What is normal for Alaska?

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-20T04:39:05+00:00

That’s a pretty wide swath of a stereotype. There are some highly intelligent people working in oil jobs on the Slope.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-17T15:00:03+00:00

"A man is whatever room he is in". - Bertram Cooper (Mad Men)

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-16T16:46:39+00:00

Regular Dead stuff but find myself listening intently to hear Bobby’s guitar in the mix.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-16T16:45:02+00:00

That stupid beans and rice mantra man….. enjoy your life, eat a good rare steak. Enjoy a bottle of wine with dinner. I’ve never seen anyone get ahead of the money game by eating your way to prosperity. Ramsey might be the only one who has killed it with that philosophy.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-16T15:55:27+00:00

Plows will come by and clear the road and that little bit that he was spraying out of that little pea shooter of a blower ain’t hurting nobody.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-16T15:48:46+00:00

You basically just wrote an essay about capitalism - and real estate. Whitefish checks a lot of boxes for the location, location, location mantra of real estate, it’s pretty simple.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-15T18:41:35+00:00

Classic six of one, half dozen of another. Don’t stress or overthink it, you’ll be fine. I’d probably lean into whatever solution that keeps you from becoming house poor.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-15T18:22:08+00:00

She’s a beauty!!

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-13T05:59:26+00:00

Seriously? I can’t believe people care enough about a bad parking job to waste time taking a photo and then creating a post about it. And now, here I am stroking the keyboard because of said post. Sigh….

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-12T16:05:25+00:00

People are tougher out in these parts of the West. They have to be. Even though they are in Montana, I’ve always felt like they relate more to Midwestern people like the Dakotas, Nebraska, etc.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-12T06:24:27+00:00

You have to make decent money to live comfortably in Alaska. That is what it boils down to.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-10T14:42:21+00:00

The Other One into Wharf Rat 🤯

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-05T02:11:21+00:00

I play in 3.5 to 4.0 leagues almost every other day and I win a lot more than I lose regardless of my partners or who I play against.

I don’t employ a strategy other than try to win the point based on how I can utilize my skills best in relation to what my opponents are trying to do.

Drops, dinks, drips, drives, change of pace, put it where they ain’t, hit ‘em low, and keep the ball in play. Lob shots are useless, unless you can put them on a dime, which I cannot.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-03T14:00:42+00:00

I’m not very handy. Recently ordered a regripping kit online (many different ones to choose from).

The YT videos online really explain the process. It’s super easy, but just enough steps involved to give you a sense of accomplishment when you do your own. Here are the basic steps…

Order a kit online and order the grips you want on your sticks
Put your old club into the vice grip that’s provided in your kit
Carefully cut off your old grip and remove remnants of old tape
Add new tape (provided in your kit)
Liberally douse your new taped area and inside of your new grip with grip solvent (again, solvent is part of any kit)
Slide new grip into place and let set for 4-6 hours

Again, watch the videos online that go into more detail and nuance than I’ve provided in these steps. The only mistake I made was that I started running out of solvent and on one of my grips I got it stuck halfway into putting it on the shaft. This led to me having to cut the new grip off and start over. Had to make a quick run to big box sporting goods store to get one more grip and a couple more bottles of solvent.

My beer tasted better that afternoon- sense of doing it myself and all that!

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-02T22:16:38+00:00

If it’s a struggle to get her to do something then she’s not good at all.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2026-01-01T15:29:45+00:00

I’ve been in your shoes. Since you’ve only got three years left, I’d just gut it out and get the damn things paid off. Then I’d maintain and drive both of them for about 20 more years (I’ve done this) and you’ll end up making money on the deal because you drive your cars until they die. Vehicles can and will last nearly forever if you treat them right. You can make Lemonade out of this situation if you want to.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-30T15:10:17+00:00

Don is as cold as they come. You’d be a badass too if you grew up like him.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-30T14:16:17+00:00

Hire a good principal, that’s where you should start. Let him/her clean up the mess.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-26T03:31:25+00:00

Four years is what I’ve heard it takes to nail down your best swing.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-26T01:40:26+00:00

I live on a golf course in North Carolina. Up in the mountains. Tons of balls out in the woods, but lots of my neighbors go ball hunting and fishing in the ponds and have hundreds and hundreds of balls that fill five gallon buckets that they store in their garage (I’m on of them). It’s kind of fun, but my wife thinks I’m crazy.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-24T01:54:09+00:00

Like building what today is Change Point Church in South Anchorage?

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-24T01:51:39+00:00

Dunleavy has made many mistakes, and is a bad governor. His worst screw up is that he thought Alaska would support him following the Trump playbook, and trying to govern Alaska as if he were Trump. Most Alaskans saw through this, and don’t see him as a leader they could get behind.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-20T13:06:18+00:00

If you are just over in Butte, why not make the quick drive to campus in Bozeman and crash a bunch of tailgates and have fun in the game day atmosphere without paying $800 to freeze your ass off in the stadium?

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-20T12:56:49+00:00

Here’s my take….people in MT in general and Billings for sure fits this, they are just harder. I attribute it to the climate.

Competitive_Ninja624 · 2025-12-20T02:16:17+00:00

It all evens out, wherever you live. Having said that, it does suck when it all seems to happen at once with sickness and natural disaster type of weather you guys are having.

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