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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: nO-One on July 16, 2003, 06:43:43 PM

Title: ....and I\'m back...with a vengance
Post by: nO-One on July 16, 2003, 06:43:43 PM: yep, just got home, the Stones kicked some major ass and denmark was...well....hot, I mean I come from Iceland I\'m not used to heats close to 30°c jebus it\'s unnatural.

I also faced some racial discrimination, you see Icelanders seem to have a reputation for being: loud, obnoxious, rude and very very drunk while in Denmark (or any other country for that matter). Now I\'m none of those things (don\'t even drink) but when I enter a store and the owner says "I don\'t want any trouble" you kinda feel like "woah, slow down there I just want a damned Coke". It\'s racism I tell ya, saying that I\'m a loud obnoxious drunk hellbent on being an asshole, while I\'m actually a idotic tourist hellbent on finding my way back to my hotel.

Ohh well, I\'ll post some more tomorrow but right now I need some sleep.
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Post by: Bladez on July 16, 2003, 06:47:11 PM: Well welcome back man.
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Post by: Deadly Hamster on July 16, 2003, 08:36:30 PM: How did he know you were from iceland?
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Post by: EmperorRob on July 16, 2003, 08:52:00 PM: I know it\'s only rock n roll but you like it.
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Post by: SwifDi on July 16, 2003, 08:56:59 PM: Don\'t tell me about heat girly-man... I live here:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fcave%2Fphotos%2Fdesert.jpg&hash=e82abbed24bb89556ff7d8381dac1156f7991624)
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Post by: theomen on July 16, 2003, 09:03:42 PM: God damn icelanders.....
/me shakes fist

(why is the "me" tag not working?)
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Post by: SwifDi on July 16, 2003, 09:09:23 PM: Why not be a lazy moron and just type in your name.

*SwifDi kicks theomen
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Post by: Samwise on July 16, 2003, 11:00:42 PM: Nooooo!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HE\'S BACK!!!111

;)

J/k old friend, it\'s nice to have ya back. :D

BTW, the store owner probably thought you were from Sweden. ;)
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Post by: Kurt Angle on July 17, 2003, 01:01:13 AM: Welcome back.
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 17, 2003, 01:43:08 AM: Quote
Originally posted by nO-One
yep, just got home, the Stones kicked some major ass and denmark was...well....hot, I mean I come from Iceland I\'m not used to heats close to 30°c jebus it\'s unnatural.

30º in summer is cold here dude, very cold. 40-45º is normal. 46-50º hot.
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Post by: CHIZZY on July 17, 2003, 04:42:40 AM: 116 degrees F in Palm Springs California the other day.

It used to get that hot in Sacramento when I lived there. One time
it was above 110 every day for 2 weeks straight. Down to 92 at night! :eek:
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Post by: ##RaCeR## on July 17, 2003, 04:49:13 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Adan
30º in summer is cold here dude, very cold. 40-45º is normal. 46-50º hot.

Your telling me it gets 40-45C?

Damn, and I thought Brisbane got hot in Summer...

No One, how do they know your from Iceland? Is it that obvious your Nordiac?
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Post by: videoholic on July 17, 2003, 05:17:48 AM: NEW PSX2CENTRAL MANDATE!!!

No more freaking Celsius talk damnit!!!

Freaking do the math and tell me what it is in Farenheit (or however you freaking spell it).

Ah, it\'s a bomby 91F today.
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Post by: bradleyscott on July 17, 2003, 06:05:52 AM: Rascism sucks and it is everywhere. I mean anytime you put someone\'s race into a group and stereotype them it is definitely rascism. You would think after generations of this, that people would know better. I would venture to say that not even 10 % of all Icelanders would fit the "drunk and looking to fight" stereotype, besides everyone knows thats the Irish!

Brad
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Post by: Bjorn on July 17, 2003, 06:06:39 AM: ^
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denied!!1 *meant at vid*

new rule, only celcius please

besides, you americans seem to need some math training anyway...

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U.S Twelfth Graders Among the Lowest in the World!
U.S. twelfth graders outperformed math students in only two other countries -- Cyprus and South Africa.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr071.shtml

;)

Samwise... what? :mad:
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Post by: Tyrant on July 17, 2003, 06:43:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by nO-One
yep, just got home, the Stones kicked some major ass and denmark was...well....hot, I mean I come from Iceland I\'m not used to heats close to 30°c jebus it\'s unnatural.

lol, you\'d melt over here temps range from 43-50C on a regular basis during summer, the apparent temperature on tuesday was 54C, not too mention the humidity.
anyways welcome back nO-One :).
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Post by: videoholic on July 17, 2003, 07:11:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Bjorn
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denied!!1 *meant at vid*

new rule, only celcius please

besides, you americans seem to need some math training anyway...

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr071.shtml

Damn, well I tried. ;) I\'ll just pretend like I know how hot/cold it is over there and say, "Woah, that\'s freaking uncomfortable."

EDIT: I just looked at the website Bjorn and all I have to say is.

WE OWNE CYPRUS!!!

:werd:
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 17, 2003, 07:18:53 AM: Quote
Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Your telling me it gets 40-45C?

Yep, today we\'re at 39º, not normal day for summer. The last weeks we were between 42 and 44º. The maximum for this summer was 48º I think.
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Post by: nO-One on July 17, 2003, 07:46:15 AM: Well I don\'t like heat, heat is bad I prefer the cold air of Iceland.

For those who wanted to know how they knew I was from Iceland, it\'s because of all the Scandinavian languages Icelandic is the most different, all the D\'s, T\'s, R\'s and so on are very noticable, however Danish and say Norwegian sound quite similiar to the untrained ear.
There are some people though that find Icelandic and Finish quite similar, but that\'s bs of course.

And Sammy, believe me, the guy knew I was from Iceland.

And to all you lizard people who relish the heat.....you\'re wierd there I said it.

Seriously, you can\'t even begin to imagine how good it felt to be back to the cold, clean, fresh, seabreeze filled air of Iceland.
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Post by: videoholic on July 17, 2003, 07:50:00 AM: What is considered hot to you?
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Post by: nO-One on July 17, 2003, 07:51:12 AM: Cold about say -15°c
normal about 15°c
hot anything over 20°c
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 17, 2003, 08:19:15 AM: Quote
Originally posted by nO-One
hot anything over 20°c

:D You would die down here. In winter, we hardly reach less than 20º during the day.
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Post by: Bjorn on July 17, 2003, 08:58:48 AM: we have over 30 here and that\'s hot :/ We usually have around 25.

btw vid, was j/k (about the rule, not the math :p )
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Post by: videoholic on July 17, 2003, 09:36:54 AM: Oh, so we can still have the rule??? WOOHOOO!!!!

Off to ban all the euros for using celcius.
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Originally posted by nO-One
Cold about say -15°c
normal about 15°c
hot anything over 20°c

Damnit, where\'s my calculator? Screw it. Your banned for life. ;)
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Post by: SwifDi on July 17, 2003, 09:41:38 AM: Well it\'s only 102 right now, lots of cloud cover, it\'s pretty sweet.

But I\'ve been working outside at a grocery store the last few weeks and one time this guy told me it was 125 degrees in the parking lot. Literally feels like stepping into an oven.
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Post by: videoholic on July 17, 2003, 09:48:26 AM: Watch out freestylah, these Euros could think you were boiling.
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 17, 2003, 09:57:45 AM: LOL :laughing:

Where is Farenheit used? In NTSC territories?
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Post by: nO-One on July 17, 2003, 10:26:23 AM: Quote
Originally posted by bradleyscott
I would venture to say that not even 10 % of all Icelanders would fit the "drunk and looking to fight" stereotype, besides everyone knows thats the Irish!

Brad

heh heh believe me, they are somewhat right in their thinking. Beer and most alchohol is expensive in Iceland and not sold in normal stores. So when you can buy cheap beer in the next seven eleven store it\'s no wonder why some people go a bit overboard in their drinking.

For example, my buddy (whom I was travelling with) always had a beer in his hand. Every time he entered a store he came out with atleast 2-3 beers at a time. He drank about 30 liters in two days. That\'s friggin binge drinking. But I don\'t drink, still everybody seemed to think that I was a typical drunk Icelander.
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Post by: The Stapler on July 17, 2003, 12:07:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SwifDi
Well it\'s only 102 right now, lots of cloud cover, it\'s pretty sweet.

But I\'ve been working outside at a grocery store the last few weeks and one time this guy told me it was 125 degrees in the parking lot. Literally feels like stepping into an oven.

Yeah, this is the hottest week of the year and Target has me outside pushing carts...Grrrr :evil:

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Originally posted by nO-One
yep, just got home, the Stones kicked some major ass and denmark was...well....hot, I mean I come from Iceland I\'m not used to heats close to 30°c jebus it\'s unnatural.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

And for vid, 30°C = ~85°F; 54°C = ~130°F :eek:
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Post by: SwifDi on July 17, 2003, 12:09:39 PM: I know man... My mom keeps making me work, it\'s driving me crazy. I\'m tired of this smothering heat...
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Post by: nO-One on July 17, 2003, 12:39:54 PM: you lizard people can laugh all you want "hardy har har he thinks 30° is hot har har har what a a sissy"

Well come to Iceland during the winter, I\'ll be wearing my shorts and Tshirt while you people are shivering your asses off and then I\'ll laugh grrrr :mad:

j/k :p
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Post by: Samwise on July 17, 2003, 11:29:53 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Bjorn
Samwise... what? :mad:

J/k man, I wub you Swedes. Just ask Fastson. :D

As for temperatures... 30C+ is just too much. 20-25C is much more fitting and how it should be all year round. ;)
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Post by: SER on July 18, 2003, 01:48:48 AM: Hey Vapor, I was in Vegas about 2 weeks ago and it was very very tolerable considering it was just about 100. Your dry weather is for pussies compared to 95degrees w/major humidity here on Guam. :(
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Post by: bradleyscott on July 18, 2003, 09:21:35 AM: K, lets make everyone happy, I propose from this moment on, all Temperatures be converted to Kelvin.

Brad