Spent this week reading a book about the Black Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death Very interesting book which first let you know how the people reacted on the plague back then, as we know it by the written material form back then. Then is let you know what the plague really was, and how they found the reason for the spreading, at least some of them, the plague was in fact spread by fleas, both human and rat fleas.
A bit of malfunction yesterday when out bike cycling. Was supposed to go on a ride with Petter, together with the rest of Rye, but take a closer look at the picture – my chain ring should be mounted on my bike, not be in my hand!!
My eyes are getting weary. My back is getting tight.
I’m sitting here in traffic on the Queensborough Bridge tonight.
But I don’t care ’cause all I want to do
Is cash my check and drive right home to you.Cause Baby, all my life, I will be driving home to you.
http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/king-queens.htm
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My latest book, The Forgotten Soldier written by Guy Sajer (a pseudonym). A really good book about the brutality of war. In fact so good that when I yesterday wanted to buy a new book I realized that I was tired of books about human beings and how we are not able to learn from the history, but instead keep doing bad things all the time. Anyhow, more details about the book is available here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Sajer and if you are at least a bit interested in the Second World War, buy it and read it.
Today I struggled trying to decide what to do, go out with my MTB, or my racer bike, or lift weights, so after hours of trying to make a decision I ended up running. I have not done an hour of running in more than two years due to my injury after running 5 marathons in one year. My legs are feeling a bit sore, but nothing extraordinary taken in consideration that it is two years…
I ran around Lutvann, took me an hour…it’s good to be back! (Hopefully)
My mum came on a short visit yesterday, and from my grandma she brought a large supply of raspberry jam. As usual when grandmas does stuff involving food it is not just a small portion, so the picture shows Elin putting ten boxes of jam into our freezer. I tasted the jam this morning, it was delicious, so all honor to my grandma
This weekend both me and Lars Tormod tried the combine harvester for the first time at Vestreng. According to the Glende girls father we both need to plan for the future and learn the skills needed out on the country side. So there we where, doing time in the combine harvester for the first time on Saturday. So now I can put that on my resume as well
And just to mention it, the wheat I was harvesting at the time the picture is taken is off course timely fashioned since it is ecological wheat
Update: According to my former colleague Kåre Christian I was not harvesting wheat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat but oat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oat. Big difference…
I was about to call this post “Trailer accident”, but that would have been to strong words. Yet again I was out with the old tractor at Vestreng, and yet again the trailer was unmounted without my agreement from the tractor. The first time 2007/04/23/trailer_unmounted_from_the_tractor
This time I took a shortcut just right across the road, over the ditch and on to the field. When the tractor was down in the ditch I heard a sound of metal on the tarmac, no problem usually, just keep on driving…but this time the trailer was unmounted and nicely parked right across one of the driving lanes. So I had to run after a rope and then pull it out on the field. The picture is taken after the heroic rescue
Just had to take a picture of the various utensils Elin has gotten hold of the past time. To the left you see a tool for separating the mango fruit from the mango stone, in the middle the well known IKEA-tooling to split apples and to the right a steel soap. What to do with a steel soap? It removes the smell of garlic and onion from your fingers, as I’m told since I have not tested it myself…
The soap: http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=13111
The word “utensils” http://www.city.davis.ca.us/cmo/citycode/detail.cfm?p=17&q=617