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I thought it was something for only 1.5 cent (ie a fraction of a Euro) Honestly no idea without being able to see the first part of the sentence

Continued from previous thread...

New thread this way...

I've been busy playing the latest expansion for Guild Wars 2 after I came back from Europe... no sleep for the wicked I guess

The more interesting parts (imho) is the smaller streets, cheap hotels places unlike those I find in Brisbane Yes, that's 50 Euro for a three bed hotel room. Won't find that anywhere in Brisbane! As mentioned previously, my brother and i visited during day time. I've seen the place at night (20 years ago) and it can get quite rowdy

The German Autobahn... always worth a visit in itself. My brother did the driving though. Not just because it was his car, but because 20+ years of driving in the left side has made me doubt my own reflexes if something happens at high speed. My brothers Tesla is no slouch either, with an impressive acceleration Long stretches of flat road with no speed limit.... Slightly more "affluent" and conservative part of Hamburg. Bear in mind, most of the city is reconstruction, built after WWII Yes, this building looks like it caught a plane in the side and is struggling to straighten itself out again... It wouldn't really be a harbour city without access to water... All very nice I suppose... but not really what my brother and I came to see

Yeah, so said, so done Guys, created a new thread for all things related to the 2024 US presidential election. Please divert posts related to subject to this thread:

Democracy, ain't it grand?

Still the wrong Obsidian.... see reply to one of your previous posts for the url to the correct Obsidian for you edit: copied from one of the other posts: https://obsidian.md/

Not to worry, got a handful pictures from St. Pauli/Reeperbahn too, although daytime only (because forum rules)

Really just back to Denmark, showing a bit of the island off the coast Esbjerg (west coast of the Jutland peninsula) and parts of an iron age settlement excavation (more of interest for those into very old history I think, although I enjoyed the family picnic to the site as a kid) Edit: Sadly, it was only two weeks, including time to get over the jet lag. Most days were spent with my family and also at the cemetery, finally getting to spend some time at my mothers grave (since I couldn't attend her funeral). Not showing pictures of my family or cemetery

My childhood memories were mostly of a steel grey sky and a steel grey ocean... A flood marker. The metal rings have years on them, showing the water levels at particular years, when the sea came for the inhabitants My old high school in a town called Ribe. The school was founded in 1180's and celebrated its 800th anniversary during my second year there The school library has old handwritten books, illustrated by monks (all kept in fireproof safes) The school originally trained new priests and was built by this church, itself built (commenced, took decades to finish) around 1160... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribe_Cathedral Now Ribe, unlike Esbjerg, is indeed an old town Beautiful place with lots of medieval houses with channels and water locks everywhere Across the street from where my parents used to live (more than a decade ago) is another old church... it's part an old building from the late 1100's (the large granite stones) and a new, modern part built in the late 1400's I'll add some pictures from my trip to Hamburg over the weekend

Typical street picture from my old hometown. Can't really call it the "older" part, as it's not even two centuries old What Danish beaches looks like Note the offshore windmill farms generating electricity out on the North Sea! A notable "feature" of the west coast beaches is leftovers from WWII. German bunkers can be found many places. From simple gun emplacements to observation towers and command centrals Of course I had to crawl around inside one of them Part of the west coast (southern part) is protected by dikes. This is what the landscape looks like on the landward side. Often marshes and wetlands. Notice the absence of livestock. You don't really want to go wandering around out there, away from the road. Some beaches also have this legacy from WWII... an estimated 10000 live landmines that were never recovered after the war. It's recommended not to stray from the marked paths

As mentioned a while ago, I went to Europe this winter (summer in the northern hemisphere). Took a number of pictures. Decided against flooding the What You've Done today thread Didn't take a lot of pictures from the 3 hour stopover in Changi Airport, suffice to say, it's worth a visit if you've never been there (I've been there about a dozen times by now). A bit of amusing trivia about Denmark... it's flat, it's wet, it has 7000 of coastline with beaches (not including the overseas territories). Usually green with a grey sky. I got lucky, 2 weeks of mostly sunshine and 20-22c temperatures. Same as the winter in Brisbane, in Denmark they just call it "summer". Most places you go, even in the middle of nowhere, you'll find bicycle paths! Yes, the lane I'm standing on while taking this picture is a bicycle path and I have it coming if someone crashes into me here. Pedestrians have no more business being here than on the road I spent the majority of the two weeks in my old hometown on the west coast of Jutland, a town called "Esbjerg", old fishing and ferry town (used to have regular ferry routes to England before the channel tunnel), now mostly a port for shipping and offshore oil rig maintenance as well as a connection point for the offshore windmills and natural gas pipes from the North Sea. The maritime museum (next to the 4 white statues) have a number of saltwater aquariums showing North Sea wild life Went here several times, my favourite ice cream place the last 50 years!

Just wondering if we're getting close to the point where US presidential elections justifies its own thread?

...and Flamme the Legendary Mage from Frieren

Isn't one of their pet peeves, that Americans needs more guns to protect democracy against usurpers threatening it? Could argue it almost worked.

Now I feel like pork wings with hot sauce

Is it possible, that there is just more stuff added to what passes as “food” these days, than there used to be?

Oldies but goodies...

Uh huh…

Sitting at the departure gate in Copenhagen airport waiting for my flight home. Arghhh… I hate long haul flights

Binge watched Wednesday... loved it. Just my kind of humour

I wonder if that difference is a difference in quality or a difference in time zones? Being a GMT+1 kid living in a GMT+10 adult (and lived for a few years in GMT+12 too), I'm painfully aware of the effects of time zones...

I thought North Koreans spent their entire lives practicing conformity?