We are part of the EEA. The agreement between the EU and the remaining EFTA members. (Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Switzerland.) For Norway’s part it means we adopt the legislation as national law (we can veto, but seldom happens) and are part of the inner market but not the customs union. Also special agreements on energy (oil) agriculture and fishing. We have no representation in the parliament or the commission. We participate on beurocratic level but cannot vote on anything. (I represent Norway in two 'group of experts" and two administrative cooperation groups) GoE discusses things on a higher level AdCo lower level and market surveillance. We have a voice, but always a little bit apart.

Well Switzerland is hardly doing it to appease NATO “allies”. Yeah I know they are sort of allied adjacent.

I am not saying that the countries are not doing these things. But are they doing it to curry favor with TACO Trump?

Game of Thrones. To much a period drama.

The fuck we are. This sounds like psyop

I have mixed experience with Electrolux. Tho’ it has excelent representation in Norway. V-Zug looks really interesting, but only sold in Switzerland and Germany… Perhaps Denmark.

Got a “entry point” Miele about 9 years ago. Same experience as you. If they have started compromising on quality I don’t know where to go… Asko is now Gorenje and produced in China, and have not pulled out of Russia.

Thats a great feeling. I did extremely low level tech support for other students while at uni. in 2003 (Think issuing user names, filling copy paper, sorting out storage space allocation on the shared drives.) Small part time job that paid for boze. A girl came in with a 3.5" floppy disk on the verge of tears and said she couldn’t get the file on it. It was her master thesis and the only place she had stored it. We still had floppy disk drives and I slitted it in and used a dos shell to acess a: but nothing. No disk in drive. I took the floppy out and noticed that the metal protection of the actuall disk (that soft plastic circle) didn’t slide properly. To me it looked like the spring was just to worn and had no tension. Took it off and could then access the files on it. Error was that the spring wasn’t able to slide the metal protector away when inserted into the reader.

Copied the files to her “home” area, sent a copy by email and gave her a new floppy with the files and told her about the importance of back ups.

The sheer look of relief and gratitude was priceless.

Also depending on how often it is “used” When I did my conscription service in Norway we had G3 magazines with ammunition issued for sentry duty. That is the same magazines were kept in the camp guard office and then handed over to whoever was going out for sentry duty. (But you used your own weapon) There were always a full squad of 10 + 1 sergeant and 2 officer on duty. So 13 magazines. Once I was on duty I counted the rounds and the spring was so broken from the constant tension it was only able to lift the five first cartridges. Then the sergeant checked the rest and all were broken. We tried actual loading and about five cartridges were chambered. End of semi pointless story? My boredom created a new SOP for guard magazines.

I use the Norwegian finn.no (listings of everything from old books to cars to houses. Norway is such a small market that one service covers all) It’s perfect for selling used (but little used) baby and child stuff. I have also bought a lot off Lego Duplo.

Letterkenny. Mostly character driven

Not hard to move. Almost impossible to move. In my shelf apart from some old leather bound books from my grandfather (Churchils world history, complete Hamsund) and CE and hard cover 40k books I have nothing but paper trash

I had a beard while in (Norwegian combat engineer). You can pull the mask as tight as a homophobic preachers sphincter in a pride parade and it will never be completely sealed. After the first time it was voluntary to pull off the mask while testing using CS, I used to take it off as I was exposed already. In a war situation I would be smooth as Flipper in a second

I live in Norway and have 21 sick days. That means days that I can self report as sick. (Influenza and such) I can do this for three consecutive days I think. Then I have to get a physician to write a sick leave. For anything serious you have one year on sick leave before more long term solutions will have to be found. Sick days does not include doctors appointments (its their own quota) or home with sick child (10 days) Pregnancies are their own thing, but often you go on sick leave before birth because being pregnant while not an illness makes you feel ill. We have one year of paternity/maternity leave first three months are reserved for mother, then shares but both parents MUST take three months. (Can get around by company paying for the leave of the one supposed to go back to work.) Father gets two weeks just after birth to settle things at home.

They really try to make engage a thing at my workplace. HR really pushes it but not even the crickets are alive in there

The vote of 80% of the people that are lefton Shitter doesn’t say much. And how many responded?

Rhe Houston 620

Yes.

So many good characters, so many potential plot lines. Allan Tudyk is good in everything he does

This

I have a WoT quote in my wedding ring so not an entirely unbiased fan. But good riddance to that show. “Alternative turn of the Wheel” my ass