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Jan 12, 2015 08:52
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fun fact: greenland and iceland is not the same place
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Jan 12, 2015 11:54
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Mission creep.
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Jan 12, 2015 12:02
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KaiserKarl posted:Icelandic Horse steaks are quite delicious. Foal steaks are the best. 420 eat horses every day.
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Jan 12, 2015 13:53
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The Mad Archivist posted:*actually scotland How much would it cost to rent that house? Give me optic fiber internet and a boat to go shopping and I'm set. boom boom boom posted:qIs that what all rainbows look like in iceland? That really looks like an SCP object. Accretionist posted:Vikings cut down the forests which left Iceland's thin top soil subject to getting blown away by dry prevailing winds off the Atlantic. I was about to ask about the possibility of importing soil from abroad. Where could I read more about this? Iceland rocks, I'll definitely have to visit someday.
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Jan 13, 2015 17:08
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History lesson: In 1783 the ground near the mountain Laki was torn open and a massive amount of lava and ash spewed forth. The cloud of poison gasses from the craters left a haze that made the sun seem blood red, when it didn't block it out entirely, and deadly ashed rained from the skies: "This past week, and the two prior to it, more poison fell from the sky than words can describe: ash, volcanic hairs, rain full of sulfur and saltpeter, all of it mixed with sand. The snouts, nostrils, and feet of livestock grazing or walking on the grass turned bright yellow and raw. All water went tepid and light blue in color and gravel slides turned gray. All the earth's plants burned, withered and turned gray, one after another, as the fire increased and neared the settlements." About 75% of lifestock in Iceland died mostly from losing all their teeth to after eating ash covered grass and getting fluoride poisoning then starving. 20-25% of the population of Iceland, around 10.000 people, died as a result of the eruption or from the following famine. The Danes, who controlled Iceland at the time, made plans to evecuavate the entire population of Iceland and resettle them in the sands and moors of northern Jutland. But the plans were cancelled when they figured out how difficult, time consuming and costly it would be. The poison cloud spread to western Europe where it killed several thousand people and caused widespread crop failures. The most notable crop failure is probably the one in French which is thought to have contributed to the start of the French Revolution. The best thing is that a similar, or worse, eruption could happen again. FreudianSlippers fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jan 13, 2015 |
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Jan 13, 2015 17:46
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Accretionist posted:Beautiful Ocean Vistas! What I'm saying is you could basically get the Iceland experience (minus volcanoes and fluffy ponies) in Canada for a lot cheaper. For example someone could have told me this was in the prairies and I'd believe them. I was hyped on seeing iceland but goons have to ruin everything. 2k for a weekly car rental? Really?
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Jan 13, 2015 18:38
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Al Nipper posted:What I'm saying is you could basically get the Iceland experience (minus volcanoes and fluffy ponies) in Canada for a lot cheaper. But are the women as easy in Canada?
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Jan 13, 2015 21:20
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volcano erupting int eh background, horses don't gaf
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Jan 13, 2015 21:20
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C.P.A.N. posted:But are the women as easy in Canada? canadian women are fairly easy
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Jan 13, 2015 21:22
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Iceland has good music. Obligatory/Obvious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXMA34CeoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8iEJeh26E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkUD4ZcEXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEC4nZ-yga8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1QtZqCiP7s Neo-Classical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcslcbGArW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imopIVhnpn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHTFmJk7fH0 Punk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bftMvhir8Cg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCeTlpcq9c And a nice documentary featuring many of the aformentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouTUtORAQ0 e: I don;t live there, so I'm sure there's a lot of other great local stuff.
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Jan 13, 2015 21:44
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i met some french canadian girls once and from what i heard they are all slutty as gently caress
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Jan 13, 2015 23:00
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Al Nipper posted:Pictured: Halifax, any Canadian downtown in winter, BC coast. Didn't cost me anything like 2k. It was probably around £350 for a 4x4 including Volcanic Ash damage Waiver (yes thats a thing), and 3rd party damage waiver. WTF did 2k come from? EDIT: I was 30 years old at the time. I guess its a lot more if you are like 19 or whatever. GO YOU STUPID FUCKER, GO! It's an amazing place. I was driving down the road at like 60MPH, with sideways snow hitting the car due to the wind, the road covered in ice. At the side of the road were volcanic ash "fields" with heat smoking off them. In the distance was a waterfall that was "flowing" upwards due to the wind. Never seen anything like it and I am very well traveled. spud fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Jan 13, 2015 |
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Jan 13, 2015 23:08
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babypolis posted:i met some french canadian girls once and from what i heard they are all slutty as gently caress they are wonderful treasures of canada
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Jan 14, 2015 00:01
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Teh bridges of magnusson county
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Jan 14, 2015 05:17
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*plans trip to canada*
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Jan 14, 2015 05:52
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what happened to the canada.jpg thread
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Jan 15, 2015 02:05
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Frostwerks posted:what happened to the canada.jpg thread got purged apologetically
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Jan 15, 2015 02:16
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gently caress. u got a link? i dont know if i remember the thread title and i dont have serahch
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Jan 15, 2015 02:26
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How do you even grow weed in Iceland? Sure, it's a reasonably hardy plant but it has its limits. Getting hobbit-high while watching realtime Mordor/Westeros would be pretty drat cool but only for a little while.
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Jan 15, 2015 02:32
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meatcookie posted:How do you even grow weed in Iceland? cold frames and greenhouses dude
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Jan 15, 2015 02:47
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meatcookie posted:How do you even grow weed in Iceland? Indoors.
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Jan 15, 2015 02:58
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The reason Iceland has few trees is because it is on top of a mid ocean ridge the result of divergent ocean plates. When you have landmass being generated relatively quickly in a fairly cold climate with little variation in season (compare to say, the US Midwest) it doesn't give the bedrock much of a chance to break down into quality soils. Little topsoil of poor quality = less trees. Also consider the relative isolation, the historic animosity of the local population (vikings) towards outsiders, and little influx of genetic diversity.
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Jan 15, 2015 03:12
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Sometimes Iceland is what you'd expect given the name: Full Size Frostwerks posted:Teh bridges of magnusson county Haha, this is going in a thread title should I happen to feel like looking up photos of northern Europe
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Jan 15, 2015 16:14
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Björk literally, owns
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Jan 15, 2015 16:30
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That fish-stuff in the plastic jar is actually fermented shark. A friend brought a can of it over from Iceland as a souvenir. Just opening the jar releases a pungent odor not unlike mustard gas combined with the rotten meatshits of a thousand deceased vikings, combine that with the mouth-feel of stuffing your face with pencil erasers and you just know you're eating a rare Icelandic delicacy. It actually goes down pretty well with this traditional aniseed liquor that numbs your taste buds just enough to make the ordeal bearable.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:36
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David Pratt posted:reykjavik supermarket dot jaypeg i seriously would shop at the demented pig.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:38
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Rambling Robot posted:i seriously would shop at the demented pig. I'd wear the hell out of a tshirt promoting Iceland's demented pig store.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:40
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Naxuz posted:That fish-stuff in the plastic jar is actually fermented shark. A friend brought a can of it over from Iceland as a souvenir. Just opening the jar releases a pungent odor not unlike mustard gas combined with the rotten meatshits of a thousand deceased vikings, combine that with the mouth-feel of stuffing your face with pencil erasers and you just know you're eating a rare Icelandic delicacy. It actually goes down pretty well with this traditional aniseed liquor that numbs your taste buds just enough to make the ordeal bearable. There is a "your mom" joke in here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for it.
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Jan 15, 2015 17:56
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Rambling Robot posted:i seriously would shop at the demented pig. And I was just thinking the other day about framing it. To go with Fiver's excellent t-shirt idea. 
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Jan 15, 2015 19:13
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Rooney McNibnug posted:e: I don;t live there, so I'm sure there's a lot of other great local stuff. There's a few good metal bands, not nearly enough for a country settled by Vikings though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3H7nlceme0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSuO4Flle5A
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Jan 16, 2015 06:02
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