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8 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

What I find harrowing is thinking how precious life is. We only get one.

And then you have this nutjob just sending people to their deaths for his own personal gain. People are needlessly dying for one man’s self ambition.

These people dying have wives, kids, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, close friends. Thousands dying, millions affected.

While Putin just sits there in an comfy, warm office playing online chess or Risk without a care in the world. 

War is a crime in itself.  Why do you only focus on Putin, is Zelenski and the western leaders who economically enable him, train his troops and supply them exempt from such commentary?  If you do using the logic of defending against invaders, that will not fly, the eastern Russian speaking areas were also defending themselves against Kiev aggression where Russia came to their defensive aid.  This is a bloody mess, both sides sacrifice their manpower for strategic gain.  Everyone is defending against something and for it men get used, abused and sacrificed.

Looking forward to spending our first Christmas together in our new house in the countryside.

What began suddenly as a powerful eruption has now died down completely, both scenarios have caught the volcanologists off guard and left them scratching heads as to what happens next.  Magma is still moving underground, this time under the geothermal power station at Svartsengi.  Will it surface, move to a different location?  Nobody seems to know.  The only certainty is uncertainty.

8 hours ago, Returning ram said:

You sure it was Warne, according to some on here he doesn't watch academy games....

On 18/12/2023 at 00:06, sage said:

ET

Fight Club

Love Actually

 

Same here.  Plan to see ET at some point, but not the other two.

On 18/12/2023 at 06:32, Ghost of Clough said:

From that list there are 68 I haven't watched all the way through or not at all.

I haven't watched these all the way through: Godfather (x3), Schindler's List, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Singing in the Rain, Goodfellas, Fargo

And these at all: Raging Bull, Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, On the Waterfront, Sunset Blvd., West Side Story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Chinatown, Dr Stangelove, Some Like It Hot, Ben-Hur, Amadeus, From Here to Eternity, Unforgiven, A Streetcar Name Desire, The Philadelphia Story, An American in Paris, The Best Years of Our Lives, My Fair Lady, Doctor Zhivago, The Searchers, Patton, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Apartment, Platoon, High Noon, Dances with Wolves, The Pianist, The Deer Hunter, All Quiet on the Western Front, Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, City Lights, It Happened One Night, A Place in the Sun, Midnight Cowboy, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Annie Hall, Giant, Shane, The Grapes of Wrath, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Nashville, Network, The Graduate, American Graffiti, Terms of Endearment, The African Queen, Stagecoach, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, Wuthering Heights, Rear Window, The Third Man, Rebel Without a Cause, North by Northwest, Yankee Doodle Dandy

Wow, so many great films you have missed, I think I've seen them all. 

You must see Network, but first you've got to get mad.

Much respect to you and your partner, David, you are doing a wonderful thing for the boys. 

My father adopted his granddaughter in his old age, my much younger brother had no secure housing, which is required and the mother was not up to the parenting task, so to save the girl from the social services road, he and my stepmother did this, but with doubts that it would be of much help.  The girl was troubled when she came to them, but changed immensely for the better and is a fine young lady today.  Father became her anchor in life.

Eruption began in a 4km long line, stretched to 7km, the highest spurts reaching 125 meters.  It got as close as 2km from Grindavík on a crack that lies straight through the town.  The main activity now is near the center of the line, which is common with these types of eruptions as they settle, but that could change in the coming days.

Some impressive footage here

The town you see footage from and towards the eruption is Keflavík, where the airport is located.

8 hours ago, Eddie said:

No half measures, in my opinion. You either support Ukraine or Putin.

You either or me?  Two can play that game.  You either comment on the video I posted, or you don't. 😉

23 hours ago, ossieram said:

I have never understood why people get so wound up over words on a forum!

I sit and read some stuff and agree,  some I disagree with, some I'll post a reply to and most I don't bother replying to. But I don't ever remember using the ignore button if I do thing certain posters are prats.

I don't always expect my posts to be agreed with and a good percentage shouldn't be taken seriously or even read at all. 

7 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Ah, my very limited understanding precludes me grasping that these things don't start and finish quickly. My Icelandic buddies tell me it's part and parcel of being an Icelander and something that Icelanders accept (no choice I suppose!) but I feel it's quite harsh land, for all that it is also beautiful. I'll just wish you and the rest of the country a merry Christmas and hopefully a less hectic new year!  

Your Icelandic buddies are correct, it goes with the territory, as the saying goes.  It is a harsh land, sometimes extremely so, but it makes us appreciate the good days more.  Adaptability and stoicism is the name of the game here, our national motto being Það Reddast (It will work out)

Wishing you and yours happy holidays.

8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Het @ramit how are things looking now in Grindavík and surrounds? Hoping things are returning to some semblance of normality, though I guess tahat might take rather more time. Hope you can have a decent holiday all the same.

Thanks for checking mate.  The quakes and land rise are still ongoing, not expecting eruption under the town, but could happen close to town, possibly under the power plant at Svartseyngi, (Blue Lagoon area)  Until this dies down it's considered too risky for people to move back home and there is no way of telling when that can be, if ever.  The peninsula has entered a hundred year active period, with no reference in modern times to anything similar, there is no way of knowing what will happen, it's not just Grindavík at risk, it is most of the peninsula, including the outskirts of Reykjavík.

My wife, son and I are busy preparing for moving house, packing things down, as we head out of Reykjavík to Stykkishólmur on Saturday morning.  There are volcanoes close to that place also, but not as active, for now, heh.

While I do not support the current Ukraine government, I am also a bit of a nationalist at heart, a contradiction it would seem, but I prefer to believe that nationalism can be a positive movement when avoiding extremes and trampling the natural rights of some of it's citizens. 

I found this video informative and thought provoking.

7 hours ago, Gaspode said:

I can supply a list of usernames where that clearly doesn't apply if that would help?

I began frequenting a positively hostile news forum, devoid of swear filters, brimful of vicious personal attacks and threats of bodily harm, a place so mean one gets banned for being too nice.  In comparison, this forum is a heavenly oasis of tender intercourse between delightful characters bearing good will towards men and sheep.

Works for me.

Greed, as dependable as the sun rising in the morn.  That it leaves a trail, is a bit of a nuisance though.

8 hours ago, Alpha said:

Irony when the leader of democracy overrules the decision of the many. 

They've never been the leader of democracy, it's just a sick joke they enjoy throwing out there for twisted giggles.

Being competitive while living within our means is what I have long hoped for, Mr. Clowes delivered that, I can't praise the fellow enough.

A good performance all round, Bartley, Wheeldon and Jeffcott standouts for me

Hope there's an option to sign Jeffcott, I really rate him.