It has been 28 days since the remodel began. Without being too optimistic, we are ahead of schedule a few days and there does not appear to be any major issues getting in the way of an on time completion. The cabinets arrived last Friday and will be installed this week just in time for Nadya to get back from Norway. I’m not sure when the appliances or granite will arrive but that is...
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Higher Ground
This I can see from my apartment window: 6847 20 minutes of huffing and puffing later I could see all the way to the North Sea: 6839 6843 up the harbor to the bridge to Eigeroy: 6831 And town (with thumb). This is the harbor where I live. 6851
I won an award for my fjords
6773 It’s really prettier here in this corner of Norway than the pictures do justice. That may be true of all of Norway, but I’m trying to acknowledge that Norway is half again as big as my home state. Someone who has only been to Cannon Beach might be surprised by Gresham, no? My favorite scenery in the US is comprised of areas with wide vistas: Death Valley, the San Juan Mountains, the Grand...
Random things about Norway
The light switches are right side up Unlike the British, the Norwegians trust me with a hairdryer in the bathroom They don’t concern themselves with Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters Gas appears to cost $10/gallon The North Sea oil platform, Ecofisk, has its own weather forecast on the local news Yes, it’s a bit electrically minded. This is the price you pay for reading the blog of two electrical engineers.
17 May
May 17 is Constitution Day in Norway. It’s the essential National day holiday, like our 4th of July. One of my co-workers and his wife kindly asked me to join them to watch a parade and have lunch on the water. The day starts at 7 am with explosions. Fortunately people at work had warned me about them! Apparently it used to be traditional to fire canons, but not they just use dynamite. There...