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Swine Dreams
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I've been trying to interpret this dream I had some time last year'I was about to take over the family farm with animals and the lot. Before committing myself 100% to the pig sty I enjoyed a last vacation in Cancun, Mexico. The vacation was spoilt psyching myself up to the farming obligations ahead. It was a countdown to the inevitable. Generations of farmers was not going to stop with me (black sheep). In a dim tequila haze I surrendered to the heavy obligations on my shoulders'Back on the...
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?Tele2, you're speaking to Teletubby. May I help you'?
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
?Tele2, you're speaking to Teletubby. May I help you'? That's ?tubby" like in hollow sound. Knock knock, who's there'? Shake shake' nothing in there but empty space! It's a breed of incompetent human beings (IHB), previously found only in Home Affairs. They are oxygen thieves and should according to Darwin not be fit enough to pollute the planet' Home Affairs and various call centres have however protected the specie, causing a degenerated world population and hell for normal people......
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Go to Hell! Sure, but where'
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
As a kid in Norway we used the expression ?Go where the pepper grows', meaning to the place where pepper grow (Norwegian; ?Dra dit pepper'n gror!?)! This was a junior version of ?Go to hell', and one of the worst things we could throw at each other. For years I've been wondering why this was such a cruel thing to say' Even more so, where does pepper grow'!Firstly, nobody had any clue where this was; just that it was a very bad place! Norwegians had probably just acquired pepper and salt for...
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Graduated with distinction
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Forgot to post the story of my graduation in South Africa. Better late than never: I have officially acclimatized and done my African graduation! You may also say I've been corrupted or come down to the South African level (or up to), or however you may see it. Two years in South Africa has given me the right schooling I believe, and I have done (or committed) my first fully conscious and successful bribe! The politicians here are the best examples. All your friends have exciting stories to...
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Africa in my blood'
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Sunday morning we woke up to a clear blue sky and sun. I had to pinch myself twice to confirm that this was not just wishful thinking and part of a dream about sunny days in South Africa. If it's not the regular Bergen weather, industrial smoke pipes usually build up to a weekend downpour of note. The sun doesn't get many chances here. It's less likely than winning in the lottery. Unprepared for this extraordinary situation we were running around like headless chickens. We had to take advantage...
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Troll proofing the house
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
My four year old son is watching The Bridge to Terabithia. It's a bit scary, cause there is a huge troll in the movie. It's a kid's movie, but I did of course not check the age restrictions. Didn't look like anything my son couldn't handle in there. Suddenly I'm bombarded with questions about trolls. ?Calm down'; I'm telling him. ?This is an American movie, and everybody knows the trolls live in the mountains in Norway'. Mountains are clearly visible from our windows. They are huge and close!...
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What the future holds (for Norwegians)
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
One epoch of the Stensby family is over for now, South Africa. Another one has begun. I have followed the steps of my forefathers northwards all the way back to Norway. Somewhat unwilling to follow exactly that path, I expect (hopeful, you have to give me that) that the journey ahead will unfold their logic and reasoning for settling down here. Someday I might understand and even accept'We have landed ourselves back in "the arse end of the world" (Wife's favorite expression), but not amongst...
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Hot Skando Babes Ltd
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Scientists have combined psychology, neurology, economy and gaming theories and developed what they have named Behavioral Economics. One of the founding fathers, Daniel Kahnemann, got the Nobel prize in economics in 2002. Since existing economic models and theories are unable to explain the finance crisis we needed something new.A number of books on the area are already out there, but Dan Ariely's ?Predictable Irrationality ? The hidden forces that shape our decisions' is one of the important...
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Election Reflections
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I'm live streaming 94.7 Highveld Stereo, Joburgs bumper to bumper traffic entertainment number one. Damn, I didn't know just how much I've missed it before now. Over the next few days I will make serious attempts to catch Wackheads morning pranks. If not in the traffic, I would make up excuses to catch Wackhead before doing whatever' Just heard they run amazing (Nandos) election campaigns for ANC these days, So I'm looking forward to some juicy stuff there...I couldn't escape some SA election...
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Ship ohoy!
From South Africa, 10 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Coming to Bergen has been a wet experience although things are picking up a bit now during spring, even in Bergen. The light hours and change in temperature is always pleasant, but more noticeable here in Bergen still is that the sun is stealing market shares from the heavy rain clouds. I've also noticed that the activities at the marinas are increasing. Fond memories from my own seaman days come to mind.After college I was sent to serve my military service, and ended up on a boat. Not a battle...
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