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  • Miami,  USA

    Little Havanna

    29/11/2019 / 2 Comments

    Sweetwater Bayers on tour in Little Havanna

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    A cold beer and a view of Nicosia

    06/02/2020

    Lord’s Palace and Bella Marin

    18/09/2019

    Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk

    28/12/2019
  • Miami,  USA

    Miami sightseeing

    29/11/2019 / No Comments

    Miami sightseeing and frozen drinks

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    While waiting for Phil …

    13/11/2019

    Quarantined

    14/03/2020

    An evening at Stevie’s

    21/10/2019
  • Miami,  USA

    It’s cruising time

    28/11/2019 / No Comments

    Cruising time from Miami

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    7 weeks wihout socks done

    23/10/2019

    Cruise recap – day three to eight

    20/12/2019

    Love, marriage and other stuff

    26/10/2020
  • Lilleteigen

    Wall building

    16/11/2019 / 2 Comments

    A few words about building a wall

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    Grandpa is sad

    05/10/2019

    Corona summer – update #1

    12/10/2020

    Sweetwater Bay

    02/10/2019
  • Beer,  Lilleteigen

    While waiting for Phil …

    13/11/2019 / No Comments

    While waiting for Phil and Sheila, who will pay us a visit next summer, I realised I will run out of porter well ahead of their visit. This is unheard of, as Phil is a great lover of porter. I immediately started planning making a new one. Porter is a dark style, top fermented beer developed in London long time ago. The name was first recorded in the 18th century, and is thought to come from its popularity with street and river porters, who carried objects for others. I have made this beer several times and have a real good recipe. Making the beer consist of several steps. Order, pay and collect yeast, malted barley…

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    Famagusta once more

    19/10/2019

    Ercan, agm and Spice Garden

    29/09/2019

    A hairy night and Sunday roast

    14/10/2019
  • Norway

    Gold wedding at Støtvik Hotel

    12/11/2019 / No Comments

    I haven’t had time to do so much of writing lately, but it has all calmed down now. On Saturday we were invited to Tove’s cousin Vigdis and Torgrims gold wedding. The venue was kept at Støtvik Hotel at Larkollen, abouit an hour south of us. The hotel has a stunning location on the shore of the Oslofjord, crowded by people during the summer. However, quite chilly now, more correct to say cold. Vigdis and Torgrims whole family was invited and nearly all present, just one missing. We started the event by having a game of bowling in the hotel’s basement, and of course a beer or drink from the…

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    It’s cruising time

    28/11/2019

    Cruise recap – day one to three

    16/12/2019

    Corona summer – update #1

    12/10/2020
  • Norway,  Summerhouse

    Forestry, the Panorama road, Vaset and Rakfisk

    03/11/2019 / 2 Comments

    Last week has certainly been busy. After our vaccination programme on Monday, we drove up to the summerhouse for the first time after coming home from Cyprus. We knew that there has been work in the woods around us. The forrest owners have sent in big forrest machines to take out the timber. Normally it takes 40 years for the forrest to be commercial. I still remember way back in time the last time they did it. When the forrest machines work out there, they make a mess. The tracks they leave can be up to a meter high, and timber not big enough and branches are just left to…

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    Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk

    28/12/2019

    Ercan, agm and Spice Garden

    29/09/2019

    Famagusta once more

    19/10/2019
  • Lilleteigen,  Norway

    Pea Soup and technical challenges

    29/10/2019 / No Comments

    It’s now a week since returning from hot Cyprus to cold Norway. Even Though the weather was kind of warm the first days after returning, it is now into normal for October to be. Last night we had temperatures just below zero. For a while last evening I thought the first snow had arrived, but it was only humidity freezing to the ground. The weather during daytime has been clear, sunny and cool, giving us a chance to clear the garden of withered leaves etc. In preparation to our trip to USA, Belize, Honduras and Mexico, we went down to the local vaccination office and topped up with needed vaccines.…

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    WordPress

    10/10/2019

    Gold wedding at Støtvik Hotel

    12/11/2019

    A hairy night and Sunday roast

    14/10/2019
  • Wordpress technical

    Follow my blog

    25/10/2019 / No Comments

    During the last few days, since returning from Cyprus, I have worked on some issues on my blog. No1, the multilingual bit. I have hit some problems here after testing some plug-ins. So far, the ones I have testet has not been up to my standards. So therefore, my friends, I will continue writing in English for another while. No big deal actually, as the blog is most of all meant for my English speaking friends. No2, the ability to subscribe to my blog. During my search I found 3 service providers that could fullfil my needs, Aweber, Feedburner and MailChimp. Aweber has a heavy price tag, $19 per month…

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    WordPress

    10/10/2019

    Grandpa is sad

    05/10/2019

    A fortnight of challenging weather

    03/02/2020
  • Sweetwater Bay

    Waterbulb

    24/10/2019 / No Comments

    This bulb just could not take more water. A result from the last storm with water flooding down the electric channel. Luckily it looks like we have got away with very little damage. Maria sent me this video this morning

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    End of summer

    15/10/2019

    Fiskehuset (The Fish House)

    20/02/2020

    12th September 2019

    13/09/2019
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This is the blog of the every day life of a humble, reasonably happy elderly, retired man, also known as a grumpy old git.

The blog was started for 2 reasons.  First, my missus claims I’m starting to be forgetful.  Keeping a blog will make it easier to remember.  Second, as I keep the blog on my own server, it will help me staying closer to my old profession.

The blog will be updated at random, sometimes daily, sometimes not, just when I feel for it.

After a long time of considerations, I have abandoned the idea of having a multi language blog.  This simply takes to much time and effort.  Translation is now based on Google translate, not foolproof, but will give you an idea of what it’s all about.   The blog is mainly meant for my English speaking friends, and therefore the posts are written in English.  However, feel free to comment in any language

 

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