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Vol. 5 , No. 8 AUGUST, 2013

The 2015

SKARSTEN FAMILY REUNION

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE

“Skarsten Times” is a non pro t, private enterprise, newsle er publishedperiodically at 39630 Fairway Drive,Apt 126 in Palmdale, California93551.Editor…………,,……..JIM SKARSTENHome/Cell Phone: (661) 992 2730e Mail Address: [email protected] Edigtor………DR. DAVID DIXON

Associate Editor…..MICKI SKARSTENExecu ve Editor……IRVIN SMITHAc vi esCoordinator……….MARY O’BRIEN

AUGUST, 2013 SKARSTEN TIMES PAGE 2

EDITOR’S INKWELLwith

JIM SKARSTEN Editor

FRIGHT


JimWrite Now! SKARSTEN

TIMES

Did some flying during my 24 years’ active duty in the United States Air Force!

Now am aware that airplanes weren’t the only thing I was flying, that time was also passing at an incredible pace, much faster than the speed of sound! Can’t say I’ve heard of anyone who has heard time flying nor flew time for that matter!

Suddenly discovered myself aged! Just yesterday, was much younger!

Oh, past memories are so vivid it seems they just happened! Looking into the mirror of time, find it incredible that I’ve been retired from the Air Force more than 33 years. Find it even more amazing that so much time has “flown” by since I bade the Air Force farewell on May 31, 1979!

Also it practically impossible to comprehend that the 19 years with the Federal Service have faded into history not to mention the three years I was recalled into the Federal Service! Also along the lifetime pathway is evi-dence of of five years as editor of the “Skarsten Times’ which has become a thriving non-profit business ven-ture!

In a few months will observed the 39th wedding anniversary. The great times with my wife, Micki, cast a sharper reflection than anything else!

What more life can offer will probably be as surprising as the last 77 years that have “flown” past!

What, already 77 years?

...GOOD GRIEF!

vised the “2015 Skarsten Family Reunion” will be inMadison, Wisconsin nor has any speci c date beenannounced!

However, there is reasonable certainty that there will

be a reunion some me during 2015, or is thatjust another dream?

2015: Madison, WisconsinHost: Hildegarde“Hildy” McGownPAST REUNIONS:

2011 Hill City, South DakotaHost: Dr. Phyllis Skarsten Dixon

2008:Fosston, MinnesotaHosts: Grant and BeverlySkarsten

2004:Decorah, IowaHost: Ms. Agnes GrevstadSkarsten Hjelle

2000: Braham, MinnesotaHost: Gary Skarsten


KOUT LINE2015 FAMILY REUNION

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Ah, sweet an cipa on!

Looking forward to a long journey is alsmost as exci ng as the trip itself!Travel thoughts usually precede the ac vi es themselves!

It is a long ways to Madison, Wisconsin whether from Minnesota or California. Many hours are expended on the road and in lodging facili es.

Flying at least involves one long day! Checking in and out of the airports assecuring transporta on at the des na on includes some busy me!

While there aren’t many who own ocean going boats such as yachts, sailing toMadison is possible. That could take much more me than by air or car.

This brings up another inspira on. It is possible to catch a cruise ship fromsomewhere along one of the coasts to Madion and back.

Now, wouldn’t that be a “hoot” as Gary Skarsten, host of the rst 2000Skarsten Family reunion may say! Why not a 2015 Skarsten Family Reunioncruise from Santa Barbara or Los Angeles to Madison?

Well, we can always dream! It is stu like this of which dreams are made!Dreaming has resulted in the produc on of many wondorous events throughout human history!

It is a proven fact there is no limita on to the imagina on, upon which themost vivid dreams are based. The greater the imagina on, the bigger thedream.

A long me ago, Dr. Mar n Luther stood up in front of a huge crowed in theNa on’s capital and admi ed, “I have a dream”! As it turns out, today’s environment resembles the images Dr. Luther saw portrayed in his dream.

Are there any really “bad” dreams? Are some of the dreams we consider“bad” as awful as we seem to perceive them or are dreams a gi intended onlyto be “good” those we perceive “bad” only a gment of our imagina on?

There was a night when President Abraham Lincoln had a dream thatrevewaled to him his forthcoming assassina on! Yet, nobody every heard ofPresident Lincoln referring to this as a “bad” dream.

Hey! This isn’t a story about dreams, it is an ar cle of ansicipa on about theforthcoming “2015 Skarsten Family Reunion” in Madison, Wisconsin! That issome dream of another day in the future!

Come to think of it, the “Skarsten Times” hasn’t been informed there will bea reunion in 2015! Furhtermore, the “Skarsten Times” has never been ad

HALL OF FAME

IS THE 2015 SKARSTEN REUNIONJUST ANOTHER FAMILY ‘DREAM’?

MILLIONS LISTEN



I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the di cul es of today and tomorrow, I s ll have a dream. It is a dream deeply root-ed in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this na on will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of for-mer slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injus ce, sweltering with the heat of op-pression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and jus ce. I have a dream that my four li le children will one day live in a na on where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the con-tent of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposi-

on and nulli ca on; one day right there in Alabama, li le black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with li le white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.

“I HAVE ADREAM”

"About ten days ago, I re red very late. I had been upwai ng for important dispatches from the front. I couldnot have been long in bed when I fell into a slumber, forI was weary. I soon began to dream.

Mystery surrounds the premoni onreceived by President Abraham Lincoln before his assassina on actuallyhappened!

There seemed to be a death like s llness about me. Then I heardsubdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. I thought Ile my bed and wandered downstairs. There the silence was broken by the same pi ful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible. Iwent from room to room; no living person was in sight, but thesame mournful sounds of distress met me as I passed along. I sawlight in all the rooms; every object was familiar to me; but wherewere all the people who were grieving as if their hearts wouldbreak? I was puzzled and alarmed. What could be the meaning ofall this? Determined to nd the cause of a state of things so mysterious and so shocking, I kept on un l I arrived at the East Room,which I entered. There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me


was a catafalque, on which rested a corpsewrapped in funeral vestments. Around it weresta oned soldiers who were ac ng as guards; andthere was a throng of people, gazing mournfullyupon the corpse, whose face was covered, othersweeping pi fully. 'Who is dead in the WhiteHouse?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'ThePresident,' was his answer; 'he was killed by anassassin.' Then came a loud burst of grief from thecrowd, which woke me from my dream. I slept nomore that night; and although it was only adream, I have been strangely annoyed by it eversince."

RISING GAS PRICES, WEATHERTYPICALLY MAJOR CONCERNS

Once upon a me, weather was the main topic of neigh-borhood conversa ons.

That was awhile before the automobile and internal combus on engine arrived upon the scene. Today focus upon the grave gas price increases is no longer a fairy tale.

Curiously, there is li le said about the fuel economics. This is probably because the subject is su ciently debatable to become a taboo element of public conversa on alongside poli

cs, and religion where one opinion may be unpopular.

Markets are saturated with exci ng sugges ons that seem to disappear with me. It appears that the petroleum industries don’t want to see such things as alterna ve-fuel engines. The “Skarsten Times” won’t join the media with resolu onarey pro-posals.

An issue that really stokes the re is rising fuel costs result in elevated food costs that can inescapably cut deeply into the

quality of family life. However, ci zens of the world realize that higher gas prices are a way of life throughout most of the world.

Where gas pumps are not of the most major concern, there are other considera ons of greater interest that result from poli cal, social and economic woes that overshadow the gallon gauges. Na ons with fewer cars on the road watch other, more troublesome, issues whatever those may be.

Come to think of it, the en re world is “under the weath-er”, with no exemp ons. The weather con nually a ects everyone, in every walk of life!

In this respect, please feel invited to review the na onal and world gas prices on the following pages of this “Skarsten Times” as well as notes on the weather which is the subject of the “Poor Jim’s Almanc” on page 16.

WILL IT RAIN TOMORROW?AUGUST, 2013 SKARSTEN TIMES PAGE 8

2015 GAS PRICES NOT EXPECTEDTO RISE CONSIDERABLY BY THEN

Many factors a ect the predictabilityof gas prices that a ect the cost ofcar gas.

Therefore, it is as challenging to predictauto gas prices in 2015 as it is theweather. Demands for futures informa on pay the salaries of those hired toes mate the rise and fall of auto gasprices.

Perhaps the rst shock is that 2015, theyear of the “Skarsten Family Reunion”, isjust two years away. This is an incrediblyshort me for the petroleum industrialists to establish any de ni ve es mates.

If prices are so uncertain, why try toguess at anything whatsoever? Just letwell enough alone, don’t kick the deadhorse.

Business requiring fortunes telling toavoid ge ng stuck in some destruc vecrisis pay the predictors dearly! However, at this point no disasters are imminent such as was the stock market crashof 1929.

It appears that at least some stability canbe expected for the next several years.Therefore, travelers to the “SkarstenFamily Reunion” may not be faced withany staggering increases between nowand then.

2013 NATIONAL GAS PRICE MAP


Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48

Norway Oslo$6.27

Italy Milan $5.96

Denmark Copenhagen $5.93

Belgium Brussels$5.91

Sweden Stockholm $5.80

United KingdomLondon $5.79

Germany Frankfurt $5.57

France Paris $5.54

Portugal Lisbon$5.35

Hungary Budapest$4.94

Croa a Zagreb$4.81

Ireland Dublin$4.78

Switzerland Geneva $4.74

SwitzerlandGeneva $4.74

Spain Madrid$4.55

Japan Tokyo$4.24

Czech RepublicPrague $4.19

Romania Bucharest $4.09

Andorra $4.08

Estonia Tallinn$3.62

Bulgaria So a$3.52

Brazil Brasilia$3.12

Cuba Havana$3.03

South Africa$2.62

Taiwan Taipei$2.84

Lebanon Beirut$2.63

Nicaragua Managua $2.61

Panama Panama City $2.19

Russia Moscow$2.10

Puerto Rico SanJuan $1.74

Saudi ArabiaRiyadh $0.91

Kuwait KuwaitCity $0.78

Egypt Cairo$0.65

Nigeria Lagos$0.38

Venezuela Caracas $0.12

GAS PRICESAROUND THEWORLDGasoline prices in the United States, which have recentlyhit record highs, are actually much lower than in manycountries. Drivers in some European ci es, like Amster-dam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 mes more thanthose in the U.S.

The main factor in price dispari es between countries isgovernment policy, according to AirInc, a company thattracks the cost of living in various places around theworld. Many European na ons tax gasoline heavily, withtaxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of agallon of gasoline.Please note the prices listed here are based upon aver-ages, with actual costs varying throughout the listedcountries. Huge changes do not ususally occur to anygreat extent on the worldwide markets.



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At 8:45 a.m. August 6, 1945 theJapanese Yamaguchi family werecompletely annihilated in the tragicbombing of Hiroshima, Japan!

Before emigra ng from Japan to Koreaduring 1941, Yamaguchi Miyoko wasspared from this tragedy. That wasthe given name of Micki Skarsten, wifeof the editor who was born andlived with her family in Hiroshimaun l moving to Korea at age 5.

This happened because Micki’sfather was Korean, working in aJapanese bank. When he foresawwhat was happening some mebefore this con agra on, Micki’sfather moved the family back toKorea.

NO YAMAGUCHI FAMILY REUNION

During 2004, Jim and Micki visited the Atomic Museum in Hiroshima. The management of the museumdiscouraged searches for any of Micki’s family sincenone had ever succeeded in nding anything.

At above right is a photo of the “Enola Gay” aircrathat bombed both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircra entered Japanes airspace unopposed since thegovernment had decided it wasn’t worthwhile toshoot down a lone aircra .

This ar cle explains why there will never be anotherfamily reunion for Micki’s family in Hiroshima!

by jim skarsten Editor


CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

It is one thing to sit behindthe desk and call yourself“editor” whereas performthe myriad task and exercising the responsibili es isquite another.

Probably one ofthe best thingsthat has happened to me aseditor is engaging the servicesof Mr. IrvinSmith.

Of everyonewho has assisted with the“SkarstenTimes”, Mr. Smith has beenthe most helpful.

Se ng up the web site wasen rely Mr. Smith’s idea.This ini a ve never occurredto me un l Mr. Smith suggested the “Skarsten Times”be placed on a website forconvenience of the readership.

Was fortunate to have recognized this opportunity immediately. It came to me like abolt out of the blue! I seenthe advantages!

So I reached into my pocketand purchased the website.When the subscrip on recently ran out, Mr. Smith renewed with his own money.

In all myexperiencehas nevermet anyonequite asdedicatedand reliableas Mr. Smithwhom fromnow on willbe referredto in thisar cle as

“Irvin”.

As this edi on is being puttogether, Irvin has set up anen rely new edi ng schemethat is compa ble with themore modern electronic systems as well as the whimsicalamateurism of the editor. Allthe forma ng of this edi onwas completed by Irvin withtremendous for tude andpa ence.

As this is being wri en it is1:20 a.m., Paci c StandardTime (PST) here in Palmdale,California and 3 hours laterthere at Irvin’s home in Indi

ana. It is not unusualfor Irvin to work withthe “Skarsten Times”un l the wee, very“wee” hours of themorning such as thismorning.

Fortunately, this is Saturdayso Irvin may sleep ali le later tomorrow,Sunday, morning. Onregular weekdaysIrvin has to arise early to manage his business there in Indianaa er assis ng with the“Skarsten Times” un l 2 3a.m..! Have never been clearon what Irvin doesexcept he is a computer expert withpar cular exper sein graphics applica

ons!

Readers and editors alike shouldappreciate the valuable contribu onsand assistance provided by Irvin, the“smithy” of the“Skarsten Times”!

with JIM SKARSTEN editor


“Skarsten Times” Execu ve Editor ProvidesReliable Technical, Edi orial Resourcefulness

SKARSTEN TIMES

Mistakes are probably one of themajor roadblocks to publica onsuccess. Correc on of even thesmallest typographical oversightis important because in journalism as in any other endeavor it isalways the “small” things thathurt the worst.

Nobody hurts worse than theeditor who made the mistake.And frequently the sta keepsreminding the editor of the mistake that he mayhave made if themistake is signicant enough.

Bad as well as“good” e ortsmust be sharedamong the staof large publica

ons. In singulareditorial situa

ons such as the“Skarsten Times”the readership isfactored into theeditorial staequa on. Since itis the job of theeditor alone to shoulder all editorial responsibili es, readers cannever be held responsible foreditorial outcomes. However, aconscien ous readershipshould shoulder an obliga onto help the editor improve thepublica on. Therefore, editors may determine the successf of the publica on by the

amount of ac ve readership parcipa on.

However, experienced editorsaren’t concerned with readershipas with circula on. How manypeople have an opportunity toread the publica on is more important to a veteran editor.

For example, the “SkarstenTimes” rarely hears from thereaders. Yet the editorial sta ishappy that it has been es mated

that nearly15,000 peoplehave an opportunity to at leastlook at, if not atread, each edi

on of the“SkarstenTimes”.

If this isn’t surprising, it shouldbe interes ng tonote that the“Skarsten Times”is available to theen re world onthe www.

Skasten mes.com website!

Therefore, the “Skarsten Times”can now be considered a“worldwide”, “interna onal”publica on. That’s pres gious!

And, get this: Publica ons areo en recognized big meovernight! This usually happens on a posi ve, as well as anega ve, note.

old for adop on.

Finished elementary educa onin thexxxxxSteinbrennerSchool near the Skarsten farmstead. A ended the University of Minnesota School ofAgriculture in Crookston, Minnesota.

Following schooling was hiredby the Minot Daily News ofMinot, North Dakota. Wasemployed as an assistant editor un l joining the Air Forcein 1956.

Was promptly assigned by theAir Force to the public rela ons

eld due to my journalis c background. Vividly recall my rstassignment at Sembach AB, Germany with the base newspaper,the “Sembach Jet Gaze e”.

Re red from the United StatesAir Force during May, 1979 a erhaving served 24 years. JoinedNASA on the Space Shu le pro-gram immediately following myre rement from the military.

Re red from NASA during March,2009.

“August Percep on”

“SKARSTEN TIMES” ACHIEVESAN ‘INTERNATIONAL’ RATING


Always, the “Skarsten Times”editorial sta is careful not topublish anything that may beo ensive. That is why the“Skarsten Times” avoids involvement with religion, poli

cs and controversial issues.

Finally, it is the objec ve ofthe “Skarsten Times” to pro-mote harmony among theSkarsten rela ves. That iswhy the “Skarsten Times”welcomes “harmonious” fam-ily-type news!

Remember, no ma er whatmay happen the “SkarstenTimes” will always be a“Skarsten Family” newsle er.No broader objec ve has everbeen considered!

Everyone who has access tothe “Skarsten Times” is invitedto look at the newsle er seriously. A er all,

YOU’REPART OF IT!


It started about 3 weeks ago. I woke up and went outside to nd my yard covered inraised areas, tunnels from that of a mole had seized my yard! What was I to do? Mygood neighbor suggested that I use his trap to capture and kill the creature. I borrowed his trap and a er 3 weeks I had no luck in catching the cri er. My yard hadbeen taken over and I was powerless un l my deep rooted natural ins ncts decided totake over. I stomped down all the mole tunnels and waited...and waited.. And waitedsome more.. Un l I seen it. He was popping up and I had a shovel ready. I snuck upon him and dug him out of the ground! He was a crazy looking cri er with big pawsand no eyes. He was trying to get away but I scooped him up and put him in a bucket.I then loaded him in the car, took him to a wooded area about 5 miles down the roadand released him where he can be happy and not be disturbed by humans. Some

mes you do not have to kill the li le creatures but just dig them up (in my case). Thisis the second creature that had disturbed me. The rst one was a squirrel in my a cin which I caught and then released in the same woods.

Whether you no ced it or not, during the nights between August 10 13, one of the rarest meteor showers in history was visible in the night sky!

During the night thousands of falling stars o ered a tremendous universal show with about 50 100 meteors per hour visible.

August's annual Perseids meteor shower peaks Sunday and Monday, promising perhaps 70 meteors an hour those evenings.

"The Perseids are the good ones," says meteorite expert Bill Cooke of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

The Perseids take their name from their apparent origin in the constella on Perseus, the hero of ancient Greek myth born from a shower of heavenly gold. Known for producing reballs that might streak across a third of the sky, they owe their brilliance to the speed — nearly 134,000 mph — with which they smack into the upper atmosphere. "It's also because of the size of the meteors," Cooke says. The dust grains are about one h of an inch across and burn nicely as they zip overhead.

As usual, bright city lights obscured the shoo ng stars. Many missed the show trying to view the meteors from the back porch of their homes from areas illuminated by street lights.

“It was disappoin ng being unable to spot any of those meteors a er so much publicity about them appeared in the media,” a neighbor who failed to see the meteors, said. “There just wasn ‘t anything to see up there in the night sky except the moon!”

A young couple indicated they’d missed the proceedings because they were smooching in a remote area as the ashers passed overhead.

“Time just went by and we didn’t pay any a en on to the meteors,” the couple explained.

Prior to the shower show, poten al viewers were encouraged by local astronomers to watch the events from an area where there were no lights, out in the country. Onlookers were also encouraged to lie down on their backs to look at the heavens where the meteors were burning up in the atmosphere.


CAMPING


Add bundles of sage to a campre to keep mosquitos away

Freeze Gallon Jugs of water andkeep in your cooler

Co on pads dipped in wax makegreat re starters or ll toilet paper rolls with dryer lint.

Natural Tick deterrent: 1 parttree oil to 2 parts water—put inspray bo le and spray on shoes,socks and pant cu s

Put your toilet paper roll in anempty co ee n to keep it safe.

WITH IRVIN SMITH

“Shake Your Desktop Free of Clutter” “If you frequently run multiple programs simultaneously, your desktop can get extremely cluttered. This can get annoying if you're working on one program and want to minimize all the other windows -- in previous versions of Windows you had to minimize them individually. With Windows 7's "shake" feature, though, you can minimize every window except the one in which you're currently work-ing -- in a single step. Click and hold the title bar of the win-dow you want to keep on the desktop; while still holding the title bar, shake it quickly back and forth until all of the other windows minimize to the taskbar. Then let go. To make them return, shake the title bar again.”

Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/181926/top_20_windows_7_tips.html By Preston Gralla, Computerworld

Nov 11, 2009 1:31 PM

JULY, 2013 SKARSTEN TIMES PAGE 18

DOWN ON THE FARM with

JIM SKARSTEN

Editor

Farming seasons in Minnesota were always somewhat repeti-tious with spring seeding, summer harvesting, autumn culti-vating and winter challenges.

During August, relatives from afar converged upon the farm from afar on summertime vacations. It seemed that visiting the farm was a highlight for them, a relief from the city routines.

This was long before the advent of family reunions. However, there was a strong resemblance to the family reunion in these visit-ations that represented those of the past family reunions.

During the 1950s, there were still huge differences between the city and country societies. There was friendly sociological competition between city dwellers of modern convenience and us country folk.who maintained the “old” traditions.

Relatives who visited were residents of the “big cities”, usually families from the populace centers of Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois. Farm work was a uniquely interesting adventure for them and for the Fosston farm a departure from the arduous routine.

Although not travelling to Minnesota every year, the periodic occasions were fun for everyone on the farm as well as the visi-tors who loved the animals and marveled at the farm work activ-ities. Somehow, a mutual, worshipful. attitude prevailed.

Here nearing the end of summer was one of the busiest times of the year. The farm was involved with gathering of the small grains crop which had been growing in the fields since the April seeding for selling at, this time.

AUGUST ENDS SUMMER FARM ACTIVITY, RELATIVE VISITS

Marketing of the grain crops involved sharp attention to the actual business of farming. The local “Cooperative Association” man-aged the only buying facility that was within hauling distance of the Fosston farm, dominating the grain market. However, this same elevator had served the farming community for dcades with-out friction with the farmers.

Suddently, after years of agreement there was a rift between the local elevator association and the grain farmers. For years, the elevator would accept and dry grain that was somewhat damp in moisture content that would require immediate drying to avoid spoilage.and maintain marketability.

This drying process necessitated purchase of highly expensive equipment and exhausitive effort to satisfactorily dry the grain while it was being stored in the Fosston elevator awaiting ship-ment to the various marketing facilities throughout the nation. The dissent began when the Fosston cooperative association be-gan subtracting the drying costs from the farmers’ deliveries!

Farmers quickly discovered it was cheaper to store and dry the grain on the farm instead of paying the elevator drying fees. This dramatically changed the grain marketing economy because the farmers could now withhold selling the grain until the market pric-es peaked satisfactorily.

Helped construct several storage structures on the family farm in Fosston where the grain was dried and kept until it was decided the market price was suitable. Those steel bins that remain on the farmstead help resurrect memories of farming days of 1949-1955.


AUGUST, 2013


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1. Of a pelvic bone2. Wild dog of Australia3. Frequently4. Downwind5. A type of painful injury6. Plot of land7. Liturgy8. Crisis9. Married10. Gasoline11. Short lived12. Orange pekoe13. Collec ons

18. A thin porridge22. Cypher24. Expunge26. Pervert28. Approaches29. Sa sfy30. Resorts31. Cummerbund32. Leg joint33. Speech34. Hair from a mane37. Regrets38. Soil

40. Chimney channel41. Devil sh43. Tenacious44. Less di cult46. Country house47. Not dead48. A small mallet49. Put forth, as e ort50. Vipers51. Twofold53. If not56. Cushion57. Male cat

JULY, 2013


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Gourmet Reciple Page!


Ole og Lars var på sin aller første tog-tur, på vei til Minne-apolis. De hadde tatt med bananer til lunsj. Akku-rat som de begynte å skrelle dem, gikk toget en lang, mørk tunnel. "Har du spist din banan ennå?" Ole spurte ivrig. "Nei," svarte Lars. "Vell ikke røre det hiet," Ole utbrøt. "Jeg Yust tok vun bite og lufte blind!"

Ole and Lars were on their very first train ride, heading to Minneapolis. They had brought along ba-nanas for lunch. Just as they began to peel them, the train entered a long, dark tunnel. "Have you eaten your bana-na yet?" Ole asked excited-ly. "No," replied Lars. "Vell don't touch it den," Ole ex-claimed. "I yust took vun bite and vent blind!"

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