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Aug 17, 2007, 04:17 PM
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4 lanes really!! Wow you were BIG TIME!! When I lived in Wasilla we had a grocery store (Carr's) and a gas station!! That was about it. Had to travel to Anchorage for any excitement. LOL
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:27 PM
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Yep. Four, count 'em, four lanes, no waiting.
I got to say now, I graduated Homer HS in '75. That's nineteen-75, OK, so that was HUGE! Lol
Ya, and the trips to Anchorage were few and far between. Heck, going to Soldatna was a big deal. They had department stores there!
I participated in HS sport for the travel! I remember one time, we went to Seward on a school outing, way back when there was some brand of rootbeer in a brown bottle... well, me and a buddy got kicked out of their gym for "drinking" We hid the bottle's label like the joksters we were! Telling everybody what happened.
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by J_9
4 lanes really!!! Wow you were BIG TIME!!! When I lived in Wasilla we had a grocery store (Carr's) and a gas station!!! That was about it. Had to travel to Anchorage for any excitement. LOL
Holy crap, my sister lives there now and there is everything from Freddies to Walmart, gas stations galore and everything else you can imagine. I wish you would go back just for a small vacation, you would be so surprised, maybe even disappointed from all the traffic and people. It is crazy out there now.
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:37 PM
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Homer still has Carrs, I actually have a "savings card" from Carrs still, it works at the safeways, but that is the last standing Carrs, in Homer.
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:51 PM
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Carr's was the competition. I worked as a kid at Inglima's Supermarket, on "the boulevard" Inglima and my Dad were pals. Geez, how I hated small towns then... haha
We didn't have a traffic light in Homer, back while the Earth was cooling...
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptainRich
Carr's was the competition. I worked as a kid at Inglima's Supermarket, on "the boulevard" Inglima and my Dad were pals. Geez, how I hated small towns then... haha
We didn't have a traffic light in Homer, back while the Earth was cooling...
There sure are a few traffic lights now, but it is still pretty small...
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:05 PM
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When we first move to Homer we lived on CT Hill (I never knew what CT stood for) but there was a path through the woods to the theater that kids from the neighborhood used. Friday's and Saturdays my dad would get so mad, people just cutting through our driveway. I'm calling him tomorrow... I doubt he remembers but I'm going to ask him.
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Aug 18, 2007, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by J_9
Yay, that's better. My birthday was last week, I am officially 43. LOL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
I wish I had all my pics on my computer. I have one of me on Portage Glacier in the winter.....Climbing the mountain at Beluga Point....Camping at Montana Creek...
Oh, yeah, and who can forget the Bluegrass Festival or the Moose Dropping Festival.
Well, then, Happy Birthday!
Geez, the shellacked Moose Dropping Earrings! LOL
Downtown was The Alaska Wilberry Products store (famous for their Moose Dropping art and preservatives). We'd pick enough alder berries, and anything else we could find, for money to go to the movies.
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Aug 18, 2007, 06:54 AM
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AK Wildberry is everywhere now, I remember when they were so fresh and good...
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Aug 18, 2007, 06:56 AM
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Oh, and who can forget the fireweed!!
I know my allergies will ever forget the beautiful stuff. LOL
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Aug 18, 2007, 07:04 AM
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Firweed, we have talked about this before... Lady next door brought me some and asked if I knew what it was... LOL
Love it, never ever forget. Oh, Forget-me-Nots... State flower
And, a good morning to you! I have to get back out there, straighten stuff and get ready for another day. Did pretty good. So far
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Aug 18, 2007, 07:04 AM
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I'm not sure of the technical name: pushky weed...
I would get such a rash, my Mom would have a fit
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Aug 18, 2007, 07:05 AM
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Mornin, I am not sure what it is either... See you guys later
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Aug 22, 2007, 06:38 PM
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That was so pretty. Can you believe it? Oh, I miss it so. I forgot that I did, till I started remembering everything from you and J...
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Aug 22, 2007, 11:37 PM
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Never been to Alaska sadly, however I would love to see all this untouched wilderness... not during the winter though, my days in sd have left me completely void of ever wanting to see snow again...
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Aug 23, 2007, 05:41 AM
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Oh, Rich, I got that one. BEAUTIFUL!! Breathtaking to say the least!!
Wizz, snow in Alaska is so much different than snow in SD. WHY you ask? Cause there are soooooo many things to do in the snow up there.
Bobsledding down avalanche chutes, just to name one.
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Aug 23, 2007, 11:55 AM
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Hmmmm, suppose I'll have to think about it, but the only way I'm a going is if I get to wear one of them cool looking parkas... always wanted one
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Aug 23, 2007, 11:59 AM
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Oh yeah, and the fox skin caps... LOL with the nose on the front and the tail hanging down the back.
Jeeze, I used to wear shorts out when the wind chill was more than 30 below. Different kind of cold up there.
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Aug 23, 2007, 12:04 PM
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I wore shorts too J, and the people here in Oregon still think it is weird that my kids wear them even in the rainy winter. Should I make them wear pants? LOL
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