Posted on 02/16/2005 2:26:53 PM PST by franksolich
Odd world record for Bergen
Norway's rainy city of Bergen holds a bizarre world record, with more wrists broken there than anywhere else.
Each year about 1,500 people break their wrist in Bergen, the highest figure in the world. Experts guess that the unstable winter climate is to blame, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
Professor of orthopedics Leiv Hove believes that local authorities must should much of the blame for so many citizens tumbling on slippery sidewalks. He said it is time to take care of pedestrians, and not just motorists.
"It is embarrassing to be a world leader in a statistic like this. Oslo is a strong number two but then there is a big drop to the next cities," Hove told NRK.
Hove pointed out that the injuries cost society a lot of money, and that a broken wrist is a painful injury that can leave some victims with pains for life.
"Ping" for the Norway ping list.
I spent the earlier part of the day in the large city to the east, getting some passport photographs, and looking around for a Norwegian-English dictionary, as I wish to improve the quality of the Norway ping list by having articles the Norwegians do not want us to read (i.e., those articles published in the Norwegian version, but not the English version).
I was appalled.
Sioux City is a major city in Iowa, but one might as well have been looking for the Holy Grail, as a Norwegian-English dictionary. No luck; no luck at all.
To the Norwegians: Don't stick your arm out. Tuck your shoulder into the fall and roll.
NORWAY PING!
did anyone bother to check how much alcohol is being consumed in Bergen?
That is sort of what I was wondering.
As far as Scandinavia goes, Sweden seems to be the capital of "good times," and Denmark the capital of "good food".....and Norway the capital of "aquavit."
Sounds like fertile ground for a lawyer!
Scratch that. Denmark is the capital of "good times".
There is cheap "aquavit" there :-)
Hmmmm. Because Denmark is part of the European "Union," and Norway is not, I thought alcohol taxes might be lower in Norway.
Apparently not?
By the way, I read some public opinion polls, in which Norwegians seem to be slightly favoring joining the European "Union."
I suggest they not; it is like getting onto a dying horse.
According to CIA analyses I have read, the European "Union" is destined to shatter apart by 2020, perhaps even sooner.
So the Norwegians should think about it; what use is it, riding a dead horse?
Gripping stuff. However, everyone is over on the Sean Hannity thread so responses will most likely be limited :)
Yeah, I figured that, sort of, sir.
As I said in an earlier thread, "timing" is everything, and in this case, the timing is bad.
But the news never stops, so one keeps plugging it out no matter what time it is.
(Apparently a Free Republican is on that show, for those not aware.)
SUX has a Barnes & Noble doesn't it? I thought they carried it. Here in SF, we even have a Norwegian consulate.
Sioux Falls is quite a bit larger than Sioux City, though, madam. Also, Sioux Falls is right next door to Minnesota, which has tons and tons of Norwegians.
Omaha however has a Danish consulate.
Old Texas expression..."A town may be too small to support a lawyer, but no town is too small to support just one."
madam? Excuse me?
Ooops. Sorry, sir. I hope you don't carry a gun; because then I'm dead. Sorry, sir.
To tell you the truth, many Norwegians are only pro EU membership because they want their "aquavita" cheaper.
Norway has extremely high taxes on cigarettes and alcohol. Where I live, people drive in masses over to the EU (Sweden) to buy cheap tobacco.
Norway like the other Scandinavian countries tend to have larger welfare states than the rest of Europe. Perhaps, only Germany comes close. In Norway, the state is still heavily involved in several industries outside of the offshore oil sector.
The brunt of the opposition to the EU in Norway comes from the left.
Most "conservatives" are heavily pro union membership. Regarding the Hannity thread, I am "fringe" in Norway being a conservative against the Union. I have to admit it feels kinda weird lining up with the leftist/anarchist crowd on this issue.
I guess for me, the national soverignty issue trumps the other arguments. There might be socialist nutcase politicians in Oslo, but they are our nutcases :-)
Mostly, I think the major thing for Norway is that there is absolutely no rush. With major changes going on in the EU, it is IMHO the best option to wait and see where the chips will fall. What will happen to the constitution etc?
Cheers.
Really? I always thought they had the limpest wrists.
Funny, I would have figured they all would have went blind first.
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