Archives for: July 2008
Not meant to happen
July 29th, 2008Today I wanted to go from Mosjøen, via Herringen over the mountain to Tuven and Bleikvasslia. Down to Korgen, and then over Korgfjellet, to Elsfjorden and back to Mosjøen. I started out in very nice weather with my mountain bike, two bottles of lemonade… more »
Taking the tractor for a ride
July 29th, 2008Here we have two pictures of Loy driving a tractor for the first time in his life. Under the superb guidenance by me he managed to drive it for about 200 meters and park it by the barn. Next time when visiting we must teach him to go in reverse with the… more »
Bikeride from Mosjøen to Sund
July 29th, 2008
I have brought my MTB with me on the vacation, so last Thursday I spent tree hours riding it from my mother to my grandmother at Sund. About 80 kilometres in rain, but the weather was nice and warm so not big deal. The first part from Mosjøen to Korgfjel… more »
Vacation is started
July 29th, 2008
A week ago we started our vacation, leaving our appartment to my family who is attending Norway Cup. On the first day we drove from Oslo via Kongsvinger, Torsby, Mora to Østersund where we stayed at the very nice Hotel Gamla Teatren http://www.gamlateate… more »
Attacked in the morning
July 22nd, 2008Was just going downstairs to drop a letter in the mailbox to my neighbor. When I got back up again I could feel something on my neck. I raised my hand and tried to remove it when I felt it was something that was crawling. I wiped it away, just to realize… more »
Out on the town
July 21st, 2008Yesterday I spent the day out on the town together with my brother and sisters. First we went to see the reptiles in Oslo Reptilpark http://www.reptilpark.no/. Quite small, and after just about half an hour we went on to the Museum of Cultural History ht… more »
Trucker
July 20th, 2008Yesterday I did my time as a truck driver when I had to take the truck which Elins father had used on Friday back to Oslo from Vestreng. To save time he did not return it after work, but instead let me do it. It has been a while since the last time I dro… more »
Gardening work this evening
July 18th, 2008Did some maintenance out in the garden to my in-laws at Vestreng. My first evening this summer spent outside until late doing handy work. Have been a bit to much cycling, but not complaining, because I'm well aware that the story will repeat itself next… more »
There is a bat in my kitchen
July 18th, 2008There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat thats what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat.
Elins mother did a small adjustment to that text earlier today when something wa… more »
The fight against Avena fatua
July 18th, 2008Today I have been a solider in the war against Avena fatua at Vestreng. The oat which is considered a noxious weed here in Norway. It is boring for sure, going there in the field, bending down trying to spot the oat, but the law say that we must do it. I… more »
New old cellphone
July 18th, 2008
I had to replace my old phone, the Nokia 5500 Sport. The microphone did not function properly anymore, so people did not hear what I said. So yesterday I went out to the office to pick up a Nokia N73 which was just lying there. Spent about two-three hour… more »
Why worry?
July 14th, 2008Have read some articles about the new Opera here in Oslo where it gets criticized for not being well formed for disabled persons, in this case the blinds. Here is one of those articles
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/article2533569.ece
I must say… more »
Want to eat the Spanish Slug?
July 14th, 2008If you want to get revenge on the Spanish Slug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_slug, you can actually eat it (yuch!) According to http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2538243.ece you must
1) Put them in salt for 2 or 3 days.
2) Boil th… more »
Friday - Bicycling to Moss with Hans Jacob
July 13th, 2008On Friday we went to Moss to visit Sigrid and Vegard. Elin went with the car a day before me and on Friday me and Hans Jacob, the husband to Elin's cousin, went together on our bicycles. We had a nice ride, good weather even though the wind was blowing h… more »
Grinderman - Grinderman
July 8th, 2008Birthday present from Elin. The last album signed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, with the exception that it is not the Bad Seeds, but Grinderman, a side project. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinderman more »
Hellacopters - By The Grace of God
July 8th, 2008Bought this one a while ago. Super Cd, looking forward to the release of the Nordic Tour dates for this fall. more »
Hillarious commercials
July 8th, 2008Steven Segal and Chuck Norris do commercial for Mountain Dew[youtube]9VYLCP0JeIU[/youtube][youtube]lu1wNxr9Sqg[/youtube] more »
Sex diseases 'double in over-45s'
July 8th, 2008...Sex is not the preserve of the young and gonorrhoea and syphilis are no respecters of age....Increased international travel, internet dating, new drugs to counter erectile dysfunction and overlapping sexual networks may also be factors....
http://n… more »
Funny video by Cake
July 8th, 2008I especially like the comments between 0:55 and 1:10..."Damn, is that it??" ... "How much is it? I take two..."
[youtube]Vd34vJohGXc[/youtube] more »
Please follow the checklist next time
July 7th, 2008Det var ein strålande maidag på Nordvestlandet....
The pilot might have been sick the first lesson, and missed some very important information
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Pictures from all around the world
July 3rd, 2008Was surfing on http://maps.google.com when I turned on "view images" and then ended up on this webpage http://www.panoramio.com/ Yet another service from Google. Must admit that some of the stuff they do is quite amazing! more »
The bus to Anus
July 2nd, 2008Today I had to take the bus to get to Bertel O. Steen to pick up my car. I took 401, did not dare to take 411 more »
Logging machine in the road
July 2nd, 2008This morning on my way to deliver my car to Leon for polishing I was delayed by this logging machine. Not sure what he had done in our neighborhood. Anyhow, not every day I see this on our street, in fact, I have never seen it before.
Here you can… more »
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