Billy Goats Sverige - you do know that you have moved

[Guns 'n' Roses]

to a country with a massive unemployment record? And that its neighbour country in the west struggles to get enough labour?

Did you know that 15% of Oslo's population are Swedes?

Unless you get your missus to move with you westwards, you're going to say this prayer every night for the rest of your life:

"Why oh why Lord, did you let me fall in love with a Swede, would it have been so hard to send a norwegian girl my way?" :cry:

(says the man who accepted his daughter moving to Sweden)

[Maravilloso Marvo]

I think you'll find she is her own person and can choose where the hell she wants to live.

Unless she is still financially dependent on you, which I suspect she is.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

I should be alright. There seems to be a need for people with IT skills here and if not her brother is quite high up in Telia in Sundsvall and her dad is high up at Metso. I've heard getting a job here is more about who you know than what you know. The only thing with Sundsvall is there's not that much if you don't have a good grasp on the language so i need to crack on with that.

[Guns 'n' Roses]

When she's 18, she can.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Guns 'n' Roses]

There is a high unemployment rate, but the Swedes are clever people. We're spoilt in Norway coz we found oil. Hence, we don't need to be creative. We don't make IKEA, Volvo, SAAB. We only deal with natural resources such as forestry, fish and oil.

I went to a parents meeting at our daughter's school on Tuesday. Was very impressed with the programme. They focus on creativity and entrepreneurship.

[Guns 'n' Roses]

Ffs, even the fackin FIFA says she can't do what she wants!! Even if I, her dad, says it's ok that she plays football in Sweden, they WON'T FACKIN LET HER!

[Billy Goat Sverige]

for something to keep me warm when it's -20C and struggled to find something decent. I'm thinking i might have to sacrifice style in this case.

Do you wear one of those down jackets?

[Rich]

His poor daughter. If a Swedish man ever goes there now it will be like waving a stick in a cave :-(

[Classic Jorge]

[Rich]

Let me know if you need any tips on hunting one :thumbup:

[Maravilloso Marvo]

What's the legal age of consent over there? Is she allowed to be spit roasted by half the soccer team, but still have to be home by 9pm?

[Billy Goat Sverige]

a horse with huge antlers.

[Guns 'n' Roses]

For watching outdoor winter sports, I have a really warm North Face down jacket. It's like a sleeping bag. You can wear a T-shirt under it.

They also have thinner, light jackets for less cold days.

http://www.oslosportslager.no/uploads/bilder/nettbutikk/produkter2/40605-800.jpg

[Guns 'n' Roses]

Not even the British FA.

[Rich]

I picture myself in the snowy woodland stalking my prey. Then hearing the sharp crack from my Lee Enfield echo amongst the snowy trees before seeing the moose lurch a few steps before collapsing to the ground.

I wonder what Moose meat tastes like.

[Brentwood]

even when you hoot them, they just amble across the road

Get yourself an iskjøring course. Great fun

http://pub.cdn.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00937/elg1_937621i.jpg

[Guns 'n' Roses]

It's "game" meat. Very tasty. A bit like deer and reindeer.

[Guns 'n' Roses]

If a football organisation can decide that people under 18 can't go abroad to play football, doesn't it seem logical that a dad can have a say when his child wants to go abroad to school?

[Guns 'n' Roses]