Gooooooood morning over theeeeeere!

We're having an indian summer here at the moment, a very welcome opportunity to rack up another 80 kilometres per day on my nearly-new racing bicycle. Damn, I'm sporty! :)

'Morning over there!

Well, it's overcast and rather chilly today, but what the heck, I'm at work none the less.

Good morning!

I've missed your "good morning" threads. Glad to hear that your normally subzero climate is cooperating. And that you're able to be out and about. How are you and how is the little one?:-)

All is well - Aksel is in excellent form as always, now approaching five months of age. Last Saturday he managed to roll over from his back to stomach for the first time - won't be long until he's walking about I tell you. I'll put some pictures of my little darling on the 'net and give you the link :)

I had been wondering about him and will be looking forward to this! I imagine that he is really adorable, just now! Just don't look so forward to the walking about part. Enjoy the baby moments. You may miss them. My partner, from work, went through hell with his daughter when she suddenly began, not just walking, but running, and did all kinds of unpredictable things, like dropping the telephone into the bathtub, while his other daughter was taking a bath!:scared:

Hvordan står det til med deg? :hi:

Actually, I need to go to sleep for a few hours because I've been up all night.

God natt :boring:

Where did you pick up the lingo?

I also traveled to Oslo, Bergen, around Telemark, visited and performed in the "Cirkus Sibylla" Atrå Rjukan. I play classical guitar and Brazilian percussion... I've traveled all over Europe as a bohemian musician, did research on ancient manuscripts in Spain, went to school in Austria... never been to Portugal, but I'm fluent in Portuguese (lived in Brasil), so I really want to go there and test my skills... I'm too tired to say much more.

I don't really speak Norwegian because I didn't really try, but since I'm fluent in a couple other languages I was able to pick up some things. All I can say now is that I love Norway and I think you are a beautiful people inside and out... I miss fresh Mackerel, mmm! And I've had the best ale in the world (won a championship) in a small tavern called the Lundentangen(sp?) in Skien. I met the King there too for the millennium celebration of the town back in 2000.

I used to live across the street from the Ibsen Theatre... great writer! I miss Vegaland Park too!... dude, I want to talk more and ask you about you, but I'm dead tired.

Ha det bra for now. :hi: :boring:

Sounds like you've had quite a life, man! I'd love to learn Portuguese; actually, as I already speak Italian fluently, that might be next. But I think Spanish is first in line.

As for the ale you mentioned, would it have been Frydenlund by any chance? In my estimation (and that's after living three years in the UK and travelling Europe, sampling some of the finer beers there are), Frydenlund remains one of the very best beers a man can drink.

I live in Oslo myself - come see me sometime!

I miss Oslo. I may take you up on it in a few years... after school. I'm looking for a friend that works with leather and has a shop in Oslo. If you have time, I'd like to find him again because he was such a nice guy - I lost my address book in Schipol airport after "going downtown." :smoke: I wonder why?

So you speak Italian. That's cool. I understand it fairly well because of the Portuguese and Spanish, but also because in music notation we use Italian. I can't say I speak it but I recently watched "Il Postino" without subtitles and I understood almost all of it. Portugües Brasileiro is my favorite of the romance languages, but Catalan is kinda cool too. When I lived in La Seu de Urgell, Cataluña I pick up a little, but I don't remember much. My brother may move to Barcelona, and I have friends there so I might get a chance to go back and try again.

As for the ale, it is brewed in the basement of the Lundentangen bar in Skien... at least that's what they told me. That was the first time I had an ale that was room temperature and discovered that it is BETTER that way (also served in a brandy glass). I tried it cold in a bottle, but it isn't as good.

By the way, I checked out your blog (English version needs some updating huh?). Why the hell did they let that bank robber go on a pass without supervision? Did they catch him? I was in Norway when those two little girls were stabbed to death in Kristiansand. The whole country mourned (as did I), but it amazed me because here in America, this happens every day and rarely do Americans give a shit... minus the wonderful people here at DU. I think our little cyber community is very conscientious and empathetic. :-)

God natt

...actually, it bothers me that I never seem able to get around to updating the bleedin' blog and of course you're right, the English version of it is so outdated as to be scandalous.

The Baneheia stabbings brought out not only grief, but furious anger as well. It was one of the very few times in my life that I found myself supporting the introduction of the death penalty. If I ever get my hands on those two bastards I'll kill them myself.

Gotta do some work now - laters! :)

Before I forget, what is his name and what's the name of the shop he's at? Tell me and I'll look him up for you.

:D

Perhaps Felix Krull or Lazarillo de Tormes are a bit closer. I never did get rich or hook up with Daisy.;-)

is the one in the book, "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's an American classic. But I have no idea what this refers to, unless it's somebody's screen name.:shrug:

How he 'lived like a young raj in all the great cities in the world, collected gems, chiefly rubies', etc. etc.

Just reminded me of that. :D

I wish I knew how to say " good morning " in Norwegian . Thats one of the things I miss about Europe , the Indian Summers . :) :hi:

my gramma was from Henningsvær Lofoten. and i think Oslo is a beautiful city. i have many cousins there, in Oslo and still up in the north in Bodø and in Henningsvær.

no wonder you sound so happy. you live in the most fab place!

...we could throw out our government, all would be perfect, yes...

My football training last night demonstrated how much damage three weeks without exercise can do. Jesus! And tomorrow there's a full match to play. I hope my legs don't feel like they're made of concrete by then.

Apart from that, a gorgeous day here in free Europe! Hurrah!

Good morning!

Actually, today is a shite morning. Couldn't sleep last night, Norway fucked up in our World Cup qualifier last night against Belarus, and I have a headache. Did I mention the weather stinks?

Jaaayzus. Well, only five more hours to go.

Hope you all have a better morning than me!

Last night I played the mother of all insane football games. Allow me to explain:

For those of you not familiar with football, there are typically scored somewhere between 1 and 6 goals a match, a match with 6 goals or more is considered a very high-score match.

Well, last night my team, in division 8, played and lost a match with the score 7 to 6. 7-6! 13 bloody goals, can you believe it?! The worst of it is that the defences weren't really that bad at all, and there were ample opportunity for another five!

Incredible! And I ran until cramp caught up with me, so I'm pretty stiff today. But nevermind - losing has never been this much fun!

Good morning world!

I am so sorry. And a good morning to you, as well, my good friend!:hi:

Today, I've cleaned up my entire storage room in the basement. We're going to turn our "office", as it were, into Aksel's room (that's my son). I can't believe the amount of crap that I've thrown away today!

Have a good 'un over there, my friends!

I was hoping that you hadn't become too busy, with jobs, baby and tournaments, to find time for DU. I'm glad to know that you're still with us. It wouldn't be the same, here, without you. So how is it going? With jobs, baby and tournaments? Glad to hear that the weather's cooperating. You have it worse than even I do with snow and cold and ice. Sorry I brought it up.:scared:

What a fucking day. My Lillestrøm lost 0-4 at home to a shite team from the lower end of the table last night, I didn't sleep until 4 a.m., and now it's pishing down with rain.

AND it's Monday!

AAAAAARGH!

Have a nice one, goddammit! :(

Oh and my blog was updated some days ago - check it oot

Hope that today is better! Will check out the updates and you calm down and have a great one!:hi:

Last night my week of horror continued, as I ended up with the wooden spoon in a local tournament in table hockey here in Oslo, playing some of my worst matches in years...

...but, at least I got some fuckin' sleep last night for a change, and tonight's the big opening of the Champions League in football, so it can't all be bad, can it?

Good morning, or as is the case here, afternoon!

Here's a recent photo of my little Aksel, now approaching five months and already rolling in all directions. He's the only kid in the nursery group my wife goes to that has learned to roll over from back to stomach and vice versa at such an early age - the offspring is showing some promise, then! :)

http://www.geocities.com/pravda_bhk_ml/aksel_rachel.bmp

She has nice hair, LOL! Congrats to you both! You are a very lucky man!:D

Nothing like a pretty baby picture to brighten up my day. :)

Norwegian baby! how handsome he is!

Well, fresh from a short night's sleep I intend to finish what I've started this evening and move the kid's bed into my study permanently. Not all 5 month old babies get 15 m2 all to themselves, so he'd better not complain :)

Seeing Rosenborg lose to Panathinaikos in the Champions League last night made me happy no end as well, so today's actually a rather good one!

Good morning!

As I write we're having the worst downfall of rain in several years here, so big it deserves an extra mention. The entire street where I work has been completely flooded. In less than two hours!

Yikes!

Bloody hell, it's a cold day today. I nearly froze my whatsits off this morning. Brrr.

Other than that, it's a busy day at work!

Good morning!

At least you don't live in Florida, which seems, lately, to have been paying for its sins in 2000. It is getting cooler here, too, and I dread winter. Mine is bad, but I'll admit yours is worse.:-(

Actually, the weather is so shitty, my match tonight got cancelled! 70% of the pitch was waterlogged and there was no way we could play the match. That annoyed me no end as I was really up for it tonight, but - well, beer and chips instead then, I can't really have any complaints.

Slàinte and good evening!

Really, really hard, probably due to hurricane Ivan, though it mainly hit at the Southern part of the country, and I am in the North. But it was very large. And there is flooding here, too, though, mainly, to the South of here, since I live in the mountains. I cannot help thinking that these horrible weather patterns are, at least, partly due to our neglect and abuse of the environment. Sorry about your match. Slàinte back to you. Next time, I will salute you in Polish, my mother's first language.:hi:

So you're only first generation American? Wicked. Where in Poland is she from? Do you actually speak the language then?

Just got back from an evening with a friendly couple. Had a great time and will be looking for the one last remaining beer I just KNOW I have stashed away somewhere...

Stay cool & out of the way of those hurricanes, darling! :)

My grandparents were the ones who came to America, from Poland, though it was considered part of Russia, back then. I know very well where they were both from, since they were both very young and didn't meet until long after they both came here, but I would have to look up the spellings. Unfortunately, I am not fluent. I think my mother is partly ashamed, which I cannot understand, but my Dad, though a very tolerant man who traveled the world, was not tolerant of my mother speaking Polish, so we didn't learn it, which is a shame. When my grandmother was living, I could understand her. However, now I just mainly know words. I am good at polite things, know many words for different foods, but am probably best at curses, since I have ridden in a car with my mother.:evilgrin:

Enjoy your beer and stay above the flood line! Despite the rain, I am safe on high ground, but just South of here, they are in trouble. I should check with my friend in animal rescue and my cousin, who live downstate, to make sure that they still are high and dry. As for the state of Florida, if I were more religious, I would think that God was very, very angry at them.:grr:

Well, I've worked my head off today. The Italian President, Carlo Ciampi, comes to Norway next week, and as you would expect, we have our hands full.

Tonight is the penultimate league match of the season, as Vredens Druer take on the not-so-mighty Hasleb at Frogner stadium, Oslo. Be there if you can (we're short on players! :)

Good morning & afternoon!

Hello world!

I just delivered an article suggestion to DU. Here's hoping :)

Let us know how this turns out! I will be keeping my fingers crossed!:bounce:

For the third day in a row. And we're talking serious urine here, not just a light drizzle. It's pouring down like mad!

And it's only Monday! Damn!

Good morning to you at least, I hope :)

Godmorn!

That is NOT rain!... this last weekend in Oslo you guys drank so much ale and beer that it is REALLY raining urine. :D

:toast:

Either that, or I've lost the use of my nose and not yet discovered that I'm walking around at work stinking like a urinal. Let's hope that's not the case :D

Hot and dry (I will not be cycling)!!

I would guess that you are not in danger from flooding, as are trigz and myself, half a world away, LOL!:D

And for the fourth day in a row, it's raining like mad. I haven't seen this kind of weather for years!

Played a hockey tournament last night and finished third from 11 very good players, by the way. My form is improving by the day!

Oh, and I'll be going to the royal castle today, to meet & greet the Italian President as he arrives this afternoon. So I'll be standing outside for two hours in the rain to appear to be saluting some 82 year old dude who'll not even see me.

Oh, and I'm picking up a cold, as well. Wonderful! :)

Good morning to you!

The rain is over, here, but it has been bad. There has been serious flooding south of here. Congrats on your tournament! Good going! As for meeting the Italian president, what is the occasion? I'd probably be interested, myself, but you have to take care of yourself! You have a little one depending on you. Good morning!:hi:

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It may be morning somewhere, but it's bedtime here (finally).

:boring:

G'nite

Well then, the wee lad has picked up the first cold of his life. His nose is all blocked, which, since babies mostly breathe through their noses, means that last night Aksel barely slept, and neither did we.

I'm having a day off from work to help out around the house today and I'm completely fucked. Bah, I hope I can get at least a couple of hours' nap time before going to see mr. President tonight...

Good morning...

You need it to function. I am so sorry about little Aksel's cold. That must be very worrying for you. He is such a cutie and surely doesn't deserve this. You are a great Dad to stay home to help care for him. Take care of both of you and get and stay well.:-)

The semi final in the Norwegian cup is this evening. My Lillestrøm are within reach of their first trophy since 1989. Needless to say tonight is a seriously massive match for the club. We're up against Lyn at Ullevål stadium, expecting around 16,000 spectators, and if we lose this one, I might well be past 40 before the next opportunity to win some silverware comes along.

On other fronts; yesterday, I shook hands with the Italian President Carlo Ciampi. Which was splendid. Also, I have now been in the same room as the King and Queen of Norway. Which was rather more dull, if you ask me :)

Good morning, I suppose it would be over there now. Here, it's afternoon.

Pray for Lillestrøm tonight! FORZA!!

God damn it, we fucking lost. 0-1 to a bunch of destructive, brutal motherfuckers. May the cocks*ckers burn in eternal damnation.

Well, that's that month spoiled...

You are meeting presidents and hobnobbing with royalty?! I am so sorry that you lost, but this is one for the memory books!:bounce:

We lost that semi final last night, for those that may care. To a team of cheating bastards.

This is a link showing a situation where the ugly bastards broke one of our players' nose. Our coach exploded after that and was sent to the stands by the figlio di puttana referee.
http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2004/09/24/409236.html

We're going back there for a league match in some weeks' time and will break their fucking legs then. Crowd trouble can't be avoided either, I'm afraid. As if their 200 pathetic fans can do anything at all if our 5,000 man strong supporter contingent decide to shut their gobs.

The next five months are ruined. I hate this.

Have a nice day, if you can...

...I'm at home alone with the little'un this weekend. And I'm starting to realise that taking care of a baby really is a full-time job. This morning, Aksel started the day by puking on himself, me and the sofa...

...at least I'm getting a more natural way of dealing with bodily liquids this way. Yuk. But my lad still remains a gorgeous little darling :)

Have a good one.

Why are you on your own with him? I am sure that he's still a little darling, but this cannot be fun. For the record, my mother told me that when I was a baby, I was into projectile vomiting, and look how I turned out. Just a reassuring thought. Hang in there.:-)

:shrug:

Started off by him puking all over, but improved afterwards. Things went quite splendid, and on Sunday evening my mom babysat him so I could go see the football, as well.

and poor you!:puke:

It sounds as if you're really enjoying him and that you're a great Dad. And you're lucky to have your Mom, so you can still keep up with your football, LOL!:D

My famous football team, Vredens Druer, won our last league match of the season last night, thus finishing a respectable sixth in the league. Not at least, I played a good match as left fullback. Which makes this day a rather nice one!

Hope yours is as well! Good morning! Below is a team photo of our heroic XI taken last night (that's me second from the right in the back row)

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Chilly outside, chilly inside today. The weather is cold and last night I had a fantastically spicy dinner. My wife is brilliant!

Good morning!