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mihto
Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 3273 Location: West coast of Norway
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Slim wrote: |
Erikht wrote: |
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Norway, NZ, Canada - somewhere with cold winters, warmish summers, and some room to stretch my eyes out a bit |
Well, language wouldn't be a problem here, as most people speak english, and the winters isn't that cold - at least not on the coast. And farmland is reasonably cheap. And there are okay with jobs. |
Men jeg har lyst til aa laerer Norsk! (egads I'm sure I slaughtered that sentence) |
Just saw this......Well done, you!
The only thing you need is a keyboard with �, � and � in it and you'll be writing a play by Ibsen in no time :lol
Have you ever visited Norway? With your knowledge of the language you would become very popular!
Back to the discussion as such: we have quite a few Brits living and working here. Many are married to local people. It seems they are doing OK, but there are complaints about the climate and the price of beer.
Quite a few Norwegians leave for warmer shores once they retire. Then work is not an option. We are infamously not learning Spanish, Italian and French, however. Shame really, but when people are past 60 years they seem to be happy with what they know. Learning a different language at that age is difficult.
I have lived for some time in South Africa and I cannot ever see myself living there again. I'll brave the rain, wind and dark winters here with ease, just to be feeling safe in my own home. One day of sunshine here makes up for a lot of dismal winter days |
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6613 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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mihto wrote: |
Slim wrote: |
Erikht wrote: |
Slim wrote: |
Norway, NZ, Canada - somewhere with cold winters, warmish summers, and some room to stretch my eyes out a bit |
Well, language wouldn't be a problem here, as most people speak english, and the winters isn't that cold - at least not on the coast. And farmland is reasonably cheap. And there are okay with jobs. |
Men jeg har lyst til aa laerer Norsk! (egads I'm sure I slaughtered that sentence) |
Just saw this......Well done, you!
The only thing you need is a keyboard with �, � and � in it and you'll be writing a play by Ibsen in no time :lol
Have you ever visited Norway? With your knowledge of the language you would become very popular! |
I lived there for half a year when I was 15
Hard to learn the language when everyone speaks flawless english! |
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6613 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ixy wrote: |
Slim wrote: |
Ixy wrote: |
is that the beer I should be getting used to? |
Depends on your budget. It's the best of the really cheap beers (30 rack for $10 when on sale) and quite popular among hipsters |
what's a hipster? budget...hmmm, unless i get real good at PBR real quick...not a lot
hey, new england, isn't there quite an ox-scene there? |
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Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat. |
(from https://www.hipsterhandbook.com/)
There are a few animal traction farms around, and some folks that log solely with oxen. I don't know much about it, but you can check out: www.draftanimalpower.com
(wait a minute! I've just poked around their oxen section, and it would appear that you're already a member! well they seem to be based out of Vermont, like me ) |
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Mrs R
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Barefoot Andrew Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 22780 Location: In the 17th century
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earthyvirgo
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 7972 Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan
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Barefoot Andrew Downsizer Moderator
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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Erikht
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
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