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To: attiladhun2
Funny, I've heard that or something similar before. On my checklist of things I wanted to do after I retired was work a Alaskan fishing boat. So I'm told there only one guy who will hire a geezer like me. A Finn in Astoria. So I track him down to a bar and for two hours get a history on that part of the world. The old Captain drank a bit!
103 posted on 03/30/2006 3:47:52 PM PST by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: investigateworld
I just got back from working in the fishing industry up in Dutch Harbor on the Bering Sea. Well, actually its been a couple of years. Loved it.
My grandpappy from Denmark used to recite that diddy. The Swedes and Danes have a mutual dislike for one another. Not surprised a Finn would have similar sentiments, considering Sweden ruled Finnland for several centuries and the old aristocracy in Finnland was Swedish until just before WWII.
104 posted on 03/30/2006 5:37:43 PM PST by attiladhun2 (evolution has both deified and degraded humanity)
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