I remember a pawn shop in fairbanks, back around 1980. It was a cluttered mess of trails throughout the store. The owner had asked me to join the KKK several times as he didn't like what he called "Zionist Jews".
Anyways, I bought lots of guns from him, but never joined his group. I was in there one morning when a couple natives came in wanting to sell gold. They laid a nugget on the counter the size of can of WD40 on the counter. The owner weighed it and paid em, then pulled 2 different metal tool boxes from under the counter. Both were so full of nuggets, nothing else would fit. Finally he pulled a third one and tossed the behemoth nugget in there like it was a rock and kicked the box back under the counter.
A couple minutes later a seemingly pissed off fella in boxer shorts and a t shirt comes in wanting to buy a pair of thumb cuffs and a baseball bat. After purchasing his tools, he went out the door with a look of satisfaction and a purpose.
Fairbanks has surely changed.
