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Hi everyone, Just wanted to stop in and say Hi. We've had a lot going on in the last year or so. For those interested, I thought I'd bring you up to speed on what we're doing. We sold our sign business back in Georgia and took 6 months off to re-evaluate things and get new direction. We moved to California to be near our daughter and son in law but that didn't work out; the economy is terrible there. So I got a job in Anchorage, Alaska and we moved up here. We're loving it, as I knew we would. As some of you know, I've always wanted to live here and I've lived here for short periods a couple of times. I'm tired of the sign business so I've rediscovered an old skillset that I had when I was young and I'm working as an RV tech. I'm making good money and the company is wonderful.
-------------------- Ricky Jackson Signs Now 614 Russell Parkway Warner Robins, GA (478) 923-7722 signpimp50@hotmail.com
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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Good to hear from you Ricky! And I'm glad to hear you arre where you want to be. That is how life should be.
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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Glad you checked in. Send your new contact info. We have a friend just moved to North Pole. Not much fish in Anchorage. Glad you're still that versatile. Perhaps you'll start a new business called "Signs Not Now."
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6714 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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The RV business in Alaska is gangbusters in the summer time. One of the best ways to see the state is to rent an RV, cruise until you're tired, and then spend the night in a pull out. Don't try driving until the sun goes down. Unless posted otherwise, roadside pull outs are legal for RV camping.
Good to hear from you, Ricky. Hopefully, I'll see you up there one of these summers.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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did you ever get your guns back from the mounties????
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Great to hear from ya, live the dream my friend !!
Brian.
-------------------- Brian the Brush brian the brush uk Yorkshire, UK www.brianthebrushuk.com Posts: 123 | From: United Kingdom | Registered: Sep 2001
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Oh boy, Ricky, you really go to the ends of the earth to get the job done!!
what a great experience; I watch the weather show where the guy goes to the extreme places to visit...what's his name? Oh well, it's very cool and in more than one way... hope you have the best times in the world there.
You'll have to keep us posted as to how you deal with the extreme changes, lightness, darkness, heat and cold with your lettering, etc.
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That's great Ricky! I moved to NW WA 9 years ago and I love it! (the North Plympic Peninsula is like Alaska Lite!) I'm loving gardening and farming and exploring fine art again, still do the occasional sign or mural if asked to. Enjoy your new life! a:)
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I don't know if this is how Ricky did it, but a person can take his vehicle from the Lower 48 to Alaska without passing through Canada by using the Alaska Ferry. Even though the ferry ships may dock in British Columbia, passengers haven't legally left U.S. soil while on the ferry. Now, I don't know if they'd let Ricky off the boat before he got to Alaska...
A friend of ours moved up there with her daughter three years ago and she wasn't allowed to take her daughter out of the country. That's how she managed it.
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-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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