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üParticularlyexcitingeditorial
-or-
Life'sabitch
-or-
isit?
ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
å(AnentrybyKaiisfoundunderthisentrybyGardone)
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So.Afteralotoftrouble,yetanotherissueofthisfabulousdisk
magazinehasbeenreleased.AndwhenImeantrouble,Imeantrouble.
FloppiessuddenlyloosingtheirboottracksandFATsectors,corrupt
directories,harddiskscrashing,harddisksscrewingup,powersupplies
ruiningharddisks,2.5megcomputersthinkingtheyarefourmegand
thereforecrashingthemselves...Yea!That'sit!Icouldalmostquit!
   Still,withallthateffortputineveryarticle,Ijustwouldn'tlet
everythinggojustlikethat,soIputanevengreatereffortinrescuing
whatevercouldberescued.Andso,afteralotofrescuing,theissuehad
beenrescued.However,thisalsomeantleavingtheoldharddiskand
gettinganewonethatworked,andthatisnotcheap.Infact,ithasnot
yetbeenpayed,soifyou(please)wouldmakeacontribution,wewouldbe
gratefulifyousentusanamountofcashtooutpostalgiro.Anygifts
willbehelpful.
   Therehasnotbeenmuchresponsesincelastissue,butthenagain,
issueonehasn'thadmuchtimetospreadproperly,either.Still,we
wouldverymuchliketohearfromyou.

Sometimehasbeenspentmoving.ThismeansthatI'mnolongeravailable
directlyontheaddressgiveninthepreviousissue,buttheoneinthis
issue.Seecorrespondenceaddressforfurtherdetailsonthis.Onthe
otherhand,I'mnowreachablethroughemail.
   Andifthisshouldn'tbeenough,themovementhasbeentothebetter.
Infact,fromlivinginaplacewhereitrains,rainsandrainsboth
physicallyaswellasmentally,andwithtoomanymalescomparedtothe
femalepopulation,I'vecometoaplacewherethere'ssun,sunandsun
bothphysicallyaswellasmentally,andwithtoomanyfemalescompared
tothemalepopulation.Ain'tthatnice?
   AsfarasI'veunderstood,Kaihasmovedtosomesortofparadise,
too.HisparadiseisnotcalledÅlesund,butØvreÅrdal,andhehas
finallygottenhiscomputerback.So,hehaswrittenafewthingsforthe
magazine,whichisavailableinhisspecialcorneroftheliterature
column.
   Bothofhisstoriesinthisissuearequitegood,I'dsay,especially
thesecondone.However,itdoesleavemewiththequestion,doesaman
havetobelethallywoundedorsufferfromaterminalillnesstobeloved
byawoman?
   Orifwecomparewiththefirststory,doesthefemalehavetofeel
sorryforthemaletolovehim?Whatifthemaleisstrongenoughtomake
itonhisown,butsufferspsycologicallybecauseofthelackofthe
femalepart?Thisdoesnotalwaysshowontheoutside.
   Well,letmenotruinthestorieswithsillycomments.Therearequite
afewgoodpointsinthestories,andIhavetotelltheethatIlove
thembothmyself.That'stheway,Kai!

äDedication-Gard'spart
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Youmighthavenoticedthatthisissuehasbeendedicatedtoanentire
cityinthefarnorthofNorway.Why,youmightask,whyisthisissue
dedicatedtosomethingassillyasacity.
   Well,thisisnotjustanycity.Itisaverynicecitywithverynice
people,andtwopeopleespecially.TheirnamesareRaniLillAnjumand
ÇIrenVølen.Bothofthesewomenmeansomethingveryspecialtothe
editorialstaff.
   AsRaniLillisKai'spartofthededication,hewillbedoingapart
aboutheraftermypartoftheeditorial.Here,however,comesalittle
thingyaboutIrenVølen...

IrenoriginatesfromVøleninMidsundkommuneinRomsdalen.Notveryfar
fromÅlesund.So,howdidIevergetintouchwithher?
   Asthetimesweretough,andonlyalittleglimpseoflightnowand
thencouldbeseen,justasthelasthopesofseeinganothertomorrow
weredisappearing,Ifoundmyselfinthetimeoftheruss(*).Ihadno
expectationstothis.
   RussfromUlsteinVGS(theschoolIwasgoingto),VoldaVGS(the
schoolIrenwasgoingto)andalltherussfromÅlesundhadbeeninvited
toSykkylvenbytherussthere.Andso,wemet.Ofcourse,asdepressed
asIwasatthetime,Ihadnoexpectationsabovethis.
   Ihadnotthoughtsaboutactuallydoingotherthandanceformyself.
Boy,wasIwrong.IgotquiteafewdanceswithIren,andIwasreally
surprisedaboutthis.
   "Whatwouldmakethenightperfectwouldbetoactuallyhaveherinmy
armsfortherestoftheevening,"Ithought."Butthatwill,ofcourse,
nothappen."
   Boy,wasIwrong.Sheslippedintomyarmsasifitwasthemost
naturalthingintheworld."Now,thisishappiness,"Ithought,andI
hadactuallynotfeltthishappybefore."Theonlythingmissing,"I
countinuedthinking,"wouldbetoactuallysleepwithher.Sexisnot
necessary.Justsharingbedwithherwouldbringmealotofhappiness,"
Ithough."Butthisiswishingtoomuch.Firstofall,wehavenobed
around.Andsecond,shesurelywouldn'tletmetdoso."
   Boy,wasIwrong.AsIandanotherfromUlsteinVGShadawalk,trying
togettoknowSykkylvenabit,IsomehowendeduptellinghimwhatI
justhadthought.Exactlyhalfanhourlater,wefoundthecarofthe
girlsfromVoldawehadmetearlier(andinwhichIrenwas).
   "Hi,"Irensaidandlookedmestraightintotheeyesandhada
somewhathappyexpressioninherface.
   "Hi,"Ireplied,beingjustashappyforseeingheragain.
   "Haveyouhavethedriver'slicence?"sheasked,keepinginmindthat
Ididn'tdrinkalcoholicliquors.
   "Yea,sure,"Isaid.
   Theyhadallbeendrinkingabit,sonoonecoulddrivelegally.I
happenedtobetheirsaviour.Oneofthegirlshadagrandmotherwhohad
diedafewweeksearlier.Shealsohadaccesstothehouse,sothatwe
couldsleepinthatinsteadofinthecar.Buttheycouldn'tdriveas
theyhadbeendrinking,andthepolicewaspatrollingthestreets.
   ButIcoulddrive,andIgotustheresafelywithalittlehelpfrom
MonikaSisselInnselset(anothergirlfromthecar)whohadtoshiftgear
forme,asthegearwasextremelysillyandyouhadtoknowthecar
extremelywelltobeabletoshiftgearwithoutdestroyingit.
   Still,Iwasnowabletosleeponasofa,ifonlytherewasonebig
enough.Ifeltsomewhatuncomfortable,soIwentintothekitchen.I
couldn'tsleeplikethat,andtherewasonlyafewhourstillIhad24
hours,whichmeantthatIwouldhaveaknotinthestringinmyhat.
   "Okay,"Irensaidfromaroomjustbythekitchen.Shewaslyinginn
obviouslyhugebed."Comeandliewithme,"
   Mydreamwasfulfilled.Icouldfindnogoodreasonwhythenight
shouldn'tbeperfect.Itwasthehappiestnightinmylife,andIowedit
alltoIren.

Thedreamwould,however,getsomewhatsmashedlater,asitturnedout
thatIrenalreadyhadaboyfriend,andtheshehadnoplansofbreaking
Çupwithhim.Aswehadn'tdoneanythingmorethanwehaddone,itreally
shouldn'truinherrelationshipwithhim,either.
   Shehadn'tplannedthattheactshouldhavesuchconsequencesasit
actuallydid,andthatweshouldfeelsuchloveforeachotheraswedo
now,butasithappened,therewasapositivethingthatmadeitworth
it.Wearenowverygoodfriends.
   Westillliveourownlives,andshestillhasherboyfriend.Ifeel
freetogoonwithanyoneelse.Butwehavethefriendship.Andit'sa
realgoodone.That'swhymypartofthisissue'sdedicationgoestoIren
Vølen.

Well,sincebothgoodandbadtimesareheadingtowardsus,itistimeto
signoff...

Gard
(editorandprophet)

(*)TherussaretheNorwegiangraduates.Therusscelebratethisround
theNorwegiannationalday(May17th)bywearingredorblueuniforms
accordingtowhichtypeofschooltheywent(red=scientists,language,
etc,blue=economicschool),doinglotsofsillythings.
   Intheirhat,whichisalsopartoftheuniform,thereisalong
string.Inthisstring,theyputthingsforthingstheyhavedone.What
theycanputinitandwhattheyhavetodotogetitvariesfromschool
toschool.
   Therulethatiscommonforallschools,however,isthatstayingup
24hoursisaknotinthestring.AttheschoolIwentto,wealsohad
spinningtopsfordrivingaroundaboutfor20rounds,thepinfromanice
lollyforbathingbeforemay1st,aboneforbarkinginfrontofa
slaughter'scounterandlotsofotherrules.
   Well,timetoletKaiwritehisbit...:

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ØvreÅrdal,September14,1992

Yo,readers;Thisistheco-editor(Kai"Ivanhoe"Holst!)onthe
keyboard.WhenGard,theProphetoftruthandfounderofCommune
Responsi,firstcameupwiththisbusinessofdedicationanissueof
ScribatothecityofTromsø,Iwas100%behindhim.Why?Whatisso
specialaboutthiscityonthenorthernsideofthePolarCircle?Why
wouldGardbesoexcitedaboutdedicationanentireissueofthisdisk
magazinetoacityhehasneverevenvisited?
   Toexplainthisstrangephenomena,Iwillgiveyouonekeyword,and
onekeywordonly:Females;Alsoknownasthe"weak"sex!Ifthisword
aloneisnotenoughtomakeyoufallbackinyourchairinsudden
recognition,pleasereadon-Iamgoingtorevealtoyoumyrelationship
tothisparadiseonEarth...
   Idonotknowwhatmyco-editorhasalreadywrittenlongerupinthis
editorial,asweunfortunatelyhappentoliveacoupleofhundred
kilometresawayfromeachother,andasphonebillstendtogethigh
wheneverwe'reonthephone.IfIrepeatanythinghehaswritten,please
keepthatinmind...
   MyfirstencounterwithTromsøwasbackin1989,inlateJulyandthe
beginningofAugust,tobeprecise.Itwasinthisperiodlifebeganto
makesensetome!Myfamilywasmovingawayfromtheplacewehadbeen
livingforeightyears;AplaceIhatedanddespisedofallmyheart.I
hadbeenabletosaygoodbyetothebulliesthathadbeenmakinglifea
bitchtome.AndIwashavingabrilliantvacation-InTromsø.
Ç   IrememberbeingfascinatedbythecityfromthefirstmomentIcame
there.ThisfascinationdidnotdieasIgottoknowitbetter.Asa
matteroffact,oneofthehappiestoccasionsofmylifehappenedoneof
thedaysIwaswalkingdowntown.IsuddenlyranintoagirlIhadknown
untilaboutayearearlier.Meetingheragainmarkedachangeinmylife.
Welivedapproximately1.000kilometresawayfromeachother,butafter
talkingwitheachotherforthirtyminutesonasunnydayinTromsø,we
endedup"goingsteady".Thiswasthefirstofmanythingstogiveme
fondmemoriesofTromsø.
   May,1991:OnacoldFridaynight,ourrelationshipabruptlyendedas
shewashitbyacardrivenbyadrunk.Afteradayandahalfincoma,
shedied.NoneofthishappenedinTromsø,somyfeelingstowardsthis
cityremainedunchanged.
   Threemonthslateranothermajorchangewasabouttohappentomy
life:Iwasmovingout!Becauseofsometroublebetweenmeandthe
teachersattheHighSchoolinKirkenes,ImovedtoNordkjosbotnto
attendaschoolthere.Nordkjosbotnisnotalargeplace;Actually,the
bestthingabouttheplaceisthatitliesonly70kilometresawayfrom
Tromsø.Afterthefirstweekatschool,Ihadalreadymadealotof
friends,butthebestwasyettocome:IwasgoingtoTromsøforthe
weekend.
   Thatweekend,andthemanythatweretofollow,reallyopenedmyeyes
tothefactthatTromsøisliterallyüTOOÇcrammedwithgirls,mostofwhom
arebeautifulbeyondbelief.ThroughouttheschoolyearImademany
friendsinTromsø.IhaveLeiftothankformostofthem-hemingledme
intothesocietyatüUiTøÇ(Abbreviationfor"UniversitetetiTromsø"-The
TromsøUniversity)wayaheadofmytime,andalsomadesureIgottoknow
alotofpeopleofmyownage.Thishappenedthroughparties,nightsout
ontownandnightswatchingvideos.
   Nowcomestheinterestingpart-ThegirltowhomüIÇwouldliketo
dedicatethisissueofSCR...
   ItallhappenedthelastFridayinMay(thisyear).Alongwitha
mutualfriendofours,LeifandIweregoingtowatchacoupleofmovies.
Aswewereabouttoputonthefirstfilm,Leifreceivedaphonecall
fromThomas,anothermutualfriend.Hewasarrangingaparty,andwanted
ustojointhem.Atfirstwewerenotquitesoeager,butdecidedtogo
andhaveashortlookbeforeputtingonthemovie.
   Wecamethereataquartertoeleven,andfoundoutthatitwasnota
largeparty.Ofthefifteenpersonspresent,mostwerefromThomas'
class,meaningthattheywereofmyage,soImanagedtojointhe
conversationquiteeasily.
   Fourteenboys-Onegirl.AtfirstIthoughtthattoberather
strange,andbeforethetimehadpassedmidnight,wehadalreadybeenon
onequestformoregirls.Ohyeah;Duringthesamequest,Thomasalso
borrowedsomemoneyfrommetobuybeer-Moneyhe'sstillgotleftto
repayme.Thequestforgirlsprovedunsuccessful,butwedidreturnwith
alotofbeerfortheguysinhisclass.
   Notlongafter,Icameintouchwiththegirl.
   HernamewasRani,anameIfoundbeautiful.Shewasquitealot
smallerthanme;herhairwaslonganddeepbrownish,exactlythesameas
hereyes.Man,Idrownedinthoseeyes.Theykeptstaringintomyown,as
ifsearchingformyverysoul,butthelookwasgentle,asthetouchofa
mildbreeze.
   Ispentthenextthreehoursorsotalkingwithher,almostnon-stop.
Wefoundoutthatwehadseveralcommoninterests,andweseemedtoget
wellalongwitheachother.Also,wefoundoutthatshewasexactlyone
dayyoungerthanme.Somebodylatersaidtomethatwe'dbetheperfect
couple.Sadly,Ihaven'tbeenabletoverifythatstatementyet.
   Itwasn'tuntilthedayafterthepartyIreallyfeltshemusthave
likedme.Leiftoldmethatoneoftheboyspresentatthepartyêwasher
êboyfriendÇ!Whatconclusionistheretodrawwhenagirlspendsthree
hoursatanicepartytalkingtoyouinsteadofherboyfriend???
   TwoandahalfmonthspasseduntilIhadachancetomeetheragain,
oreventalkwithher.Myparentsmovedagainearlierthisyeartothe
placecalledØvreÅrdal,andIspentmostofthesummerhereworking,
tryingtomakeenoughmoneytobuyaFalcon030.
   InAugust(Strangehowthismonthseemtobetheoneinwhichhappy
thingshappentome!)IwenttoTromsøforatwoweekvacation.Oneof
thethingsIhadinmindwasmyeighteenthbirthday,whichhappenedtobe
thedayafterGard'snineteenthbirthdayandthedaybeforeRani's
eighteenthbirthday.IdecidedtogiveRaniacallandinviteherouton
herbirthday.Sheaccepted,andthatnighthasbecomemyperhapsmost
cherisheddayinTromsøever.
   AllinallIhavemetherthreetimes.Allofthesethreetimeshave
beenspecialtomejustbecauseüsheÇwasthere.SayingIloveherwould
notbealie,butstillsheisjustafriendofmine.
   Hercharmingface,heralwayscheerfulmoodandherabilitytomake
evenasuicidecandidatelovelifejustmakesherspecial,anditit
becauseofthesequalitiesoflifeandherwarmfriendshipIwouldlike
todedicatethisissueofScribatoherandalltheinhabitantsofthe
world'sperhapsmostbeautifulcity-üTROMSØ!!!
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