Tom Brion > Quotes

“Snowmachine: A snowmobile in most of the rest of the English-speaking world.  Also a test to see if you are from Alaska, i.e. do you say ‘snowmachine’ or ‘snowmobile’? Sourdough:”
― Tom Brion, Stories I've Heard, Characters I've Met, & Lies We've Told in My 44 Alaskan Years

“After noticing the fuel gauges were reading near empty, I looked out the top window, and I could see the fuel cap was being dragged along in the slipstream by its anchoring chain.  Since the top of the wing was a low-pressure area, it had sucked my fuel right out and overboard. So,”
― Tom Brion, Stories I've Heard, Characters I've Met, & Lies We've Told in My 44 Alaskan Years

“If you have the right attitude, you could be an Alaskan the moment you step off the airplane—but other people can spend 20 years up here, and never make the grade.) Al’s”
― Tom Brion, Stories I've Heard, Characters I've Met, & Lies We've Told in My 44 Alaskan Years