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Vinther1991 on 14 March 2020

Good news from Norway:
Weather is nice
Pollution and emissions are down
Electricity prizes are falling
🙂



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Vinther1991 on 14 March 2020
Ka-pi96 said:
Vinther1991 said:
Good news from Norway:
Weather is nice
Pollution and emissions are down
Electricity prizes are falling
🙂

Oxymoron? Isn't it just permanently snowy and cold in Norway? How is that nice (for non-Polar Bears I mean)?

Then you shouldn't complain with that avatar 😉

There is no snow in Oslo now at least. It has been a hot winter. It is cold, but the sun is shining and there is no wind. So the weather is good by norwegian standards.



zorg1000 on 14 March 2020
Vinther1991 said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Oxymoron? Isn't it just permanently snowy and cold in Norway? How is that nice (for non-Polar Bears I mean)?

Then you shouldn't complain with that avatar 😉

There is no snow in Oslo now at least. It has been a hot winter. It is cold, but the sun is shining and there is no wind. So the weather is good by norwegian standards.

I had to look up the temp in Oslo, its warmer there than it is where I live, about an hour west of Chicago.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

hiccupthehuman on 14 March 2020

Wow these are all pretty cool! Thanks for sharing!



KLAMarine on 14 March 2020
sethnintendo said:
Don't get me started on 3D printers. I work for an invisible braces company. Do you know how much waste is generated from 3D printing? Hey everyone's teeth are straight but the landfills are full of plastic.

I don't understand. Can't that plastic be re-used?



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sethnintendo on 14 March 2020
KLAMarine said:
sethnintendo said:
Don't get me started on 3D printers. I work for an invisible braces company. Do you know how much waste is generated from 3D printing? Hey everyone's teeth are straight but the landfills are full of plastic.

I don't understand. Can't that plastic be re-used?

They heat plastic up to stamp it over model of printed teeth.  I've been told that type of plastic isn't recyclable once heated.  Pretty much everything is trash there and nothing is recycled.  Those printed models of teeth end up in trash too.  Only thing not sent to trash is the end product of clear braces.



zorg1000 on 14 March 2020
CaptainExplosion said:

-Last ebola patient in Congo can finally go home.

Imagine if this poor guy gets covid-19 now



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

KLAMarine on 14 March 2020
sethnintendo said:
KLAMarine said:

I don't understand. Can't that plastic be re-used?

They heat plastic up to stamp it over model of printed teeth.  I've been told that type of plastic isn't recyclable once heated.  Pretty much everything is trash there and nothing is recycled.  Those printed models of teeth end up in trash too.  Only thing not sent to trash is the end product of clear braces.

Gotta get that plastic-eating bacteria on it pronto.



PortisheadBiscuit on 14 March 2020

Thank you for this



curl-6 on 14 March 2020

So glad you guys got a lift out of this!
It did seem like the mood here was getting pretty somber, which is completely understandable, I mean, six months without a Direct? :p

Also, in local good news, my parents were recently able to return to their home, which they had to evacuate due to the bushfires weeks earlier, and found the fire had spared their property. My Mum is also coming up on 7 years clean of cancer.