2nd richest country in the world by some measure I can't remember.
The interest on that stash already covers about 1/4 of current budget
and will cover 100% by 2016 iirc. so they're looking for a way to
motivate people to work...
Jez
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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