Posted on 04/05/2005 7:38:55 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
Norwegian job ad seeks friendly Vikings
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Help wanted: Vikings. Must be friendly, tourist-oriented and interested in ancient Norse traditions. Crazed, bloodthirsty pillagers need not apply.
In a rare employment opportunity for Vikings, whose job market peaked about 1,000 years ago when they terrorized Europe in their longboats, southern Norway's Vestfold county wants to fill slots at its local historical park.
The ad, to appear in local media Saturday, will be simple: "Jobs available. Vikings in Vestfold," with a link to the center's Internet home page, said Lars Kobro, self-described chieftain of the Midgard Historical Center.
"More and more we see that tourists are interested in Vikings," Kobro said Tuesday. "They don't want just exhibits, but face-to-face encounters.
But the center is seeking to play down the Scandinavian Vikings' reputation as wild, murderous looters who pillaged and burned through much of Europe, a claim Kobro said was largely exaggerated in texts left by ancient English monks.
"They were really more traders and merchants," said Kobro. He said they are seeking a corps of about 50 part-time Vikings, ready to turn out at the center when needed.
Hey, thanks. Next really mindless, soap opera, fantasy type thread I come across, I will flag you.
Why would you do that?
Purrrfect ~ LOL - Thanks, Meek!
(BTW, Do you use Photoshop or another program? Not that I'd want to learn a complicated program, but all I have for graphic images are the free ones and they seem pretty limited.)
Even so, I can just ask you to doctor a pic - and voila!! Thanks as always...
LOL!
Your photo is the best - hope you can use it in a zot thread!
(Thanks, as always Meek!)
Playin' catchup here. Sorry I'm so slow. I was away for a bit and had 'puter problems when I got back. Finally got my maintenance done and way behind here now.I use PhotoDeluxe and got it cheap via eBay. ~$14 is all.
Glad ya like the pic. :)
LOL
:)
I was born in the USA. My mother and father were both born in Oslo. Mom lived on Shublersgate (spelling wrong, probably). I don't know where my dad and grandmother lived. Much of my mother's family were from Hvaler (Vadholm cottage). I found out to my horror (smile) that they were swedish speaking FINNS, not true Norske. I went to Oslo for a month back in 1983 and loved it.
Were you descended from Vikings?
Hmm, I don't know. Weren't all of us??? I am descended from Roald Amundson on two sides of the family but I'm not sure about the Vikings. How could I find out?
"In a rare employment opportunity for Vikings, whose job market peaked about 1,000 years ago when they terrorized Europe in their longboats"
I laughed out loud! Skoal!
Check out this link:
http://willerup.com/denmark.html
"At the beach many women wear topless bathing suits."
Interesting
Dude, you better make damn sure she's NOWHERE NEAR your screen or you may end up staying in a dog house!
Heck, if you really get into big trouble maybe she'll make you eat Alpo too.
That stuff tastes disgusting! ER-ah... waitaminute....
They make a red X-Box ????
: )
I know, the picture didn't seem to have been posted properly
I'm pretty sure I didn't descend from Vikings. I have Irish in me. Ireland was pretty associated from Vikings.
One way to find out if you have Viking in you is to do a geneaology search. There are several free online ones. At the least it would be interesting.
You could also check your preference for spam. :)
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