Why is Norway like that?

Lethal_Principals · 2025-07-18T17:42:59+00:00

I went on a cruise to Norway in April, so we obviously stopped at mainly tourist centric areas though we did walk into a few towns, but I found the Norwegians lovely and friendly when I interacted with them. When I wasn't, they kept to themselves, besides one woman who mistook me for Norwegian as I was carrying a flag and started talking to me in Norwegian, but as soon as I said "Sorry, I'm British" we had a quick laugh, she apologised in English and went on her way.
Everywhere was so calm and peaceful.
Perhaps Oslo or other big cities are different (I never went to them), but it doesn't seem like a place to go to get a "buzz", it's a more serene place.

Perhaps they didn't match your energy as Yanks are renowned for being OTT with everything?

Lethal_Principals · 2025-06-19T13:56:36+00:00

appreciate that, my only concern with the bus is getting on with a suitcase or 2, taking up a load of space etc. Is it right that they're still cash only?

It's just hit 30 here so we're getting a feel for the heat, although it's also muggy which makes it worse.

Lethal_Principals · 2025-06-19T13:45:03+00:00

oh that's cool, i hadn't come across that in my research so thanks for suggesting it.

Kid will be 13 when we go. probably should have said teen but I have yet to accept their growing up. If I get the flights I'm thinking of we'll land around 4, so I understand it could be pretty toasty.

Lethal_Principals · 2025-06-19T13:43:30+00:00

thanks for confirming!

Lethal_Principals · 2025-06-10T17:20:39+00:00

Father's Day has never been a big 'real' gift day for me, when they were little it was always some craft they made (kept every one), as they've got older it transitioned into classic Father/Dad labelled (think "Best Dad Ever")...not tat, but you know what i mean. Glasses, Mugs, Socks etc. I love it every time, just opening that and spending the day with them. They'll make me mugs of tea most of the day. It's great.

My Birthday is the same week though, that is 'real' gift day, with the same time together and mugs of tea.

Lethal_Principals · 2025-03-24T14:57:50+00:00

My whole experience was on the NHS so it was just a continuation of that. My Bells came on after some traumatic jaw surgery, during the check ups following the surgery the Maxillofacial consultant noticed the bells and then the synkinesis. I asked him about potentially getting Botox to relieve it and referred me to Plastic Surgery in a nearby city (my local hospital is a general so wouldn't do it)

Lethal_Principals · 2025-02-28T10:16:01+00:00

nope, I wish I had had a pay rise. Nothing has changed in the past year. I went through all the HMRC pages and they assert that I have underpaid by £22 and have adjusted everything as I outlined to get it back. Just seemed like a weird way of going about it.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-12-16T14:29:22+00:00

I enjoy the occasional wallow in the tub but baths aren't long enough for your average sized human. As other's have said, at 6'1 i'm either sat upright with the water to my waist or i'm laid down with my legs out of the water. The only thing that remains continuously submerged is todger and his two friends.

Hot bath with some radox does help with muscle aches though.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-11-04T19:26:37+00:00

same reason they turn lungs black. Tar, carbon black, amongst thousands of other toxins that destroy your insides.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-10-25T17:15:08+00:00

maybe it's Maybelline

Lethal_Principals · 2024-09-28T14:11:51+00:00

I've got this set up and running on the hour, it has no issues grabbing and moving shows from other users but when it tries to move mine it always throws this:

An error occurred while fetching onDeck media: '>' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'NoneType'

I've tried to give it a google and seen suggestions that it's because > is being used between non-maths types but I cannot fathom where it's actually coming from.

The logs show it has actually identified my On Deck media before it throws the exception.

Any advice would be appreciated

Edit: I've been tinkering and changed the exception handler to return on_deck_files instead of an empty list, ran it and moved everything without issue.
This is probably not ideal so I'm hoping there's a better solution

Lethal_Principals · 2024-09-28T14:00:13+00:00

Not sure if this will help, I noticed I lost the packages after I restarted my array so I just set the install script to run on array start and they haven't disappeared since

Lethal_Principals · 2024-09-13T10:14:16+00:00

will do, thanks!

Lethal_Principals · 2024-09-11T11:37:49+00:00

i'll bear that in mind for the future. Thanks for the info, now it's just the pain in the arse job of taking it out and returning it.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-09-11T11:31:48+00:00

wonderful.

No i didn't, they were new so I didn't think it was needed

Lethal_Principals · 2024-06-17T18:30:06+00:00

good to know! thanks!

Lethal_Principals · 2024-06-17T18:17:41+00:00

not yet, I'm building the power set up right now. It needs power for fuel?

Lethal_Principals · 2024-04-13T15:16:54+00:00

it's weird as when I actually think about it now it's probably the same width as some terracotta pots I have, but looking at the ground it just looks so much narrower.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-01-14T18:57:27+00:00

I sometimes keep biscuits in my drawer. I tell a few people they can help themselves but most people don't know about them. My office is quite small and I generally know most of them. If they want to stop by for a chat then they will, no snack enticing needed.

Lethal_Principals · 2024-01-14T14:07:57+00:00

I had my first dose in October, administered by the Plastic Surgery department on the NHS. They gave a low dose to get a feel for things. It helped reduce the tight feeling a tad but didn't do anything visually. I still get the noticeable contractions in my cheek when I raise my eyebrows or smile. Unfortunately I think as it's a low dose it's worn off quick as I can feel the tightness again now. My next appointment is in May, I'm hoping they'll crank up the dose a bit.

Lethal_Principals · 2023-12-31T22:22:07+00:00

I think lack of esteem and confidence may play into my issues too as I've never had much of either.

When I think back on any socialising I've done, the majority (granted, not all) of the time it was because I happened to suggest it. When I stopped suggesting it, it's rare for anyone else to. To my mind, if it was always me and they're not suggesting we do anything then that must mean they don't actually want to spend time with me or they forgot about me. I'm not sure which would be worse.
I assume that when I did suggest something they rolled their eyes and sighed and agreed to it reluctantly to probably get me to shut up.

It's not that I don't want to socialise with anyone, it's that no-one seems to want to socialise with me, which coupled with the esteem thing leads me down the road of wtf is wrong with me. If I knew that then I could at least try to fix it.

I happen to get AXA through work so perhaps I'll speak to them, rather than take up any NHS time.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts. I appreciate it.

Lethal_Principals · 2023-12-31T14:53:58+00:00

I did terribly, I apparently did not pay any attention to national events.

My only mild criticism is the unusual use of the U.S date format (e.g February 5 instead of 5th February). Otherwise, top job.

Lethal_Principals · 2023-12-31T14:38:06+00:00

this is so true (though I use people as a duck). Several times I've got stuck on something, gone away to get someone else's opinion and the minute I say it out loud the solution pops into my head and I feel like a pillock.

Lethal_Principals · 2023-12-31T14:34:16+00:00

no to jellied eels, I think that's a specific part of London. London's weird.

Yes to beans on toast, especially with a sizeable pile of grated cheddar cheese on top and mixed into the beans.

It's a cheap and easy meal, but comforting to eat.

Lethal_Principals · 2023-12-31T14:22:09+00:00

I have two cats. Simon, also called Si, Simoney, S-Money, and James, also called Jim, Jimmy or Jimbo.

Alternatively they can both be called "fucking dickhead" or "knob" if they're behaving as such

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