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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...-millions.html
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations estimates that British charities have over £120 million at risk. One charity, Cats Protection had £11.2 million of deposits in one of Kaupthing's British units.
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI've met a few Icelanders over the years, and I can safely say that they are all very nice people until they have a drink.
Without fail they turn into psychopathic lunatics who will attempt things like- Charge at a car that is driving at them.
- Hop over the live rail in tube stations.
- Pick up a policeman and carry him across the road.
I suppose the picking up policemen lark is kinder than trying to kick the shiite out of them that any self respecting Brit binge drinker would attempt.
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI've met a few Icelanders over the years, and I can safely say that they are all very nice people until they have a drink.
Without fail they turn into psychopathic lunatics who will attempt things like- Charge at a car that is driving at them.
- Hop over the live rail in tube stations.
- Pick up a policeman and carry him across the road.
If you drink in the week then you are an alcoholic.
Oh and it doesn't matter what day of the week it is, if a traffic warder tickets a car the traffic warden gets beaten up. (And they can't park.)
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI've met a few Icelanders over the years, and I can safely say that they are all very nice people until they have a drink.
Without fail they turn into psychopathic lunatics who will attempt things like- Charge at a car that is driving at them.
- Hop over the live rail in tube stations.
- Pick up a policeman and carry him across the road.
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I was thinking that. Currency is in our favour and think of the goods & services they'll provide to get some cash back.
+ they are nice bunch of people. Magnus Magnusson and Bjork probably are anyway. And when was the last time you heard someons say "Bloody Icelanders! About time they got taken down a peg or two".
But don't tell them you're British, or they'll probably deck/laugh at you.
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I've met a few Icelanders over the years, and I can safely say that they are all very nice people until they have a drink.
Without fail they turn into psychopathic lunatics who will attempt things like- Charge at a car that is driving at them.
- Hop over the live rail in tube stations.
- Pick up a policeman and carry him across the road.
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Originally posted by Incognito View Posthttp://www.iea.org/Textbase/work/200...es/ICELAND.PDF
Slide 5, the important bit is
Try and understand that energy and electricity are not one and the same thing. Clown.
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Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Postthey produced 0.1% of their electricity from fossil fuels in 2006
Doh!
Slide 5, the important bit is
- Hydro and geothermal energy provide 72% of the primary energy supply
- 99.9% of electricity is produced from hydro power and geothermal energy
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they produced 0.1% of their electricity from fossil fuels in 2006
Doh!
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Originally posted by tim123 View PostThere's a limit on how much energy you can "export" by importing the process that uses it. You still have to ship the goods afterwards and not many tasks are that "energy" intensive to make up the difference.
I don't really think that Iceland's energy supplies are that much of a help in the great scheme of things
tim
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Originally posted by Incognito View PostThey also have the benefit of being sat on top of one of the best sources of renewable energy in the world (they produced 0.1% of their electricity from fossil fuels in 2006) and 'export' their free electricity by undertaking aluminium smelting and the likes for the rest of the world.
I don't really think that Iceland's energy supplies are that much of a help in the great scheme of things
tim
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OT it seems, but Iceland is pretty fecking amazing. Not so sure it'd be fun in the perpetual darkness of winter but def in summer it's well worth avisit.
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostWhat are the Russians up to with their lending to Iceland...
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