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Cake day: June 5th, 2025

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  • Yes, at the pharmacy, but it’s not very much, I pay maybe 200 NOK for my two allergy medicines combined, they both lasts me about 3 months.

    I just checked and there’s a maximum payment of 520 NOK for 3 months worth of medicine for chronic illness, it’s more complicated if there’s more than one illness and multiple medications, but the norm is maximum 520 NOK for the months.

    Amd ylthe cost I pay for prescription drugs for one time prescription have always been so small that it almost don’t register.


  • Norway, I book online if it’s not urgent and wait a few weeks. If it’s urgent I call them and get it same day. Costs about ~250 NOK or ~20 USD I think. Public doctors are always at least 45 minutes late (unless you are late if course, then they call you on time)

    I also had a non-urgent matter, but felt like wait time was too long (holiday season) so I went to a private clinic, got appointment same day and paid about 700 NOK I think.

    I go there, tell my story, if they need to take some samples they can usually do them on site right away for no additional charge.

    If I need some medicine they prescribe that and tell me to come back in x weeks if it’s not getting better.

    If they can’t help me I get a referral. It could take a long time to get certain procedures, especially if they are not urgent/very important, but most of the time it’s been a few weeks for my issues.




  • In Norway we made the plastic bags really expensive (about half an Euro atm) and it’s working wonders. I still have a stash of them, but they’re for special emergencies. The stores sell actual trash bags that’s much smaller and thinner, and thus more convenient (for me at least) so that problem is taken care of as well.

    I keep 4 reusable fabric bags around as well, two for shopping, 1 for glass and 1 for recyclable bottles.

    I find that I much prefer this system. And I still have the option to pay 5kr for a plastic bag at store if I have to.

    5kr for a bag is juuust enough for me to get my reusable bag at home if I want to make spontaneous trip to the store on my way home.






  • Norway leaving the union with Sweden in 1905 is famously one of the very few times secession was done non-violently. But to be fair there was large political pressure from Swedish socal democrats that urged the king not to go to war and the Sweds and Norwegians liked each other and remained good friends and allies afterwards.

    Maybe if both parties start to work on the relationship and get friendly right away, then you could maybe have a peaceful resolution in 50 to 100 years time.


  • I play some during winter, but only single player games with good storylines, and decent and relatively easy gameplay. I live so far north that I get maybe 1 hour of actual sunlight in the middle of winter and due to global warming I get maybe one or two weekends for skiing so I’m glad for video games to keep me entertained along with books.

    What I don’t have any time for is TV.