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  • Fred H
    Super MURCer
    • Nov 1999
    • 962

    #31
    Go North, cold temperature seems to force more sense into people
    Here in the North you can “do it” one time/night. At least
    (The night here is 6 months long…)

    Fred H
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    • magog
      MURCer
      • Oct 2001
      • 227

      #32
      Originally posted by KvHagedorn
      Hey, Liz.. what was the name of that hotel you stayed at in the bay area?
      Hm, I must miss something...
      Liz moved to florida (wrong site of the US), didn't know she was in the bay area.
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      • Tjalfe
        Super MURCer
        • Nov 2002
        • 3053

        #33
        Originally posted by KvHagedorn
        So do you like Canada more than Denmark? We have a travelogue tape with Denmark on it which we use as an HDTV demo .. looks like it's beautiful there, and the people seem very friendly. Taxes might be a bit high though..
        Although Denmark is a really pretty place to visit, the taxes there are ridiculous.. the social assistance program laughable, as you can make more on social assistance than on a minimum wage ( especially true if you have kids).. no incentive to make anything out of yourself, as they will tax you back to everyone elses level...

        That said, the people there are nice, and I still have friends there, I still prefer Canada..Canadian wilderness compared to Danish "wilderness".. no comparison, here you have real winters with snow, not just slush which melts in a week, summers here are generally warmer. As for people here, I find them to be quite nice.. alot of immigrants around, so people are very tolerant of other cultures, which I remember not really being the case in Denmark ( not officially offcourse )



        Concidering a move to scandinavia KvH?
        We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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        • KvHagedorn
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 10725

          #34
          Originally posted by tjalfe
          Although Denmark is a really pretty place to visit, the taxes there are ridiculous.. the social assistance program laughable, as you can make more on social assistance than on a minimum wage ( especially true if you have kids).. no incentive to make anything out of yourself, as they will tax you back to everyone elses level...

          That said, the people there are nice, and I still have friends there, I still prefer Canada..Canadian wilderness compared to Danish "wilderness".. no comparison, here you have real winters with snow, not just slush which melts in a week, summers here are generally warmer. As for people here, I find them to be quite nice.. alot of immigrants around, so people are very tolerant of other cultures, which I remember not really being the case in Denmark ( not officially offcourse )



          Concidering a move to scandinavia KvH?
          Sure, why not.. as long as I'm poor anyway. Going on the dole might give me time to write that best-seller, then once I'm rich I can move to Monaco.

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          • Tjalfe
            Super MURCer
            • Nov 2002
            • 3053

            #35
            I wish you luck then.. personally I will stay here
            are you still concidered enough of a scandinavian to be able to move there with no problems?.. ( your mom being Norwegian as far as I recall )...
            We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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            • KvHagedorn
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 1999
              • 10725

              #36
              Mom is half Norwegian, and when her other grandparents left Holstein, it was actually still part of Denmark. Father is English. Dunno if such long ago immigration counts for anything there though.

              (This will probably never happen, but Denmark does look really inviting.)

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              • GNEP
                Super MURCer
                • Feb 2002
                • 5241

                #37
                The only problem I have with the Danes I know is that they are so damn smug about their country and standard of living...
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                • Novdid
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2000
                  • 2609

                  #38
                  That's a general scandinavian issue GNEP. Simply put, we have the best living standard in the world!!!

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                  • Novdid
                    Super MURCer
                    • Nov 2000
                    • 2609

                    #39
                    Originally posted by KvHagedorn
                    (This will probably never happen, but Denmark does look really inviting.)
                    As long as you don't count Pia Kjersgaard into the equation. Not a nice woman to put it gently...

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                    • mutz
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 1068

                      #40
                      BTW, where's Drizzt?
                      How can you possibly take anything seriously?
                      Who cares?

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                      • KvHagedorn
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 10725

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Novdid
                        As long as you don't count Pia Kjersgaard into the equation. Not a nice woman to put it gently...
                        Yeah.. I'd probably vote for her.

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                        • Chris B
                          MURCer
                          • Mar 2000
                          • 422

                          #42
                          Originally posted by Novdid
                          As long as you don't count Pia Kjersgaard into the equation.
                          Most of us don't so he shouldn't either
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                          • DukeP
                            Super MURCer
                            • Nov 1999
                            • 1830

                            #43
                            Its pretty nice, here in Denmark.
                            We have our issues, but theres still soo many contrasts, in this little kingdom, that you wont easily get bored.

                            Just take a trip to greenland, and live and work there for a few years. That will raise your financial status a few nothces.

                            The faero islands are nice as well. And although Iceland seceded(sp?) from Denmark while we where occupied by the Germans, they still speak danish (and THEY have the highest number of computers per capita, in the world).

                            Right now, tho' the weather is real hot. Not "torch my forrests" hot, but real hot. Too hot for my tastes. (35 degrees C.).

                            ~~DukeP~~

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                            • KvHagedorn
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 1999
                              • 10725

                              #44
                              Still not quite as hot as here (39 degrees C today). I heard London had its all time high temperature yesterday (only 35 deg.) Hard to imagine that is as high as it has EVER gotten there. That's a relatively cool summer day in Texas. I also can't imagine why the rails would be buckling in the heat there, endangering trains. They seem to work fine in the southwestern U.S. Different steel formulations?

                              Anyhow, where in Denmark do you guys live?

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                              • The PIT
                                Super MURCer
                                • Aug 1999
                                • 11901

                                #45
                                Originally posted by KvHagedorn
                                Still not quite as hot as here (39 degrees C today). I heard London had its all time high temperature yesterday (only 35 deg.) Hard to imagine that is as high as it has EVER gotten there. That's a relatively cool summer day in Texas. I also can't imagine why the rails would be buckling in the heat there, endangering trains. They seem to work fine in the southwestern U.S. Different steel formulations?

                                Anyhow, where in Denmark do you guys live?
                                36.4C in London. Railways are shit here run by a bunch of overpaid fat cats.
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