Comments for Your Comments In Our Guest Book at http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:25:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-10 Having spent a number of years of my childhood in Fairbanks due to my father working on the pipeline and as the big i was a popular gathering spot for the irish community (altho' i don't recall it being an irish pub back then) we spent many a time on those premises and i would like nothing better than to sit up at the bar and have a beer 'cos all i could do back then was sit at the donkey kong table and drink shirley temples and it would be nice to show my 3 daughters where i grew up Alaska being some difference compared to Ireland and perhaps run into any of the irish fellas from the old days. - Gary McElhennon Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:05:11 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-9 Hey guy's!! We're Doubble Tapp, A 3 piece Rock and Roll band that plays 60's and 70's Rock Music. When can we start!! - Chris Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:06:28 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-8 I was the night bartender at the Big I during most of those years. I was just a kid then as you could drink in those days at 19. Was during the middle of the pipeline so there were lots of characters in town. Used to close the bar down about 2 am. Then a bunch of the regulars would play dice (4-5-6) until the wee hours. I remember one time at the fairgrounds, there was an ice cream parlor. Hap liked ice cream and they had some sort of bowl where you could buy something like 25 scoops of different flavors all mixed into that bowl. A couple of us got together and bought Hap a bowl, and damned if he didn't actually eat most of it. There were a couple of rooms up above the bar. Jack used to let some of the old timer prospectors who came to town once in awhile to get supplies, stay in the rooms for free. He was a good soul. - Steve Burkholder Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:38:19 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-7 I was there 1977.I lived with my uncle Bab Bigovich. He was very good friend with both of them. I loved them as my family. I remembered that Hap tried to learn my language. They are always in my mind. God Bless you both. Regards Melita - melita Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:35:02 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-6 :D Happy Birthday Hap. Gone but never forgotten. Hap and Jack together forever in God's care. God Bless you both and may you both RIP. Loved and missed forever. Hap's Sister, Bev - Beverly Nelson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:44:11 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-5 John, glad to see you're open there amid all the construction around you. Any chance you can get a group of patrons together to wave into the live News Miner webcam? Thx - Andy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:50:31 +0100 http://bigi.alaskansavvy.com/comments-guest-book/menu-id-12#comment-4 :)Hi, Glad to see this web site and comment area. I was a regular at the Big I during the pipeline days and knew people like Ham bone, Jack and of course Hap. This year met Hap's sister through the Arctic Cam site at the News Miner, and because of that, found out I was the only one who'd taken pictures of any of Hap's stage productions; I shot Pipeline Fanny for Hap in July '78. I was shocked and proud at the same time! Last time I saw Hap was in 2003, on a visit to Alaska to say farewell to a terminally ill friend. I always stopped in on my visits to Fairbanks to raise a glass to the old days. I live in Eagan, Mn. now. Hap, rest in peace. Jon - Jon Rukavina Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:42:40 +0100