Don't forget
Nice people driving their cars without rushing, respecting the code and not beeping the horns when your car stops; making driving a pleasure (Sweeden)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:45, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Never been there.
Although I gather it's nice, if pricey in the booze department. I'm thinking of heading up that way at some point, I might try to see how many Scandinavian countries I can fit in.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:46, Reply)

What side of the road do they drive on?

( girlinthehole, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Probably the wrong one, everyone but us seems to.
Based on Troll Hunter this is true of Norway, anyway.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

No, they drive on the right
which is the right side as well. Because it's the right one, you see?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Y'see, driving on the left has a historical logic behind it.
When it was men on horses it left you sword arm facing your (possible) opponent. I'm not sure what the logic for doing it the other way around is. Maybe it's a pacifist thing.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Not really
Napoleon wanted a system that was contrary to the romans, to mark the difference in the Imperium. You English refused to do anything Napoleon wanted.

However, these days, nobody uses their swords while on horses on the road, so I think you can forget about it and change your system. Sweedish did it overnight, and it worked prety well (yeah, I know, traffic there is a lot less than here)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I think the principal of not doing it just to be different from the French (and pretty much everyone else it seems) still stands.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

I had a per diem of 50€/day
and had to ratio the alcohol and meat ingestion if I didn't want to over spend, so yes, it's pricey. Good thing is that you can brew your own beer or wine. And people are really nice, and very healthy too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

You can do that here too.
it's just that people don't tend to, partly I guess because beer in pubs it not massively over priced.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)

Yes, but here you need to get prety drunk to spend 50€/day
I didn't go out much, and when I did I'd buy the drinks before hand, have them in a flat with other people and then go partying; otherwise you need a lot more than 50€/day.

Vegetables and meat were expensive too. I remember getting surprised every single time I went shopping.

Then, salaries are higher, and work conditions much better; as far as I know.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)

this is what I meant.
I think it evens out if you live there, but visiting is expensive. I still want to visit. The scenery in Troll Hunter was awesome.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

I haven't watched it
but want to. Is it any good?

I did enjoy my time there very much. I would have moved there, but things were complicated at that time. However, by the end of February I was suffering from depression: lack of sun, too much snow to go out to the city and living on my own in a little village without friends is not a good combination.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)

As a horror film, it's not that horrific.
and it may depend on your toleration for all that shaky camera 'this is a student documentary, honest' style of film, but I thought it was good, quite funny in places and worth watching, a solid 6 or 7 out of ten.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)