I had one of my life's most pleasant señorita encounters in Oslo a
long time ago.
For sure you do not move to Norway for the climate, but other aspects
of life there are not bad. And as Piers points out, it is one of the
very few countries to use their oil wealth sensibly.
Nathan
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On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Indeed, the home of the ski, excellent fish (we'll gloss over the
> hvalbiff
> which isn't fish, of course), and it's generally not too hot -
> though I did
> once find 36 Celsius to be a bit too much.
>
> Hmm, and a state pension fund valued at about US$400bn for a
> population of
> about 5million.
>
> But no red dust storms (can't have it all, I suppose!).
>
> And we won't mention the señoritas (Spanish is not widely spoken).
>
> Over to you ;-)
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Fildes [mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 October 2009 11:40
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Come on down...
>
> Norway?!!!! Skis, herring and it's coooold!
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 06/10/2009, at 7:46 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
>> .... But why settle for second best?
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Fildes [mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 06 October 2009 07:18
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: [OM] Come on down...
>>
>> ...after all, what's so good about bloody Norway?
>> <http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-ranks-second-for-
>> quality-
>> of-life-20091005-gjej.html>
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>
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