The Anonymous Widower

Not All Estate Agents Are Successful!

Despite the good name, this one seems to have failed.

Not All Estate Agents Are Successful!

Not All Estate Agents Are Successful!

A pity really, as you can’t have too many estate agents.  That way, you might get one who is actually good at the job.

September 11, 2013 Posted by | World | , | Leave a comment

Food Or Surveillance?

I saw this van on Upper Street in Islington.

Food Or Surveillance?

Food Or Surveillance?

Is it Kennedy Spies or Kennedy’s Pies?

September 11, 2013 Posted by | Food, World | | Leave a comment

We Need A Duty-Free By-Pass At Airports

Oslo Airport had one of the largest duty free areas I’ve seen in a long time. It was very crowded too, with passengers trailing cases and carrying overflowing baskets.

I found it difficult to walk through  and it was a completely wasted few minutes, that I could have spent much better.

It’s all totally pointless, as if duty-free was banned on flights and passengers bought their duty free as they arrived in a country, airlines wouldn’t waste fuel flying all that useless junk around the skies.

I wonder how much duty free contributes to global warming?

The EU should make it the law, that every airport has a by-pass for those, who don’t want to buy any duty-free.

And was there anything to eat that was gluten-free in the airport? I didn’t see anything that was!

September 11, 2013 Posted by | Transport/Travel, World | , , , , | Leave a comment

Oslo’s Tourist And Transport Information

There is a lot of transport information in Oslo, but much of it, is not really geared at tourists and especially those that walk everywhere like me. Here’s some examples.

Note that the bus timing information is in the stop itself and the clock in the train information.

But there were no walking maps and you needed to have a paper guide or book in your hand.

September 11, 2013 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , , | Leave a comment

A Missed Opportunity

Was it? But some years ago, I backed a guy making something called a TEBA brush mat. The company failed, but judging  by these examples in Oslo, mats are being sold under another guise.

I’ve been lucky in life, but perhaps this is one place, where I didn’t do as well as I should have.

September 11, 2013 Posted by | Business, World | , | Leave a comment

Endless Bits Of Paper

Queue in Norway and Sweden and you always seem to have to get a ticket with a number on it.

but I suppose, they have plenty enough trees to make the paper for the tickets.

September 11, 2013 Posted by | World | , , , | Leave a comment