User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Iceland

  1. #1
    Points: 138,400, Level: 89
    Level completed: 70%, Points required for next Level: 1,050
    Overall activity: 36.0%
    Achievements:
    Tagger First ClassSocial50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    stjames1_53's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    58242
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    50,623
    Points
    138,400
    Level
    89
    Thanks Given
    104,283
    Thanked 29,263x in 20,294 Posts
    Mentioned
    175 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    For waltky: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
    "The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
    - Thucydides

    "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
    Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to stjames1_53 For This Useful Post:

    carolina73 (11-20-2022)

  3. #2
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,042, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 90.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496564
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,693
    Points
    859,042
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,218
    Thanked 147,574x in 94,411 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I have been there a few times. Use local currency- with foreign money stuff is priced differently.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  4. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Peter1469 For This Useful Post:

    carolina73 (11-20-2022),stjames1_53 (11-20-2022)

  5. #3
    Points: 95,244, Level: 75
    Level completed: 19%, Points required for next Level: 2,106
    Overall activity: 36.0%
    Achievements:
    Social50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    The Booman's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    30697
    Join Date
    May 2020
    Location
    Over the hills and far away...
    Posts
    33,597
    Points
    95,244
    Level
    75
    Thanks Given
    13,217
    Thanked 30,693x in 17,890 Posts
    Mentioned
    82 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I like Iceland. Beautiful country but eye wateringly expensive.





  6. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to The Booman For This Useful Post:

    carolina73 (11-20-2022),stjames1_53 (11-20-2022)

  7. #4
    Points: 74,605, Level: 66
    Level completed: 64%, Points required for next Level: 845
    Overall activity: 38.0%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsSocialVeteran
    Standing Wolf's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    314970
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Posts
    25,614
    Points
    74,605
    Level
    66
    Thanks Given
    5,717
    Thanked 21,087x in 12,282 Posts
    Mentioned
    415 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    The wife was stationed at the Navfac in Keflavik for two years in the '80s. I was deployed there for a few months at the same time, but we didn't meet till years later.

    Before she left she mailed herself a stuffed puffin - not a plush toy, a real stuffed puffin - which is prohibited by the Icelandic authorities, so she marked the customs declaration "stuffed animal" and let them assume what they would.

    The strangest thing I encountered there - this was during the Summer months - was the Sun never really setting...just going down near the horizon and sort of hovering there. The locals seem to be pretty well inured to the cold weather; if the temperature gets up into the low sixties a lot of them will begin sunbathing.

    The Atlantic cod they catch and serve there is absolutely wonderful, as are the fruit pastries and the local brie.
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

    "Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry

  8. #5

    tPF Moderator
    Points: 152,027, Level: 93
    Level completed: 47%, Points required for next Level: 2,023
    Overall activity: 1.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialTagger First ClassCreated Album picturesYour first GroupRecommendation First Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Adelaide's Avatar tPF Moderator
    Karma
    341325
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    N. Pole and VA
    Posts
    30,757
    Points
    152,027
    Level
    93
    Thanks Given
    4,025
    Thanked 18,449x in 11,739 Posts
    Mentioned
    1723 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)
    I would move there in a heart beat if given the chance.

    Unfortunately, I cannot practice unless fluent in the primary language so I either have to learn Icelandic or find a new gig.
    FYIWDWYTM

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts