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| 4 MAY 2005 at 10:56am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Oh wait. A fact about my town...well, it's located near/by a lake.
In fact, the motto of the town is: "The Town by the Lake". Very inspiring, it is...
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:01am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | In Jutland?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:20am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Anne (4 MAY 2005 11:00am)
In Jutland?
Yes. Now I've just given the whole thing away, haven't I?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:33am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Not Aarhus though?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:46am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Anne (4 MAY 2005 11:33am)
Not Aarhus though?
No but that's where I go to university. And we like to think of Aarhus as a city (it being the second-biggest in Denmark)...not a town. There're maybe 5000 people in my town.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:57am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | The old town is so beautiful.Do send some pics.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:17pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Some pics of Aarhus?
I'm not sure I have any.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:24pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Is Iceland still part of Denmark?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:26pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Iceland's an independant country; Greenland is part of Denmark though.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:29pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Well....I am not sure.One of my favourite books is`Miss Smillies Feeling For Snow`.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:37pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Apparently Iceland was granted independance from Denmark in 1944.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ic.html
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:42pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Well,I went there later than that,And Kids needing special school in Denmark had to go to Iceland.eg profoundly deaf.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:53pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I guess we'll have to wait for Eva to shed more light on this.
(There's not a single school for deaf children in the whole country?)
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 12:57pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Go and look at Eva`s pic.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 1:02pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 4:45pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Anne (3 MAY 2005 1:27pm)
No one has a river with that name.And rivers don`t catch fire. ???
Well, I didnt make it up. and this one did catch fire.
Originally Posted By Andromus (3 MAY 2005 11:58pm)
Oh, we've got rivers with all kinds of odd names. Rivers like the Monongahela, Susquehanna, and Youghiogheny, for starters. Can't say why a river would catch fire, though. Oil spill? Some other pollution?
You got it. Pollution from all the steel mills and industry in the area at that time, much better now, but I certainly wouldnt swim in it.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 5:25pm |
ThanandaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Ok. Let me shock you
Beer- Sheva is one of the world oldest cities. The biblical Abraham founded the place in the second century b.c.
We still have 2 wells, one was dug by Abraham himself, the other by Jacob, his grandson. The wells are here:
[img]http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Harbor/7883/bs-well.jpg[/img]
We have a tamarisk, that is several hundred years old. The religious people belive, it was planted by Abraham, but it couldn't be that old
Beer- Sheva is the fourth largest city in the country.
We have the highest percentage of university students in the country.
There were plans to build a huge theme park next to Beer- Sheva, since 1970. Every new mayor talks about it in his campaign. Needless to say, we still wait
We had a bus driver strike, that lasted for 5 months [smiley=crazy.gif]
There
If I'll think of anything else, I'll let you know.
Do go on! I always yawn, when I'm fascinated!
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 6:07pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By chris156 (4 MAY 2005 12:25pm)
Iceland's an independant country; Greenland is part of Denmark though.
By the way, my father is currently visiting Greenland. He got money from work to do some kind of course activity. So he found this two-week Greenland tour that he signed up for. Two persons from each Scandinavian country were allowed to go, and he was one of the lucky Swedes. It was very expensive, so he wouldn't have afforded it if he didn't get the special money. And still he paid extra out of his own pocket to get to go. The trip included helicopter rides, picnics on the glaciers etc. Needless to say, I'm very jealous of him. He brought a video camera, so I expect him to catch many interesting things on film.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 6:28pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Thananda,Is that Bethsheba?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 9:32pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Anne (4 MAY 2005 12:56pm)
Go and look at Eva`s pic.
What has that got to do with deaf children?
And I do believe there are plenty of special schools here now.
Never heard about shipping them off to Iceland.
Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark still.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 9:42pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (4 MAY 2005 9:32pm)
What has that got to do with deaf children?
She said that because I mentioned you "shedding light" on things.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 9:46pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By chris156 (4 MAY 2005 9:42pm)
She said that because I mentioned you "shedding light" on things.
Did my pic help with the light shedding?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 9:49pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | No, it's because of the rays of light in your picture that Anne mentioned it.
Don't worry, it's just a bad pun.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 9:51pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Ah, I should have known, coming from Anne...
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