Sorry for not answering sooner but the last week have I been very busy
and the warmth have come so when I have got home I have just been sitting
in the shade drinking cold beer.

 BF>> In some way you are lucky, I have to take them down by myself to use them
 BF>> for fire-wood.

 RN> This type of pine deposits too much sap when it is burned and also burns
 RN> too fast to be used as firewood.  Oak is much better for that and also has
 RN> a pleasant odor.

There is a danger to burn oak. It emits too much warmth so it can cause the
fumace to "melt" so when I burn oak I mix it with a lot of birch.

 RN> That is good and I knew of it already, but I have to wait for the other
 RN> system to be built before I can even think about one.  Besides, we have
 RN> another tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico at the moment, but the
 RN> weathermen all say that it won't be a problem for us in this area.  They
 RN> evidently aren't looking at the same satellite photos I'm looking at.  (-:

Now it has gone a couple of days so now you must know how it went for you.

 RN> money you place into the plan cannot be touched.  This actually happened
 RN> to me, and after being in a plan at my workplace for 17 years, the boss
 RN> discontinued the plan and we were all refunded the money we had invested.

Lucky for you. And there are no use to save the mony in a bank either since there
are no intrest either unless you have at least 100 000 SEK, abour $12 500, on the
account.

 BF>> Like you houses are designed to stand a small earthquake.

 RN> That is about the only natural disaster that does not occur in this area.

At least one positive thing.

 RN> Maybe the power company here knows exactly where to look.  They don't have
 RN> a very large area to cover, as they are what we call a co-op, which is
 RN> owned in not a small way by the customers.  There are other, much larger
 RN> power companies in the area, however.

We only have a government-own company for the power-lines.

 RN> Same thing here.  My son came over yesterday to pick up the riding mower
 RN> to cut his grass and he wanted to know why I hadn't cut mine yet.  I told
 RN> him to take a close look at the yard and renmember that it has been
 RN> raining every day.  The entire yard looks like a battlefield.

Not here. The sun has been shining for almost a week now and I have covered the
drainpipe-ditch with soil so now it looks a bit better.

 BF>> Right now they are in my camera and I will move them to the computer
 BF>> today.

 RN> Got them, as you know by now.

And now I will try to get some time to make that CD.

//Bj”rn

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