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Comment on Signs of a nanny state?? by kristina

kristina — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:26:40 +0000

excellent post! this is so true! I couldn’t stop laughing when I read this. I am glad that the doctors don’t hand out medication left, right and center like they do in other countries I’ve lived in, but I must say I do miss living in England at times -I didn’t realise what a luxury it was to pop into Boots for my lemsip until I moved back to Oslo. Sigh. I’m half Norwegian and even I find it hard at times with the control over ‘drugs’ here. I’m not even allowed to buy 2 (two!!) boxes of paracetamol in one go at my local apotek for fear that I may overdose! yikes

Comment on Shock…Horror….it snowed here in Norway by DN

DN — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:54:30 +0000

Just a wee note to encourage continued posting – I have enjoyed reading the blog the last couple of years (Scot married to a Norge)

Comment on The Last Polar Bear by Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:56:52 +0000

I cant figure out who is the bigger fool, the lying camera man who took the picture which is not very far from land or another large ice cap, or the morons that read and believe this propoganda. This bear as all polar bears are excellent swimmers and climbers and like to venture out and play and look at their surroundings just as this bear did. It is not so dumb as you dense people are to believe that this bear actually sat there and waited long enough for the ice to melt from underneath it. Lets forget about the fact that it would take weeks to happen, but the bear has the ability to swim over 100 miles at a time with out a problem. So I suggest you do your research and stay away from liberal bias web sites.

Sad but true, Ron White said it best, “you cant fix stupid.” And thats what you believers of this nonsense are, just plain stupid.

Comment on The Last Polar Bear by Bobi2shoes

Bobi2shoes — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:53:23 +0000

Poor polar bear. its sad that the world is so cruel. Hopefully this isnt the last polar bear.

Comment on Shock…Horror….it snowed here in Norway by Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:03:18 +0000

Good to see it’s not just the Brits who overreact to season changes. Do the Norwegian press also have an equivalent for “It’s snow joke”?

On an unrelated note, how would you summarise living costs in Oslo (without swearing!)? I know alcohol and eating/drinking out are exceptionally expensive but roughly what would you multiply British living expenses/incomes by to get a ballpark Norwegian equivalent?

Thanks in advance and for your entertaining posts.

Comment on The Last Polar Bear by M

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:47:07 +0000

perhaps it was forced on the ice/global warming is crap or a scam as some say (which, i will advise you to tune in to at least on programme in natgeo/discovery channel/read the IPPC report on global warming/read the news for goodness sake if you think it is crap)/just playing, or whatever reasons there are given up there.

Truth it, if this photo is able to at least make us think abt what we are doing to our planet, and help some of us take concrete actions to reduce our carbon footprints, then i think it did its purpose.
Even if you do think global warming is rubbish, will it benefit you or any other creature on this planet if you carry on with your wastage and not attempt to make even a tiny effort?
And if you think everything will die anyway, you are right. But why make death faster, and not enjoy a good quality of life, not only for yourself, but also other creatures, while you are living?

Comment on U folks shld speak proper like i do by jooles

jooles — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:35:29 +0000

Greg, buy a UK ip address and then logon to bbc/itv online and download tv shows to your hearts content

Comment on The Last Polar Bear by wha....?

wha....? — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:04:21 +0000

morgan:
(1) screw up entire universe…long time till thats possible…the universe is ever growing
(2) everything is dying…not the invasive fish…thats a plus
(3) everyone is going to die…well thats gunna happen with or without global warming and thats because of God
(4) cars are made by natural beings from natural elements, how can it then magically be turned unnatural
(5) is it mass weight or force weight when you measured the positive and negative ‘ones’
(5a) rephrase, sounds like you for cars…
(6) I’ll be dead before I have to pay the price hopefully
(7) God Bless

Comment on The Last Polar Bear by Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:52:03 +0000

WHO GAVE HUMANS THE RIGHT TO SCREW UP THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. Everything is slowly dying thanks to global warming, invasive species of fish, fertilizer, pesticides, forestry, sport hunting, and the listt is ENDLESS. who ever said it was humans who rule the world is wrong. eventually everone is going to die and it’s all because of humans. Since we made more advanced technology we haven’t realized the large effects we are causing on the ecosystems, environment, etc. we were supposed to travel by foot. cars are unnatural and the negative effects outweigh by thousands the positive ones. Everything that was not made naturally is killing the world somehow and we will all pay the price sooner or later. Get out your Bibles and start praying.

Comment on …some more reasons why I love living in Norway – part II by weehaggis

weehaggis — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:02:31 +0000

I can’t speak as an American (being a Scot) but I suggest you checkout Karla’s blog at http://karlastories.blogspot.com She can probably give you a better answer to your question.

Which is better will very much depend on you outlook on life. If your a dedicated mallrat then dont even think about coming here The first thing you’ll notice is the huge increase in the cost of living. The cost of groceries is so much much, while the available choice is so much less. Oh, and make sure the that you have a someome with defibrillator ready for when you find out the cost of buying and running a car.

But, even after saying all that, it is still a pretty good place to live