Archives for: March 2008
No Country For Old Men
March 30th, 2008Tonight Elin and I went to the movies and watched the last movie made by the Cohen Brothers "No Country For Old Men" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film). Really worth while I must say! more »
Van Halen - 5150
March 30th, 2008When driving to Lillehammer a couple a weeks ago for Jens and Kristins wedding I needed some new music, so I found this classic one at ICA... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_(album) more »
Racine in concert
March 28th, 2008Tonight Espen, Loy and I went to Elm Street to see Racine in concert. Does not ring a bell? What about Wendy James and Transvision Vamp? Not the most impressing music I must admit, but the whole package was fun, I guess about 40 people at Elm, 10 of the… more »
Arvid Bryne - "Vi sloss for Norge"
March 24th, 2008My latest book is written by Arvid Bryne - "Vi sloss for Norge", a book about Svein Blindheim Norwegian WW2 hero and Bjørn Østring also WW2 hero, but fighting for the wrong side. The book has been criticized for not digging enough into Østring and his pa… more »
LOV 1995-02-24 nr 12: Lov om helligdager og helligdagsfred
March 22nd, 2008No work tomorrow...
§ 1. Lovens formål: For å verne om det gudstjenestelige liv og den alminnelige fred på helligdager og for å gi høytiden ro og verdighet, skal det være helligdagsfred i samsvar med reglene i denne lov.
http://www.lovdata.no/all/… more »
The coldest night
March 22nd, 2008I heard on the radio today that last night was the first night this winter where The Norwegian Meteorological Institute measured at all measuring spots temperatures below zero. more »
Spring is here
March 18th, 2008When walking home from the shop earlier today Elin pointed out that the Coltsfoot, or Tussilago Farfara, already have said hello to the world. The spring is early this year...
The small yellow dots are the flowers, the picture is taken with my cell ph… more »
My bike ride on Saturday
March 18th, 2008I took out my MTB on Saturday for this years second ride. The weather was nice and I wanted to see places I've never seen before, so first I took a quick stop at Simen to say hello before I went to Ulvøya, Ormøya and Malmøya. I must say I was really impr… more »
Styrkeprøven - Den lange veien hjem
March 18th, 2008My latest book "Styrkeprøven - Den lange veien hjem", a book about Den Store Styrkeprøven (The Great Trial of Strength) which is a bike race from Trondheim to Oslo 540 kilometers long. As I know, the worlds longest bike race in a single stage. Aksel Selm… more »
It's hard to be a nissemann
March 18th, 2008Yesterday a guy from the Netherlands on his way home from Helsingfors (Helsinki) to Amsterdam refused to board the plane because he had seen 5 men from Iraq acting suspicious. What had they done? Two of the three men had handed their bags to the three ot… more »
Action in our neighbourhood
March 15th, 2008A 83 year old man tried to escape from the police earlier today, and after crashing into a police car he ended up crashing into a house. 83 years old!!! How strange is that?? And it all happened just a few blocks away from where we live...
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Best tv moment ever at home
March 15th, 2008Yesterday we went out to eat at Mother India, then we stopped by Skedsmo's at Bislett before we went home at about midnight. When at home I turned on the television and we started watching a show called something like "Top Grammy Performances". The list… more »
Funny quoute
March 14th, 2008A man gotta believe in something...I believe I have another beer more »
We have bought a new camera
March 13th, 2008Today I went down to Fotovideo and bought a new camera, a Canon 400D. Together with the camera I also bought a EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=152&modelid=7307 The pictures I can ta… more »
Funny names in Denmark
March 11th, 2008Got it from Lars Tormod. At least for us who speaks Norwegian, these names are kinda funny http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT.... more »
Never smile at a crocodile
March 6th, 2008This guy should obviously have watched The Muppet Show a bit more in his childhood years
The story http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/03/06/528925.html
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Not like the rest of the bunch
March 6th, 2008Freddy dos Santos just won 10.000 NOK for being the best player of the match. He donated all the money to Amnesty http://www.amnesty.no/web.nsf/pages/D10DA743F3FF7E82C125740300501CBD Good to know that there are some guys with common sense playing soccer. more »
Less luggage due to fat people
March 5th, 2008According to the article http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2008/03/05/528825.html we might in the future see a decrease of the weight we are allowed to bring with us when traveling with planes.
I suggest we start weighing in the total weight of both th… more »
The mentos trick
March 4th, 2008You might already have seen what happens if you put Mentos in Coke, but ever wondered what happens if you put in beer, especially Carlsberg?
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Quiz about Texas gun laws
March 4th, 2008You don't need much knowledge to get many correct answers, just answer the opposite of what can be considered common sense in our part of the world at least, that should give you a good score http://crime.about.com/library/blgunquiz_tx.htm
Why did I d… more »
TvNorge needs to be educated
March 3rd, 2008Watching the news on TvNorge this evening. They were reporting about the incident at the Hamburg Airport where a plane almost had an accident when landing in strong wind. The reporter on TvNorge first described that the pilot did not have control of the… more »
Taking the lavatory for a ride
March 3rd, 2008Out at Vestreng earlier today, I have cleaned up the ditch along the road in the back of the picture when I got some spare time. What to do I thought, and started tearing down the outside lavatory standing next to the old barn. So I took it for a ride, a… more »
Pink Mini - why?
March 3rd, 2008Saw this one on the highway here the other day. Why, why and why buy a car with this color? Girlie!! more »
Smashing Pumpkins in concert
March 3rd, 2008Got the ticket to the concert from my cousin Sigurd, he is kind to me :-) I know of S.P from their hits back in the -90's, but I have no cd with them. That is sometimes a huge drawback when going to a concert, and this time was one of them. And when the… more »
Henrik Elvestad getting the ride of his life
March 1st, 2008Henrik Elvestad together with Henning Solberg in Spain. Fun to watch
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New brand
March 1st, 2008At Claes Ohlsson they have low prizes, no wonder since they sell brands I've never heard of :-)
Something for Astronomer Mot Orddeling http://folk.uio.no/tfredvik/amo/ more »
My first bicycle ride
March 1st, 2008I've read reports that this winter is the warmest ever known, meaning the past 100 years since they did not keep records before that. I'm not shocked, today I mounted my newly repaired front wheel of my off road bike and with my 4 layers of clothes I wen… more »
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