The Bob`s series Part 2: The return of Bob.

once upon a time there was a girl named Jill. She was a very social
girl and always wanted to meet new people and do new things.
She never liked to stay at home. One day on a Sunday morning
she decided to go visit her friend Bob. She went all the way to his
house a million miles away. First, before going, she bought some
Lakris on a tall tall tall hill called " Norway-land"

..She knew that Bob was addicted to this Lakris drug. When Jill
got to Bob's house she heard some music playing from one
of the apartments, it was very weird music sounded
something like Swedish country music! Eww. She was so
excited to be there, so she rang the doorbell. No one
answered but she heard someone go into the kitchen and
open a drawer. she also heard someone drop something
on the floor. then it got silent. she rang the door bell again..
then, all of a sudden she sees Blood coming out from
under the door!!!!!!!!!!!! uh oh!! Then she heard a person
fall on the floor.

She got her super heel shoes off and hit the door. The door
then fell on the floor and she saw something TERRIBLE!!!
BOB WAS ON THE FLOOR AND HIS ARM WAS BLEEDING
ALL OVER!!!!!!!!! Since she wanted to become a doctor,
she decided to help him. She wrapped his arm with a
cloth and got out her super duper first aid kit!! He had fainted
but not died . She picked him up and carried him to the hospital
with her super duper muscles. When she got there the doctor said
that he would have some brain damage and would only remember
things thats happened until he fainted. but, he would live!
from that day on... Bob thinks he is in heaven and doesn't believe
that he lived. Jill still takes care of Bob.

Stay tuned for more of the Bob`s Series!!

-Ursula Waltemath

My Dreamjob (?) Part 2: Elevator Driver.

Could I ever become an elevator driver? Let’s see-

I don’t think this work exists anywhere in Europe anymore. But it does in Brazil.. So what does an elevator driver do? Well.. he drives the elevator, like pushes the button. I mean how boring can a job get??? And why wasting money on having a person pushing the button when the passengers can push the buttons for free. I never understood that.

When I went to school in Brazil there was two ladies driving the elevators in the school. Every day from 8.30-15-00 . They sat on a chair pushing the buttons, so when we got in the elevator we simply had to say an number instead of pushing it. So maybe it is a little easier, saving a few calories. Wonder if they need a driver’s licence for it. Maybe the reason for the driver is if someone in a wheelchair or a little dwarf comes that isn’t tall enough to reach the buttons? Who knows.. If you know, please leave an comment

Conclusion: I probably would be able to do it.. Who wouldn’t? :P Its after all a very easy job, and if there was NO other job and I HAD to take it..sure, at least for a while.

Thondrè the elevator driver. :-)

Bob`s series: Part 1

Once up on a time, there was a man called Bob...

yeah.. the man above is BOB.

..Once up on a time, there was a man called Bob. 
Bob was only a nickname. Nobody knew his real name though.
Bob was a shy, curious man. Very anxious about everything. 
One Sunday morning sat as usual Bob in his chair
and watched television, 
without no further notice the door bell rang. Bob got very anxious, 
who could it be, coming to Bob on a Sunday morning?. That never 
happened before. Bob didn't really want to open the door
, he was too scared, but he was also too curious to just 
let it go.

No one used to visit Bob, and at least not on a Sunday 
without telling him first!! Bob just had to open the door,
but as he has experienced very many scary things through his life he 
had to be prepared for everything. He took his pocketknife and 
pushed it into the sleeve of his sweater, so it was hidden.
He walked towards the door. Suddenly the doorbell rang again. 
He got more anxious. He looked at the doorknob. Bob began sweating, 
he slowly took his hand on the knob.
He said: "Hello?" Nobody answered. Suddenly he felt some liquid
on his arm. 
He pulled back his arm from the doorknob, he saw that he had blood all 
over his arm!! Bob got so scared. The pocketknife had
cut his vain when he pushed the knife under the sleeve. He felt weak.
A lot of blood ran out of his body

he walked in the kitchen. Looking out the window, he drooped his knife. 
The doorbell rang again. Bob fell on the floor and died of blood lost. 
Bob never got to knew who or what was hiding behind that door....

....or did he?

Find out in the next part of the Bob`s Stories.

To be continued...


-Thondrè

My Dreamjob (?) Part 1: Dentist

Could I ever become an DENTIST? Let`s see:

A dentist is a doctor, qualified to practice dentistry after graduating with a degree of either DDS, DMD , Bachelor of Dentistry (BDent), or Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS). In most western countries to become a qualified dentist you must usually complete at least 8 years of study; an undergraduate degree (usually in the sciences) and 4 years dental training. At least 2 years of practical experience working with patients in the educational setting during the last two years of training are required. ugh..


Conclution: Nooo way. Forget it. Too much studying. :P

And besides I would only make ya face look like this:

yuck..

Job for me...

Did You Know: Why we get "Butterflies in the stomach" ?

Butterflies in the stomach is a medical condition characterized by the physical sensation of an unpleasant "fluttery" or "tickling" feeling in the stomach. Some believe that this is caused by the release of adrenaline, when one is nervous, pulling blood away from the stomach and sending it to the muscles. This in turn causes the stomach to temporarily shut down, possibly the reason for loss of appetite when one is "love sick". Butterflies in the stomach is most often experienced prior to important events, when stress is induced, but can be experienced in situations of impending danger.


Did you know?!

Well.. NOW you do ;)

Inventors And Wrong Predictions

Predictions that missed the mark

In 1894, the president of the Royal Societ Lord Kelvin, predicted that radio had no future. The first radio factory was opened five years later. He also predicted that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible. Today, there are more than one billion radio sets in the world, tuned to more than 33 000 radio stations around the world. The Wright Brother's first flight covered a distance equal to only half the length of the wingspan of a Boeing 747.

In the 6th century BC Greek mathematician Pythagoras said that earth is round - but few agreed with him. Greek astronomer Aristarchos said in the 3rd century BC that earth revolves around the sun - but the idea was not accepted. In the 2nd century BC Greek astronomer Erastosthenes accurately measured the distance around the earth at about 40,000 km (24,860 miles) - but nobody believed him. In the 2nd century AD Greek astronomer Ptolemy stated that earth was the centre of the universe - most people believed him for the next 1,400 years.

In the early 20th century a world market for only 4 million automobiles was made because "the world would run out of chauffeurs." Shortly after the end of World War II (1945), the whole of Volkswagen, factory and patents, was offered free to Henry Ford II. He dismissed the Volkswagen Beetle as a bad design. Today, more than 70 million motorcars are produced every year. The Beetle became one of the best-selling vehicles of all time.

The telephone was not widely appreciated for the first 15 years because people did not see a use for it. In fact, in the British parliament it was mentioned there was no need for telephones because "we have enough messengers here." Western Union believed that it could never replace the telegraph. In 1876, an internal memo read: "This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication." Even Mark Twain, upon being invited by Alexander Graham Bell to invest $5 000 in the new invention, could not see a future in the telephone.

Irish scientist, Dr. Dionysius Lardner (1793 - 1859) didn't believe that trains could contribute much in speedy transport. He wrote: "Rail travel at high speed is not possible, because passengers ' would die of asphyxia' [suffocation]." Today, trains reach speed of 500 km/h.

In 1943, Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM forecast a world market for "maybe only five computers." Years before IBM launched the personal computer in 1981, Xerox had already successfully designed and used PCs internally... but decided to concentrate on the production of photocopiers.

After the invention of the transistor in 1947, several US electronics companies rejected the idea of a portable radio. Apparently it was thought nobody would want to carry a radio around. When Bell put the transistor on the market in 1952 they had few takers apart from a small japanese start-up called Sony. They introduced the transistor radio in 1954.

In 1894, A.A. Michelson, who with E.W. Morley seven years earlier experimentally demonstrated the constancy of the speed of light, said that the future of science would consist of "adding a few decimal places to the results already obtained."

Perhaps the guy who got it wrong most was the commissioner of the US Office of Patents: in 1899, Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, assured President McKinley that "everything that can be invented has been invented."

Grillfest

Hege ø, zlatko, bee, henning and lippzy :-) great friday party! :-D

Facts about sleeping.

We spend one-third of our lives sleeping.
A newborn results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year.
The current world record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days, set by 17-year-old San Diego student Randy Gardner in 1965.
Studies have shown that there is generally less sexual activity if one of the partners is a heavy snorer.

Most of what we know about sleep we've learned in the past 25 years.
Rats deprived of sleep die sooner than rats deprived of food.
In humans, the earliest occurrence of a yawn happens at about 11 weeks after conception.
Pythons require about 18 hours of sleep per day.

The Global Warming`s biggest problem: The Cow..

Meet the world’s top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.

A United Nations report has identified the world’s rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.





With all its grazing and many stomachs, it is no wonder that cows are one of the main contributors to the hole in the ozone layer. Apart from CFC, the biggest culprit is hydrocarbon emissions from cars and cows. Yes, cows! Cows release some 100 million tons of hydrocarbon annually - by releasing gas. To give you an idea of how much gas a cow emits: if the gas of 10 cows could be captured, it would provide heating for a small house for a year.

More About The Cow.

Cows don't have upper front teeth

Although a cow has no upper front teeth, it grazes up to 8 hours a day, taking in about 45 kg (100 lb) of feed and the equivalent of a bath tub full of water. A healthy cow gives about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A cow has four stomachs: the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. The rumen is the largest stomach and acts as a fermentation chamber. The abomasum is last of the four and is comparable in both structure and function to the human stomach.

But unlike what you think, cows release hydrocarbon mostly by burping.
Cow factoids

The average lifespan of a cow is 7 years. The oldest cow ever recorded was Big Bertha. She reached 48 in 1993. She also holds the record for producing 39 calves.
There are more than a billion cattle in the world, about 200 million in India.
Twelve cows are known as a "flink."

Happy Birthday To My Angel Uschi!! :)

Uschi or Ursula Waltemath if u like turns 17 years old today!!!!! Yey! And I want to share it with all you guys!!

Ursula must be the wierdest, funniest, cutest and moast lovely girl I`ve ever held in my hand. We`ve had our ups and downs, but everyone does. I Guess the main reason for our downs has been the distance. Yes. I live in Norway and she lives in Brasil... kinda long huh? WHY does the ****** Atlantic sea have to be SO big.!! ARG. I dont know how many times I`ve screamed that in my room while I was missing her here in Norway.


Me and Uschi met kinda random... Me and my friend Mario was going to a free concert of Lenny Kravitz on Copacabana beach in Rio De Janeiro. Mario told me he was going to meet a friend if he was able to. Because there were millions of people. SOOO crowdy, we could bearly move. Anywayz we doubt that we could be able to find him. But we found the spot were they decided to fin eachother.. And we were waiting and waiting... and waiting. Then a black car pulled up beside us, and out came Marios friend from america, and (lucky me) he brought with him a beautiful girl called Ursula.

I said "hello" to the both of them, and we started walking towards the concert, it was so many people that we had to hold eachother`s hads to not loose anyone. WhIch was very hard with that many crazy drunk people. So i was holding very carefully on her shoulder, I was shy and scared but it went smoothely. And after a while we reached a spot on the beach where we could relax withouth all the people. I went closer so we could see Lenny. I stood there for a while and little Uschi came carefully up to me. DOnt remember exact what we said, or If we said anything. But what I rememberd was she said: " I dont really like Lenny Kravitz.. but I like one song "Calling on angels" " It was very fun, but we didnt talk much..

After some days Mario told me that Ursula wanted to meet me again.. she liked me!! I was so happy, and offcourse I wanted to meet her again. Some weeks after did she and Mario stop by so Ursula could get to know me better. I was so nervous, me and my aunt tryied to find the best outfit and the best smelling deo. They came after a while, and we sat trying to talk.. was very difficult. We both was very shy. Before I knew it my friends and my aunt got us married:S So I had to kneal in front of her and propose.. ahh!! Was soooo embarrassing.

Some more weeks after decided we to go out in Ipanema, on a english pub called Lord Jims. I went there and met them all. we were drinking and having fun. And that was the place were I gave her my first and best kiss ever.. and from that day on we stayed together some years. And now she is the best friend anyone could beg for.

Love you so much Ursula. You are a big part of my heart.. I hope u NEVER leave me.

Te amo para sempre!!

Uschi 4ever..:)

SWITCH NOW!!

I woke up early this morning. I ate some breakfast and watched MTV. There they had this brilliant campaign called SWITCH. It`s basicly an campaign that`s suppose to remember us that we have to change things we do everyday to make the climate better, cus the animals are dying of hunger and the ice is melting..

And its just simple and few changes we need to do, so the poor hungry animals can live on their lifes. Like pluging out you`re phone-charger after you`ve used it, turning off the light when u leave the room, taking quick showers, dont let the spring spoil water and stop the engine on you`re car whenever it`s not moving.

There are about ten years before the effect of our CO2 emissions are irreversible, which sounds like a lifetime, but in fact is it only 3650 days. When you acknowledge this you realize we have to act, NOW.

Help saving our self and our nature by switching.

Go to http://www.mtvswitch.org/

Its worth it...

Traffic lights in use before there were motorcars

Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. In 1868, British railroad signal engineer J P Knight invented the first traffic light, a lantern with red and green signals. It was installed at the intersection of George and Bridge Streets in front of the the British House of Commons to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.

Motorcars were introduced to the US in the late 1890s and the need for traffic control soon became obvious. A number of people came up with ideas for traffic control. In 1910, Earnest Sirrine of Chicago, Illinois filed for a patent (no 976,939) for what is considered the first automatic street traffic system, using non illuminated words STOP and PROCEED.

In 1912, Lester Wire of Salt Lake City, Utah invented an electric traffic light that used red and green lights. However, he did not apply for a patent. The next year, James Hoge received patent no 1,251,666 for a manually controlled traffic light system using electric lights. It was installed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914, displaying the words STOP and MOVE.

The first traffic light system to use red and green lights were patented by William Ghiglieri of San Francisco, California in 1917 (patented no 1,224,632). His design could be operated manually or in automatic.

The amber light was added in 1920 by William Potts, a Detroit policeman. He actually invented several traffic light systems, indlucing the overhang four-way system, but did not apply for patents. The first person to apply for a patent to produce inexpensive traffic lights was Garrett Morgan, who received his patent in 1923.

Parking Meter

The credit for taking all your parking credits goes to Carlton Cole Magee who invented the first parking meter in 1932, receiving a patent (no 2,118,318) for it in 1935. His Magee-Hale Park-O-Meter Company installed the first meter in Oklahoma City in 1935 and still produces most of the parking meters in the United States.

Don't Walk

The first "Don't Walk"' signs were installed in New York City on 5 February 1952.

THE COW

 MoO moO MoO mOo MOO OOM MMM moO moO MMM mOo mOo moO MMM mOo MMM moO moO
MOO MOo mOo MoO moO moo mOo mOo moo..

Yeah! That`s right. Its the cows
national day today!! HURRAY!

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). In some countries, such as India, they are honored in religious ceremonies and revered. It is estimated that there are 1.4 billion head of cattle in the world today.^[1]

Cattle were originally identified by Carolus Linnaeus as three separate species. These were Bos taurus, the European cattle, including similar types from Africa and Asia; Bos indicus, the zebu; and the extinct Bos primigenius, the aurochs. The aurochs is ancestral to both zebu and European cattle. More recently these three have increasingly been grouped as one species, sometimes using the names Bos primigenius taurus, Bos primigenius indicus and Bos primigenius primigenius. Complicating the matter is the ability of cattle to interbreed with other closely related species. Hybrid individuals and even breeds exist, not only between European cattle and zebu but also with yaks, banteng, gaur, and bison, a cross-genera hybrid. For example, genetic testing of the Dwarf Lulu breed, the only humpless "Bos taurus-type" cattle in Nepal, found them to be a mix of European cattle, zebu and yak.^[2] Cattle cannot successfully be bred with water buffalo or African buffalo.

Young cattle are called calves. A young female before she has calved is called a 'heifer' . A young female that has had only one calf is sometimes called a "first-calf heifer." A young male is a "bullock." The term "bullock," or "steer," is also used to denote a castrated male, unless kept for draft purposes, in which case it is called an "ox" (plural "oxen"), not to be confused with the related wild musk ox. If castrated as an adult, it is called a "stag." An intact is called a "bull." An adult female who has had more than two calves is called a "cow." The adjective applying to cattle is "bovine."

LET THE COWs LIVE <3

Mountain trip to Vallhornet 30th of May.

Me, Hege and Henning decided to go on a trip to a mountain called Vallahornet (830 m above sea level) in Ørsta. The sun was shining and the sky was as blue as it could be. Temperature was around 20 which is hot here (:p).

10 am, I packed my things: one sweater, my camera, some food and a bottle of water. I was kind of worried for my fitness and I knew that Henning had a good one. So I held a hand on Hege ( no offence!!:P) Must be years since I've reached a mountain top. Anyway, the beginning was easy. We walked an talked, while the sun was melting us slowly down. We took a small brake after some minutes. We sat down in the middle of the beautiful forest and drank a bit. I started to realize that one bottle of water wouldn't be enough. And Henning came with scary news, that there's no rivers on this trip! But we saw that there was snow on the top, so i figured out that I could use that.

With many stops and conversations did we get higher on the mountain and the view started to get nicer and nicer. Me and Hege took a break at the first piece of snow, I was diving in it. Henning started the turbo and he reached the top before we knew it. After a while did we too, with almost no breath left. We sat on the top a while and looked at the beautiful view and ate some food. Back down did everything go smoothley without any stops :p