Deggers Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, wjgco said: Beer; Koff e.g. for 4 beers, you say "four koff" I heard someone loudly ordering four beers in town recently. Curious. There weren't any bars open, and I don't think he was Finnish. Deggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 hours ago, RobH said: Don't you mean Pi day, Stan? https://www.piday.org Exactly Rob. We will be celebrating Pi day on the 14 March - 3 14, with a giant Costco apple pie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stillp Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Deggers said: I heard someone loudly ordering four beers in town recently. Curious. There weren't any bars open, and I don't think he was Finnish. Deggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Lebro Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 You beat me to it ! Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 16 hours ago, wjgco said: ...Having spent many happy weeks in Finland... I spent 3 winter months in Helsinki in the 1970’s. The most depressing place I have ever been. The sun rose at 11 am and set at 1 pm. During the 22 hours of darkness everyone was drunk and looking for a fight. I worked in the X-Ray department of a hospital and met a doctor from Chicago. I asked him why he had come to Finland. “To study stab wounds of course. Helsinki is the stab capital of the world.” Charlie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 This year is 4718 to the Chinese, 1442 in Islamic years, while Jews count 5781 years since the world was created. And those cultures have diferent months too, so a palindrome in a convention held by less than half the world is an irrelevant happenstance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted February 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Party pooper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewMAshton Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 John, only the free world (and I know some may think it relative) counts in my book!! Cheers, Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stillp Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Charlie D said: I spent 3 winter months in Helsinki in the 1970’s. The most depressing place I have ever been. The sun rose at 11 am and set at 1 pm. During the 22 hours of darkness everyone was drunk and looking for a fight. I worked in the X-Ray department of a hospital and met a doctor from Chicago. I asked him why he had come to Finland. “To study stab wounds of course. Helsinki is the stab capital of the world.” Charlie. I used to attend meetings there occasionally, and have to agree it's pretty miserable. The first time I was there we asked our Finnish host what the locals did for amusement - he said they catch the ferry to Tallinn! When asked if there were any historic sites to see he told us about a bridge that has some bullet holes in it dating from WW2. The bars all advertise a "Happy Hour", which I felt should be renamed the "Slightly Less Miserable Hour". To be fair, there is the Russian cathedral (which was closed every time I was there), and the boat trip to Suomenlinnen is worthwhile if the weather is good and the harbour isn't frozen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
little jim Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 11:30 PM, Lebro said: 1+ 1+1 perhaps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 10:17 AM, AndrewMAshton said: John, only the free world (and I know some may think it relative) counts in my book!! Cheers, Andrew I'm reasonably sure that Israel is a democracy (of sorts - like the rest of them). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 3:21 PM, stillp said: I used to attend meetings there occasionally, and have to agree it's pretty miserable. The first time I was there we asked our Finnish host what the locals did for amusement - he said they catch the ferry to Tallinn! When asked if there were any historic sites to see he told us about a bridge that has some bullet holes in it dating from WW2. The bars all advertise a "Happy Hour", which I felt should be renamed the "Slightly Less Miserable Hour". To be fair, there is the Russian cathedral (which was closed every time I was there), and the boat trip to Suomenlinnen is worthwhile if the weather is good and the harbour isn't frozen. I spent 3 months in Denmark as a student. Two memories of what we did for amusement: A/ living in a Student Hall. Then - no idea about now - where in the UK methylated spirit would be on sale, for cleaning etc, in Denmark it was ethanol, the usual non-poisonous, drinkable alcohol, but mixed with dye and a bitter compound as in our meths, to make it undrinkable. But where there are chemistry and engineering students, and a punitive tax on the usual forms of drinkable alcohol, there is ingenuity. They set up filtering stacks in the basement, that removed the dye and bitterness, and delivered 99% pure ethanol! More, they could buy 'flavour kits' for any spirit you might wish, so that "Whisky", "Brandy" and "Gin" were readily available for a lot less than they cost from a shop. B/ the Ferry to Malmo. No more, replaced by the Oresund Bridge, but then constantly shuttling like a Channel ferry, you could buy a ticket, walk aboard, and spend all day and night carousing in the bar at duty free prices. Only problem was that you had to stay sober enough to get off at the Swedish end, and show your ID. I forgot my passport one night, and was rescued from Immigration Authority custody by my friends, who persuaded them that I was not a deserter from the US army! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harbottle Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Peter Cobbold said: ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA I bet it doesn’t work in French?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, Peter Cobbold said: ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA Wasn't that an ABBA song? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, Harbottle said: I bet it doesn’t work in French?. No, but french tops it with Georges Perec's 500 word Le Grand Palidrome. https://inchiostroepatatine.forumattivo.com/t1049-le-grand-palindrome-de-georges-perec starts with ends with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 18 minutes ago, Charlie D said: Wasn't that an ABBA song? after Waterloo, yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Harbottle said: I bet it doesn’t work in French?. Non. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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