do fishermen always exaggerate the size of what they caught……?

meanwhile, life continues as normal in Sweden. Weekend is here so it's time for a little recreation on the lake – bit of late season fishing…..huh?

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spare a thought for the old country…

Truly amazing conditions – 31 centimetres of rain in a 24 hour period – claimed to be the most rain on record since records began, and also said to be a 'once in a thousand years' event.

Interesting that the windows at the National Trust shop are still intact, despite what must be quite a pressure against them. Extraordinary material is glass.

food for thought….and pleasure

I was staying at one of my favourite hotels in Uddevalla, Hotel Gyldenlowe, and then travelled on from there to Oslo.

Uddevalla is a nice town. I like it very much. The centre of the town is so pleasant and 'cosy'.

 

A little behind the main shopping area is Kungstorget, an old-fashioned market place/meeting place square in front of what I guess is the old Rådhus.

 

One of the great things about 'exploring cities and towns' is that occasionally you stumble upon a real treasure.  So there I am, taking an eating/exercise break from my PC work, wandering around wondering what I shall eat.  In the corner of Kungstorget is a Thai take-away called 'Spicy Wok'.  Something told me I should go in, even though my stomach is not tolerant of highly spiced foods.

 

The Spicy Wok is not really a restaurant, so it does not have the 'ambience', atmosphere of a restaurant. What it does have is really nice,friendly staff and…….

an incredible mass of unbelievably delicious fresh-cooked (in front of you) sumptuous food.

 

Here is my half-eaten (truthfully) plateful of Chicken sweet and sour. It cost just Sek 75 (including the coffee) and was some of the best (ranks in my top 3) asian food I have ever eaten in my life.

Needless to say, I went back to Spicy Wok again before leaving Uddevalla to go to Oslo. On my second visit I had frittered sweet and sour chicken – and they really know how to make an excellent batter for frittering.Deeeee----licious

Magnificent Windows 7

Ok.Ok. I know…no postings!  But I've been away and whilst away was soooo busy wiping my Acer Aspire 5315 harddisk

and doing a clean english install of 

 

 

Previously I had Vista Home Premium (which I quite liked)  but it was in Swedish – most laptops now come with little choice as to language install, so I have waited for 7 to be released.

ehem!  er!!   WOW!!!!!

It reminded me of my teenage years, way back before the flood and Noah's Ark, when I went from this to this   

My notebook now goes so fast I am there before I've even left!!   7 is magnificent.

My notebook only has 2 gig RAM – but I can now put an 8gig USB stick in a slot, go to 7's ReadyBoost and (unlike Vista) it will use all 8 gig as additional 'flash' memory. Not quite as fast as RAM but mush faster than accessing progs  from the hdd.