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.

You get what you pay for. Chinese products can be top notch, but then it costs the same as any top notch product.

Yeah. Fuck you! /s

Being born august 79 i am bordercase of both horrible generations

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.

Bullet proof west with PRESS on it and a helmet/glasses. Trump made a war zone so it should be treated as a war zone.

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

The Houston 620

Yes.

Saw the other one. Seems like one page trow away panels. Might be filler for other Archie universe comics, or newspapers?

Yes :) https://youtu.be/QUeQITct9aw

Dad v2.0

Why tho’? Apart from curiosity, what do you need to see? How will you utilize the information?

In an oven you can check on the food, and to a certain extent in the MW.

I have a light that is underneath projecting onto the floor that tells me the status of the washing.

That’s true. But for cheap, readily available, plant based and often short traveled food with decent amount of protein it always struck me as hard to beat. Easy to cook, and can be eaten cold. I usually make it into overnight oats with nuts and Greek style yoghurt (tho then it’s no longer vegan.)

No. But probably diluted. But if you drink all the liquid it’s suspended/dissolved in you still get all. Its just that nutritional information is given for dry.

Cooking it will probably denature it (unfold it so to speak) making the amino acids more available. But all there

Hell dry oatmeal has 10-17g/100g if my memory serves me right.

Think he refers to rakfisk. Lutefisk is never buried. And rakfisk is fermented like kimshi, and definitely not eaten out of nostalgia. It’s videly popular in Norway.