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| Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794675] |
Sun, 17 February 2008 20:33 |
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Hi Viatologists,
Did you know that Iceland is culturally European, yet lies many kilometres
west of its roots? This special isolation has helped create a preserved
culture that has taken on its own language and adaptation skills. If you've
ever seen the Anthony Bourdain special on Iceland, you may know that this
isle has omission of sunlight in certain seasons. As a result, you may see
a lot more darkness in the sky than sun. Oh yeah, it's butt cold too.
Despite these shortcoming, these predicaments create an exciting experience
for young Icelanders, who pop out the alcohol and get bursts of energy from
ripened fruit and other interesting byproducts for a much extended nightlife
scene.
The Worldwide Highway Library, a component of Calrog.com, produly
reintroduces its road photos from Reykjavik, the literal and cultural
capital of the isle:
http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com
Photographs > Europe > Iceland
Within, you'll see a picture of the National Routes 1 & 49 duplex. Many
thanks to Dan Peri for catching these photos. His contributions to the
world's best library of road photos, videos and WHL-360s has afforded us w/
pictures from California to British Columbia to the Czech Republic to
Israel.
If you ever travel to Europe, consider a stopover in beautiful Reykjavik.
Icelandair is your hook-up, yo.
Cheers,
Carl Rogers
"Adding human experience to transportology"
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http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794687 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 00:37 |
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<snips everything not in Icelandic>
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794689 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 01:04 |
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"Carl Rogers" <postmaster [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
> Hi Viatologists,
>
> Did you know that Iceland is culturally European, yet lies many kilometres
> west of its roots? This special isolation has helped create a preserved
> culture that has taken on its own language and adaptation skills.
Ridiculous observation. Other European countries aren't isolated and they
have preserved their culture and have their own language and adaption
skills, too.
So does just about every other country in the world - European or not.
Idiot.
--
Don't forget to have your troll spayed or neutered
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794695 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 02:08 |
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On Feb 17, 1:33=A0pm, "Carl Rogers" <postmas... [at] calrog.com> wrote:
> Hi Viatologists,
>
> Did you know that Iceland is culturally European, yet lies many kilometres=
> west of its roots? =A0This special isolation has helped create a preserved=
> culture that has taken on its own language and adaptation skills. =A0If yo=
u've
> ever seen the Anthony Bourdain special on Iceland, you may know that this
> isle has omission of sunlight in certain seasons. =A0As a result, you may =
see
> a lot more darkness in the sky than sun. Oh yeah, it's butt cold too.
> Despite these shortcoming, these predicaments create an exciting experienc=
e
> for young Icelanders, who pop out the alcohol and get bursts of energy fro=
m
> ripened fruit and other interesting byproducts for a much extended nightli=
fe
> scene.
>
> The Worldwide Highway Library, a component of Calrog.com, produly
> reintroduces its road photos from Reykjavik, the literal and cultural
> capital of the isle:
>
> http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com
> Photographs > Europe > Iceland
>
> Within, you'll see a picture of the National Routes 1 & 49 duplex. =A0Many=
> thanks to Dan Peri for catching these photos. =A0His contributions to the
> world's best library of road photos, videos and WHL-360s has afforded us w=
/
> pictures from California to British Columbia to the Czech Republic to
> Israel.
>
> If you ever travel to Europe, consider a stopover in beautiful Reykjavik.
> Icelandair is your hook-up, yo.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Rogers
> "Adding human experience to transportology"
> ********
> Calrog.com, Worldwide Highway Library:http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> An integrated media arm in International Transportation Research. Has
> served your home country and ninety-nine of its worldwide neighbours
> since 2000, through Internet downstream and published works.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ********
Iceland nonsense...and we laugh at Bj=F6rk.
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794733 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 15:07 |
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"Carl Rogers" <postmaster [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
> Hi Viatologists,
>
> Did you know that Iceland is culturally European,
Did you know that Babelfish doesn't speak Icelandic, either?
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794772 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 21:57 |
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794785 ] |
Mon, 18 February 2008 23:50 |
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On Feb 18, 8:07 am, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector" <get.lost [at] invalid>
wrote:
> "Carl Rogers" <postmas... [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
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> news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
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> > Hi Viatologists,
>
> > Did you know that Iceland is culturally European,
>
> Did you know that Babelfish doesn't speak Icelandic, either?
I would say Iceland *seems* (saying so, since I've never been there)
more "Scandinavian" than just generally European. From what I
understand, they still name their children by patronymic, like the
Nords and Swedes did up until the 1880's or so. Europe is a continent
of many cultures and to cast Iceland into such a general group as
"European" is pretty silly and ignorant.
~D
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #794851 ] |
Tue, 19 February 2008 14:47 |
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"Alternate US 71" <power_of_7 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ce5fc6a5-1cc2-49d8-beff-baf4d2f2bbc7 [at] s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 18, 8:07 am, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector" <get.lost [at] invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> "Carl Rogers" <postmas... [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
>>
>> > Hi Viatologists,
>>
>> > Did you know that Iceland is culturally European,
>>
>> Did you know that Babelfish doesn't speak Icelandic, either?
>
> I would say Iceland *seems* (saying so, since I've never been there)
> more "Scandinavian" than just generally European. From what I
> understand, they still name their children by patronymic, like the
> Nords and Swedes did up until the 1880's or so. Europe is a continent
> of many cultures and to cast Iceland into such a general group as
> "European" is pretty silly and ignorant.
Iceland used to be a colony of Denmark until about the end of WWII. That
whole group, Denmark-Norway-Sweden-Finland-Iceland, were once governed by
bodies called "things." Now they are involuntarily dragged into some other
kind of "thing."
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #795074 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 10:21 |
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On Feb 18, 10:50=A0pm, Alternate US 71 <power_o... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 18, 8:07 am, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector" <get.lost [at] invalid>
> wrote:
>
> > "Carl Rogers" <postmas... [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
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> >news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
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> > > Hi Viatologists,
>
> > > Did you know that Iceland is culturally European,
>
> > Did you know that Babelfish doesn't speak Icelandic, either?
>
> I would say Iceland *seems* (saying so, since I've never been there)
> more "Scandinavian" than just generally European. =A0From what I
> understand, they still name their children by patronymic, like the
> Nords and Swedes did up until the 1880's or so. =A0Europe is a continent
> of many cultures and to cast Iceland into such a general group as
> "European" is pretty silly and ignorant.
No more silly and ignorant than to call them Scandinavian without even
having been there.
Most European countries (indeed much of the world) used patronymics
until a few centuries ago, at least for those not of noble birth, that
is not something distinctly Scandinavian.
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #795075 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 10:24 |
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On Feb 19, 1:47=A0pm, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector" <get.lost [at] invalid>
wrote:
> "Alternate US 71" <power_o... [at] yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:ce5fc6a5-1cc=
2-49d8-beff-baf4d2f2bbc7 [at] s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Feb 18, 8:07 am, "Ron's Inspector's Inspector" <get.lost [at] invalid>
> > wrote:
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> >> "Carl Rogers" <postmas... [at] calrog.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:y_%tj.8057$5K1.3193 [at] newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
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> >> > Hi Viatologists,
>
> >> > Did you know that Iceland is culturally European,
>
> >> Did you know that Babelfish doesn't speak Icelandic, either?
>
> > I would say Iceland *seems* (saying so, since I've never been there)
> > more "Scandinavian" than just generally European. =A0From what I
> > understand, they still name their children by patronymic, like the
> > Nords and Swedes did up until the 1880's or so. =A0Europe is a continent=
> > of many cultures and to cast Iceland into such a general group as
> > "European" is pretty silly and ignorant.
>
> Iceland used to be a colony of Denmark until about the end of WWII. =A0Tha=
t
> whole group, Denmark-Norway-Sweden-Finland-Iceland, were once governed by
> bodies called "things." =A0Now they are involuntarily dragged into some ot=
her
> kind of "thing."- Hide quoted text -
Iceland was really never a colony of Denmark, Iceland did have its own
laws and parliament to pass the laws and it received home rule from
Denmark in 1904 and became fully independent in 1918.
Iceland was a kingdom from 1918 until 1944 (the king of Denmark was
also the king of Iceland) but became a republic in 1944.
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| Re: Photos from Reykjavik, Iceland. [message #795295 ] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 18:59 |
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On Feb 20, 3:21 am, sigvaldi <sigv... [at] binet.is> wrote:
> No more silly and ignorant than to call them Scandinavian without even
> having been there.
I agree, for I am silly and ignorant sometimes, myself. :) But
considering CalCan's approach to addressing most cultures, it's pretty
reasonable to assume (based on past posts) that he's a little more in
the "know-nothing-talk-much" group. There are a large variety of
cultures in Europe as there are here and elsewhere in the world.
"European" is too general a term, in my opinion, which is my point.
But alas, I only opine.
> Most European countries (indeed much of the world) used patronymics
> until a few centuries ago, at least for those not of noble birth, that
> is not something distinctly Scandinavian.
I know... more than 75% of my family is rooted in (mostly) Sweden
(near Borlange and Falun) and Norway, plus I have several Russian
friends, who've told me about their families and their histories. I
come from a long line of Anderssons, Pehrssons, and Johanssons. :)
~D
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