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Grognard:

--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 06 Nov 2013, 04:07 --- To paraphrase someone who wrote into the Richmond Dispatch many, many, many moons ago. "North, west and east are directions. The South is a place."
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Amen.
'tis also a Lost Cause, a State of Mind and a Lifestyle.
and like many other places, it has its shameful side and a wonderful side.
but for me... thanks to the US DoD, I've lived in many places...
but the South.
The South is HOME.

Akima:

--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 06 Nov 2013, 12:50 ---On my way to Vienna I passed through Amsterdam airport. I was deeply alarmed at police officers walking around with machine guns. I mean I'm still getting used to Australian cops carrying guns and I'm pretty sure they've had those for a while.
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Australian police have been armed since before Federation, I think. I've seen police carrying submachine-guns and wearing body-armour in Sydney Airport; they keep a low profile, but they are there. The ordinary cops are all tooled-up with their Glocks and shotguns. And then there are the private security guards for big cash transfers etc., usually packing revolvers and sometimes shotties too. If you keep your eyes open, there are plenty of guns on display in Australia.

ChaoSera:
Some 2 years ago, there was a terror warning in Germany, around Christmas time. It was kinda scary to see even our small train station being guarded by police men armed with MP5s. Can't imagine what it had looked like in Berlin or another big city.

snalin:

--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 06 Nov 2013, 21:12 ---
--- Quote ---Oh yeah pancakes in America are totally different. What we call a pancake in Norway at least is a lot thinner, kind of like a crepe but not really. You have it for dinner, usually you put blueberry jam or just plain sugar on it, and roll it up. Before pancakes you have something else, pea soup is pretty common.
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You mean lefse, or is this something completely different?

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Completely different. Lefse is served cold, and isn't necessarily sweet.

BeoPuppy:
Fun thing I noticed about Denmark; they like children. They are nice to them. No surprise there. But they're also honest with them. In the zoo in Copenhagen, next to a petting zoo, there is a wooden board with a pig and a horse and a cow on it. And you can lift flaps in their bodies and behind those flaps there are pictures showing what humans get from these animals: sausages, steak, shoes, belts ... Haven't seen that anywhere else.

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