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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2004Who in the world lives in Norway?!?!
Dangit, I just checked, it wasn't Lewe. It's not Marina. And I think it's Hans but he's relatively new... Wasn't there *somebody* that lived in Norway around here??? Grace baffled and sleep deprived > Dangit, I just checked, it wasn't Lewe. It's not Marina. And I think > it's Hans but he's relatively new... Wasn't there *somebody* that lived > in Norway around here??? LOL, Grace, we love you anyway. There used to be somebody called Eva from Norway, but I haven't seen her around in a while (several years, I think).  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Sorry that we are confusing you with our little Nordic nations girl! :) Yes, that was Eva. I do think she was around a bit last year - I am sure I chatted with her a few times on the Yahoo IM at least. But then again - time *does* fly ... and I have hardly posted since last summer either .. Me, I'm in Sweden - the country that on the map looks like a funny animal to some around here ... :) But you wouldn't have a map of Burope for reference, now would you?? Lena :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi > > Dangit, I just checked, it wasn't Lewe. It's not Marina. And I think > > it's Hans but he's relatively new... Wasn't there *somebody* that lived > > in Norway around here??? > > LOL, Grace, we love you anyway. There used to be somebody called Eva from > Norway, but I haven't seen her around in a while (several years, I think). >But you wouldn't have a map of Burope for reference, now would you?? Well you know that it's not good to be open about having anything to do with Burope! Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > Sorry that we are confusing you with our little Nordic nations girl! :) > Yes, that was Eva. I do think she was around a bit last year - I am sure I > chatted with her a few times on the Yahoo IM at least. But then again - time > *does* fly ... and I have hardly posted since last summer either .. Nice to see you. I've been wondering if I should ring you to hear if you are alright. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Checking out of ng now to get a map of Svensk and see the "funny animal" (?). Remember, *you* brought it up, Marina....and Lord only knows what the USA map looks like to anyone. Florida alone could be a hot dog, banana, pistol, or..........(snicker). Feeling sorry for those who are in square-shaped States (mainly out west)...no ridicule there. Would there be a new thread: what do people say your State (or country) is shaped like? LOL. : > Sorry that we are confusing you with our little Nordic nations girl! :) : > Yes, that was Eva. I do think she was around a bit last year - I am sure I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : Nice to see you. I've been wondering if I should ring you to hear if you are : alright. Louisiana... A boot Grace > Checking out of ng now to get a map of Svensk and see the "funny animal" > (?). Remember, *you* brought it up, Marina....and Lord only knows what the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > : Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi > : Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > Louisiana... A boot > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > : Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi > > : Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Michigan - - two hands Hold up both hands, palms facing you, left hand horizontal, right hand verticle. I was born on my grandfater Kurtti's farm in Tapiola Michigan, on the knuckle of the thumb of the left hand. Marin Kurtti > Michigan - - two hands Hold up both hands, palms facing you, left hand > horizontal, right hand verticle. I was born on my grandfater Kurtti's > farm in Tapiola Michigan, on the knuckle of the thumb of the left hand. > > Marin Kurtti Hey, you may be a relative of mine! You almost have the same name, too. My name, Kurtén, derives from a place (in present-day Espoo, due west of Helsinki) called Kurtby in Swedish and Kurttila in Finnish. "By" means village in Swedish, and the -la ending in Finnish often refers to a place (as in Tapiola, meaning Tapio's place, Tapio being the ancient Finnish god of the forest, so Tapiola means forest). Do you know where your family hails from? SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Excellent, dude....don't think any other states look like "hands". : > Louisiana... A boot : > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] : : Marin Kurtti >Michigan - - two hands Hold up both hands, palms facing you, left hand horizontal, right hand verticle. I was born on my grandfater Kurtti's farm in Tapiola Michigan, on the knuckle of the thumb of the left hand. >Marin Kurtti My family is from around the pinky (little finger), Traverse City. I've live all over the state, but live in Mass. now. Cape Cod looks lik a fish hook. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. > Checking out of ng now to get a map of Svensk and see the "funny > animal" (?). Remember, *you* brought it up, Marina....and Lord only [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ridicule there. Would there be a new thread: what do people say > your State (or country) is shaped like? LOL. Nothing else. In fact, one of our brags is that we don't live in a boring square state like all those around us. >Checking out of ng now to get a map of Svensk and see the "funny animal" >(?). Remember, *you* brought it up, Marina....and Lord only knows what the >USA map looks like to anyone. Florida alone could be a hot dog, banana, >pistol, or..........(snicker). Feeling sorry for those who are in >square-shaped States (mainly out west)...no ridicule there. Would there be a >new thread: what do people say your State (or country) is shaped like? LOL. Oklahoma - a frying pan SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html At least OK's not square, completely. I drove through that panhandle once, long ago. Saw my first (but not last) buffalo there. : >Checking out of ng now to get a map of Svensk and see the "funny animal" : >(?). Remember, *you* brought it up, Marina....and Lord only knows what the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : : Oklahoma - a frying pan We have a National Wildlife Refuge just to our north. There are thriving herds of both buffalo and longhorn cattle, enough so that there are annual auctions to sell off the surplus >At least OK's not square, completely. I drove through that panhandle once, >long ago. Saw my first (but not last) buffalo there. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >: >: Oklahoma - a frying pan SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Steve, is it the Arbuckle (IIRC) maybe an hour outside of Moore? When my aunt was still alive, as we'd be leaving we always went through there. I thought the wild cat pens were extremely small. Loved feeding the llamas and giraffe though. Grace > We have a National Wildlife Refuge just to our north. There are > thriving herds of both buffalo and longhorn cattle, enough so that [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Steve, is it the Arbuckle (IIRC) maybe an hour outside of Moore? When my >aunt was still alive, as we'd be leaving we always went through there. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> thriving herds of both buffalo and longhorn cattle, enough so that >> there are annual auctions to sell off the surplus No, though I know what you're talking about as I've been there as well. The one I'm talking about borders Fort Sill, just north of Lawton. The long horns and buffalo are pretty much free range, so if you're unlucky you can go and not see any. Usually, though, you'll see quite a few, and it's not unusual to have to stop while they cross the road. There's also a sizeable section of the refuge which is closed off to the public. Before I retired from the Army and took up this landscaping business I used to spend quite a bit of time fishing in the many lakes on the refuge. I once had a close encounter with a buffalo, which decided it wanted a drink where I was fishing. I was fishing on the back side of the lake and heard something crashing through the woods behind me. There was no way to make a quick escape, so I ended up wading out to a rock about 10 yards offshore and watched the monster take a long, half hour, drink before he wandered back through the woods. BTW, since I took my rod with me I fished off the rock for a couple hours before coming back to shore. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Before I retired from the Army and took up this landscaping business I > used to spend quite a bit of time fishing in the many lakes on the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > took my rod with me I fished off the rock for a couple hours before > coming back to shore. Yes, but did you catch anything, other than seeing more buffalo than you wanted? Pam S. >> Before I retired from the Army and took up this landscaping business I >> used to spend quite a bit of time fishing in the many lakes on the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Pam S. Well, don't remember if I caughty anything that day or not. Actually, the fishing on that lake isn't very good, but the scenery is great. Since my fishing has always been catch and release, I never worry about much about catching fish, anyway. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Steve, is it the Arbuckle (IIRC) maybe an hour outside of Moore? When my >aunt was still alive, as we'd be leaving we always went through there. >I thought the wild cat pens were extremely small. Loved feeding the >llamas and giraffe though. Grace, we lived in Moore for 13 years. Arbuckle Wilderness is about 2 hours south. I recall the place very well, and not really in a favorable way. I hated them keeping the monkey in the gift shop, dressed up like a kid. It just didn't seem right. The last time we went the kids were very small though--it was a long time ago. I also remember the youngest kid ate more of the wildlife food they gave us for the animals than the animals got. Or what they didn't spill in the car fighting over it. Me--mmmm--ooo--rrriiiies... Sherry LOL. My best memory is when we stopped at the giraffe, and he stuck his tongue (LONG!) into the food bucket. Problem was that the bucket was in my mother's lap, inside the car! Did you know giraffe's have black tongues ;) It was fun when I was a kid. If I remember right, the llamas and long horn cattle had a large roaming space, likewise for the ostrich and such. But I don't agree with the idea of giving some folks a bucket of food and letting them in to feed animals indiscrimantely anymore. It seems too dangerous to me. Some idiot could think it's funny feeding them other things. Everything else seemed miserably cooped and caged. Grace > >Steve, is it the Arbuckle (IIRC) maybe an hour outside of Moore? When my > >aunt was still alive, as we'd be leaving we always went through there. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry OH.. and it's been umm.. ten years myself since I've been through there. I hope they've changed things. > >Steve, is it the Arbuckle (IIRC) maybe an hour outside of Moore? When my > >aunt was still alive, as we'd be leaving we always went through there. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry Oklahoma is...a pan. Hop, you reminded me of the time my first-grader was playing "beauty shop" with DH. He was lying on the couch, and she was brushing his hair straight back. This was when the hairline was seriously receding. She said, "Oh, look. Daddy's hair looks like Florida." Sherry > Oklahoma is...a pan. > Hop, you reminded me of the time my first-grader was playing "beauty shop" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sherry rotflmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Oklahoma is...a pan. > Hop, you reminded me of the time my first-grader was playing "beauty shop" with > DH. He was lying on the couch, and she was brushing his hair straight back. > This was when the hairline was seriously receding. She said, "Oh, look. Daddy's > hair looks like Florida." ROFL! Out of the mouth of babes... Finland looks like the head of an elder woman wearing a funny, two-peaked hat. -- Marina LOL the Florida hair. Monkey in the gift shop! I (probably along with Pam) would have made a new exit door in that gift shop if I'd seen a loose monkey (no fear; extreme dislike). Did the thing ever bite anybody? The reason I really can't stand them is a childhood memory (don't ever let anybody tell you toddlers won't remember stuff). : Oklahoma is...a pan. : Hop, you reminded me of the time my first-grader was playing "beauty shop" with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : : Sherry > LOL the Florida hair. Monkey in the gift shop! I (probably along with Pam) > would have made a new exit door in that gift shop if I'd seen a loose monkey > (no fear; extreme dislike). > Did the thing ever bite anybody? The reason I really can't stand them is a > childhood memory (don't ever let anybody tell you toddlers won't remember > stuff). Rob's head currently looks like negative Florida. Please don't tell him I said that, he says he doesn't care about not having a normal head of hair, but I remember how upset he got when one of us told him that he had a dime sized bald spot where the hair swirled out from the top of his head. Funny thing is that the chemo and radiation have left a line across his head from one ear to another and an inverse Florida from his front hairline in towards the back of his head, but have filled in that little dime sized bald spot. On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob didn't tell me that the Dr called and told him this until over a week later when I was fussing about him needing another appointment so that Dr Williams could tell us about his MRI results. I'd been stewing and worrying in private for over a week. Pam S. > LOL the Florida hair. Monkey in the gift shop! I (probably along with Pam) > would have made a new exit door in that gift shop if I'd seen a loose monkey > (no fear; extreme dislike). > Did the thing ever bite anybody? The reason I really can't stand them is a > childhood memory (don't ever let anybody tell you toddlers won't remember > stuff). Rob's head currently looks like negative Florida. Please don't tell him I said that, he says he doesn't care about not having a normal head of hair, but I remember how upset he got when one of us told him that he had a dime sized bald spot where the hair swirled out from the top of his head. Funny thing is that the chemo and radiation have left a line across his head from one ear to another and an inverse Florida from his front hairline in towards the back of his head, but have filled in that little dime sized bald spot. On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob didn't tell me that the Dr called and told him this until over a week later when I was fussing about him needing another appointment so that Dr Williams could tell us about his MRI results. I'd been stewing and worrying in private for over a week. Pam S. who would have run from that gift shop, screaming, if forced to go in there. I also have child hood memories. > On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no > change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob > didn't tell me that the Dr called and told him this until over a week > later when I was fussing about him needing another appointment so that > Dr Williams could tell us about his MRI results. I'd been stewing and > worrying in private for over a week. That's great news, Pam! I'm really happy for Rob, and you. Too bad you had to stew and worry for over a week for nothing though! Purrs will continue for Rob to improve, or not to get worse at least. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >> On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no >> change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album This really is great news. Tell him your putting a pad by the telephone so he can write a reminder to tell you news in the future!! Karen > This really is great news. Tell him your putting a pad by the telephone so > he can write a reminder to tell you news in the future!! > > Karen That is so great!!! I'm very happy to hear this. I was going to say that in all likelyhood Rob could use the excuse that he forgot ;). His short term memory isn't what it was from what I remember. Grace > That is so great!!! I'm very happy to hear this. > > I was going to say that in all likelyhood Rob could use the excuse that > he forgot ;). His short term memory isn't what it was from what I > remember. His memory is not what it used to be, but still.... He does have a pad by the phone. I put it there when I was living on that side of the bed. But that doesn't mean that he'll remember to read the note pad:-( Ah well, I still love him. And he's still doing ok. I can live with learning a little later than I'd like that his tumors are not growing. Pam S. >> That is so great!!! I'm very happy to hear this. >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Pam S. Well, he just has to write it down. You can check it every once in a while :) Karen >>> On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no >>> change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Karen Boring ditto post. I'm really glad Rob's tumors haven't grown. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. >> On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no >> change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >to stew and worry for over a week for nothing though! Purrs will continue >for Rob to improve, or not to get worse at least. Piggy backing, since it seems I missed the earlier post. Great news, and continued purrs for no-growth in the futuer SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no > change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob > didn't tell me that the Dr called and told him this until over a week > later when I was fussing about him needing another appointment so that > Dr Williams could tell us about his MRI results. I'd been stewing and > worrying in private for over a week. That sure sounds familiar. I can't hear well enough to use the phone. And between the grandsons who take calls and forget, and a spouse who doesn't think to tell me, I really have a hard time knowing what is going on. I've started checking our caller id just to see who has called so I can ask what they called about. Jo I'm so very glad for both of you - this is such wonderful news! Too bad Rob didn't tell you the news at once. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip>> On a happy note. Rob's latest MRI, a couple of weeks ago, show no > change with his brain tumors. This is really GOOD news. Of course Rob > didn't tell me that the Dr called and told him this until over a week [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Pam S. who would have run from that gift shop, screaming, if forced to > go in there. I also have child hood memories. >Oklahoma is...a pan. >Hop, you reminded me of the time my first-grader was playing "beauty [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Sherry My father was stationed in Florida for a while during his time in the Army. He said that the most popular nickname for Florida among the soldiers was "penis of the nation", due to its shape and position. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria That's what the "snicker" was about. After the last presidential election, the state had an even worse nickname which we will not go there here, and it wouldn't be far from your dad's military-time one. : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : =3+QZ : -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Lost Swedes? > Dangit, I just checked, it wasn't Lewe. It's not Marina. And I think > it's Hans but he's relatively new... Wasn't there *somebody* that lived > in Norway around here??? All right, I confess, I live in Norway. Not at all a bad country to live in. Not only we have one of the world's best developed social services and free health system, we also have five weeks paid vacation a year! It's cold here in the winter but spring, summer and fall are beautiful. Here is a link to what CIA thinks about Norway today: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/no.html SignatureHans "Hans Schroder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote: > All right, I confess, I live in Norway. Not at all a bad country > to live in. Not only we have one of the world's best developed > social services and free health system, we also have five weeks > paid vacation a year! It's cold here in the winter but spring, > summer and fall are beautiful. Yeah, if not for those winters, I would consider trying to live in Scandanavia, at least for a while. (Sweden and Denmark have similar social programs, don't they?) Do they let people come and live there for, say, 4 months? (ie, May-August :))? I would love to be there for the summer solstice! How hard is it for a foreigner to come and work in countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark, for a short period? I love where I live, it's home to me, but I wouldn't mind trying out some other places, too, especially places that have common sense about taking care of their populations! Joyce - some of whose ancestors come from Norway (3rd generation) > Yeah, if not for those winters, I would consider trying to live in > Scandanavia, at least for a while. (Sweden and Denmark have similar [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce - some of whose ancestors come from Norway (3rd generation) About the working over in these parts you'd have to check with the Embassy or Consulate of that country about work visas and residence permits. Here are the addressess to their websites: Sweden: http://www.swedenabroad.se/ Norway: http://www.norway.org/ Denmark: http://www.denmarkemb.org/ And, just in case you're interested, Finland: http://www.finland.org/en/ SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > About the working over in these parts you'd have to check with the > Embassy or Consulate of that country about work visas and residence > permits. Here are the addressess to their websites: [snip] Thanks! Joyce > Thanks! I think it's fairly easy for Americans to get work permits in Scandinavia. At least, I know of lots of Americans working over here in the IT business. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki On second thoughts, maybe you should not consider Finland, Joyce! I found this while looking for something completely different on the web. ROFL! http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/08/13/1726241.shtml?tid=111 SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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