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“Restauration” – The little sloop that started it all

September 15, 2011 What is an Expat anyways?

“Restauration” – The “little ship that could” was the start of some 800,000 Norwegian immigrants that journeyed to America starting in 1825… But this story is more about an American expat’s chance encounter with a bautastein (monument stone) in a park and an entire day spent researching the internet to learn everything possible about that [...]

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Norwegian word of the day – “bobil”

September 13, 2011 What is an Expat anyways?

Today I started looking around the area and wondering where all of the RV’s that I see are coming from?  And as I started to approach drivers/owners to make inquiries and discovered that while 91% of all Norwegians are fluent in English, they had no idea what I meant when I said “RV” or “motorhome”!  [...]

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Stavanger Norway, Harbour & City Pictures

September 12, 2011 What is an Expat anyways?

Just some quick-n-dirty pictures of our first couple of days in and around the area… more to follow!

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Moving Day… Look out Norway, Here we come!

August 19, 2011 What is an Expat anyways?

Today we start our new life and adventure in Norway as we are moving overseas to the city called Stavanger, Norway.  Traci has taken a great job and I am going to contemplate being an exceptional house hubby. We are currently at 12k feet as Delta offers peanuts and cokes…           [...]

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Tent or Camper?

August 2, 2011 Life

Where should I put this sleeping bag? By: Shane Skinner – RVRepairNOW.com      One of the first questions people ask themselves when they decide to start camping is whether they should buy a tent, a camper (pop-up or slide-on), or a motorhome. Excluding those envied lottery winners, not many people jump into camping by purchasing [...]

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Tragedy in Norway

July 27, 2011 Life

I have been staring at this blank blog post off and on for several days now and still have no idea what to say. So many thoughts and emotions come to mind when tragedies like this happen. I can’t pretend to empathize with Norwegians, especially those loved ones of the victims. I do however sympathize [...]

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U.S. National Healthcare

July 14, 2011 Life

     I recently started attending college so I could increase my level of intelligence and earn a Bachelor’s degree. I had an assignment of writing an argumentative essay regarding national healthcare here in the U.S. I am going to post it here so it can be discussed and debated. (Not the writing, although I’m always open to [...]

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Big Changes Around Here…

May 27, 2011 Life

Big Changes Around Here… Today we made three major changes and I am hoping that at least two of them will be a great benefit to the RV’ing community at large and one just makes me sad… sniffle, sniffle… First we created this new website RVRepairNOW.com to replace & combine the old sites of RVForumNOW.com [...]

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Maugle Sierra Vineyards and Winery

April 21, 2011 Life

Maugle Sierra Vineyards and Winery – Ledyard, CT By: Shane Skinner – RVRepairNOW.com We decided to take our first trip to a winery last weekend. There are a few wineries within short driving distance to our home and we choose this one because… well, she said, “turn there”. (Lots of planning and preparation, right?) The winery [...]

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Coffee & Beignet’s – New Orleans Stylin!

April 15, 2011 Life

Coffee & Beignet’s – New Orleans Stylin! By Jeff Skinner – RVRepairNOW.com I am sitting here staring at the computer and my thoughts are far, far away in New Orleans and day dreaming about my favorite breakfast spot Cafe Beignet located on Bourbon Street, not far from the French Quarter.  Have you had a beignet [...]

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