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Skriven 2004-12-04 16:26:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av BJöRN FORSSTRöM
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 FS> Actually I served in the Army with a Norwegian immigrant who then lived in
 FS> Minnesota.  He told me about lutefisk which was described as a very fine
 FS> dish.  Fortunately he never offered me any and I was familiar with the
 FS> stuff from having heard it from others ... heh heh heh ...

 BF> It doesn't really taste anyting, it's the consistency that's ugly.
 BF> It's the sauce that makes is and that doesn't taste good.
 
 FS> Yes, but most people in the U.S. don't realize Detroit is *north* of
 FS> Canada ... hence I often describe my current home (north of Detroit) that
 FS> way.  People think I live within the Arctic circle.

 BF> :-=
 
 BF>> 1906-10 and the "fall-hight" is 32m. I don't know if you have heard of
 BF>> NOHAB? They made locomotives.
 
 FS> I haven't ...

 BF> Now you have.
 BF> What NOHAB was most famous for was the "Russian Locos".
 BF> They had to build a special crane for liting the locomotives on a ship
 BF> which took them down the canal with locks. That was sream-locos.

 BF>> Then we have Volvo Aero, still making
 BF>> jet-engines and SAAB, soon perhaps doing nothing.
 BF>> The "Watrefall Days" is just to attrack tourists and show all the
 BF>> industry we have.
 
 FS> Sounds like an interesting tourist attraction, though only once each year.
 FS> Niagara falls seems to be available *all* year ...

 BF> :-)
 
 FS> As a kid I was reading an encyclopedia in which a canal lock was described
 FS> with sketches showing its mechanical operation.  I was enthralled -- the
 FS> beauty of being able to raise boats without even needing pumps really
 FS> appealed to me.  Some ancient genius dreamed that up -- probably in
 FS> Ancient Egypt.

 BF> The first, rather primitive once came from Egypt about 285 b.f.Ch.
 BF> The fist working locks are from Holland and the year 1373.

 BF> Not far from me is one of the worlds two or three places where there
 BF> are three different bridges at one place. On top it's a road-bridge and
 BF> under that is a train-bridge and lowest is a boat-bridge (aqueduct).
 
I've seen movies of those boat-bridges in operation, not in 
Sweden but in France.

 BF>> No jap crap here.
 BF>> Pure American steel.
 
 FS> No offense, but Jap cars are far superior to American junk ...

 BF> .....mmmmm.... not good coming from a pure wool American, is it?

To make it even worse I even live in the state *noted* for making 
automobiles.  For thirty years or so I bought a number of 
American-made cars ... every one of them had some serious flaw, 
then, for no known reason I bought a Mazda ... *everything* 
worked ... I was amazed.  I've bought Jap cars ever since.  The 
Toyota I now own I've had for three years without one *cent* of 
any kind of repairs, and nothing fails to work properly.

... Devoted to the study of cat-bathing as a martial art.

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