On 05/04/2022 01:02, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 04/04/2022 16:47, Champ wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 10:21:23 -0000 (UTC), "geoffC" <me@home.nl> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The French have a lot to answer for, house numbers, insisting that the
>>> Dutch take a surname (which they did reluctantly eg."BornNaked")
>> <snip>
>>
>> Really?  <googles>  Hmm.
>>
>> I recently read up on Icelandic surnames (after watching a noir series
>> set in Iceland, and seeing the pattern of names in the credits), and
>> it found it absolutely fascinating.
>>
>> Full details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name but
>> basically, Icelanders don't have surnames.  Their 'second name' is
>> deriver from their father's first name.  If we used this system, then
>> instead of being named Neal Champion after my dad Tony Champion, I'd
>> have been called Neal Tonysson.  If I had a sister (let's call her
>> Rachel), she'd have been Rachel Tonysdottir.
>
> Russians (if we're allowed to mention them at the moment) do something
> similar with middle names AIUI.

Why would you not be allowed to mention them?

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On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
> Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 10:21:23 -0000 (UTC), "geoffC" <m...@home.nl> wrote:
> >
> >>The French have a lot to answer for, house numbers, insisting that the
> >>Dutch take a surname (which they did reluctantly eg."BornNaked")
> > <snip>
> >
> > Really? <googles> Hmm.
> >
> > I recently read up on Icelandic surnames (after watching a noir series
> > set in Iceland, and seeing the pattern of names in the credits), and
> > it found it absolutely fascinating.
> Schnipetty Schnip
> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland. Some of our best trips
> have been in late fall/winter when there's not so many of the summer
> tourists. I joke about it, but it's generally true, that in the winter
> it's almost always warmer in Iceland than it is in Minnesota.
>

Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
And I need to replenish my Bitfiskur/Hardfiskur stocks, love that stuff, as does the cat.

Dave Brown <browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
> Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
> And I need to replenish my Bitfiskur/Hardfiskur stocks, love that stuff, as does the cat.

We were approached by a fellow selling Hardfiskur outside the Vinbudin,
in shifty-eyed-seller-of-counterfeit-watches-under-his-overcoat style.
I told him, "Thanks, I don't".

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> Dave Brown <browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
>> Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.

Forgot to mention- Bike Cave have apparently ceased trading. Too bad,
had some truly great burgers there.

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On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 03:55:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Brown
<browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:

>> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland.

>Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
>Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.

I keep trying to persuade V that we need to visit Iceland. It's a
work in progress
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You never slow down, you never grow old

Champ wrote:

>
> That's small 125ml glasses
>
> 4 x 175ml is much more sympa
>
> Although I sometimes find 3 x 250ml glasses happens too

No point dicking about
https://www.amazon.co.uk/KOVOT-XL-Wine-Glass-Bottle/dp/B00ZRYO30W

Back in a previous life in hospitality, lunch with our then wine
supplier featured 'proper' claret glasses into which went a bottle.

They were very good lunches . . . . .

--
"There's nothing more dangreous than a resourceful idiot"

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 3:21:13 PM UTC+1, Champ wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 03:55:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Brown
> <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
>
> >> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland.
> >Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
> >Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
> I keep trying to persuade V that we need to visit Iceland. It's a
> work in progress

Magical place.

It feels like a theme park sometimes, especially when you arrive at the Main Bus Terminal and see all the tourist coaches.

If you can explore yourself and hire a vehicle, and do what you want to do, then it's much more fun !

Not to knock the tours, they are very good for a 1st time visitor.

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 12:14:38 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
> > Dave Brown <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
> >> Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
> Forgot to mention- Bike Cave have apparently ceased trading. Too bad,
> had some truly great burgers there.

Shame, the troll burger was legendary !!

On 05/04/2022 16:31, Dave Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 3:21:13 PM UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 03:55:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Brown
>> <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
>>
>>>> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland.
>>> Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
>>> Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
>> I keep trying to persuade V that we need to visit Iceland. It's a
>> work in progress
>
> Magical place.
>
> It feels like a theme park sometimes, especially when you arrive at the Main Bus Terminal and see all the tourist coaches.
>
> If you can explore yourself and hire a vehicle, and do what you want to do, then it's much more fun !
>
> Not to knock the tours, they are very good for a 1st time visitor.

And, don't just do the Blue Lagoon, try the local open air swiming pools
(all heated of course :-) ), I much prefered them.

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Dave Brown <browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 3:21:13 PM UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 03:55:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Brown
>> <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
>>
>> >> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland.
>> >Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
>> >Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
>> I keep trying to persuade V that we need to visit Iceland. It's a
>> work in progress
>
> Magical place.
>
> It feels like a theme park sometimes, especially when you arrive at the Main Bus Terminal and see all the tourist coaches.
>
> If you can explore yourself and hire a vehicle, and do what you want to do, then it's much more fun !
>
> Not to knock the tours, they are very good for a 1st time visitor.

Agree, the Golden Circle coach tour is good for the first time visitor.

But to really see the place, you need a car or campervan. Lake Myvatn
and Dimmuborgir (the place, not the Norwegian heavy metal band) are
super cool[1]- as is Asbyrgi, an atypical place with lots of trees,
which are scarce in Iceland.

[1] The band is cool, too.

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YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 05/04/2022 16:31, Dave Brown wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 3:21:13 PM UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 03:55:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Brown
>>> <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:57:41 PM UTC+1, Mark Olson wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I'll never get tired of visiting Iceland.
>>>> Agreed. I wonder if there is a word for being addicted to all things Icelandic.
>>>> Can't wait to go back for Iceland Airwaves this year.
>>> I keep trying to persuade V that we need to visit Iceland. It's a
>>> work in progress
>>
>> Magical place.
>>
>> It feels like a theme park sometimes, especially when you arrive at the Main Bus Terminal and see all the tourist coaches.
>>
>> If you can explore yourself and hire a vehicle, and do what you want to do, then it's much more fun !
>>
>> Not to knock the tours, they are very good for a 1st time visitor.
>
> And, don't just do the Blue Lagoon, try the local open air swiming pools
> (all heated of course :-) ), I much prefered them.

Laugurvatn Fontana is a good alternative to the <spit> Blue Lagoon.

And don't miss the Tomato Factory at Friðheimar. The soup is not to
be missed and the whole thing is fascinating, especially the bees.

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On 04/04/2022 16:58, Champ wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:22:12 +0100, Pipl <pluscher@live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:57:26 +0100, Sqirrel99
>> <secret.sqirrel99@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> sweller wrote:
>>>> I can do it in both systems 5'9" and 175cm and 12st 3lb 77.5 kg -
>>>> however I can't do my waist size or inside leg in cm (34" and 29")
>>>> without doing a conversion.
>>>
>>> A fellow orangutan -
>>> Short legs, long body (and long arms too in my case).
>>> Makes buying one-piece leathers a right pain.
>
>> "...And this is Bob, who designs our range of one-piece oversuits..."
>
> <applause>
>
> And here it is, in the Shobba archive I maintain [1]
> http://champ.org.uk/images/Shobba/Bob%20designs%20our%20range%20of%20one%20piece%20oversuits.jpg

"...and he rides a Hardly Davidson".
(?)
Chris

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Turby wrote:

> On 4/3/2022 2:39 PM, geoffC wrote:
> > Turby wrote:
> >
> There are actually 3 markets - the legal commercial, illegal
> commercial, and the free/barter. I'm lucky in not having to pay. The
> state has a high tax rate which encourages the illegal market and
> puts a lot of pressure on the legal shops. This is one near me:
>
> https://urbnleaf.com/dispensaries/ca/san-diego/bay-park-pick-up/

That's pretty full on commercial.
Here it's mostly bit more low-key.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AptckoyvaobmkOQQE3heR6uRO4D3bA?e=ZM2B4P

Production and supply is illegal but retail is semi-legal/tolerated
(there are rules eg. no advertising).
Typical Dutch Compromise.

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Honda NTV650