Not So Pro 3

[maulhead]

Speaking of Mennonites (kind of) one of my judges that retired shortly after I did was on a road trip a few years back and happened to go through western Tennessee and fell in love with the area. He ended up buying some acreage with an old cabin on the Buffalo River as his winter home although he is so fed up with the politics and court system in Alaska he is selling his place here. He texted me just last night and he has some Amish carpenters coming over to look at the feasibility of adding to the old cabin. I have no idea how old it is but it’s rustic to say the least.

I really enjoyed seeing the amazing craftsmanship of the Shakers and Amish and Mennonites when we lived in Kentucky and toured the surrounding states

A lot of the high end RV makers use them as cabinet makers for their luxury coaches

You were a judge? Or did I read that wrong?

 

[3browns]

My younger brother had a diesel pusher very similar to that one, he bought it after his 8 year stint in the Navy, he took a few years off working, and drove all around the USA living out of it, with his 19 year old mail order bride from Thailand.

He got it buried up to the frame on some witch doctors property where he was staying at for a few months in Florida, after a hurricane came through and saturated the ground, it got stuck when he tried driving it back to the pavement. IIRC the tow bill to get out of where it was stuck was close to 5 grand.

I got to be honest, one of my biggest fears was a flat or something in the middle of nowhere and especially in Canada or the azz end of nowhere in Alaska

We had towing insurance but I can only imagine how long that might have taken in some places

When we were on our way back down through Canada in 2019 we were camped for the night near Watson Lake and about 6:00 pm the rain started turning to snow and I got what weather info I could and it wasn’t good

We ended up packing it in, fueling up and heading east to try and outrun the storm

I drove at about 25 mph through a whiteout on highway tires until I couldn’t see anything more than 50 feet down the road so we pulled over into a highway department service yard with other people who took shelter and fired up the big diesel generator and the Webasco diesel hydronic heater and tried to get some sleep

We headed out at daylight in about 5-6” of wet snow and just gutted it out for about a 12 hour drive

We ran into and out of snow the entire day and were dodging moose, caribou, stone sheep, and the bison herd that lived along that stretch of road

When we finally made it to Fort Nelson and our next campground I stepped out of the coach and my knees buckled as the adrenaline flushed through or something

I don’t ever remember being that mentally and physically exhausted

 

[3browns]

You were a judge? Or did I read that wrong?

No

I was not a judge

I ran the civil division for the state court system in Anchorage and he was one of the judges at the time that our division worked with

 

[redline4]

No deer tonight

 

[full chizel]

@Kiwioilboiler GO LIONS!!

 

[3browns]

I got to be honest, one of my biggest fears was a flat or something in the middle of nowhere and especially in Canada or the azz end of nowhere in Alaska

We had towing insurance but I can only imagine how long that might have taken in some places

When we were on our way back down through Canada in 2019 we were camped for the night near Watson Lake and about 6:00 pm the rain started turning to snow and I got what weather info I could and it wasn’t good

We ended up packing it in, fueling up and heading east to try and outrun the storm

I drove at about 25 mph through a whiteout on highway tires until I couldn’t see anything more than 50 feet down the road so we pulled over into a highway department service yard with other people who took shelter and fired up the big diesel generator and the Webasco diesel hydronic heater and tried to get some sleep

We headed out at daylight in about 5-6” of wet snow and just gutted it out for about a 12 hour drive

We ran into and out of snow the entire day and were dodging moose, caribou, stone sheep, and the bison herd that lived along that stretch of road

When we finally made it to Fort Nelson and our next campground I stepped out of the coach and my knees buckled as the adrenaline flushed through or something

I don’t ever remember being that mentally and physically exhausted

I had to go back and look, this was AUGUST 18th, 2019

You can see the giant rock impact we had got the day before, covered in clear Gorilla tape

 

[USMC615]

F’ng Gum Bumping 101 in this *b-wordh today. Jiffy Lube in WI can’t kill a deer, Dalice runnin’ that suck pipe getting ready to go lizarding and play some chin music, etc, etc, etc.

 

[maulhead]

No

I was not a judge

I ran the civil division for the state court system in Anchorage and he was one of the judges at the time that our division worked with

Were you there when Robert Hansen went through the system? Or was that before your time?

 

[dall]

F’ng Gum Bumping 101 in this *b-wordh today. Jiffy Lube in WI can’t kill a deer, Dalice runnin’ that suck pipe getting ready to go lizarding and play some chin music, etc, etc, etc.

your delusional
your the one that gets chin bounced off of
you did that today and you will at work tomorrow
your saying is suckem if you gotem

 

[Mastermind]

No

I was not a judge

I ran the civil division for the state court system in Anchorage and he was one of the judges at the time that our division worked with

I was a judge. Well.....I was a judgmental mfer. Still can be.....but I'm working on that.

 

[3browns]

Were you there when Robert Hansen went through the system? Or was that before your time?

That was before my time

But funny story, they made that movie about him, On Cold Ground (I think) in Anchorage and actually used the older of the 2 courthouses for some of the scenes

Edited to add I just looked it up and the movie was called "The Frozen Ground"

They came through the offices one day in a panic trying to find typewriters from that era for one particular office scene and it turns out in both courthouses and the state court admin offices across the street there was a grand total of ONE single typewriter still in service

It was needed for some archaic criminal form that had never been updated

My younger son was an extra in some scene or another because he was in the area where they were filming for the day and he had my wife's cherry red 66 Mustang and they wanted to use it in the film and he said he had to be in at least one shot

I never even saw the movie

I do know that the State Troopers are still firmly convinced there are a hell of a lot more bodies out there just waiting to be discovered

 

[redline4]

F’ng Gum Bumping 101 in this *b-wordh today. Jiffy Lube in WI can’t kill a deer, Dalice runnin’ that suck pipe getting ready to go lizarding and play some chin music, etc, etc, etc.

Meh.
I've been fortunate to take quite a few deer over the years.
And never once got one while sitting at a Church's ordering a bucket of chicken.

 

[3browns]

I was a judge. Well.....I was a judgmental mfer. Still can be.....but I'm working on that.

I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once

 

[Mastermind]

Fourth jug of the day. Fugh a chainsaw.

 

[USMC615]

Meh.
I've been fortunate to take quite a few deer over the years.
And never once got one while sitting at a Church's ordering a bucket of chicken.

I’ve shot ‘em while eating yardbird in a stand.

 

[3browns]

Fourth jug of the day. Fugh a chainsaw.

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Purty

 

[Lnk]

Fourth jug of the day. Fugh a chainsaw.

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I like jugs!

 

[Mastermind]

Purty

I've had a bit of practice. LOL

 

[dall]

Meh.
I've been fortunate to take quite a few deer over the years.
And never once got one while sitting at a Church's ordering a bucket of chicken.

how about bojangles on your bike ?

 

[41FanForLife]

dont leave lol

Not till Friday night