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OK so the OLF hand-me down book is on it's way folks.

Craig Lawrence of Arabia (er....I mean Australia) is the first on the list with the rest as follows.

1. Craig Lawrence (Australia)
2. Joel Fallows
3. Claire Arendse
4. Paul Burns
5. Bob Connor
6. Timothy Spittle
7. Kim Hickey
8. Arnt Rian (Norway)
9. Martin Edwards (Ireland)
10. Sam Price (UK)
11. Serge Poirier (Quebec, Canada)
12. Alain Desforges
13. Tom Dowey
14. The Zootman Bob Cefalu
15. Hesh Breakstone
16. JJ Donohue
17. Coe Franklin
18. John Elshaw
19. Paul Woolson
20. John Cavanaugh
21. Bruce Dickey
22. Old Man Ron Wisdom
23. Dave Anderson
24. Michael McBroom
25. Andy Zimmerman
26. Peter Marreiros
27. Ed Barajas
28. Ronn Coates will be moving
29. Hank Mauel & John How
30. Lillian Watson will be moving
31. Danny Vincent
32. Shane Neifer
33. Graham Stewart
34. Home to Rod True

How cool is this folks? 7 Auzzie's, 3 European's, 5 Canadians and 19 American's.

Don't ask me how much the shipping was, that's between me and Craig (but it was more than the book cost me ) But I really don't mind. I'm so excited about the journey that we all sort of get to go on.

Should be fun.

Lets see if we can keep this post going for the duration of the journey, it could be the longest running topic on the OLF.

Happy Reading my friends.
Rod True39113.0773148148

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Good start, Rod. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses and concludes. Thanks for arranging this!

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WoooHoooo! This is rather exciting. Hopefully it won't get lost in the mail.




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That's fantastic Rod ! It'll be arriving by camel

I'll let you know when it arrives , and thanks again for arranging the whole thing .

Best regards , Lawrence of Australia

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Hey how cool Norway bbbbrrrrrr,

I always wanted to go to Norway ever since John Lennon ask if the wood there was any good

Anyhow, look for me in the box Arnt, I'll be the bloke wear'in the beer gutz and grin. I reckon I'll probably be a bit hungry after the trip so make sure you have a nice hot whale burger wait'in for me in the boot of the Volvo when you come to pick me and the book up from the post office OK.

Cheers

Kim

Awesome Rod.
Thanks for putting this together.

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I keep forgetting to remember what the name of this book is?

Go Rod, and thanks.....

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[QUOTE=larkim] Hey how cool Norway bbbbrrrrrr,

I always wanted to go to Norway ever since John Lennon ask if the wood there was any good

Anyhow, look for me in the box Arnt, I'll be the bloke wear'in the beer gutz and grin. I reckon I'll probably be a bit hungry after the trip so make sure you have a nice hot whale burger wait'in for me in the boot of the Volvo when you come to pick me and the book up from the post office OK.

Cheers

Kim [/QUOTE]

Kim, I’ll make sure I stock up on some goodies before you come over. If I’m out of whale, will seal burger do? Oh, and I’m pretty sure I have some smalahove


leftovers laying around, and some lutefisk in case you don’t eat meat. We take real good care of visitors, don’t you worry about a thing! You should try some of my homebrew as well, it'll be fresh off the still, and...

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Yummy...no wonder the Vikings were such tough guys! I can just imagine the first bite into an eyeball sandwich...SQUISH...followed by projectile vomiting!

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[QUOTE=Bruce Dickey] I keep forgetting to remember what the name of this book is?

Go Rod, and thanks.....[/QUOTE]

Too funny Bruce, they say it's the first thing to go eh.

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"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

Arnt.....um......that looks........um.........tasty?????

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"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

How exciting!! It'll be great handling a book with the grubby fingerprints of Australians and Norwegians!!

Whatever you do, DON'T DROP IT IN THE BATH!!!!


Hehe, I'm sure we all love these Pillagin' invaders!!! really!!! Look at Picture 8 and the burning longship..wow..

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[QUOTE=Sam Price] How exciting!! It'll be great handling a book with the grubby fingerprints of Australians and Norwegians!!

[/URL] really!!! Look at Picture 8 and the burning longship..wow..

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Ok Sam, i'm countin' on ya to wipe the fingerprints off before shipping to me, i gotta scratch this book clean with my dirty paws!

Thanks Rod for your generosity and for starting this bro, it will be fun! Oh and count on me for keeping this thread alive, i've got a lot of experience in this!

2nd on the list! Wow! If my OLF t-shirt gets here in time I may even have to include a picture of myself reading the book wearing it. I know that it'll probably take over a year to get back home again to Rod, but I can't wait to see scanned piccies of the comments written into the book by all of you.

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Great idea Joel!

[QUOTE=Sam Price] How exciting!! It'll be great handling a book with the grubby fingerprints of Australians and Norwegians!!

Whatever you do, DON'T DROP IT IN THE BATH!!!!
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Don't worry Sam, as long as I don't have it in December, which is when I take my Christmas bath, this should not be a problem.

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MmmmmmMmmmm Arnt,

That smalahove looks and sounds delicious. Best thing is, should I happen to get a little home sick, we can always mash one of them mutton heads up and mix in a cup or two of preservatives with some artificial colours and flavours, wrap the whole mess in some pastry, and it will be just like a good'ol Aussie meat pie Yum!

And Arnt, after looking at that picture again, I will be packing some footy boots. I have a great game to show you. It's sort of Australia meets Mongolia in Norway. I reckon it is bound to catch on mate Anyhow I hope it takes off better than my environmentally friendly diaper tattoo idea. Now that was a real winner but them stupid child protection people just don't know what their talk'in about.

Anyhow thanks for this Rod, can't wait to get the book, what a great concept.

Cheers

Kim

Arnt,

While I raise Viking sheep on my farm (Icelandic, which were the Gammel Norsk spaelsau from Western Norway) I am forbidden by my wife to even mention the word smalahove. I have eaten it in Iceland and Norway and it is both a delicacy and grotesque at the same time.

What my wife does allow from our sheep which is pinnekjott which (for those not Norwegian) is smoked lamb ribs that are steamed over a pile of birch branches with juniper berries in the water used for steaming. For those who have not had it, the smoked meat infused by the aroma of the sweet birch branches and juniper berries is a real Norwegian treat... and much more palatable than Lutefisk (which is the norwegian version of gefilte fish) or rotted shark fin which is the norwegian version of rotted (aged, fermented) shark fin.

Aquvit is definitely the drink to have with Viking food or a drink in Iceland that they call "the black death"...

Kim...as far as Aussies, Kiwis and sheep... It just shows how far the Vikings traveled, bringing their livestock and mutton dishes with them

Have any of you Norwegian folks ever tried poutine? Best served with a double size Bison Burger!

This is such a cool idea Rod! I can't wait to get the book but It will be some time since I'm perty far down the list.Thats good though,I get to see everyones comments! Thanks a lot for coming up with this idea!
I don't know about eating a sheeps head Arnt! It sounds kind of well, ...(squishy eye balls!) oh,man!!

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Oh for goodness' sake, go and eat a carrot....

Viking sheep? Amazing. Don't think I'd like to walk through a field full of 'em....

[QUOTE=Sam Price] Oh for goodness' sake, go and eat a carrot....

Viking sheep? Amazing. Don't think I'd like to walk through a field full of 'em....[/QUOTE]
Yeah, a carrot sounds a little better than an eye...

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Hey Lawrence of Australia, did it come yet???

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"We have to constantly remind ourselves what we're doing....No Luthier is putting a man on the moon!" Harry Fleishman

"Generosity is always different in the eye of the person who didn't receive anything, but who wanted some." Waddy Thomson

Hey Rod ! It arrived by camel this afternoon !

All safe and sound along with your notes . Better get reading . Man , your postal fees are pricey .

Thanks a heap Rod . Your up next Joel !

LAWRENCE of AUSTRALIA

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WooHooooooo, the saga has begun!! This was a really neat idea.

Ron

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