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Originally Posted by white89gt
My Dad was a boilermaker for about 2 weeks when I was a wee lad. It was in January, and I remember him coming home for the weekend (the job was in Kemerer Wyoming) extremely ill... I begged him not to go back up there, but he was going to go back so he could provide for us. Then out of nowhere he got a call from another place that welded on the big trucks from the copper mine.... not even 10 miles from our house. That made a 6 or 7 year old kid very happy.
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I'll have to ask him again.... but it seems to me like it was a couple hundred feet in the air in temps well below zero. Seems like it was a power plant or something... I remember him joining a boilermakers union in order to get the job.
Yeah.... he is much much better off now from taking the other job closer to home.
Yeah.... he is much much better off now from taking the other job closer to home.
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From: South-central Ohio
Originally Posted by white89gt
I'll have to ask him again.... but it seems to me like it was a couple hundred feet in the air in temps well below zero. Seems like it was a power plant or something... I remember him joining a boilermakers union in order to get the job.
Yeah.... he is much much better off now from taking the other job closer to home.
Yeah.... he is much much better off now from taking the other job closer to home.
I really appreciate that kind words and gestures from everyone. We are in good spirits and will be just fine, I do believe. A lot of people ended up much worse off than we are. Yall have a good day fellas.
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I thought I would share a couple pictures of Anchorage at 730 at night. These are from a local broadband company who has some cameras set up on cell towers and such. It doesn't encompass the whole town, but gives a small view of Anchorage in October. I hope you guys enjoy.
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Originally Posted by akdoggie
I thought I would share a couple pictures of Anchorage at 730 at night. These are from a local broadband company who has some cameras set up on cell towers and such. It doesn't encompass the whole town, but gives a small view of Anchorage in October. I hope you guys enjoy.
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I lived in Sitka for about 9 months in 1976 before coming back to Anchorage. There wasn't enough roads to drive or any distance back then, so it became a boring place for my wife and myself. She wanted to go back to Anchorage, so we came back. I have a few good pics somewhere of Sitka. I loved the place, per se, just not the road system. lol