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Nah. Jim is a pretty tough guy, and that bear trap got him good. Was middle of winter and what was left of his hand was too frost bitten to save because of the blood flow cut off. He lives not far from where Helo 1 went down... Point is only need the SMS E-911 system in the cities. Beyond...

In the middle of nowhere, if you aren't prepared to literally stitch yourself back together, or in the case of one guy who got his hand in a bear trap- he put a tourniquet on his arm and used a chainsaw to cut it off and then used the wood fire to catarize it before heading into town on his...

Good that DVR is willing to work with you. My local DVR office is all but worthless. Kinda like the Access Alaska office here is worthless. If I go to Fairbanks, they actually have resources available. As for cranking wrenches, if I can't make it up here much longer, due to injuries to my...

Since anyone who has my number knows I am deaf, who exactly would I call? Not many people have TTY machines, they are huge, resemble an oversized Commodore 64 computer that was grafted onto an Apple IIe, and apparently haven't changed much any the 1970's when they were finally perfected with...

We recently ditched our smog checking here in Alaska. However, if you have the time and motivation, go Electric. Electric cars are 50 states emissions exempt with permanent waiver.

I don't know about any of you, but the best way to be safe on any road is to keep the idiots in front of you so you can keep an eye on them. Seriously. Give them a wide berth, let them be dumb and allow them to ruin themselves. Back off of them, give plenty of braking distance, because the best...

Come to Alaska, go to the local hard-line phone service provider and ask. Furthermore, try using the TTY to call any state agency office for any reason. It's said that seeing is believing. I say experiencing is believing.

Sure. I cut my teeth on those old cars. Spent my teenage years at the Museum restoring them. I don't know how many people my age know all the things I do about much of anything from 1894 to 2013 with actual hands on experience working on all of them. I can go from tuning the buzz box on a...

How was I around disabled people, and deaf people? I dated a deaf girl back when I still had my hearing. She dumped me because I refused to lie to her and no matter how hard she pushed, I wouldn't raise my hand to her. I don't know how sick and twisted here upbringing was, but as far as...

Ever packed up a complete auto repair facility with machine, welding and fabrication equipment and packed it from Alaska to DC on the offhand chance that you might maybe possibly find a sustainable job? Haven't even gotten to the other items like my '69 Coupe DeVille with only 83K original...

I do have documents proving that as well as the vestibular imbalance. The DLC in Anchorage is continually swamped. My alternative is lawyer friend in Fairbanks who is experienced in this.

In writing: Federal Emissions Certification from UAA. In proof: Gigabytes of photos of the work I do. $100K? Per year? Are you joking? If any mechanic could ever achieve $24K per year up here, he's doing great! You're telling me that you can get 5x the wages down south? I could see...

I'd trust a deaf mechanic. They have increased sensitivity to vibration. So finding problems are easier. Same here. As a matter of policy, I photograph every build. If there's any questions, I have high resolution photos of everything. It won a court case. Guy took his truck out that I'd...

The local relay service is handled through GCI in Wasilla on Main Street at Bogard in the upstairs of the red building. And yes, 40 minutes for an operator is a long time to be staring at the screen. I mean if I had a means to make it trigger some small explosive device that would get my...

I don't own a TTY machine. The local phone companies will sell a TTY/TDD for between $6500 and $8000 bucks. I used PurpleVRS, but waiting for an operator for 40 minutes to ask the parts guy how much a part costs is insanely cumbersome. Most state offices have a TTY/TDD connection number to...

I walk a whole 100 feet to the shop. I rebuild engines, transmissions, axles, brakes, ABS, you name it. As for test drive: the subdivision is is designed with an outer loop of 2 miles with less than 1 car per 2 hours on it at any given time per day, paved roads. Teaching mechanical stuff is...

I do sign, not the best, but I do sign enough to get by. Anchorage is a place difficult for me to get to mainly because of the vestibular imbalance and this impairs my ability to safely operate a car with any level of regularity- for example a regular 9-5 job that would require I be there on...

Don't need the E-911 system out in the middle of nowhere. Carry a gun. All the towns that have no cops have citizens armed like crazy and they are a very peaceful bunch. Now in Anchorage (largest city in the state- we refer to it by several nicknames like "Los Anchorage" "Skankorage"...

I am a guy, so the fact that the available women here are a near priceless commodity is a major force against me. I wasn't born deaf, I lost 100% of my hearing in November for 2011, so I know what I am missing in general. The glass is always full, the bottom half with liquid and the top half...

Hawaii has E-911 system that can accept text-to-911. Such a small island in the middle of a vast ocean has it, but the largest city in Alaska doesn't? Amazing huh?