Dad’s DIY Paragons make the move…

[NickH]

I was just trying to inject a little comic relief. With the political, economic talk and all.

Sorry if I came out of left field. Kinda what I was going for. Didn't mean to annoy anyone.

We seem to have left that topic back in early January.



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[hjames]

I was just trying to inject a little comic relief. With the political, economic talk and all.

Sorry if I came out of left field. Kinda what I was going for. Didn't mean to annoy anyone.

No annoyance at all - you're good - and those other folks?

... its a dry humour ...

We seem to have left that topic back in early January.

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[SEAWOLF97]

Do not know where Rolf fills his car,

and pays US$16 a liter for beer ...

the US is so cheap, it will seem like FREE for him ...

[DanMan]

... its a dry humour ...

Is there any other kind??

[NickH]

No annoyance at all - you're good - and those other folks?

... its a dry humour ...

And here I thought it was just a tough crowd, LOL.




Thank you, Thank you, And dont fotget to tip you bartender.

[Rolf]

Hi. Great to hear that you find Norway so great. I don't want to live in a big town in the us. I want to find a little place up hills.

Thanks for your input.

Rolf

Well aside from the politics and the cost of living in either place.... are the great outdoors!

Norway great outdoors are awesome! I remember taking the train from Oslo to Bergen, it was an awesome ride, the scenery fantastic, the blond girls splendid, the night skies stellar, the early morning fresh fish markets on the coasts incredible, sleeping in a tent in the wilderness okay that was kind of buggy and cold, but a great trip all the way around!

And the US great outdoors have not changed much at all over the last 30-40 years. Sure we've a few more starbucks and walmarts, but that's in the cities themselves. Our national parks and forests and such are all still mostly intact and there.

And if you lived in the great outdoors... wouldn't we all want to put our speakers on trains in the wilderness like this: ??

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...ome/page14.jpg

[DanMan]

Hi. I want to find a little place up hills.

Thanks for your input.

Rolf

There's No Place like Austin Texas. And its the "Hill Country"!
C'mon down, ya hear!??

[NickH]

There's No Place like Austin Texas. And its the "Hill Country"!
C'mon down, ya hear!??

And no nasty winter either.

[DanMan]

And no nasty winter either.

Yeah, not nasty, but freaky for sure! Freak ice and hail storms at least once or twice a year. I've lost more cars to Austin ice storms than by any other means.

[doodle6]

Hi. Great to hear that you find Norway so great. I don't want to live in a big town in the us. I want to find a little place up hills.

Thanks for your input.

Rolf

The closest to what you're used to is probably gonna be far northern California, north of Redding, and on up into southern Oregon, not too far off the coast, maybe around Mt. Shasta and north almost to Washington (actually, on into Washington, depending on your politics - WA and CA are among our most liberal states. My buddy from Oslo preferred small gov't Texas because of his experience in Norway). Beautiful area with mountains, forests, water.

[edit: not trying to start anything, but the Norwegian who worked with me for a decade expressed a very strong feeling of personal relief with the change to Texas, and I thought that might be relevant to Rolf.]

[Rolf]

Thanks. but how do I get a green card?

Rolf

The closest to what you're used to is probably gonna be far northern California, north of Redding, and on up into southern Oregon, not too far off the coast, maybe around Mt. Shasta and north almost to Washington (actually, on into Washington, depending on your politics - WA and CA are among our most liberal states. My buddy from Oslo preferred small gov't Texas because of his experience in Norway). Beautiful area with mountains, forests, water.

[edit: not trying to start anything, but the Norwegian who worked with me for a decade expressed a very strong feeling of personal relief with the change to Texas, and I thought that might be relevant to Rolf.]

[Mr. Widget]

[edit: not trying to start anything, but the Norwegian who worked with me for a decade expressed a very strong feeling of personal relief with the change to Texas, and I thought that might be relevant to Rolf.]

Well put and I agree... do realize that virtually all of rural CA is very "Red State" (meaning a desire for small government and generally conservative views)... and it is the coastal and urban majorities in the state that force a more liberal agenda on them for better and worse.


Sorry to continue to contribute to the OT discussion, but many have a very distorted view if the Golden State and it seemed appropriate to mention.



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[Mr. Widget]

Thanks. but how do I get a green card?

Rolf

Green Card


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[SEAWOLF97]

The closest to what you're used to is probably gonna be far northern California, north of Redding, and on up into southern Oregon, not too far off the coast, maybe around Mt. Shasta and north almost to Washington (actually, on into Washington, depending on your politics - WA and CA are among our most liberal states.

Oregon is more conservative than you think, although semi-populated by disaffected Californians. Of the 3 COW states, Wash. has the more liberal laws ...IMHO

Don't think Oregon is the right place for Rolf (or anyone else) to immigrate to. Southern Oregon that you mention is REDNECK territory and very different from the population centers of Eugene, Portland. I had read than nearly half the population (before the southern invasion) had Germanic roots somewhere in their past.

Our population is decreasing, as many of "the uninvited" return home, due to lack of work. And it's too cold, and too wet, and too green, and too ...etc., etc.

[doodle6]

Well put and I agree... do realize that virtually all of rural CA is very "Red State" (meaning a desire for small government and generally conservative views)... and it is the coastal and urban majorities in the state that force a more liberal agenda on them for better and worse.


Sorry to continue to contribute to the OT discussion, but many have a very distorted view if the Golden State and it seemed appropriate to mention.



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A lot of people would be surprised to learn that Texas shares some similarities to California in that regard. Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Austin as well as the Rio Grande Valley all vote blue. It's just that the urbanization hasn't progressed far enough to tip the statewide pattern.