So this moving Thing, thats really happening then!

smeariestbat · Apr 23, 2013

Hi NSC
As some of the observant among you may have noticed, i have mentioned i was moving to Norway. Well today I handed in my notice, bought my plane ticket and officially bricking it now!
Feels really weird dumping/selling all the junk and effects I have accrued over my life. Its also infuriating that its turning out cheaper to buy new when we get there, than to ship our existing stuff over there. I would never have bought a car last year if i knew i'd be selling it 12 months later :rant:

but overall really looking forward to the adventure and the challenge. My wife is Norwegian, so she's over the moon she's going home. She began to get very homsick the poor lamb, especially after the birth of our first born in February.

Mellor 3 Ward 4 · Apr 23, 2013

Good luck to you.

Hope you're being well paid, it's a VERY expensive place!

What's the nearest airport, hope you can get flights back for next seasons games!

mune ni kamome · Apr 23, 2013

Whereabouts are you going to live?

smeariestbat · Apr 23, 2013

We're off to Trondheim. Where the wife's family is. Been there loads so i'm fully aware of how bloody expensive it is over there!

The Andy Naylor Fan Club · Apr 23, 2013

All the best. Thank goodness for NSC to get your fix of Albion news and views. :smile:

HalifaxSeagull · Apr 23, 2013

Good luck, hope all goes well. Always fancied a trip to Norway - looks beautiful, especially the mountains and fjords. A mate of mine used to go ice climbing there most winters. He always spoke highly of the place and its many gorgeous women!

I've been packing boxes today, moving next Tuesday - nothing as exciting as you though, just to a more rural part of Halifax! Amazing what junk you accrue over the years...

GoldWithFalmer · Apr 23, 2013

I'd jump at the chance,love this country but it's going down hill..good luck-

smeariestbat · Apr 23, 2013

i know, its ridiculous! in the last year i have bought a new washing machine, tv and car. its cheaper to sell them, at what will be a loss compared to what use they still have in them, and buy again than it is to try and take them with us! bah.

shaolinpunk · Apr 24, 2013

Hopefully it's not too expensive to the point where you can't afjord to enjoy it

OzMike · Apr 24, 2013

I hope you do ok, leaving the country, once you've done it, will bring you back down to earth with a bump.
You need to give the new place time, at least 5 years I think before you really feel like you start belonging, although a part of you never will.
Best of luck mate. :thumbsup:

Titus · Apr 24, 2013

It's a good opportunity to give up drinking. It's either too expensive over there or it tastes like pee.

Buckley's Mad Eye · Apr 24, 2013

Good luck with the move, keep us updated with how its going.

:wave:

smeariestbat · Apr 24, 2013

Titus said:
It's a good opportunity to give up drinking. It's either too expensive over there or it tastes like pee.

this is funny!

amexee · Apr 24, 2013

I thought everything over there was very expensive. If it is, then surely taking a ferry to Denmark with your new car and goods for approx £130 and driving the rest of the way would make sense.

smeariestbat · Apr 24, 2013

amexee said:
I thought everything over there was very expensive. If it is, then surely taking a ferry to Denmark with your new car and goods for approx £130 and driving the rest of the way would make sense.

the problem is the tax i'd have to pay on importing the new car. Also, we can't get all of our stuff in my car when you think about furniture, washing machine etc, and all the plugs and fuses will need to be switched over. Looked into getting a shipping container but thats 3k, also looked into hiring a van to drive there like you said, but i'd then have to drive it back to uk, and then get a plane back to norway. Moving companies are expensive and a pain too, so easier to just get rid and buy when we get there.

Psychobilly freakout · Apr 24, 2013

I give you 6 months untill the cold and the long dark nights kick in !!

Good luck fella in your new adventure, you only live once and a great future could be just round the corner go for it.

glasfryn · Apr 24, 2013

I lived in Sweden for a short while a long time ago and had the chance to stay there and did'nt and sometimes I do wish I had taken the chance
hope things go well for you

Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊

So this moving Thing, thats really happening then!

New member

Well-known member

Well-known member

New member

Well-known member

Active member

Seaweed! Seaweed!

New member

[Insert witty title here]

Well-known member

Come on!

New member

New member

New member

New member

HellBilly

cleaning up cat sick

Share this page