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Marginale attraksjonar
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Dess lenger ut i periferien ein kjem dess meir marginale er attraksjonane som vert marknadsførte. På vegen mellom Førde og Stongfjorden i Sunnfjord, finn ein mellom anna dette skiltet som skryter av at det finst daglegvarer å få kjøpt innan ein avstand på 1 km.
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8 000 rpm clothes drier
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I spotted the ‘Clothes Drier’ at an electric appliance store the other day. This aptly named machine aspires to dry your clothes in a more efficient way, but I wouldn’t throw away my tumble-drier just yet. The Clothes Drier consists of a vertical cylinder mounted on a tripod with an electrical oven about fifty centimeters…
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Star Wars inspired hand-held vacuum cleaner
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While scouting for something to make the removal of leftover bread crumbs from fundamentally useless irish bread more efficient I encountered this laser-gun looking device. Vacuum cleaning might have been fun had I been in possession of one of these when I was little. Nowadays I am more uncertain as to whether this is the…
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Please do not place cash in this box
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As exotic problems go, my horizon was significantly broadened after a recent visit to Laoise County Hall. By the entrance door there is a postbox with the following warning on it: ‘Don’t put money in this box’. The thought of doing so never occured to me in the first place, but if people would want…
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The 2007 incarnation of the call centre
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In a scruffy-looking alley, more suitable for red-light activities than high-tech communication services, colleague Jostein Fondenes found the beautifully spartan (and on the occasion closed) hole-in-the-wall ‘OKIN Internet & Call Centre’. While this establishment may not be a cornerstone of the Laoise economy it brought warm feelings to old time, call centre enthusiast Jostein (photo).
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The slow death of the public pay-phone
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One would think, with the massive uptake of mobile technologies, that the public pay-phone would already have been made extinct in 2007. Why isn’t that so? I believe that one of the major contributing factors is the prepaid phone card industry. This industry largely targets people who wants to call long distance and can’t or…
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Rein på Labakken
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Då eg var liten var det sjeldan å sjå rein i Fitjefjella i det heile. Ivrige fjellvandrande grannar kunne rapportere å ha sett reinstammen borte på Vona i Naustdal eller kanskje så nære som i Steinbotnen, i Hyemarka eller på Granekupa. Nede i tuna på Fitje var dei aldri som eg kan hugse. No går…
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92-years with orange sun-glasses
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My great aunt, Anna, aged 92 at the time (2002), with her new sun-glasses. Who said old people are prejudiced and out of sync with the fashion industry?
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English skills in Rio de Janeiro
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I picked up this brochure at my hotel in Rio. It told me to visit the Belmonte bar, a fine establishment that seems to be packed with people most of the week. I do not doubt their capability of producing wonderful food and serving cold beers. It is this brochure that interest me. The design…
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The mating season
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Another cool Christmas motive that can also be used for greeting cards throughout the winter.