Good morning from sunny Norway!

[trigz]

My last effort has been archived:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1636843

Ach, we'll have to start from scratch again then.
This morning the papers are full of how Kerry won last night's debate, which makes for a good start to this last working day of the week.

Good morning!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Good morning !

:hi::bounce::hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce: :hi::bounce:

[strizi64]

2. Good morning from cloudy Switzerland

but the day is sunny, John did a great job last night :)! Bush is toast...

[happyasaclam]

3. good morning

from rainy Australia. Yeah, appears he did kicked arse, caught a little bit of it on SBS news

[KT2000]

4. Good morning from the still dark

NW Washington State in the U.S.

I was hoping the whole world was listening to Kerry in the debate. So many of us want better relationships in the world and are mortified by the mess Bush has made.

[izzie]

5. Not Norway Maine?

We also have a China, Paris, Lisbon, Poland, Denmark, and it is to early to recall the rest of our great place names.

[LynneSin]

6. Keep the guest room clean....

....because if Bush steals the election we're all moving in with you!!

[Donkeyboy75]

7. Same thing being said here

in rainy windy Ireland.

[trigz]

8. Whereabouts in Ireland? (nt)

[Donkeyboy75]

9. Cork.

[trigz]

10. Went there once. Rather disappointed really

Then again, my expectations were maybe a little steep after travelling the south coast. Ireland is great. :)

[Donkeyboy75]

11. It's nice once you've been here a few weeks.

But nothing compares to the countryside.

[Stockholm]

12. All the Swedish media is in agreement as well (even Repugs)

Kerry kicked *´s ass last night!

[lgreen]

13. Where in Norway?

I did my AFS exchange near Molde. It's very beautiful there, and the people are so nice.

[trigz]

15. I live in the only city in Norway. Oslo :)

[KitSileya]

20. Hey, I resent that!

Oslo isn't the only city in Norway!

KitSileya
-Trondheims-vekj i Bergen-

[trigz]

21. Bergen and Trondheim are villages filled with village idiots

Only joking. Or am I? :D

[KitSileya]

22. You better be.

But seriously, hi! It's nice to see other Norwegians here :)

Høstferie!!!!

:D

[BurtWorm]

25. I'm alerting Aschroft! You said something foreign!

:hi:

(I visited Bergen in Dec. 1992. It was lovely! And dark.)

[KitSileya]

26. Actually, having had an American boyfriend,

who's currently in the Air Force, working on sensitive material (intelligence analysis), they already know who I am. He has to admit to his foreign girlfriend everytime they renew or up his security clearance. I wouldn't put it past them to have checked up on me, and my activities on the net. There's a reason why I'm not taking the chance of returning to the US until after Jan 21 if Kerry's elected.

As for my 'foreign' word, that was just Fall break! (Norwegian schools have Fall breaks, remnants of the time when most of the pupils were needed on the farm to harvest potatoes - as a teacher, I get to share in the bliss of vacation, even tho I have a ton of paperwork to do.)

And all of Norway is dark in December. It's got to do with the latitude. It's not called the land of the midnight sun for nothing (and corresponds to midday night during winter.) Alaskans experience the same.

KitS

[trigz]

28. Oj, er du norsk. Trodde jeg var alene her...

Hvor er du fra?

(Sorry about this to the rest of you :D)

[KitSileya]

29. LOL

Som jeg skrev, jeg er ei Trondheimspie som bor i Bergen.

Jeg antar du er fra Oslo.... :p

KitS

[trigz]

30. Damn right, cowboy

Antar at Bergen er et kjølig sted å være om dagen...

[KitSileya]

31. Ikkeså kjølig, men våt!

De siste dagene før helgen var veldig fine, strålende sol, men idag begynte det å regne. Heldigvis er jeg ingen pyse fra Tigerstaden, vi Trondhjemmere er ikke tatljatte, vi tåler regn! :p

:) KitS

[trigz]

32. Hmf...

...har ikke noe fornuftig å si, tenkte jeg bare skulle sparke tråden min oppover en gang til før jeg legger meg. Selvopptatt, der altså.

Ellers: Er fra Lørenskog, men bor i Oslo. Viktig presisering. Selvsagt er ikke trøndere redd for dårlig vær, det sludder jo 45 uker i året der oppe, hø-hø-hø-hø-hø :)

[KitSileya]

33. Vel, jeg ville ikke gått så langt.

Men Trondheim har en ganske ustabil værtype, ja.

Kan jeg spørre hvordan du oppdaget DU?

[trigz]

34. ved en tilfeldighet

husker ikke hvordan jeg fant sida engang, men det var i forbindelse med en artikkel jeg skulle lage om presidentvalget. blei jo fenga av Top ten conservative idiots-lista og etterhvert fant jeg veien inn på forumet.

Men det er ikke flere norske her, tror jeg?

[trigz]

35. GOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING!

This morning, my wife found 200 kroner hidden away in one of my trousers. What a glorious day, the awful weather notwithstanding!

Have a glorious Sunday! :)

[KitSileya]

36. Finding money is always a positive surprise....

Have a wonderful Sunday yourself.

I'm working this weekend, so no rest for the wicked.

[trigz]

39. hur är det?

sliter med arbeidsmotivasjonen i dag, gitt...

[Renew Deal]

67. F'n foreigners, come here and take over everything.

:D

[trigz]

69. Just wait four more years and there'll be an Austrian in the Whitehouse...

God forbid...

[Larry Tyler]

95. worked for Germany

Oh, wait a second,, as I recall it did not work as well as they had envisioned.

[drumwolf]

14. and good morning to you from not-so-sunny San Francisco!

A few questions:

(1) How popular is Turbonegro?

(2) How famous and/or infamous is Varg Vikernes?

(3) How popular (or/not) is Bush? (I'm sure everyone can guess the answer to that question.)

[trigz]

17. Great, a Turboneger-fan! :)

Your answers:

(1) In Norway, extremely popular. Their last CD "Apocalypse Dudes" is in my opinion the very best rock'n'roll CD ever released by a Norwegian group. They're Norway's biggest band and enjoy a massive popularity here. I've tried to get tickets for their last three concerts in Oslo, but they were all sold within something like 10 minutes. I know that Turbo is quite popular abroad and also in the US. (They call themselves Turboneger in Norway)

(2) Well, he only burnt down a dozen ancient, 1000-year old stave churches, founded black metal and killed his best friend in a rather horrific manner....so he's famous, all right. He's not a satanist anymore though, apparently he has converted to nazism and is now a fanatic nazi. Still a major league c*nt though, mind you. He's jailed for 21 years for the murder back in 1993, but will probably be out on parole in 3/4 years' time.

(3) We can't stand him. I saw a poll the other day where 7% of those asked would have voted for Bush. 90% would have voted for Kerry. Says it all really.

Anything else? Ask away, I love educating people on the craic in my country! :D

[miss_kitty]

16. Good morning from sunny Seattle!

Give a big helllllllo to my Norwegian relatives!

[trigz]

18. Will do, if you tell me where they live :) (nt)

[miss_kitty]

19. oops! mislaid that address book

found the calendar i had from the visit in 1991, when i made entries in NORSK! the only thing that convinces me that it's been 13 years since the visit is that I don't remember much Norwegian :(

[Mizmoon]

23. Hello from sunny New York

that's it ... just a hello :)

[UrbScotty]

24. Good afternoon from partly cloudy Michigan, USA!

:hi:

[vinnievin777]

27. Hello Norway and everyone

My ex is from Norway ---
I love Norway.
Hope everyone out there in the world is happy and well,
Vinnie
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Katha]

37. Hullo from rainy England!

I'm going on a date tomorrow with a man from a small town south of Oslo. Hurrah for Norwegians!

[trigz]

38. It's another week, yes indeedy

Today, weather forecasts are warning me about a storm set to hit Oslo this afternoon, with extreme rain and a generally miserable attitude. The football match I'm due to watch tonight will be an even more torrid affair than anticipated, then. Great!

Have a good day!

[trigz]

40. Good morning

Damn, I've picked up a bad cold. So bad, in fact, that I'm about to go home from work early for the first time ever, more or less. This will only get worse, I fear. I have a notorious tendency to get sick easily during winter. And it's only the 5th of October!

Good, healthy morning to youse! :)

[trigz]

41. Shite...

I went to a job interview today, and screwed up. Possibly the most shite job interview I've ever given, which makes me a depressed young man this afternoon.

Have a ....oh why do I bother...

[trigz]

42. Depressing day today...

...I can't get over the disappointment over giving such a shite job interview as I did yesterday.

Hmf. At least I'm still alive. Have a good one...

[trigz]

43. 'morning!

It's Friday, and tomorrow will be all about football as Norway take on Scotland in Glasgow.

Have a nice weekend, my mood's slightly better today :)

[Swamp Rat]

44. Godmorn trigz

I guess it's time for me to get some sleep. :boring:

Good luck finding a job.

[trigz]

45. i feel i should point out...

...I already have a job, I'm just sick of it :)

[vinnievin777]

46. Good Morning

Again
Vinnie
http://www.vinnievin.com

[trigz]

47. Good morning!

I slept nearly 11 hours last night!! Can you believe it??

Good morning! Tonight Norway will crush the Scots at football. Well, unless they crush us. Stay tuned!

[Rhiannon12866]

48. I'm sorry that you had to start from scratch, again

I intended to reply to the photo of the handsome lads on your team. But you seem to have attracted quite a following on this thread. Just know that you can always count on me to look for you, though I do, unfortunately, sometimes miss a day or two. I'm sorry.:shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

49. Okay, here's the photo

And that's you, second from the right in the back row, the best in a group of handsome lads!:-)

[trigz]

51. You flatter me as always, you well-spoken female ;-) (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

58. Thanks! You know that I meant what I said!

The other day, I found out something that I didn't know, that Norway is a member of the coalition of the willing! I had no idea! Al Franken was talking about it, that Norway has sent 10 soldiers that are stationed in Kuwait, repairing vehicles! Bush* should have mentioned them in the debate, rather than harping on Poland, since the very next day, Poland announced their intention to withdraw...

[trigz]

61. Ashamedly, I must admit we are

Thanks to the spineless hyenas in our Government. Something like 90 per cent of the population were and remain opposed to both Bush and the Iraqi war, but they sent troops none the less. They're claiming that our lads aren't participating in any hostilities, as well. Soldiers returning from Iraq have emphatically stated the opposite, as you'd expect.

[Rhiannon12866]

62. I was surprised, but not shocked, to learn Norway sent troops

An overwhelming percentage of the British population opposed this war, and took to the streets by the tens of thousands, to protest, as well as the Australian people. Here in the United States, tens of thousands took to the streets, including me and my friends, but Bush* ignored us, a warning by Nelson Mandela, the U.N., his Secretary of State, the only member of his administration who has served in the military, and his own Congress, in his rush to preemptive war. It's turned around to bite him, but he still isn't backing down. He claims to have made no mistakes, which is not human and very scary. I imagine that the reports you've heard about Norwegian soldiers being involved in hostilities are true, though I would think that Al Franken would be the last one who'd be afraid to report the truth. Let's hope that the Norwegians really do remain in Kuwait. More Americans were killed, today, and some American soldiers are refusing to undertake what they call "suicide missions" because things have gotten so dangerous in Iraq and they lack the proper protection. I think this phenomenon can only spread, once this story circulates.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041015/NEWS01/410150366/1002

[Skittles]

50. GOOD MORNING!

Susan :hi:
(paternal great-grandparents were all from Trondheim)

[trigz]

52. 'morning!

Monday morning blues, but tonight there's a table hockey tournament as well as baby swimming with everyone's favourite Norwegian toddler!

Good morning!

[trigz]

53. Good afternoon!

Nearly 5pm over here, and just about time to go home. There f- all to do at work these days, and I'm boring my pants off.

Good afternoon!

[Bruce McAuley]

54. Thanks to the Norski's who bought the ad in the NYT!

I think it was great they got $5000 together for an ad to Bush in the New York Times. You guys keep us honest and show us how it CAN be.
Have a good evening!
Ta det rolig!

Bruce

[trigz]

55. Thanks, but I must correct you

It was the Washington Post, and the price for the ad was $50,000. That said, yes, I'm happy it all went according to plan. I signed the petition and thus contributed to the campaign myself.

[trigz]

56. So, Wednesday...

...nothing at all to do this afternoon, so I'm idling in front of the computer, playing the magnificent games available at www.yetisports.org

Check it out :)

Good morning!

[trigz]

57. Thursday!

My wife & son have left for the bright lights of Gjøvik, her home town, to visit my inlaws. Myself, I'm going tomorrow, but in the meantime I'll have an evening filled with a six pack of beer and a pizza. Aaaaah, gotta love that! :)

Have a jolly nice day and GO KERRY!

[Nightowl_2004]

59. Top of the morning to ya!

Oh wait, That's Ireland....

:silly:

Seriously though, good morning from a sleepy American about to go get some rest for the night.

[Baja Margie]

60. Hola from Baja........

and tell your friends Kerry is going to win this.

[trigz]

63. Top o' the morning to youse

I'm in the cold, rainy city of Gjøvik this weekend visiting my inlaws, and as you'd expect, it's...cold, and raining like there's no tomorrow. That's Norwegian autumn for you.

Good morning :)

[Rhiannon12866]

64. Good morning to you!

It has been raining here, as well. A typical New York autumn. I have to take my dogs to the vet this week, 40 minutes south of here, but when I checked the weather, both on TV and on-line, it showed rain every single day, for the next seven days. It's rained two out of the last three times I've driven there, once so hard that I had to pull over, since I just couldn't see, and the other time I was stuck in a store, since it was teeming too hard to make a run for the car. I hate rain, but snow is worse.;(

Good morning from rainy New York.:-(

[trigz]

65. Monday, bloody monday

Lillestrøm drew 0-0 at home to Bodø last night in the third last match of this horrid season. We had rain, moist air and 5 degrees centigrade and hence froze our collective arses off. There were two scoring opportunities during the match, it was played at the pace of a snail during the first half and that of a DEAD snail in the second, and everyone went home angry, disappointed and annoyed. National newspaper Dagbladet sum it up beautifully here:
"Cold. Boring. Crap."

At least that shit is behind me now - good morning! Winter is fast approaching here! :)

[trigz]

66. Hello from Snore-way

Damn it, nothing is happening here today. What's happened?!!!

Come on, tell me something funny to brighten up my day, I'm so bored I'm about to crap my pants just to know how it feels!

Have a nice day, all! :)

[Bruce McAuley]

68. Good afternoon to you from another dull place...

Beautiful Republic, Washington.
How dull is it here? We don't have a stoplight in the entire county, or even a fast food franchise. We have 3 and 1/2 people per square mile because it's mostly National Forest, and our weekly paper NEVER names names for fear of losing half its purchasers, and the old time families are a strange mixture of Native Americans and miners and ranchers/loggers. Snowmobiles are allowed on the main street in winter.
Having lived in Norway many years ago, I know it's even MORE dull here, and that's saying something! Maybe we could apply to become a part of Norway, we sure could use your health-care system here, and Norwegian isn't too hard to learn! We DO have the only broadband cable-internet system for 40 miles in any direction, though!
Life is GOOD in dullsville!
:hi:

Bruce

[trigz]

70. That does sound boring :-)

Although our health system really isn't all it's made up to be. The queues of people waiting upwards of a year for vital surgery in the public hospitals would testify to that...

I love the fact of snowmobiles being allowed in the streets during the winter, he-he! :)

[Droopy]

71. Hola, senor. Como estas?

Oh, wait. They don't speak Spanish there. It's Norwegian I guess.

Anyway, glad to see you. I think this is the first time I've posted on one of your threads.

It's about 3:30 am in Ohio right now and we've been getting drizzle for the past few days and about 50 degrees F.

Do you follow American sports much? And if so who are you rooting for in our baseball playoffs?

[trigz]

72. God morgen! Eller ettermiddag, selvsagt.

(sorry)

No, I don't follow American sports, although ice hockey is ok. I'm a huge football fan (that's football, not soccer), but if you ask me anything about baseball or american football I would be clueless. Sorry ;)

[trigz]

73. Good afternoon!

It's coming up to 4.03 pm and in less than half an hour, I'm going home. Hooray!

Have a nice day!

[Rhiannon12866]

74. So what are your plans for the weekend?!

Soccer? Babysitting? Church-going? LOL!:D

[trigz]

77. Working, and a friend's son's 1st birthday

Other than that, I'm going over to my dad's house to watch a couple of games of footy, I suppose. On Sunday, I'll probably be working at Lillestrøm's penultimate league match for the regional tv station I'm connected with.

[Rhiannon12866]

81. You are involved with football, aren't you, LOL!

What do you think of the American baseball playoffs, or don't you care? This has become a huge news story, over here, because Boston hasn't won a world series since the early part of the last century, supposedly because they traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees, their traditional nemesis, and a playoff series has never gone to seven games before.
:wow:

As for me, I had intended to watch political movies with some friends and march with Kerry signs in the downtown district of my, mostly Republican, small town. But it was called off because the founder of this group is going away. Maybe it's just as well, since there's always the chance that we would have been run over. My mother said that she saw a car with a Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker, this afternoon, and wondered with "the a**hole" was (her word), then noticed the license plate and realized that it was me.
:kick:

[trigz]

83. Baseball and that...

...well, I can't honestly say I care, but obviously what Boston has done is a magnificent effort, coming back from 0-3 in games to win the playoff series. It even made the evening news here last night, which REALLY is saying something. Baseball & american football are non-sports here usually, so I was surprised to say the least to see it on the news last night. Well done Boston :)

I might be coming over to Boston in March, actually. There is something called the Euro League in table hockey, and this season Boston has been added as an extra tournament to aid the emerging North American table hockey community. Prices are a bit stiff however, so I will probably have to postpone it until next season, but sooner or later, I'll be there :)

(the Americans aren't too good at table hockey anyway, so I'll probably win the whole damned tournament, which would make a nice change from finishing 8th or 9th in all the tournaments in Norway!)

[Rhiannon12866]

90. Have you ever visited the U.S.?

I told you that the closest I have ever come to Norway was a brief visit to Finland, which I always thought I'd like to return to. Boston is one of my favorite cities. It is a big city, but doesn't feel like it, since it is comprised of neighborhoods. I hate big cities, but felt totally comfortable in Boston. Let your friends on DU know, since there are a lot of DUers in Boston, like Will Pitt. I am about five hours away.

It would be really cool if you won. I'm sure that you'd get a lot of support from your American DU friends.:-)

[Skittles]

75. hey trigz

I work with a guy from Finland who immediately on sight tagged me as Norwegian (my dad's family was 100% Norwegian).

I'm thinking about checking out Norway one of these days - how do they feel about Americans?

[trigz]

76. Hello!

Many Norwegians are a bit apprehensive about Americans these days, thanks to what Bush & co. have been up to over the last four years. But it's not as if you'll be met with hostility here, especially not if you're an outspoken anti-Busher :)

We're pretty open-minded over here and if you'll come over, you'll have a good time I'm sure. Word of advice though: It's nearly winter here, meaning 5 months of crap weather. Come over in May, it's a lot nicer!

[Skittles]

78. oh screw the NICE WEATHER

just finished seven months of Texas summer - no wait - OCT 20 it was 93 DEGREES. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. I'm ready for COLD AND ICE!!!!!

[trigz]

79. We could always swap lives you know! (nt)

[trigz]

80. Good morning from sunny Norway!

Actually, it's nearly 4 pm already, so it's time for me to go home in a bit. Looking forward to that,

have a nice day over there :)

[Rhiannon12866]

82. Greetings from wet, rainy, cloudy, chilly Northern New York

I had to go out of town, today, and, as usual, it started raining just as soon as I got in the car, going both ways. My vet said that we'll wish for weather like this, once the snow starts.:-(

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sun while it lasts!:hi:

[ze_dscherman]

84. Good morning from sunny Germany!

A not-to-cold, blue sky autumn morning here. And what's better, the weather forecast for this weekende is good! I'll be going for a two day bicycle and hiking tour to one of my favourite places.

Greeting to all DU'ers! And have a great weekend, too.

[enigma-e]

85. Ach!

Ein Landsmann/frau! Es gibt also noch Hoffnung für Deutschland!

Greeting from me too, and have a real good WE, everyone!

[ze_dscherman]

88. Noch andere

Kellanved ist auch Deutscher und postet regelmäßig hier, meist in LBN.

Schönes Wochenende - a great weekend to everyone!

[trigz]

86. Guten Morgen!

Ich wisste nicht, dass es deutscher gibt auch zu dieser Website! (is that correct?)

Friday, lovely Friday. Nearly time, now. Nothing going on here anyway, but good news; I'll try to update my blog! over the weekend! :)

Good morning and good weekend!

[ze_dscherman]

87. Not quite

Ich wusste nicht, dass es auf dieser Website auch Deutsche gibt.

But please, don't ask me anything in Norvegian, I only know lutefisk and smorrebrod (spelling?). And one joke said to be Norvegian:

Q: How does a German prepare smorrebrod?
A: He invades the kitchen ...

Hope to see your country sometime soon, I'd love to do a bicycle tour to Nordkapp and to Lofote Islands.

Btw, there are more Germans on this board, e.g. kellanved.

[trigz]

89. Ach, verdammt! Vielleicht das näschten Zeit!

(Now, I know that sentence I just wrote MUST be completely wrong :D )

Sorry about that, it's been something like nine years since I practised my German (which used to be quite good. Hmmm)

Q: How does a German laugh?
A: He doesn't. ;)

If you're going to bike to Nordkapp and Lofoten I'm sure you're aware of the distance, but I'll repeat it anyway: Something like 3000 kilometers from the German border. And that's just one way :)

Aber willkommen in Norwegen! Ich liebe der FC St. Pauli!

[ze_dscherman]

91. Don't worry about your German

Most important was I could understand you. I learned quite some Italian and Spanish just from travelling and talking a lot, and believe me, I made (and make) a lot of mistakes. But I generally find that people are very pleased if you honour their native language.

And yes, I know the distance to Nordkapp. That's why I won't do it anytime soon, having only limited time for holidays. The distance itself is no problem, I can cover 80-120 km per day for a long time.

Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende - here the weather is, contrary to the forecasts, pretty wet.

[trigz]

92. A dull Saturday, today...

Went out to see my brother, his wife, and my parents together with the wee one and the wife. Changed tyres on my car, always a piss-off, that. Now - back home with a pizza in the oven and wondering what happened to my spare time...it's already dark, and the time is just 6.15 pm.

Autumn and winter in Norway is so fucking depressing...well, I hope your Saturday is more exciting, at bloody least ;)

[Rhiannon12866]

93. Mine was too, and I made pizza, as well

My toppings were mushrooms, sliced orange pepper and sliced tomatoes, and, of course, sauce and cheese. What were yours, LOL?!:D

I hate the getting dark early, part, myself. I went out at 6:30pm, and it was almost completely dark. I hate this, since I have "night blindness" and need to drive slowly. People get irritated and pass me, honking their horns. I hate driving at night.:-(

[Rhiannon12866]

97. A Kick, my friend, to keep this going

I hope that you had a great weekend.:-)

[trigz]

98. Thank you. Yes, a nice weekend

it was, although somewhat spoiled by another crap outing from my football team last night. They drew, but at least there's just one more match to go this season.

[Rhiannon12866]

103. Well, I wish you luck!

You have to win the last match of the season!:kick:

[cliss]

94. Greetings from Oregon.

(we're a little closer to the equator!)

We just came back from a wonderful vacation to Sweden. We tried to make it to Trondheim, but didn't quite make it. We did make it to Östersund. Too beautiful for words. And fjällen. I can't wait to go back again.

Hälsningar från en svensk.

[trigz]

99. So you're swedish?

I wonder how many nationalities are represented on this board!
Hei tilbake, hvordan er livet i Usa? ;)

[LuCifer]

96. You in Norway? You lucky!

Damn! I'd love to live there, verses South FloriDUH! Not only would my vote actually count, but I could wear my punk clothing (vinyl, leather, etc) and NOT swedt to near death!

Lu Cifer, is there any chance for a new Ice Age any time soon?!

[trigz]

100. So, Monday afternoon...

...a quiet but irritating start to the week, as neither the server, passport programs or accounting programs in the consulate would start. Grrrr.

Have a nice day, y'all! Only a few days and it's election time! Keep your peckers up! :)

Edit: And that, incidentally, was the 100th post in this thread. Now for 1000.

[matcom]

101. dude. good morning already.

[trigz]

102. Is it? Good for you

although you have some straaaange grammar, man...

[Rhiannon12866]

104. You must have run into matcom before

He's always this way...:shrug:

[trigz]

106. Nope. I just don't understand what he wrote. Dyslectic, perchance? n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

108. No, I just think he makes it a point to be outrageous and silly!

:shrug:

[trigz]

109. Well, I don't get it...

then again, I'm Norwegian

[Rhiannon12866]

110. Many of us on DU, who are American, don't either, so don't worry

about it. He tries to be outrageous and very silly. He can be amusing, and has become quite a character on DU. I cannot say that I always get it, but I don't get many things, like how one single person in the U.S. could possibly support George Bush*, especially given the horrific news, about Iraq, of the past few days.:shrug:

[ze_dscherman]

105. Einen sonnigen guten Morgen!

A sunny good morning!

Temperatures here are going down, chestnut trees have lost most of their leafs already, and I will probably take two days thursday and friday.

Have a great day, all of you!

[trigz]

107. Meanwhile, in Norway, everything sucks. Oh yes:

*It's cold. Really cold. Like zero degrees cold
*I've got a cold. It sucks
*I didn't get the journalist job I had applied for with the tv company I've worked for the last three years as a freelance reporter. The editor said he couldn't say whether there is any possibility for me to get a regular job there in the future instead of working ridiculous hours for shit pay and said I was free to quit if I wanted as well, just to put salt in the wounds. The fucking bastard.

[Rhiannon12866]

111. I'm really sorry for your bad news, though I can sympathize

The job market in the U.S. really sucks, as well, though we have someone to blame. Bundle up, take vitamin C and begin looking for a better job. We know that you're talented. Because this idiot just can't see it doesn't mean that nobody else will. Just don't burn your bridges, since you have a baby at home.:-)

[ze_dscherman]

112. Hope you get better!

Won't try to console you with whining about how much my job sucks. Well, your cold will get better, spring will come even to Norway, and who knows what the future will hold with your job?

Good luck!

[trigz]

113. Wednesday is here...

...and voilà, this morning for the first time this winter, there was ice everywhere. The kind of thick, dense ice that just won't get off your windscreen no matter how hard you scratch.

Took me nearly 15 full minutes to get the bloody thing off and take off to work, but at least there are some good news: One particularly huge prick that went to school with me years and years ago, and bullied a lot of people, myself included, was in today's newspaper: The filthy bastard has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for manslaugther after doing a hit and run on someone. Vengeance is mine, hahaaaa!

Good morning! :)

[Paradise]

114. Should * remain in office, although that is NOT going to happen,

THICK, DENSE ICE will be in my future!

God dag! :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

115. Thanks for the reassurance

I am truly afraid of 11/2 and the election and know that I'm not alone. I am also afraid of winter. I have a sturdy new car, but I can't deal with the show and ice, either.:shrug:

[Paradise]

116. Kerry will win if this election is fair and honest! Need I say more? nt

[Rhiannon12866]

126. Well, so far, this hasn't always been the case

I cringe to hear the reports coming out of Florida and Ohio, and early voting isn't allowed in most states. I'm just very afraid that things will turn ugly on Tuesday, as has been repeatedly predicted. Also, if it's close, it could wind up in the courts again. They say that a few thousand lawyers are ready and waiting, but how much of a mess would that turn out to be? What I'm counting on is that John Kerry will win by a substantial enough margin to head off a recount. We also keep hearing, by the likes of Joe Trippi and Jesse Jackson, that the thousands of newly-registered, very young voters, could make a substantial difference and they haven't been counted in any of the polls.:shrug:

[trigz]

117. Good morning on a bleedin' freezing Thursday!

Little laddie Aksel woke me up in a brutal fashion this morning: My wife had taken him into our bed when he woke up around 5am, and as I was lying there around 8am, half-asleep and getting mentally ready to get out of bed and go to work, the wee 'un is already awake - he grabs my chest hair with both of his little hands and pulls. So, this morning I woke up cursing and in pain. Jesus F H Christ, that hurt!!!

By the way, here's something I found on the 'net today:
http://www.killhim.nu

It's a Norwegian site dedicated to collecting enough money to put a bounty on GWB's head and have him shot, although I think it's rather tongue in cheek...


Good morning! Guten morgen! Buon giorno! God morgen! I'm getting an international readership on this thread, which is only nice :)

[ze_dscherman]

118. Good afternoon!

Did you infect me through the net? I had finally taken two days of holiday for a looong weekend (Monday is a public holiday around here), planning to do some biking through the autumn woods. Woke up with a pretty sore throat.

But, thankfully, no kid pulling out my chest hair!

Some rain here, but not very cold.

[trigz]

119. Friday, with a vengeance

It's full moon these days, which invariably means that I can't sleep. I'm buggered today and at the moment, the only thing that lightens me up is the fact that tomorrow will be the last league match in this shitty season for Lillestrøm, and I'm having a day off on Monday. So all is not bad :)

Good morning!

[trigz]

120. A Friday treat: Look at this happy little boy!

Aksel has already taken a liking for football, as you all can see :)




edit: How the heck do I make the pictures turn up, physically, in the post? Now I type in the URL, and the only thing that comes up is a link to the picture and the text "Image". Why?!

[ze_dscherman]

121. Hi trigz,

could be some feature of geocities that doesn't allow the picture to appear. Your code in DU seems to be perfectly valid.

Have a good, loong weekend!

[trigz]

123. Yep, I think that's the problem

I'll be using photobucket for pictures from now on I think. Anyway, nice son I've got there, don't you think? :)

[Rhiannon12866]

127. He is adorable!!!

Thanks for sharing this picture! It's priceless!
:loveya:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

122. Maybe if you rename the image so the .JPG ending is in lowercase? (nt)

[trigz]

124. Nope, that only messes up the link...

...making it faulty. Understand it if you can.

[trigz]

125. Good evening!

2-2 in Lillestrøm's last match today, but delight, delight: Arch rivals Vålerenga LOST the league title on the last day of the season, on goal difference.

Schadenfreude is sweet indeed! Good evening, all :)

[trigz]

128. Yahoo! A day off! And here's a real treat for you all:

It's Monday, but delightfully, I'm not at work with today being a bank holiday in Italy. So, I'm at home playing with my little son and beautiful wife -

now, if THIS
doesn't qualify as a classic picture I don't know what does. That's Aksel under water, wearing a home-knitted yellow and black hat with the writing "FUGLA" (Lillestrøm's nickname) in front.

Hope that lightens up your day - now go vote and throw the Filty Maggot out of the White House. GO KERRY!

[trigz]

129. Today's the big day! Kick some fucking arse, Democrats!

I'm cheering for you like mad from over here. Kick the cokehead out of the House and bring democracy back to the USA! Go democrats!

[ze_dscherman]

130. Gooooood morning, it's E-Day!

Whish I could vote!

Trigz, that underwater picture is great! Fugla - does that mean bird?

[trigz]

131. Spot on

"Fugla" means "the birds". It's actually an abbreviation of "Kanarifuglene" - "the Canaries" (we play in yellow and black jerseys, y'see :))

[ze_dscherman]

132. Bird=Vogel in German

It's quite interesting to see how many words in ancient nordic and germanic languages are related!

[trigz]

133. Speaking of Germans:

Our new head coach is Uwe Rösler, he of former Manchester City and Kaiserslautern fame. He took over as boss yesterday, in fact. I have high hopes for the big man.

How do you say "Der Uwe, you da man!" in German? I'm making a huge banner for the start of next season, you see (not to hurry, I have until April 2005 to get it done!) :-)

[trigz]

134. I know, the title of this thread is utterly inappropriate today

But life must go on. For you, the fight must go on, too.

Keep the spirit, my friends, Canada is just across the border.

[rot0r_head]

135. You're lucky to be in Norway

and thanks for the kind words.

[trigz]

137. This is a bad election result not just for you,

but the rest of the world, as well. We're fuming over here.

[Bluebear]

136. Canada won't take all of us!

but thank you for the encouragement!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

138. thank you

[trigz]

139. Good morning?

Hopefully the worst disappointment has sunk in and gone away again...

...who am I kidding. I'm half a world away, and I'm still fuming myself.

Good morning, friends. Have a hug from me.