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| The white night of Summer. |
We are in mid-August now and can already begin to sense Autumn's first inklings. But the white nights will still be with us for a week or so. This can be seen in the above picture, taken at 8.30 pm day before yesterday.
Even if serene calm seems to reign over Hammarby Sound and Canal, there is a snake in Paradise. You may recall my lament from 4 May last year about a terrible noise at 5 am. A small boat had chosen that early hour to empty its septic tank. Since it used a lorry as receptacle, I let it go, since the action was not illegal, after all. But judge of my surprise, when the same boat woke me up again, at 5.45 am, two weeks ago. This time it was worse, since the owner did not bother with commanding a lorry to take care of the waste.
To the owner of this boat: if you read this blog, beware! Any repetition of this evil deed will be reported to the authorities forthwith, well documented by a sequence of pictures as solid proof. So there!
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| Misdeed on Hammarby Canal |
But we won't let this sad occurrence trouble our mellow Summer mood. Whenever ripples of discontent threaten to affect my feelings of content, I am drawn back to my early days in Sweden, when vigorous youth met ebullient Gründerzeit. Usually, I let my thoughts dwell on many a Saturday evening, back in August 1962, when I sneaked through a hole in the fence of Hässelby Strandbad, to join Swedish youth in dancing and frolicking till midnight. No waltzes, polkas or marches were being played there by the band. Rather, big band music in syncopated rythm. One song in particular tickled my fancy, and from it, I learned my first Swedish words.
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En underbart vacker bild, två förskräckliga och härlig musik av en gudabenådad sångerska. Visst kan man bli melankolisk för mindre.
PS. Tycker nog att Du borde anmäla kaptenen på den där "skitbåten" till polisen med kopia till Green Peace. Du har ju datum och bildbevis.
Great to hear from you Emil. Enjoy the rest of the summer. Heather
Hi Emil.
That "misdeed" is maybe paint or something else.. who made this in central of Stockholm, can't be European. In habor is free septitank system where can put "things" like that.. have nice day! Harri
Dear Emil,
I am glad to hear that you enjoyed Monika Zetterlund and that she through her song also taught you some Swedish words at the time!
Concerning the boat I am appalled! A horrible thing to do! Just imagine, this was just one boat, what about the others? Recently there was a group of youngsters diving from one of these boats in the canal and I just wonder how they are feeling?
Kind regards
Eva
Hej Emil,
Tack för din senaste blogg som väckte nostalgiska minnen från sextiotalet till livs också hos mig.
Liksom HC tycker jag att du skall skicka en amälan om utsläppet till lämplig myndighet redan nu!
Hälsningar
Per
Hej Emil,
Läste om båtsnuskhummern – det är olagligt att göra så sedan ca två år tillbaka.
Sådana marodörer förstör för oss andra; särskilt oss andra båtägare som också får dåligt rykte.
Du kan anmäla båten med bildbevis till polis eller till miljöförvaltningen i Stockholm.
Vill Du ge dem en chans, så printa ut en lapp med länken https://hamnkartan.azurewebsites.net.
Är Du ännu snällare så går Du dessutom in på denna länk och väljer Stockholm. Då kommer en karta upp med sugtömningsanläggningar i Stockholm som Du kan printa ut. Lägg hela raske-pasket i en plastficka och tejpa fast på båten med hälsning från en “miljovän”.
Ha det gott!
Eva
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