Looks like good country for an experienced welder
 

Lotsa metal to get worn or broken in that op- Give me a Lincoln SA-200 with plenty of lead to stinger and ground, lotsa 5P, HYP and 7018 LH-70 stick rod, a good set of Victor torches and an Ingersoll compressor on a heavy duty dually truck and I'm there- on the job. Had two buddies who tested in Tulsa for Alyeska- qualified and went there to work in the 1970's- made great $ but $40.00 for two Bud drafts and a burger in Anchorage- huumm-

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons- great composer- I'd go for some Mozart's "Eine Klein Nachmusik" mit a chilled glass of Leibfraumilch bitte- :bigbye:

[QUOTE=Francis Morin;22451] $40.00 for two Bud drafts and a burger in Anchorage- huumm- [QUOTE]


That's a figment of someone's imagination gone wild.

In Anchorage I consumed (at one sitting) a 1 lb. NY strip sirloin, a heaping platter of king crab legs and three double shots of Jack Daniel's on ice for $46 on the longest day of the year '92

Where was that Dean?? Sounds like a hell of a meal. I had a NY strip, crab + a bottle of wine in a small oil town on the southeastern coast of Argentina once for $6! Good grass fed beef too. After a month long stint on a 15-meter sailboat coming from Antarctica, that was one heavenly meal I can tell you... Here's my 'office' today. Not so nice lately...

Easy to see why that plane crashed with the weather you're having.

I don't remember the name of the place Rich, if I ever knew it at all....

We got off the NorthWest Airlines plane and took a cab to out hotel room to stash our gear then went back out to the cab and asked the driver (guy from the Bronx who was stationed in the Air Force in Anchorage then stayed on after his hitch was up) to take us to the best steak joint in town... not the fanciest or most expensive - just the place where we will get the best steak. He took us to a little hole-in-the-wall place on the North side of town, all one-story buildings at the time, and we went in and ate to our hearts content. The owner/chef was originally from Massachusetts so when we had finished and loosened our belts and ordered the 3rd JD he sent out another heaping platter of king crab legs on the house. I'd like to have a meal like that one again someday before I go to Tinkhamtown.

[quote=Dean Romig;22452][quote=Francis Morin;22451] $40.00 for two Bud drafts and a burger in Anchorage- huumm- -- Hey Dean-o, I wasn't there, assumed each of my welder pals had the two Bud drafts (ounces in the glasses unknown) and a King Kong burger- so $20.00 each times two equals $40.00 They may have also tipped the waitress extra to get a phone number, Alaska has a high Wolf population I am told.

You are right about the best steak haus/restaurant in any sized town not always being the fanciest- Johnny's on Chicago's South side (with the red and white checkered tablecloths and a candle in a Chianti bottle in a wicker basket dead center-

I'll take George Dickel on the rocks (Sorry, JD ain't my favorite Tennesse sour mash) a Delmonico 12 ouncer medium rare, Maine lobster tails with lemon and drawn butter, baked potatoe, Caesar salad w/o the anchovies, buttered asparagus and besides ice water, a chilled glass of Lambrusco- just expresso for dessert- I don't have a "sweet tooth"--how's that sound?:):):cool:

Sounds yummy Francisco... well, all except the Dan Quayle spelling of the Irish staple...

:rotf::rotf::rotf:

:biglaugh:

We say "Potato" Danny Boy says "Potatoe"
 

And he even thought Murphy Brown was a real life person--:rotf::rotf:

What?? She's not???