Short, dark days means we need a laugh

My doctor is wonderful. Once, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the x-rays.-Joey Bishop
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.-Ronald Reagan
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.-Zsa Zsa Gabor
If you look like your passport photo, you're too ill to travel.-Will Kommen
Insanity doesn't run in my family. It gallops.-Cary Grant
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.-Robert Orben
Misers aren't fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors.-David Brenner
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.-Dave Barry
I'm not going to vacuum ‘til Sears makes one you can ride on.-Roseanne Barr
To attract men, I wear a perfume called New Car Interior.-Rita Rudner
If you love something, set it free. Unless it's chocolate. Never release chocolate.-Renee Duvall
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served us nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.-Calvin Trillin
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.-Rodney Dangerfield
My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.-Rita Rudner
My husband wanted one of those big-screen TV's for his birthday. So I just moved his chair closer to the one we have already.-Wendy Liebman
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.-Douglas Adams
I have an aunt who married so late in life that Medicare picked up 80 percent of the honeymoon.-Don Reber
I hate housework - you make the beds, you do the dishes - and six months later you have to start all over again.-Joan Rivers
My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.-Henny Youngman
Inside me there's a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.-Bob Thaves

St Lucia celebration

On the 13th December, we will celebrate St Lucia. A ceremony where an elected girl, portraying Lucia, walks with a crown of candles, ahead of a procession of other girls and boys holding a candle each. The candles symbolize the fire that refused to take St Lucia's life when she was sentenced to burn.

Sweden without Volvo

Many don't know for the past few years iconic swedish car maker has been owned by Ford. As Saab is owned by GM.

In face of the world financial crisis and in particular concerns about the survival of the US automakers there is much talk in Sweden about the car industry here.

The Local (a online news site) reported last week that Rolf Wolff, dean of the school of business at Gothenburg University, had called on the government to nationalize Volvo and Saab to safeguard the pool of knowledge within the Swedish auto industry."If Volvo Cars disappears as a base for industrial knowledge and skills, then Sweden will never again be a part of the auto industry. All the knowledge and skills would be lost, and with it all future associated development potential would be gone. Forever," Wolf warned.

A new survey has shown that 68 per cent of Swedes would like to see the State take temporary control over the firm.

It is hard to imagine the world without Volvo, let alone what impact it would have on the economy in Sweden.

On a sad note, Joern Utzon the Danish architect responsible for possiblity one of the most recognised landmarks in the World. The Sydney Opera House, dies at 90.

First snow fall of 2008

Snapshot of Jönköping

• Local bus fares have increased from 20 kronor to 25 kronor
• Tabergstoppen is for sale...popular restaurant on top of Taberg with great views of surrounding Jönköping
• Boat restaurant on the Piren is for sale
• New Scottish pub opens on Jönköping centrums west side
• Huskvarna factory lays off 250 workers
• Kabe, makers of caravans, lays off 71 people

Sweden

• Famous author turns 150... it is 150 years since Selma Lagerlöf was born
• Banks doubtful over stablisation plans
• Stockholm is bigger than ever ....... 808800 inhabitants

Downunder Sweden

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Now available on Swedejoey in Jönköping for those Aussies and Kiwis living in Sweden is a community link.
If you are one of the above join Downunder Sweden now.
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Open Coffee - for those living in Jönköping

Opencoffee is a weekly gathering of entrepreneurs, developers and people interested in business. They meet in comfortable locations in a "un-conference" location. No host speakers, programs, official presentations or name-badges. Just conversations on "matters business."
I went along to this gathering last night. The atmosphere was certainly relaxed and there was an energy in the air. We were ably hosted by Jose and whilst the group was small in number the conversations were engaging.

Time: Every Thursday at 16,00. Location Science Park Jönköping 5th Floor (use entrance B).
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