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I’m groovin, I’m doin it

The photos are a bit small, but they’re of me suspended above the ground, so they do the trick. And holy crap, climbing shoes are small.

I had to pay the second installment of my rent today.  I realized that my rent is around $200 cheaper for the entire term than my friend’s rent.  My friend lives 3-5 times closer to campus than I do, and his internet connection is 200 times faster than mine. And just to add fuel to the fire of jealousy, he’s trying to move here.  I mean, he’s a good guy, but I wouldn’t trust his decision making skills.

So I wandered down to Ye Olde Banke to pay my big ol’ bill, and lucky for me, I had just enough money between my chequing account and my wallet to cover the bill, with just under $2 CAD remaining. I gave the bank teller the invoice and started counting out an uncomfortably large number of bills, but I was interrupted by her quoting me an amount that was 50kr ($8 CAD) more than what the bill had said.  I blinked as she explained that there was a 50kr charge for paying a bill.  Sweden gets a lot of things right, but whoever thought up the fee-payment-fee needs a good ol’ fashioned face stabbing.

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7 Comments so far

  1. Wes September 19th, 2006 8:07 am

    i recently bought a camera and had a similar exchange with the cashier, more on that later… gotta finish these god damn medical school applications.

  2. Grandma September 19th, 2006 9:34 am

    good luck in your job search.

  3. Felix September 19th, 2006 12:43 pm

    hehe you should trust my skills 🙂
    The option of sharing a room with my girlfriend, living on an international corridor and saving about 100 euro each term is good enough to give it a try.

    Allthough the shoes are small and start hurting after a while, they are the only tools that mike climbing possible this way. I’d like to have that much grip on my normal shoes as well 🙂

  4. Alex September 19th, 2006 1:15 pm

    good luck on the applications, wes.

    tack så mycket, grandma.

    Felix, I’ve already explained this to you. Your reasoning is flawless, and I’d probably do the same thing if I was in your situation. That doesn’t make you any less wrong 😛

    If they’re how mike defies gravity, then god damn, sign me up for 12.

  5. Grandma September 19th, 2006 3:13 pm

    At least you could understand my comment which is more than I can say for my ability to understand yours.

  6. Alex September 19th, 2006 5:25 pm

    It means “thank you very much” in swedish.

    Honestly grandma, with the amount of international guests you have, you’d think you would have at least learned some international courtesy by now 😛

  7. Grandma September 20th, 2006 9:49 am

    At Green Gables we believe that actions speak louder than words

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