Re: Tales of Home [3]

by Bluebottle Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:23 pm

So not only is there no snow here, but now the road freezes with ice in the mornings and evenings. And yet, according to the weather report, there is no chance of snow at least in the next to weeks. Mad

Maybe you should post another snow picture norc, some of us (me, that is) are having abstinences.

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:32 pm

by halfwise Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:17 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:22 pm

I think it just wanted to try on his hat. Very Happy

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:35 pm

wow..

"My first thoughts were "wow, he's getting pretty damn close here." But I've been up close before without incident. I hoped being still and passive would see him pass on. When he lowered his antlers to me, I wanted to keep my vitals protected and my head down. I felt that standing up would provoke him more and leave me more vulnerable to goring. I think that while protecting myself with my head down, having my head down was a signal that I was rutting with him. I was concerned at first, but when he started rearing back and lunging at me later on, I got scared and pissed off. That's when I wagged my finger at him to cut that shit out. I was relieved to see the Ranger coming.

So I guess at some point if the Ranger hadn't of pulled up, I would have had to disengage the best I could. I've joked with my friends that at least he took me for a buck and not a cow!"

by Bluebottle Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:01 pm

I'm glad the norwegian elk isn't this "friendly".

We get one trotting through the garden every now and then.

Tales of Home [3] - Page 30 Norwegian-road-sign-146.1

Tales of Home [3] - Page 30 Norwegian-road-sign-146.1

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:38 pm

Tales of Home [3] - Page 30 4016447374_de68edd118_o

I met three mooses once... And one time one was across tthe road, although i mostly see reindeers :)at bus stops and in the garden and etc.

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:51 pm

I must be drunker than I thought as those two deer in the foreground collectively seem to have about 6 back legs between them! Shocked

by Bluebottle Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:04 pm

Wow.

We do get the occasional elg (elk) but we mostly see rådyr (roe deer?) down here. They go around in the gardens and eat nedfallsfrukt (fallen fruit) and other stuff. With the amount of fruit trees around here they must be very content (and fat) animals every autumn.

I do feel a bit for the foreigners though, they must think you live at the North Pole. rendeer

by halfwise Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:09 pm

She's on a bloody block of ice with a few reindeer sticking out of it.

by Eldorion Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:18 pm

Norc has tried to convince us that she lives on terra firma, but we can't be fooled! Nod

by Mrs Figg Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:11 pm

terra firkinfreezin more like

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:19 pm

Bluebottle wrote:Wow.

We do get the occasional elg ~~(elk)~~ In norway it is moose, although smaller than the ones in USA but we mostly see rådyr (roe deer?)Just deer i think down here. They go around in the gardens and eat nedfallsfrukt (fallen fruit) and other stuff. With the amount of fruit trees around here they must be very content (and fat) animals every autumn.

I do feel a bit for the foreigners though, they must think you live at the North Pole.

i do not live on the freaking north pole.. though.. almost.

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:20 pm

halfwise wrote:She's on a bloody block of ice with a few reindeer sticking out of it.

no i am not!!

by Ringdrotten Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:40 pm

Norc wrote:
Bluebottle wrote:Wow.

We do get the occasional elg ~~(elk)~~ In norway it is moose, although smaller than the ones in USA but we mostly see rådyr (roe deer?)Just deer i think down here. They go around in the gardens and eat nedfallsfrukt (fallen fruit) and other stuff. With the amount of fruit trees around here they must be very content (and fat) animals every autumn.

I do feel a bit for the foreigners though, they must think you live at the North Pole.
i do not live on the freaking north pole.. though.. almost.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_deer Smile

by Norc Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:42 pm

are u kidding me?! that's the weirdest translation ever...

well, deer me, i am no elkspert.

by Ringdrotten Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:46 pm

by halfwise Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:06 am

Norc wrote:are u kidding me?! that's the weirdest translation ever...

well, deer me, i am no elkspert.

by Eldorion Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:09 am

*sniff* That was beautiful, Norc. Norway

by Bluebottle Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:52 am

I am sometimes intrigued by the view you all seem to have of Norway. Though on reflection a lot of it sounds like Svalbard, which is part of Norway I guess.

Tales of Home [3] - Page 30 NETT_svalbard_4156214a

Tales of Home [3] - Page 30 NETT_svalbard_4156214a

Tromsø is a lot more temperate, despite beeing north of the Artic Circle, because of the gulf stream. I think if you guys ever went there in the summer you might get a shock.

They do seem to get a shedload of snow though.

http://www.nrk.no/video/snorekord_i_tromso_i_1997/7CE27D55C77760AD/

by Eldorion Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:58 am

{{{In my case, at least, I'm mostly just giving Norc a hard time. Very Happy

Although I was a little surprised just how temperate Tromso was when I was first learning about it. I didn't think the Gulf Stream extended that far north.}}}

by Bluebottle Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:17 am

{{{Yeah, I kind of took that as a given. Wink

Just making the point though that this country is so varried it might even fit the preconsived notions above. Just maybe not in Tromsø.}}}

by Bluebottle Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:18 am

Norc wrote:are u kidding me?! that's the weirdest translation ever...

well, deer me, i am no elkspert.

Roe deer are like deer just smaller and a lot less shy. While walking down the road you might have one casually saunter out of a garden and then casually walk away when it spots you.

Norc wrote:i do not live on the freaking north pole.. though.. almost.

I know. I know. Reindeer do seem to have certain connotations for people in the rest of the world though. rendeer

by Lancebloke Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:47 am

I think that as far as the rest of the world is concerned (excluding those that have actually looked in to it properly)... Norway is a frozen wasteland in the winter and all turns to deep, blue fjords flanked by green mountains in the summer.

Much like most people think Siberia is also a complete frozen wasteland or Africa is half desert half jungle.

Most countries have a lot of variety. Not sure why it surprises us to find out

by Norc Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:54 am

those roe deer sound like the reindeers here.. they think they're people.

i do have some sympathies wit people believing i live on an iceblock. if one looks at the globe am literally on top of the world Razz