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Big Horn Sarpsborg - visit #2

February 24th, 2008 at 21:43 » Comments (0)

Yup, we enjoyed the food and ambiance so good during our visit last week that we decided to visit the local Big Horn restaurant again.
This time I wanted to try the Western Beef Steak, to find out whether it’s as good as the Mexican Pepper Steak I had the week before. I needn’t have worried there. [...] Read more »



Getting a new laptop! :)

February 17th, 2008 at 21:53 » Comments (1)

The powers that be, aka my CEO, has agreed my aging HP DV1045 laptop is indeed ready to be replaced. Don’t get me wrong, the DV1045 is still functioning fine, but its battery is not what it used to be… With power use, it croakes before 30 minutes have past…
The replacement unit will [...] Read more »



The best restaurant in town

February 16th, 2008 at 20:39 » Comments (1)

It had been a while, but tonight we decided to check out a ‘new’ restaurant in town. The Big Horn franchise opened a restaurant in Sarpsborg last December, and we went there to check it out.
To keep a short story even shorter: Great service, even better food! Not cheap of course (even by Norwegian standards), [...] Read more »



On the road…

February 1st, 2008 at 17:25 » Comments (0)

This morning I was traveling by comfortable express bus to the office, as I do 5 days a week. All went nicely on schedule, until we reached Høyden. There the bus started to drive very slowly. First I thought that we had a tractor in front of us. That happens some times on the road [...] Read more »



Free health care in Norway. Almost perfect…

January 28th, 2008 at 19:40 » Comments (1)

As you may or may not know, health care in Norway is (almost) free. Yes, I know this is hard to believe for most people. Norway was originally supposed to be included in the Michael Moore movie ‘Sicko‘ on the workings/failing of health care systems on this planet, but he decided to take it out [...] Read more »



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