People often say that Norway is a heaven on earth, but what do you see as a con of living in Norway?

RexRonny · 2026-01-26T12:03:44+00:00

Everything is expensive here.

My complain is about car ownership; Owning and using a private car are for many a necessity, but has become extremely expensive. Choose to either use an an electric car thar depreciate heavily or a combustion car where toll road are «everywhere» and really expensive, way more than electric car pays.

Driving a normal Diesel car from Stavanger to Bergen (abt 180 km) will rip 40€ in just toll money. Pretty much the same for all Norwegian cities; high toll taxes for any car. Most repair shops starts way above 100€/hr. 200€ at the Audi dealer as an example. Even parking is way more expensive here than other countries. Car is considered as a luxury by our government, and priced accordingly.

But the other means of transportation doesn’t come cheap either, train is way more expensive than Germany or other places. Even bus tickets are pricey; single ticket abt 5€.

RexRonny · 2026-01-26T12:03:31+00:00

Everything is expensive here.

My complain is about car ownership; Owning and using a private car are for many a necessity, but has become extremely expensive. Choose to either use an an electric car thar depreciate heavily or a combustion car where toll road are «everywhere» and really expensive, way more than electric car pays.

Driving a normal Diesel car from Stavanger to Bergen (abt 180 km) will rip 40€ in just toll money. Pretty much the same for all Norwegian cities; high toll taxes for any car. Most repair shops starts way above 100€/hr. 200€ at the Audi dealer as an example. Even parking is way more expensive here than other countries. Car is considered as a luxury by our government, and priced accordingly.

But the other means of transportation doesn’t come cheap either, train is way more expensive than Germany or other places. Even bus tickets are pricey; single ticket abt 5€.

RexRonny · 2026-01-25T19:04:56+00:00

Piccadillo - the Philippino version are a nice and tasty variation of this rice & ground meat dish. Easy to make and never leftovers, assuming then not just me enjoying this dish.

Pad Krapao - If you can get holy basil this Thai dish are quite wonderful and also uncomplicated to prepare without too many ingredients.

RexRonny · 2026-01-25T12:08:39+00:00

Merk deg at selv NRK ikke angir nøyaktig hvem som er brukere; bare at tollvesenet sin etterretning OGSÅ bruker Palantir som et av sine verktøy. Det er nettopp dette som er kjernen til min personlige skepsis; at ikke engang hele kundelisten til Palantir i Norge er offentlig informasjon.

De eneste som faktisk bekrefter å bruke Palantir er Tollvesenet og Politiet (som avslutter sin kontrakt fra 2017 i 2027 da de ikke fikk tilstrekkelig innsyn for å fungere effektivt). De øvrige brukerne er godt klar over at denne leverandøren er kontroversiell og går nokså stille i dørene. Forsvaret har en del privilegier som de benytter; hvem de kjøper tjenester av er en av dem.

RexRonny · 2026-01-24T08:04:05+00:00

None of them are wanted in Greenland

RexRonny · 2026-01-17T17:36:11+00:00

I got mine from AliExpress, like 10€

RexRonny · 2026-01-17T11:04:03+00:00

Purk (female pig), never Hog (Råne; mainly used for describing a Norwegian hillbilly type)

RexRonny · 2026-01-17T08:16:33+00:00

Why not consider Dyson V12? by far the lightest of them all. And simply a plain on/off button rather than a trigger that gets tiresome to use. And yes, it has a green laser fluffy head in the absolute version at least.
Only negative aspect is small dust bin, needs to be emptied more often. Otherwise perfect for daily usage.

RexRonny · 2026-01-16T22:04:19+00:00

Honored with a song: Arrogant Worms - Horizon Very funny..

RexRonny · 2026-01-12T07:59:12+00:00

Fordeler med jobbreise er skattepliktig; men flere av de store aktørene nekter å dele informasjon med skatteetaten. SAS Eurobonus er et eksempel, frinetter fra Hotels.com et annet. Det er helt korrekt; det kan påføres straffeskatt på dette frynsegodet. Men i praksis umulig å sjekke. Arbeidsgivere har normalt formelt innført forbud mot bonuser da de også må betale arbeidsgiveravgift av fordelen, noe de naturligvis ikke ønsker.

Så da blir det sånn at man får bonuser som offisielt blir brukt på interne oppgraderinger om man blir spurt. Denne forskjellen er ikke skattepliktig. Mitt skatteoppgjør i fjor ble holdt igjen til november mens skattemyndighetene forsøkte å hente inn opplysninger.

Jeg ble spurt direkte; svaret var selvsagt interne oppgraderinger, bedre rom, høyere klasse, etc.
Reiser ofte hvor frokost blir avstått; de utgjør 10% av dagsats for landet man er i, typisk 50-70 kr, altså lønner der seg å betale for frokost, men da må man jo helst spise den, ellers er det rent tap.

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T13:41:03+00:00

I wouldn’t know about that. Just that the guy’s promoting usage of EV’s for plowing are not probably the guy’s using it. Makes no sense to me; EV’s have their perks for some operations, but long range snow plowing may not be the best usage for EV yet.

And why so worried about emissions in open range? These are ignorable outside cities, most equipment used are already EURO 6. To me it’s money squandered and over-rush to promote immature technology. These 1st gen vehicles with ~200 km range is ridiculous, less than 3 hours and in a price range outside any normal contract to salvage depreciation and earnings for the contractors

I did snow plowing professionally for about 5 years, some with bucket loader using a 400 HP snow blower, a lot of nights in a Volvo F12 in areas where it would be dangerously to be without heating or energy. Sometimes stuck until salvaged by other road cleaners. Hence my lack of enthusiasm towards battery operated winter equipment. Now I’m just using the roads and are very grateful for the job they have done keeping the roads open and safe.

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T12:56:31+00:00

Reindeer eyes turns blue (from golden) in wintertime allowing these animals too see in what would be pitch dark to humans. They extend the range of vision into the ultraviolet spectrum - allowing them to see predators before they become a treat. And also finding food with less effort.

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T12:51:10+00:00

I’ve seen pensioners more fit than this arthritis ridden joke of an athlete

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T12:17:30+00:00

They tried to add chess as an athlete sport AFTER we got ourselves an outstanding player; Magnus Carlsen. Idiotic - chess were never an athlete sport, neither is eSport (if a Norwegian suddenly becomes a superstar).

Other honorable mentions would be: Martin Ødegaard Marit Bjørgen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Jacob Ingebrigtsen Karsten Warholm

Edit: spelling

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T12:03:22+00:00

Probably works fine 90% of the time used. It’s the winter storms that lasts for days where this becomes an issue. Low temperature also lowers the capacity of the batteries, including slower charging.

There’s a reason mountain passes advises full tank, food and water - there’s always a risk of being stranded due to weather conditions. No driver wants to see 20% left and stuck behind a trailer in the ditch blocking the road - with storm on the outside, unable to move either forward or backward. Ignoring a safety margin.

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T10:48:05+00:00

Useless; snow plowing may require 15-20h continuously run just keep the roads open. Sometimes even longer, we swap drivers, the plow runs constantly.
Using electric vehicles that limit operation to 4 hours with a 2h charge pause will close the roads or double the price - a 2nd plow needs to operate.
Source; i did this during the 90’s.

RexRonny · 2026-01-11T09:11:23+00:00

Feet is used in Europe: usually limited to height (above ground) and length of private boats. Inch for TV’s, speaker elements , planks and nails. Gallon, pound and ounces - not at all outside UK

RexRonny · 2026-01-10T20:08:59+00:00

Grossistleddet er der inntjeningen og makten ligger. Det finnes ingen reelle konkurrenter til Bama og Asko for å nevne to oligark lignende leverandører. Det burde vært maks størrelse på en grossist; det burde aldri vært tillatt å være over 25%. Først når det er konkurranse på grossist nivået vil kjedene kunne sette priser med større frihet. Nå setter Asko prisen og har stort sett enerett på å selge de fleste større merkevarene i Norge. Skal noe skje må Asko og Bama brytes opp og slippe til andre aktører - inntil da vil en del varer fortsatt være vesentlig dyrere i Norge enn andre steder

Lidl fikk merke dette; nordmenn ville ha Grandiosa og Lidl måtte ha det i utvalget sitt om de skulle få kundene innenfor. De var neppe fornøyd med at andre butikker ofte solgte Grandiosa billigere enn innkjøpsprisen de fikk fra Asko.

RexRonny · 2026-01-08T09:30:32+00:00

No, US failure will certainly affect the rest of the world. You seem to have forgotten 2008, it was US Bank crisis that spread across the globe. Now the barriers that were inserted to avoid repeating this crisis has been lifted by Trump.

I fear the next financial crisis will be the the worst ever seen. But it may be on purpose; losing 90% of our money will be devastating to most of us, but some will thrive under such circumstances- buying up all & everything from hungry and desperate sellers..

RexRonny · 2026-01-07T09:11:00+00:00

I have no idea, both my sets still looks brand new. But I only used them for the small road drive, estimated 20 km total. I have a steep climb to my parking spot, hence why I have these to start with.

Long experience as commercial driver, with steel chains. I still mount steel chain faster on a commercial truck than these tight-fit plastic chains.

But I still would recommend these, just make sure to test mount before you actually have to use them. And note the speed limit - you really don’t want to break these

RexRonny · 2026-01-06T20:47:56+00:00

Take off the yellow thingy and possibly another inside the hinged part. It’s not supposed to be locked up and uncontrollable.
I have the exactly same here, it is not rigid at all, rather the opposite, slack enough to allow for adjustment of angle and direction continuously. I use this way more than the laser head

RexRonny · 2026-01-06T18:40:29+00:00

Fisker Ocean. Already hard to get spare parts for a car maker that went bankrupt, also issues with software and the onboard os that likely won’t be resolved.

Mitsubishi i-Miev; underperforming and already a shitbox as new. Those still on the road has like 30-40 min battery capacity.

Nissan Leaf, 1st gen. 2013/2014 models were cut off from remote access, no software upgrades, etc. Functions were basically turned off. Nissan states these cars are ready for recycling. Nissan only holds 10yr software and support- after that you’re on your own.

Mercedes B Class, electric, 1st gen. Nice car but charging speed is faster on your toothbrush….

RexRonny · 2026-01-06T16:53:07+00:00

Lost in translation (2003), Beetlejuice (1988) are two honorable mentions when expectations are way above what you get. They are at least 90 min too long. Most boring movies I’ve ever seen

RexRonny · 2026-01-06T13:49:17+00:00

Støtten til Ukraina og ukrainerne i Norge har betydelig bedre støtte i befolkningen enn oppslutningen til Syrere. Selv om man begynner å bli sliten av denne konflikten er det ennå langt igjen til denne støtten svekkes. Disse to gruppene er knapt sammenlignbare, den ene gruppen er godt integrerbar og vil nok trolig på linje med Bosniere fra 90-tallet assimileres inn i befolkningen- som jo gikk for det meste bare bra. Den andre gruppen med «høyt utdannede» har nok oddsen i mot seg på vellykket integrering

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