Ok, I'm better again after a really though down period. I assume most of you know about my illnesses. If not, drop me a hint and I'll give you a summary.
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So now the Olympics have started and we are looking forward to possibly 3 gold for Norway today, and a gold medal for Hannu Manninen of Finland.
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From syfilis to avalances
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So now the Olympics have started and we are looking forward to possibly 3 gold for Norway today, and a gold medal for Hannu Manninen of Finland.
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From syfilis to avalances
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War is sad, and it's true that all the soldiers dying is tragic. But people being pro war until one of their own gets killed reminds me of the following Monty Python sketch:
Colonel: Come in, what do you want?
(Private Watkins enters and salutes.)
Watkins: I'd like to leave the army please, sir.
Colonel: Good heavens man, why?
Watkins: It's dangerous.
Colonel: What?
Watkins:...
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Colonel: Come in, what do you want?
(Private Watkins enters and salutes.)
Watkins: I'd like to leave the army please, sir.
Colonel: Good heavens man, why?
Watkins: It's dangerous.
Colonel: What?
Watkins:...
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scandiarose:
sadly and tragicly this is very very true up untill a few years ago you didnt even see combat type scenes in the recruitment ads. you saw get a carrer be set for life type stuff. exotic locations it looked more like a resort ad than military service. then when the kids get there 
they get in harms way and it's OMG! i am gonna die! 
thats why i told my kids when they were very young that military = fighting and war and maybe even getting very hurt. why lie about it ? and why glamourise it? yes war is sometimes a nessesity. sometimes it's folly. but by all means it surely it isnt club med! 
the only chicks you'll truely pick up are dead ones guys. and it's hard to see the world from inside a cargo plane, sub, tank or fighter jet. you will meet people they will interogate kill and tourture you . you may be required to do the same to them or even kill them in cold blood or they may kill you. you may come home you may not you may be mamed physically or mentally your children may be deformed you may not be able to have kids. an army of one? that you may find to be more than true when your out on the field. i am not anti war in any way , but i am pro truth. Warfare is messy at best military service is about defence and often offense it's dangerous and not risk free. tell people the truth. let them decide. 
they get in harms way and it's OMG! i am gonna die! thats why i told my kids when they were very young that military = fighting and war and maybe even getting very hurt. why lie about it ? and why glamourise it? yes war is sometimes a nessesity. sometimes it's folly. but by all means it surely it isnt club med! the only chicks you'll truely pick up are dead ones guys. and it's hard to see the world from inside a cargo plane, sub, tank or fighter jet. you will meet people they will interogate kill and tourture you . you may be required to do the same to them or even kill them in cold blood or they may kill you. you may come home you may not you may be mamed physically or mentally your children may be deformed you may not be able to have kids. an army of one? that you may find to be more than true when your out on the field. i am not anti war in any way , but i am pro truth. Warfare is messy at best military service is about defence and often offense it's dangerous and not risk free. tell people the truth. let them decide. Sorry I didn't update yesterday. My parents were visiting, and I feel it is bad form to be spending time on the computer when they come here to visit. I am sure you agree.
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Now some of you may have noticed that Norwegians rearly have anything positive to say about Sweden. This is because of our history. Sweden had a nasty habit of invading...
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Now some of you may have noticed that Norwegians rearly have anything positive to say about Sweden. This is because of our history. Sweden had a nasty habit of invading...
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zahara:
oh....I thought computers were female because "back in the day" most computer geeks were male and had some sort of sexual fantasy thing going on.... Shows what I know. (Then again, I've seen more than one group of guys giggle hysterically over typing dirty words into a voice program--maybe I just hang out with the wrong people)
btw--kitty's name is Ronin.
btw--kitty's name is Ronin.
scandiarose:
yet another great entry on Ibsen. 
This just in:
Syrians have set fire to the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus to protest at the publication of newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Angry protesters attacked the Norwegian mission after storming the Danish site amid chants of "God is great".
The cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage across the world, following their publication in a Danish newspaper and reprinting in other European...
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Syrians have set fire to the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus to protest at the publication of newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Angry protesters attacked the Norwegian mission after storming the Danish site amid chants of "God is great".
The cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage across the world, following their publication in a Danish newspaper and reprinting in other European...
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scandi_rose:
No kidding Blasphemy is not tolerated even with freedom of the press there is limits of what can and cannot be said. to say or imply that Mahammed is a terrorist and islam is a terrorist religion is dead wrong, to insult islamics is dead wrong. to insult anyone is dead wrong. but to punish a country for the acts of a few is also wrong. Go after the artist and publishers not the embassies. 
i Know they are mad, who wouldn't be? but going after the wrong people just renforces the negitive images. 
i Know they are mad, who wouldn't be? but going after the wrong people just renforces the negitive images. Life is hard, and then you die.
Some very stupid people in Europe has printed some very insulting drawings of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).
I am sad to report that the second paper who printed it was the Norwegian magazine Magazinet. Magazinet is in no way interested in freedom of speach. They just did it to insult our Muslim Cousins.
Personaly I am against freedom...
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Some very stupid people in Europe has printed some very insulting drawings of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).
I am sad to report that the second paper who printed it was the Norwegian magazine Magazinet. Magazinet is in no way interested in freedom of speach. They just did it to insult our Muslim Cousins.
Personaly I am against freedom...
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scandi_rose:
Awsome entry today. I love reading it. i am being to think Ibsen is my new her, next to you of course.
Coretta Scott King died Tuesday, at the age of 78. Thus the fight against race discrimination in the USA has lost another one of its great heroes.
After the murder of the Nobel Peace Price Winner Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, Coretta took on a lot of his tasks, and were after a time seen as one of the most influencial American Blacks. As...
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After the murder of the Nobel Peace Price Winner Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, Coretta took on a lot of his tasks, and were after a time seen as one of the most influencial American Blacks. As...
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zooxanthelle:
Yeah I tried the call your own phone thing... It would be on silent wouldn't it?!
About the State of the Union address:
Apart from not being able to pronounce "nuclear", is seems like Bush has woken up and smelled the fumes when it comes to polution. I want to belive that this is more than words:
"America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
The best way to break this addiction is through...
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Apart from not being able to pronounce "nuclear", is seems like Bush has woken up and smelled the fumes when it comes to polution. I want to belive that this is more than words:
"America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
The best way to break this addiction is through...
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zooxanthelle:
noh no, the party in my pics is last october. I used to have lots of parties at my house when i was at college.
And No i wasn't at your tour because i would have been about 3 years old.
And No i wasn't at your tour because i would have been about 3 years old.
scandi_rose:
Roflmao Brillant piece on Ibsen and in his style at that.
Yesterday I was ranting and raving about the Finish elections. I have now found out that there's a very good reason for it. So with apologies to my Finish friends, here it is:
The thing is that Finish representatives 15th of February 1362 for the first time participated in the Swedish Royal elections. Royal elections? I hear you cry. Yes, in the old days the...
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The thing is that Finish representatives 15th of February 1362 for the first time participated in the Swedish Royal elections. Royal elections? I hear you cry. Yes, in the old days the...
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scandi_rose:
I have allways shunned diamonds. and will continue to do so. as far as carbon emmissions we have a very long way to go but let's get on it. 1000 years isnt long till extinction is it?
goldenmoon:
you wont see it unless you buy it, i'm sorry
this was not done for SG. but i'm happy that you like it. you can see some more on my SITE
this was not done for SG. but i'm happy that you like it. you can see some more on my SITE
Now everybody who knows anything about the Nordic Countrys (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) knows that it is very cold here in the winter. That is why we all hold our elections in the summer or early autumn, when the weather usually is such that we can have people on the streets, handing out pamflets and stuff, and hold outdoors meetings....
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scandi_rose:
That just proves it! see not every gold medal goes to a youngster. 
Bravo to Hanne ! 
see hon us " older" ladies can allways kick butt!
and on the Finland elections, at least they have them and they are not fixed like you know where's (oh i am gonna get in trouble for that
oh an on this FANTASY: Becoming the President of the US with broad support in both houses, so I can really shake up the system. (Yes I know that being born a Norwegian that will never happen, but this is the Fantasy Section)
I would Vote for ya anyday! and hey if they are gonna rewrite the consitution for the Governator i think we can work with a Norgwegian President, After all i know you would do an outstanding job and be far better for the U.S. than you know Who.
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Bravo to Hanne ! see hon us " older" ladies can allways kick butt!
and on the Finland elections, at least they have them and they are not fixed like you know where's
(oh i am gonna get in trouble for that
oh an on this FANTASY: Becoming the President of the US with broad support in both houses, so I can really shake up the system. (Yes I know that being born a Norwegian that will never happen, but this is the Fantasy Section)
I would Vote for ya anyday! and hey if they are gonna rewrite the consitution for the Governator i think we can work with a Norgwegian President, After all i know you would do an outstanding job and be far better for the U.S. than you know Who.
[Edited on Jan 30, 2006 7:14PM]
I was reading the left hand row of favourite music, film, books etc on a page, and was thinking: Wow! This person likes exactly the same things as I do! Amazing! Then I discovered that I was viewing my own page. 
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In Norway we have the worlds shortest place name: . ( is pronounced like the o in forest.) It means river. And the...
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In Norway we have the worlds shortest place name: . ( is pronounced like the o in forest.) It means river. And the...
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tsui:
Thankyou for the sweet comment on my set
zooxanthelle:
haha at least you know you have lots in common with yourself.
ZaharaFeb 24, 2006 09:11 AMLINK
*gasp* where's Scandi!!!
I'm right here