Hello
Hi all, my Name is David. I'm the son of one of the forum memebrs nanuq907. Found this forum today while reaching out to his online buddies to let them know about his passing, details can be found in the thread "where is nanauq"
I happen to be a big fan of guns, and feel like I'd rather enjoy this place, so in honor of him I decided to step into the community and enjoy guns with fellow enthusiast.
Im a firefighter in rural bush Alaska, a little town called Kotzebue above the Arctic circle!
I love hunting and shooting. Have an AR-15, ak 47, 7mm regent, 338, shotgun and a .117 rifles
Handguns: 45 Springfield, 9mm sig 228, bursa .38, .22 and just inherited my father's 44 python!
We Alaskans love guns :)
Pictures are me at work, and my main method of transportation with my preferred bear gun
Anyways, after how I've seen people honor my dad I here, I feel like you guys are people I wouldn't mind getting to know
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Thank you! I can't imagine I'm stepping into them already. It was too soon
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Don't try to fill his shoes, just walk in his footsteps.
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Loved your Dad's posts!! Already love yours!! Please keep posting pics of the great North country. I was planning to contact your Dad about life in Alaska today since I lived in Alaska back in 68-69. There were questions I had. Wish now I didn't put contacting him off.
My third daughter and her hubby have signed teachers contracts for the 2022-2023 school year for the school district on Kodiak Island. If they have any specific questions I will reach out to you!!
Your Dad was special. Not that you didn't realize this!!
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I had shown many of your Fathers pics to my second wife of 23 years and also hails from the far North. (Russia!) I told her of your Fathers passing and the wonderful, loving comments you made about your Dad. I told her none of my five children will ever say so many nice things about me. It's not that I wasn't a good Father, it was I wasn't a great Father. I was reading your wonderful thoughts about your Father and I truly felt envious of what he had accomplished. I quickly realized I came up short.
I could have done better but I came up short. Oh well. Kind of the story of my life.
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I would suspect that you haven't done as poorly as you give yourself credit for.
My friend lost his dad a week before mine, and I suspect he was kinda the same as you describe yourself.
And my buddy was devestated. I bet your kids will say the same things, or at least feel the same way as I feel about my dad
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Welcome Alaskanfrog, I’m one of your dads friends from Florida. I work nights at Walt Disney World in the tunnel under the castle on animation parts. Your dad and I hit it off as I’m sure you and I will also.
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@gjshaw sweet! What's that like as a job?
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Alaskanfrog: 30472529544475/comments/30472600674715
@gjshaw sweet! What's that like as a job?
The job is a lot of fun. The guy I replaced was 78 when he retired because the job is not stressful or boring. I am the only person at Walt Disney World that does this job. I actually teach this job to one person from each park around the world. Your dad and I would private message many nights discussing my job or his land rover or his adventures. I was in Alaska two years ago on a trip and I was able to ask your dad questions that I had when I was up there. Your dad asked me a ton of questions about Florida and Disney. I was looking forward to meeting with your dad in the near future when I get to go back to Alaska on another trip. He said he would show me bears on his deck.
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