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To: neverevergiveup
She had a bit of an accent, and said she had a Swedish background. She talked about how her family had worked hard, scrapped and saved, made their way across the fjords and across the ocean, and all the way to the US

Lots of Scandinavians in Wisconsin / Minnesota / The Dakotas. The land was cheap - practically free - and they were great farmers. And a climate they were accustomed to.

27 posted on 01/13/2018 11:07:07 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Rummyfan

It’s a good climate for some things. Slackers looking for an easy life tend to gravitate elsewhere. And hockey is a good thing.


35 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:29 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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