OT: Swedes ** The most amazing store ( very long)

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Hey Ylva, Nancy .. other good folks

 

> Although I have only hoped I could go there on day, I never have.

> I'm 1/4 Swedish, my mother was 1/2, yet to her dying day she would

> admit to anything but being Swedish. My stepfather, although he is

> only real father I really ever had, he is 100% Danish. A wonderful

> man.

 

I hear you on that one. My father was an international ally cat .. but

I was raised by a good Kentucky Kuntry Boy step-father.

 

> My mother use to love to tease him about something is smelly in

> Denmark.

 

Reminds me of the tale kids once told about Idi Amin getting Hungary and

cooking Guinea and Turkey in Greece. ;-p

 

There's another tale told about Scandinavian Airlines .. about how to

know which country your stewardess is from. If .. after breakfast ..

 

1. She brings you a drink .. she's Swedish.

2. She asks if you want a drink .. she's Danish.

3. You ask for a drink and she tries to talk you out of it .. she's

Norwegian.

 

> You part of the world is one I have always wanted to visit.

 

Me too .. I've spent a lotta time in Norway but only in airports in

Sweden .. but I'll get there. :-)

 

> Have lived in Germany in the early 70's. Sure would love to go back

> there too, what a beautiful country. My daughter is there this week,

> Oh I wish I was with her instead of the emergency contact for my 3

> grandsons, and I'm the puppy watcher. LOL

 

I've spent a lotta time in Germany too .. far more than I have in

Norway. And its a beautiful country if you take the secondary roads ..

stay off the Autobahn (as is America) .. and though I enjoy going from

time to time .. I'd not want to live there. But I could be happy living

in Norway .. especially in Bergen .. mayhaps one of the world's most

beautiful little cities. :-D

 

> Hugs Nancy

>

> Jeez Kathleen - you have actually lived here! And Butch have a

> halfsister (where is the other half of her one would wonder LOL) here

> too. It sure is a small world after all :-D

 

Like I said .. my father was an international ally cat. He married two

Americans, then a German and finally a Swedish lady (Margarita) when he

was around 65. But twas in 1985 (afore they married) that I learned of

my half sister Suzanne. I was in Atlanta when a knock came at the door

and there was were Swedish ladies .. one looked a lot like me (poor

thing) .. so they were invited in and started to tell who they were when

the phone rang and it was my father calling from Colorado Springs saying

he had missed his flight and figured they had arrived afore him so he

needed to explain the situation .. which I thought was sorta nice. ;-p

Suzanne must be around 48 or so now and aside from that one time we've

not met again.

 

> Not to many in your part of the world actually knows where Sweden is,

 

We have more Swedes in America than you do in Sweden. ;-)

 

Probably got more Greeks and Italians in New York City than they have in

their own countries. Same with Mexicans in the Southwest USA.

 

> but I have found to my great amazement that people in the AT and

> natural skincare business in the US are one bunch of well elightened

> people - hurray!

 

There's no question that geography and international relations are not

given as much attention in our education system as they should be given

and I think a part of the reason is chauvinism without a bad heart. And

its not unusual that people in other countries do concentrate more on

the USA than we do on them .. simply because the USA is in a position to

affect events in their countries .. but I also think more Americans are

knowledgeable of countries whose citizens populated the USA than many

folks might think .. but ask them to find an African or Middle Eastern

country on a map and they're lost .. and prior to the events of the last

ten years or so they would not have been able to find Turkey

 

I think Americans also know VERY little about Greece, Italy and France

because they look at those countries through romantic eyes .. and they

fail to see the realities.

 

> Fragrant Blessings,

> Ylva

>

> scents1

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

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Good Morning Butch and All,

 

Hey Ylva, Nancy .. other good folks

 

> Although I have only hoped I could go there on day, I never have.

> I'm 1/4 Swedish, my mother was 1/2, yet to her dying day she would

> admit to anything but being Swedish. My stepfather, although he is

> only real father I really ever had, he is 100% Danish. A wonderful man.

 

I hear you on that one. My father was an international ally cat ..

but I was raised by a good Kentucky Kuntry Boy step-father.

>>>Many Step Parents make the best.

 

> My mother use to love to tease him about something is smelly in

> Denmark.

 

Reminds me of the tale kids once told about Idi Amin getting Hungary

and cooking Guinea and Turkey in Greece. ;-p

>>>Cute I never head this before.

There's another tale told about Scandinavian Airlines .. about how to

know which country your stewardess is from. If .. after breakfast ..

 

1. She brings you a drink .. she's Swedish.

2. She asks if you want a drink .. she's Danish.

3. You ask for a drink and she tries to talk you out of it .. she's

Norwegian.

>>>This is a sure thing, the Swedish I knew and the Dans I grew up knowing all

liked to drink. Never though it was the nationality.

 

 

> You part of the world is one I have always wanted to visit.

 

Me too .. I've spent a lotta time in Norway but only in airports in

Sweden .. but I'll get there. :-)

 

> Have lived in Germany in the early 70's. Sure would love to go

back

> there too, what a beautiful country. My daughter is there this

week,

> Oh I wish I was with her instead of the emergency contact for my 3

> grandsons, and I'm the puppy watcher. LOL

 

I've spent a lotta time in Germany too .. far more than I have in

Norway. And its a beautiful country if you take the secondary roads

...

stay off the Autobahn (as is America) .. and though I enjoy going from

time to time .. I'd not want to live there. But I could be happy living

in Norway .. especially in Bergen .. mayhaps one of the world's most

beautiful little cities. :-D

>>>I'll get back there someday. Although I didn't mind the Autobahn, it was the

secondary roads where you seen the beauty of the county.

 

> Hugs Nancy

>

> Jeez Kathleen - you have actually lived here! And Butch have a

> halfsister (where is the other half of her one would wonder LOL)

here too. It sure is a small world after all :-D

 

Like I said .. my father was an international ally cat. He married two

Americans, then a German and finally a Swedish lady (Margarita) when

he

was around 65. But twas in 1985 (afore they married) that I learned

of

my half sister Suzanne. I was in Atlanta when a knock came at the

door

and there was were Swedish ladies .. one looked a lot like me (poor

thing) .. so they were invited in and started to tell who they were

when

the phone rang and it was my father calling from Colorado Springs

saying

he had missed his flight and figured they had arrived afore him so he

needed to explain the situation .. which I thought was sorta nice.

;-p

Suzanne must be around 48 or so now and aside from that one time

we've not met again.

>>> Maybe you will again someday.

 

> Not to many in your part of the world actually knows where Sweden

is,

 

We have more Swedes in America than you do in Sweden. ;-)

 

Probably got more Greeks and Italians in New York City than they have

in their own countries. Same with Mexicans in the Southwest USA.

 

> but I have found to my great amazement that people in the AT and

> natural skincare business in the US are one bunch of well

elightened

> people - hurray!

 

There's no question that geography and international relations are not

given as much attention in our education system as they should be

given

and I think a part of the reason is chauvinism without a bad heart.

And

its not unusual that people in other countries do concentrate more on

the USA than we do on them .. simply because the USA is in a position

to

affect events in their countries .. but I also think more Americans

are

knowledgeable of countries whose citizens populated the USA than many

folks might think .. but ask them to find an African or Middle

Eastern

country on a map and they're lost .. and prior to the events of the

last ten years or so they would not have been able to find Turkey

 

I think Americans also know VERY little about Greece, Italy and

France

because they look at those countries through romantic eyes .. and

they fail to see the realities.

>>>My daughter will be coming home from Paris. Myself I would like to see Rome,

but think I'll wait until all the fighting is slowed down. As I would really

like to go on a trip to the Holy Lands.

 

> Fragrant Blessings,

> Ylva

 

Hugs Nancy

 

 

scents1