The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

I am not a "wannabe Swede", I AM a Swede, I just happen to live in Canada.

Swedes can't live abroad?

Or is this a plastic-Swede like all those supposed 'Irish' in America?

[The Brain]

I am not a "wannabe Swede", I AM a Swede, I just happen to live in Canada.

Swedes can't live abroad?

Or is this a plastic-Swede like all those supposed 'Irish' in America?

Reminded me of someone, 'sall.

[DGuller]

Me too.    Although I'm not sure if that part is still there, or if it has been seduced away.

[Slargos]

The stupid mother fucking Norwegians are at it again.

A bridge is being built to replace one of the transit points in Oslo which sees the most heavy traffic. Projected daily traffic will be 20 000 vehicles by 2015, and knowing how well the Norwegian Department of Transportation typically makes these projections, the real number will probably be 40 000.

How many lanes, you ask? Two. Undivided. Wide enough that truck drivers will be able to high-five eachother as they pass.

Sometimes I wonder whether actual certifiable stupidity lies behind these decisions, or whether there is a plan to make driving uncomfortable enough that people will pick public transportation instead.

Either one is well within the realm of the possible.

Frankly, I expect it's both.

Why the Norwegians tolerate these kinds of decisions I simply cannot fathom. Battered person syndrome, perhaps.

[Slargos]

I am not a "wannabe Swede", I AM a Swede, I just happen to live in Canada.

Swedes can't live abroad?

Or is this a plastic-Swede like all those supposed 'Irish' in America?

No. The moment you land on foreign soil you are no longer Swedish.

At least, given that the moment you step on Swedish soil you become Swedish, I expect the reverse must also be true.

[garbon]

Speaking of driving, last weekend I found myself in a tough spot.  I was spending the weekend in New York, and driving around here and there.  Suddenly, while still deep in Brooklyn, low fuel light came on.  Crap.  It was 15 miles to New Jersey, in possibly very heavy traffic, so I was far from guaranteed to make it to safety.  I was forced to do the unthinkable:  pump my own gas.

I drove into a gas station, and I fiddle around with the equipment aimlessly.  Eventually I figured out the correct order of events to start pumping, and could stick the nozzle in at the right time, but I still couldn't pump.  Eventually I find the right combination of handle and trigger pulls, and managed to squeeze about a gallon of fuel in before it stopped flowing.  Figuring I had enough to get to New Jersey, I quit while I was ahead, and drove off.

It reminds me of the first time with a girl.  In fact, the concept is pretty much the same, if you think about it.

I hate when they pump it for me. Like I want to have some yahoo do something with my car.

[Slargos]

Speaking of driving, last weekend I found myself in a tough spot.  I was spending the weekend in New York, and driving around here and there.  Suddenly, while still deep in Brooklyn, low fuel light came on.  Crap.  It was 15 miles to New Jersey, in possibly very heavy traffic, so I was far from guaranteed to make it to safety.  I was forced to do the unthinkable:  pump my own gas.

I drove into a gas station, and I fiddle around with the equipment aimlessly.  Eventually I figured out the correct order of events to start pumping, and could stick the nozzle in at the right time, but I still couldn't pump.  Eventually I find the right combination of handle and trigger pulls, and managed to squeeze about a gallon of fuel in before it stopped flowing.  Figuring I had enough to get to New Jersey, I quit while I was ahead, and drove off.

It reminds me of the first time with a girl.  In fact, the concept is pretty much the same, if you think about it.

I hate when they pump it for me. Like I want to have some yahoo do something with my car.

Can't get a better job than gas pumping? Sorry, you ain't touching my ride. :ýes:

[Josquius]

No. The moment you land on foreign soil you are no longer Swedish.

At least, given that the moment you step on Swedish soil you become Swedish, I expect the reverse must also be true.

I was Swedish?

No....wait.....

[Siege]

I hate commercials!

[Admiral Yi]

Is that a new sig Seeb?  Quite clever.

[Josquius]

If innacurate in places.
And oh so long

[Siege]

Is that a new sig Seeb?  Quite clever.

That's from Rome Total War's "vices and virtues".

[Siege]

If innacurate in places.
And oh so long

Where?

[Admiral Yi]

On a different note, I was looking at a picture of a Mayan codex in 1491 while taking a dump and realized it looks just like Matt Groening's work.

[Eddie Teach]

If innacurate in places.
And oh so long

Where?

"Good Looking."