proudest_mama |
09-01-2016 11:50 PM |
Norway vs. Alaska
;)Well,I guess that's something I need to bring up with the "alternative medicine". staff. I don't drive as it is so it wouldn't be a big deal, but I was going to look into driving again (long story).
And if you think you've experienced rain ... you never lived in Stavanger, Norway!! Do a Google search and find out precipitation levels, month to month. There are actually months where it rains 22 days out of the 30. The Norwegians think nothing of it .. they walk their dogs in the rain, walk to the store, take their babies for walks and simply consider that "normal". My biggest pet peeve is that they let the children play in WET SAND on the playgrounds. You can only imagine how much mud I washed off of the kids during the 5 1/2 years we lived there! We were growing webbed feet! And THEN the European washers and driers are about the size of a pea. My ex was 6 foot 6 inches and, if I was lucky, I could fit two pair of his jeans in one cycle. And the story doesn't stop there ... if you use ANY type of warm water, it takes 2 hours hours to do a load. Unlike the American machines, they bring the water into the washer and THEN heat it up! I could go on and on, but won't. I'm just thankful that we are Americans and could come home any time we saw fit. Several of my friends were married to Norwegians and didn't have that luxury. winky:
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