John Hjorth

- overclockers.com [May 2nd 2005] : What it takes to change a light bulb in a forum? 'How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 1 to move it to the Lighting section 2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 5 to flame the spell checkers 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum 11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum 36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs" 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.' I still love it wholeheartedly - true love doesnt rust but it chuffs! - - - o 0 o - - - This whole thing also reminded me of the Irish Steven Saunders GoldWing forum : GoldWing Facts. Here is post of 15 January 2026 , by AZgl1800, John, Oologah, Indian Territory, USA, joined 2006, 65,961 post : : I remember there was a topic about Deer Alerts [serious matter!], that went totally berserk, of rails, Steven simply coulden't kill it and I think especially that made him think 'OK, Enough is enough, I wan't life back! - I'm selling the damn thing! '

I'm wiewing 'Failing' by now, just passed the scenario where kiddo won't let go of the dead [by kiddo shot] duck in the bath, stating 'I hit hit the c**k sucker.' Streaming is my friend.

@LC, Your above expressed thoughts are - simply put - really - very uncomfortable to think about, mentally to pursue and to think through.

All jokes aside here, Jeff [ @DooDiligence], : I don't comment any longer on US domestic stuff here on CofB&F. I have no skin in that game. If I don't like the smell in the US bakery mom & pop corner shop, I have the option to opt out [and incur by now gigantic deferred taxes surface]. Principles, opportunism, greed, hunger for more? Cynical, but rational, as I have no vote on that. [The Lady of the House almost went beserk on me, the first time I ever pulled the : 'I'm not set here on Earth to solve everybodys problems, you know I'm an advisor, that's advisor 1-0-1, first thing, basics [, meaning unless you're paying up!].'. She looked at me with a facial expression of severe disgust, replying : 'Christ, you're really a full blown, heartless, soulless, no-conscience-at-all, die hard a**hole!', to which I replied : ' I love you, too! -... By the way, how is it you can't keep your eyes away from my tidy butt and my [then quite muscular] thighs?' Reaction : <No comment> - *Meh* - *Silence*. - - - o 0 o - - - I will however mention here it's been all over the Danish media today. You and your fellow countrymen need to take care of, fix this.

, Awesome eytertainment! White House account on X : - - - o 0 o - - - Penguins live only in the Antarctics, not in the Arctics. - - - o 0 o - - - -Remember offended, insulted penguins filing Jeff [ @DooDiligence ] hurt feeling reports? : -Maybe POTUS' threats are about the other place, down there? [My belly muscles can't take more for todayi! ]

Eric [ @cwericb ], Posting about other people in third person on message boards is actually considered a breach of netiquette. But here, I'll make an exception, however indirectly: Please don't waste your time by carrying fuel to a fire you wholeheartedly want extinguished. People not susceptible to facts aren't worth your attention, nor your time. - - - - o 0 o - - - Edit : Bloomberg tells me : Happy hour is out. Saunas are in.

Mette Frederiksen on FB today : English translation : Please talk to me about shooting one self in the foot. Insults all over the place. I still recall Sanjeevs [ @Parsads ] board signature on the former software platform : 'No man is failure who has friends.' - - - o 0 o - - - 44 Danish soldiers did not return from Afghanistan alive. I don't know how many that returned alive, but were later diagnosed with war PTSD, ending on early retirement. At least today, they are now not any longer left for themselves to play around with their faeces in the corner where they're stuffed away. Here, they now get help to get back to their lives before Afganistan, enormous damages to families, kiddoes, still and also

On top of that : Wikipedia : Pituffik Space Base Please note the phrasing 'service members', which includes quite some American technicians and craftsmen working on the BMEWS installation [in this high maintenance geographical area and location], where noone but Americans with proper security clearance are allowed access. As far as I've been able to dig up using AI, no real, direct source here, there should be 4 F-35s stationed permanently up there. Please feel free to take this statement down, by applying direct sources. - - - o 0 o - - - And then we have the Vice President last year, on 28th March 2025 : KSDK News [March 28th 2025] : Vice President Vance delivers remarks to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland [Please note! : Edited, shortened, thereby cherry picked] : - - - o 0 o - - - Perhaps this should have been posted in the Jokes topic. I'm however not sure it's fun. You gotta be kidding me. Please give me a break.

The Economist front page in the mailbox this Saturday morning here in Denmark : I have to confess, give in and admit that I've become addicted to The Economist, the same way as I'm addicted to Microsoft, Google & Apple! -Next thing to buy into, buy back again into, for me is now Exor, alone because I can't buy shares in The Economist directly! - - - o 0 o - - - I speculate John Elkann [with a likely free subscription to the magazine, not to be confused with MAGA-zine!, btw.] this morning has made an exception calling the editor in chief, blaming the development in the editorial line, politicies and practices, expreesing his concerns about KAL becoming too dominating, stating: '... Remeber we are Newspaper in Magazine format, known for our highbrow, analytical content, based on our support for classicial liberalism, - we're not a cartoon magazine! ...' From the face expression of POTUS, it looks like Vladimir isen't reverting POTUS' phone calls for asking about the brand of Vladimirs sunglasses. - - - o 0 o - - - What a great Saturday!

Good one, @UK!, Meanwhile, The planet Earth will continue circling in it's orbit around the sun, and the whole solar system will continue its travel at almost warp, high speed through one of the tentacles, arms in the galaxy called the Milky Way. And Howards Marks will continue writing his memos about Oaktree making clients 'purpared' for even the worst thinkable scenarios, and Jamie Dimon will continue writing shareholder letters about JPM is constantly also ensuring to 'purpare' exactly the same way. And we gobble it, taking in the wise words, nodding! lol! -And the best part is that this 'purpared thingy' is actually a Powell thingy! [-Noo, not that Powell!] lol! [ link ]

Charlie [ @dealraker ], I just placed your first post today here in this topic on the clipboard and sent it to the Lady of House, after giving it a spin for myself in Google Translate, to get all shades and nuances of it correctly - she is actually a translator by education in English and German languages, so no need for that for her. Just to show her, that there exists reason in the lower part of North America. Together with me, she has followed this 'Greenlanic thingy', 'Greenlandic soap opera' unfold, and she has been in mental overdrive, self-occilating at several occasions during the last days. The hysteria here in [Southern] Denmark and Greenland has been flappergasting, crazy and totallty out of control, but I think it's calming down now, gradually. Abosolutely mind blowing what POTUS can get away with saying and doing.

The arctic capabilities of USA :

- It's actually the same with 'grey' ships, at a time only speed mattered, and the bunker ships coulden't keep up! , 'When I'm fuelled up, I'm damn pretty fast, agile, pretty invisible, because of the speed, hard to locate, because of speed, invincible, then when bunker is consumed to the last drop, drifting with the wind and torrent, sitting duck, *meh*, waiting for the bunker ship to keep up! -This one falls out of the sky, if run dry!

By now, more or less a mirage, a product by now pretty much overall thought out, but nowhere near reality, first flight expected 2028 : Wikipedia : Boing F-47, When hurdles, obstackles to overcome arise in the development process, it goes like this : Boing [screaming] to US department of War : 'Because of this fact X, we urgently need you to send us more money, much more money!'. Congress, US department of War & administration, cabinet & POTUS replying Boing : 'Meh ', <sending the money wanted to Boing>. - - - o 0 o - - - Edit : I forgot the most important thing : It works great, and creates awesome things, the world really needs to go around, if reason persists, right?

I have the Danish TV Channel TV2 News running today. Lots of stuff going on in Greelands today. One Greenlandic citizen in Nuuk was interviewed, and he explained why was of the opinion that POTUS just 'taler fis'[<- Danish], which best translates to English by 'talking fart', 'fart talking'. I found it very interesting, and decided with immediate effect to adopt it in my vocabulary, so much better than expressing somebody *BS*ing.

Great for old semi-cranky buggers with health issues to experience young guys with lots of appetite on the future!

Thank you, for some very informative posts related to my questions about Guy Spiers background and upbringing. A part of the above post I tnow his morning regret, it could get considered rude towards Mr. Spier. I hope he recovers fully from his health issues, what has been posted here indicated it has been his life giving him serious lemons. As far as I understand, his now 59, so that not good at all. And yeah, tell me about it. Relatively late, abouit three years ago, or so, I found out that he was quite open about his fund, sharing both his early client letter and financals of the fund if one wanted it. Not what you see every day. I have always considered him a pleasant person with good manners, by the way. A fund manager with all what it takes. I consider his personality different to Mr. Pabrais personality. Reminds me I have a funny story about Mr. Pabrai from before Christmas to share am,ong us in another topic, by the way!

Huh? The underlying assumption for this is he's offspring from rich parents, he born with a silver or golden spoon up in his butt. Where does that come from? Do you thnk that assumption fits this? Personally, I don't, until something tangible is posted here supporting it. Or have I totally misunderstood it here? If the photo in that post on on X isen't manipulated, he here actually looks like something dragged in by the cat rulling the house. He simply looks like sh*t in that photo. Why the h*ll isen't that man either shaving, or getting a real, well maintained beard in stead of this? Maybe wifey prefer him being a bit scratchy while going down? [Note to self: 'Now, John, you've got to stop speculating, getting your act together, and stay focused on speculating about POTUS' sayings and doings!']

@Xerxes, This part of your post is surprising to me. Can you please shed some light on this, with some sources? -Thank you in advance!

HaHa! , Greg [ @Gregmal ], - Pretty much the same has happened to me here, but later in life than you, relatively,, as a member of the representatives board in the local, cooperative, regional utility! But at least I learned a lot about the Danish energy system, so time not totally wasted, I would say. - And I got quite a few new friends, that demonstrated reason, based on facts! Please add it to your 'experience, back pack', and move on! -That's all you can do about it!

One thing that has been quite puzzling to me personlly, is that no Canadian CofB&F member, or any other CofB&F member, for that sake, so far, has mentioned, nor added to the 'Greenland thingy' díscussion here in this [political] topic, Canadian recent security and surveillance, political initiatives, decisions and actions in the last decade or so : Wikipedia : [Canadian] Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel These ships are harboured in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [6 of them, 2 two more of them to be assigned to the Canadian Coast Guard, up to the North-West of Canada]. - - - o 0 o - - - Matthew Chapter 5, part of Jesus's famous Sermon on the Mount, ("Blessed are the poor in spirit,"] : To me, the 'Greenland Thingy' is awesome, unparalled, high quality, moaty entertainment! Absolutely impossible to replicate, not even R.K. Rowling could come up with such a plot! - - - o 0 o - - - Do people here on CofB&F think, these vessels are in harbour, at quay, iddle, all the time?

@flesh, The content of the above post of yours has actually been disruptive, earth quake like, to my personal perception of your personal stances, in a, for me, postive way.

All, including Charlie [ @dealraker ], please forget the above post of mine. Charlies [ @dealrakers] last post is an awesome, powerful confirmation of what Iearlier today have posted above about relative proportions! - - - o 0 o - - - It's actually as simple as the 'left-righ't' rule of thumb for the ''left-right'-confused's: Just remember :' On your left hand, the thumb is placed, located to the right on the hand, and on your right hand the thumb is placed, located to the left on the hand' Easy-peacy - simple!I l l learned it in elementary school, however I was struggling with it mentally for a long time before it sinked in, got absorbed! lol! - - - o 0 o - - - Basically similar, in a way, to the 'Greenland - Iceland' confusion: Remember : 'Greenland is the place where there are basically no green surroundings [though a few] , and Iceland is the place where there are basically no icy surroundings [though a few]'

Where were you then, Charlie [ @dealraker]?, I mean, 'Greenland' isen't 'Greenland' - Nuuk is totally different than the rest. It reads 'good company' though! lol!

Thank you for sharing here on CofB&F, @Spekulatius, You actually beat me to it. I've been too busy with other stuff to get it done here. I personally share your assessment here. By the way, what I think I haven't mentioned here in the Books forum, is that That just before Christmas ordered a signed specimen at Anders Puck Nielsen personally, sending him by e-mail an untra-short presentation of myseif, and my personal motives for wanting such a copy, also mentioning that a couple of CofB&F members, including myself, have referred to his videos here on CofB&F. Much to my surprise, actually, Anders reverted, quite lenghty, getting very nosy, interested, asking supplementary questions about CofB&F! lol! Which I naturally responded to, on overall basis, not really going into detailed comments, keeping my reply on birds perspective, focusing on the inherent dynamics here at CofB&F - which are truly one-of-kind, special! I'm personally quite sure, he's now reading CofB&F in this particular topic, as a part of his regular back ground updates!