread. Sorry Rogwar, the ignorance of this one strikes yet again.
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Some thing just can't be discussed in the 'right way' here ;)
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Back on track.
I've never been to Alaska, but all my friends and family who have say it is a great place.
I heard that much of the southern panhandle is classified as a "rainforest". Is this true?
My uncle's buddy had a camp on some remote lake. (North of Talkeetna, I believe.) They would tell stories of the days when they would fly in and have to kill several "nuisance" black bear.
When I asked them what they did with them, the answer was "Dragged 'em off for the grizzlies to eat."
They also said that the bugs were horrible, but it was cool to occasionally hear the Air Force jets going supersonic.
<S> Melvin.
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My mom was raised on Kodiak Island, she used to talk about going back "home" but she never made it back. I made a stop off flying to Okinawa Ja.and when we landed in Anchorage I had the privilege of seeing the Aurora Borealis, awesome sight to see.
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PM me, I dare you. I'm done with you in this thread. Sorry Rogwar, the ignorance of this one strikes yet again.
i clearly proved your logic wrong, but somehow i remain the "ignorant" one? your logic is even more flawed than it was before :rolleyes:
but yes, i'll end the argument now too, pointless to argue with someone who will allways think they are right even when they get proved wrong.
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about the Northern Lights, when the heck am i gonna see it? I've been up here about 2 months now in Fairbanks and I still havnt seen it yet.
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about the Northern Lights, when the heck am i gonna see it? I've been up here about 2 months now in Fairbanks and I still havnt seen it yet.
Used to see them a lot up here in Michigan (usually in the winter).
One of the most fantastic displays I ever saw occurred years ago when my Wife and I were just dating.
I was sneaking from her house to my car which I had parked about a half-mile down the road. (Her parents hated me and forbade us from seeing one another.)
I was freezing my arse off, as I wasn't exactly "dressed" for the weather. When, I looked up to see the Northern Lights.
It appeared as if they originated right over my head and covered most of the sky. I had to stop on a few occasions because I could swear that I could HEAR them as the swirled in the sky above me.
It was a truly awesome sight.
<S> Melvin
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patience, selino..if you wait they will appear.
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Alaska has the most scary watermelon stories i swear, and they are believable too. believable enough for some dumbarse wannabe hollywooder director to make a foolish movie lol. although there are legit "shamans" I have seen one.
Back on track the airlines Hageland aviation services was and still is the best and safest airlines ever. one of the best pilots ever "tweeto".
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Back on track.
I've never been to Alaska, but all my friends and family who have say it is a great place.
I heard that much of the southern panhandle is classified as a "rainforest". Is this true?
My uncle's buddy had a camp on some remote lake. (North of Talkeetna, I believe.) They would tell stories of the days when they would fly in and have to kill several "nuisance" black bear.
When I asked them what they did with them, the answer was "Dragged 'em off for the grizzlies to eat."
They also said that the bugs were horrible, but it was cool to occasionally hear the Air Force jets going supersonic.
<S> Melvin.
Talkeetna is a nice place to visit every now and again. Couple hours' drive from where I live. Can still hear the jets, sometimes even see them if you're lucky.
Yes, I think that parts of the panhandle is classified as a rainforest. Technically parts of Alaska can be classified as a desert too. The difference being Arizona is very hot and very dry, while parts of Alaska = very cold and very dry. Its a very interesting, incredibly beautiful place to live. Palmer (where I'm at) is basically a NASA windtunnel :devil
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Where i live in Alaska its ugly as fk!! i wanna live where tyrannis lives :x
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Where i live in Alaska its ugly as fk!! i wanna live where tyrannis lives :x
in ohio where there is a bunch of trees and farms and horses and cows and cranky neighbors...? :headscratch:
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in ohio where there is a bunch of trees and farms and horses and cows and cranky neighbors...? :headscratch:
Come live in Alaska for 10 years. I'm sure after your first you'd go back.
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Come live in Alaska for 10 years. I'm sure after your first you'd go back.
actually in all honesty, ive been playing with the idea of moving to alaska, and trying to get a job working for one of the oil companies down there.
yes i know harsh conditions, but those men get paid WELL.
im the type of person who loves the cold. im usually the only one walking around town during the winter while everyone else is huddled under there blankets.
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im the type of person who loves the cold. im usually the only one walking around town during the winter while everyone else is huddled under there blankets.
How cold have you really been, on a day to day basis? I've been to Alaska twice, and the second time it was so cold nobody ever shut off their cars unless they were in an insulated garage, because they wouldn't be able to get them running again. In the southern 49 you can get in a lot of trouble for leaving your car running, but that week I think just about every car in every parking lot was left with the engine running. I think the ambient air temperature during the day was -10F and fortunately the wind was light, so the wind chill was merely -30.
My wife worked at a hospital that had 3 recent weather deaths. Some lady parked in the staff parking lot and didn't have a passkey to get in the door, and she froze to death before she got to the front door. A patient wandered out of a locked door and he froze to death before he could walk a few hundred feet to another door. And someone else slipped and fell into some bushes near the hospital, and couldn't get up from the ice and bundled clothing, and froze to death lying there in the bushes outside the hospital. And all that happened in a place that was actually alert for these sorts of incidents... They died before the routine walkarounds came by.
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Where i live in Alaska its ugly as fk!!
Greens, I will agree with you in a way. My dad's geology job put our family out at a mining camp known as Nyac, out near Bethel, during the summer of 1982. Groceries & supplies came in via C130 Hercules. Fishing was awesome. Bears were everywhere. Fresh-picked blueberries for pancakes in the morning was really good. But, as a nine-year old going from living in civilization in the lower 48 to living in someplace so isolated, it was very upsetting to say the least.
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In Alaska it all depends on where you live.
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/100_0024.jpg?t=1294040481)
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(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/100_0106.jpg?t=1294042684)
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And back on track this is a couple caravans owned by Hageland aviation.
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/100_0145.jpg?t=1294042986)
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In Alaska it all depends on where you live.
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/100_0024.jpg?t=1294040481)
is it just me or does anyone else think it looks like theres a beam of light shooting out from behind that mountain?... :headscratch:
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I dunno about ur guys surroundings but i love mine. beautiful country cant ask for any better, i was just pulling ur guys leg about how ugly my country is lol. :aok <S> hope you guys like the pics :salute
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is it just me or does anyone else think it looks like theres a beam of light shooting out from behind that mountain?... :headscratch:
No tyranis YOU ARE ------>
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/co4.jpg?t=1294043432)
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thanks greens !
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Tomcat you are very welcome, maybe someday we can sit down and yap like old ladies about aces high and tell funny sorties sippin on this eh <S>!! TAKE A LOOK A A OL ESKIMO =P :neener:
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/100_1028.jpg?t=1294044123)
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be my pleasure
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No tyranis YOU ARE ------>
(http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad127/akgreens/co4.jpg?t=1294043432)
dont get it... :headscratch:
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dont get it... :headscratch:
:rofl :rofl
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:rofl :rofl
you obviously missed my sarcasm, i think.
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you obviously missed my sarcasm, i think.
You're killin' me kid! :rofl :rofl
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You're killin' me kid! :rofl :rofl
ok? laugh it up, because your the only one who is.
ive proven your last logic you threw at me was flawed, shall i do it again?
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ok? laugh it up, because your the only one who is.
ive proven your last logic you threw at me was flawed, shall i do it again?
Oh dear god!
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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dont get it... :headscratch:
Uh.......... :huh ......... :huh.......... :headscratch: :headscratch: boy either u havent watched super troopers or uve already smoked yourself ya know what. <S> greens
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Uh.......... :huh ......... :huh.......... :headscratch: :headscratch: boy either u havent watched super troopers or uve already smoked yourself ya know what. <S> greens
no, ive seen super troopers (along time ago)
and i figured you were calling me a retard in good humor.
so i decided to play along by going
"i dont get it :headscratch:"
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no, ive seen super troopers (along time ago)
and i figured you were calling me a retard in good humor.
so i decided to play along by going
"i dont get it :headscratch:"
:rofl :rofl
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<S> tyrannis all in good fun man :salute
My best bud got interviewed by the film crew dunno if hes guna make some airtime on that show, i hope so. cant wait to watch it.