"Giacinto Scelsi (1915-1982) - Giacinto Scelsi was born on January 8th, 1905." Not that dates matter to me that much (ooooh, depending on the context of the word "dates" I think I just sounded like either a misanthrope perpetual bachelor who views every relationship merely as a sexual conquest or a misanthrope perpetual bachelor who hates calendars. I meant the latter.) but I'd like to see that glaring error fixed. 1905 is the correct date, by the way.
A world without bananas. Will innuendo eating be reserved for hot dogs, vegetables and popsicles? And what will people slip on? Children will watch old cartoons and see a banana peel and wonder if it's some kind of silk handkerchief or a small squid-like creature.
Everything's expensive in Oslo. 1. The price of gas all over Europe is high (table is at the bottom). It's all retail gasoline taxes (they are an oil producing nation, by the way - notice that OPEC member nations are crowded around the low end of the scale and a hearty congratulations to Kuwait! Six cents a gallon! Maybe if there's some deflationary problems you'll be able to sink under 5 cents). 2. All taxes are insane compared to American taxes, too (Federal taxes/GDP is about 40% for Norway, 25-26% for the US and about 50% for the other Scandinavian countries). And if you like approximations to definite integrals and quantitative descriptions of inequality, Norway has a pretty low Gini coefficient (25.8, US = 40.8). But people do show up and vote for things like taxes to fund this stuff and elect people who tax their gas like it's cigarettes (70-90% turnout, I think). Personally, I like my language English and my gas prices low.
Unless there's anything else, you are dismissed. Remember that your nametag is good for one free non-speciality drink at the meet-and-greet in the reception hall. Thank you.
