An old geography book from 1916, part two

Couldn't resist showing this map of Germany


and "the temporary arrangement of borders
after the war on the Balkan Peninsula in 1913".

An old geography book from 1916, part one

Another present I received:
A geography book printed in Kristiania (now Oslo)
in 1916, a book that once belonged to my late aunt.

It was made for pupils in elementary school.

Interesting to read in the end of 2008!

My First ABC

Today I received this book as a present
It is the same kind of ABC I used back in first grade.


In the beginning the book only introduced us to
singular letters.
Å for "åker" (field)
P for "postmann" (you figured that out yourself! :-) )



Then there were short texts.

Here is Per
at grandpa's.
Grandpa, can Per go for a ride?
Yes, come here,
so you can ride
together with grandpa.

(Far-far, today written in one word as "farfar", shows
that this grandfather is the father of the father,
in other words the paternal grandfather.)



Further on in the book when the stories get longer
and the letters smaller, this drawing shows
the children's parade on May 17th,
Norway's national day.

This ABC was published in 1954, nine years
after the Second World War had ended in Norway,
so I imagine this was an important subject to
teach Norwegian school children.

MAIDEN NAMES

When I was young, we girls "practiced" writing
the family names of boys we fancied, after our own
given names. We knew our own family names would
soon be history. Imagine!

Then there was a period when women often used
a double name that incorporated both the family name
they had before getting married and their husband's
family name, often hyphenated.

Now, I am told, women often just stick with their
original family name when they marry.

But in general, the naming rule for women in
Norway just now is that ---- there is no rule.
The important part for the government is your
ID number, not your name.

To remember, in case I am still around

Two people have told me what they want
to have written on their gravestones.

The lady said:
Din stund på jorden
(Your Time on this Earth, title of book by Wilhelm Moberg)

The man said:
Mangel på ambisjoner.
Det bare ble sånn.
(Lack of Ambitions.
It Just Turned Out That Way)

What do you want on your gravestone?

Just your name and the years of your life?

But it gives me great pleasure to know they are there

More or less:

"It's been many years since I last
touched any books in this bookcase,
but it gives me great pleasure
to know they are there."

Storm P. was a Danish cartoonist, well worth
knowing more about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_P.

Generosity and Pride

"Generosity is giving more than you can,
and pride is taking less than you need."

Kahlil Gibran

Old Norwegian recipee pamphlet

Unfortunately the year this recipe pamphlet

was published here in Norway is not mentioned

in the publication, but my guess is it was

around 1930.

Freia still exists as a firm.

Their baking powder (bakepulver) still can be

bought.

The baking powder is "better than those from

abroad" says the ad.

Norwegian Heritage : St. Olav's Rose (Olavsrosa)

To learn more about Norwegian Heritage, you can

check out the following website

http://www.olavsrosa.no/en/

They use St. Olav's Rose (Olavsrosa) as their symbol

http://www.olavsrosa.no/en/redaksjonelt.aspx?id=85691

If you use the Quick Search on the website

with Østfold in the County window you will get

eight sites approved with St. Olav's Rose

in this part of Norway.

None in Moss so far .........

"Trendy food"

Who would have thought that food could become trendy?

Here is a list of some food that supposedly is
trendy just now, and of some food soon to be trendy.

In any case, food for thought....

What have you eaten?

TRENDY:
Sushi,
ruccola,
balsamico,
smoothies,
functional food (with added nutrients),
chai (black tea with milk)

SOON TRENDY:
Flexitarians (eat vegetables, grains, fruit, but also lean meat, poultry and diary products),
yumberries from China,
ethnic Korean food,
local organic food,
ancient grains like amarant, quinoa and teff,
gourmet frozen food
functional water (with added nutrients)

Trendy or not trendy, grandmother would talk
about a balanced diet. I think that still is true.

Bloodtypes in Norway

According to a magazine article I read,
the percentages of bloodtypes in Norway are:

Type O 39 %
Type A 49 %
Type B 8 %
Type AB 4 %

15 % are RHD - negative
85 % are RHD + positive

The Pareto Principle

Just to remember:

80 % unfocuzed effort, generates only 20 % results.
20 % focuzed effort, generates 80 % results.

Worth studying the Pareto Principle further.....