European Off Topic Discussion Thread
 

Thought I would add a skybar thread within this section for any off topic discussions, within the rules of course.

Ooh this is a bit sad, a skybar that's been set up to encourage people to post but no one's posted in it. In that case, I'd better post something and, in the absence of anything meatier to talk about right now and, because there doesn't seem to be an Introductions thread, I'll just say hello, I'm Wendigo. I don't really post on here much because there's nothing about my home city of Sheffield. This makes me sad :(. Sadly, I have to view myself as being past my mental and physical peak, my favourite film of all time is Quatermass and the Pit, my favourite TV show of all time is Dr Who and my favourite song of all time is a toss-up between Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney, and Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen.

I've always believed that a thread without any posts is an unhappy thread and, now that people have started posting in it, this thread can feel a little happier. Remember, everytime a person fails to post in a thread, a little pixie dies*.

(*And it's one of those nice pixies, not one of those nasty ones that steal your shoes so you can't find them when you're late for work. I hate those pixies. I keep them in little cages and force them to watch me eat good food like Yorkie Bars while they get nothing but oven chips.)

PS. I came across a bright green slug, the size of a small walrus, trying to get into my kitchen today.

Nice thread... but I honestly have no idea about what to discuss here.... so instead I'll present myself to any members who doesn't know me..


Yo.. I'm Freki ( formerly known as Mr_D ) I'm a 27yo male from Copenhagen Denmark.. :hi:

When it comes to smilies this is my favorite: :ahhh:

It'll probably pick up, especially when the outsiders migrate here.

Well since SSC is dead again, this is the next best place. Same username there, mostly active on the now dead EE board, now I just read the FPW and post in DLM/Autobahns and Highways. Originally from Poland but currently in the States. I like long walks on the beach, etc, etc. ;)

You mean there are beaches in Boulder? :D

^Does there need to be ocean for a patch of sand to be a beach?

The reason i ask is because stuff like beach bars and beach volley can be done ( and is done ) without an ocean as a key part - so techically Boulder could have a beach, just not a very good one :)


Anyway CHapp from where do you hail? :)

Perhaps Czas meant the bit about long walks on the beach in jest, Freki. ;)

But you're right, people do manage to create beaches in the most improbable places, like the famous summer "plage" in the center of Paris along the Seine. There's also an annual beach volleyball tournament in Hamburg right on the main square I think.

And to answer your question: without further ado, I just plain hail. :yes:

Well, when I travel to the seaside, I like long walks there...;)

We don't really have any beaches here btw. We have a resevoir and sand along parts of it, but it's really nothing worth mentioning.

I, for one, don't like long walks on the beach. Hate the way sand gets in everywhere. A long walk in a city is far nicer. Was on a not-so-long one today, seeing the site of the future new national football stadium in Solna (a suburb of Sstockohlm). That site was chock-full of grit. three abandoned railway cars of differing make couple together on a stretch of track that went from nowhere to nowhere (with parts missing making it impassible). Didn't have a camera tho :(

Which one tastes best?
pizza or kebab?
It's difficult to choose, maybe kebab.

I prefer pizza, but I know a place on the southside where you get a kebab and fries and a drink for like 45 SEK. Pizza is generally 50-70 SEK in Stockholm, so...

That's a damn tough choice mate...


When I order out I usually go for pizza, when I eat going home from a night of drinking or something simular I go for kebab..

I guess my vote will go on pizza, but kebab is a very close runner up... :)

I don't even have a clear concept of what kebab is.

So I'm going for PIZZA, buddy! :banana:

I'll go for kebab

Kebab is everywhere in Europe! At least the north and maybe not in the old East... yet.

I could sooo go for a kebab + fries now.

So could you perhaps at least describe this tasty delicacy? :)

pork meat on a stick, i guess.

Thanks for the visual, Raptor! :) Of course it would be you, one of our finest photographers, to come up with it. :tup:

So are those slices of pork in there? Or is it beef? Either way, kebabs look like they're pretty messy when you try to eat them--messier than a slice of Pizza at any rate. But then it sounds like some of you folks have had plenty of practice in chowing down a kebab gracefully.

Mutton or beef, never pork. We got it with the immigrants from the Middle East, not much into pork down there. I prefer beef and mutton over pork anyway, so works out great for me. Only pork I really like is bacon. mmm... bacon

At my local Kurdish joint I usually go for either lamb or beef.. but chicken is great too..

As Swede mentioned pork isn't exactly popular with the middle eastern people, but they do serve it if one asks for it ( plus it's the main ingediant of about half the pizzas they offer )

Anyway it's basicly a pita, just with differnt meat and usually a more sour dressing..

They can be, but you usually get them wrapped in paper, so it's kinda like eating a burger in paper, some times you are lucky and other times it end up looking like the stuff babys drool out :)

Middle Eastern joints have pretty much killed all other opposition here in Denmark, we used to have Chinese Grills everywhere, but now it's pizza and Shawarma/kebab joints.. it's also much healthier than other fast food and certainly tastes better if you ask me, it's also made of fresh stuff instead of the defrosted crap you get a MickyD's & Co..

They're appearing here in Canada more and more but there's plenty of room for every kind of fast food place without it impinging on any other, but then again given that there's a diverse population could have something to do with it.

One time I actually found a Canadian fast food place for the first time, that had bison and moose burgers, and their specialty coyote cheesesteak!

Coyote... isn't that basicly a wild dog?

That's right.

Mmmmmm! :D

Well I guess there is now something to talk about........the Russian Georgian conflict....... causes.....responses and potential outcome. Any thoughts?
Did the Georgian government have the right to go after a province inside its territory? Is this the beginning of Russia trying to rebuild its empire? Does the U.S have any high ground to stand on considering its actions over the last few years? Are the European powers reacting forcefully enough or is the threat of a cut in energy from Russia preventing them from taking any action? Is Putin's behavior any different from the "old" Russia? Lots of possibilities to discuss here.

There's already a thread on that in the Current Events section. Considering the topic's nature I'm ruling that that's where that discussion belongs and not in here.

But now a topic that's sure to get people talking...
When eating a kebab, what is your preferred drink? a beer? coke? water?

Sorry, I figured the term general discussion meant just that. Could you give me the link for the current events thread as I looked and could not locate it since this topic can't compete here with eating kebab.

Well I usually take Coke to Kebab since it's pretty cheap in the area where I usually eat Kebab.(close to school)

Coke NOK 10 ~ €1,2491 :D
Roll Kebab NOK 30 ~ €3,7472 :D
that's under €5 in total.

Maybe that's not cheap for some of our other european forumers, but by
norwegian standards that's just about as cheap as it gets.

Hmm... diet Coke usually.. or diet Sprite..

Usually eating kebab means you already had a lot to drink...

Yep :)

Thanks! :haha: You make it sound like I'm not missing all that much because of the absence of kebab joints in my part of the world.

Oh you are - kebab is awesome! :)

I'll take it over burgers ANY day!

Well I know Dansk food is quite tasty! :tup: So maybe that means the same is true for Dansk kebab?

^Danish food is horrible... ( with the exception of a few things ) - I by far prefere mediterranian by far! ( except Greek! ) :)

O dear! Things must have gone downhill in gammel Danmark then. :(

Well, IMO danish burgers are quite tasty.
I dunno about danish kebabs, but guess they're quite tasty as well.

Danish food is based on medival farmers food and strange fish like the herring and eel, pretty much all the farmer couldn't sell - that is not me!

I do like stuff like Frikadeller and Pork roast, but that is hardy uniquely Danish and not typical either...


Pizza, Pasta, Kebab, Shawarma, Lasagne, Falafel however... mmmmmm :)

Here ya go, testdrive: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=155676. :)

The thread is now on page 29 or so.

there seems to be nothing to discuss about...is everything going that smooth nowadays or have I been missing something ??

^yeah it's going all right up here...

The birds have been arriving and so has the light and with spring just around the cornor my camera trigger finger have started to itch..

Other than that.. hmm.. Iceland's economy have seen better day.. but since they are old friends ( well more than that - our nations didn't part until the end of WW2 ) we desided to help them by getting them deeper in debt and send our airforce there to take control of their skies...

Now if we could only get them to pull some real riots we could send some ground troops and "liberate" them back into the Kingdom :D

I miss Grumpy

we all do :(

Yeah :(

Not much going on in here. So... anyone ever played any Paradox Interactive games? Hearts of Iron & Europa Universalis being their main titles. Or is it all SimCity in here?

I don't know if any of you are into trance but I'm a big fan of Tiesto who's hometown is in Breda, The Netherlands. I would like to see him in person playing at Sensation since I use to DJ myself. This song reminds me of my summer over there in 2002. From Amsterdam to Rotterdam to Sint-Oedenrode to Eindhoven. Since my daughter's relatives are from there I plan on returning again. While playing this song I can vision a video showing my KLM 747 flight landing once again at Amsterdam's Schiphol to begin yet another European adventure. I look forward to touring more countries. (may be I could pay Jan and Patrick B. another visit)

My official Netherlands theme song
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Bought myself a co-op apartment today. Now waiting for the banks to do their bit and for the move-in date to happen. 7 weeks of waiting...

Congrats man! Which floor? Do you have a good view of the city?