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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

After the Snow


So, after the snow fall, the work starts. You must make sure that the snow is taken off the buildings or there is a grave danger to the security of the buildings.


Early this year when I arrived, there were several times when people from other departments told us that they had reported to the authorities to take care of the snow on the open area on our side of the building. These places are not used during winter and if ignored can accumulate much snow. All on our side were grateful for that. Now, we know the reason for roofs with slopes. People often rely on young relatives, children or hire people to take care of this.


These above two were easy to maintain, but still need to be taken care of, for the fear of weakening the wooden structure.

Ulf, who works at the university. He mentioned that he has noticed my joy at the snow. I usually stop and take pictures. Oh yeah, I am used to snow, I shared. uh, Ulf, its a common Swedish name. What does it mean? I always ask people that. 'Wolf he stated.'

Ah, royal!! When I first came to the country and overheard a conversation in the lunch room about hunting wolves, I interrupted asking 'So, you each person is allowed to kill 26 wolves a year?*

Nej, screamed the person sitting next to me. '26 per year' 'How many Wolves do you think we have?' He asked, 'I dont know I had shrugged' But the fact that I had never had these conversations, not even Pennsylvania, did not go unnoticed. At some other point I will talk about the conversations related to mosquitoes and avalanches. Only in Sweden!!