Great bus ride with a poker fanatic 🙂
I was the only passenger on the bus for most of the way to Lakselv, so I sat at the front and talked (/ listened) to the driver talk about poker, among other things.
He plays online and wins places in tournaments in other countries. I asked if he wins back the travel costs, “I see it as a hobby.. If I have a good holiday and have the chance to play, I don’t need to win. Winning is a bonus”.
He told me how to play various hands, but I’d pretty much forgotten before he’d finished telling me 🙈
My main takeaway is that you need a strategy for every kind of situation.. and you need to decide on potential strategies in advance instead of in the moment. (‘If x happens, I will do A. If y happens I will do B’)
That might be a good way of dealing with life in general too…. i.e. If I catch bus X I will go to Place A. If I miss bus X I will do Thing B instead… 🙂
Fascinating guy 🙂
It wasn’t all poker tho:
Karasjok used to get to -50°C in winter 🥶 but recently it’s only reached around -30° (“it doesn’t even get to -40 anymore”). Apparently it’s such a dry cold, and there’s no wind, so -50° doesn’t feel as cold as -20° does on the coast. You don’t need many extra clothes, you just need to make sure all your skin is covered. I’m willing to believe him in theory.. not sure I need to try it out tho. Lakselv is ~60 km away and on the coast, and can on any given day be upto 20° warmer than Karasjok in winter and 15° colder in summer. Makes sense, but is still pretty crazy..
“You’re easy to understand, and you don’t speak so fast…..but it’s hard to know where you come from because you don’t have an accent”
Norwegians know English towns based on 3 leagues of football. That seems quite intense.. When he was at school, kids watched the football games and chose their favourite players and teams.. now, parents and godparents give their kids football clothes and trikots for their Christening presents so they have almost no choice. 😂
The county is probably going to change the bus company soon (next year) so they’ll get better busses 🙂 maybe even electric. I didn’t think the bus was terrible but he said there are busses when you don’t notice how bumpy the roads are 🙂 That probably makes a huge difference if you’re driving all day.
As a side note: current electric cars can’t pull caravans 🙃
the Jess(e)way around 