That's it...I'm moving to Finland

[Gordon Nore]

I just thought of this

Monty Python - Finland

Dang, beat me to it.:wavey:

 

[David43515]

Finnish is supposed to be one of the toughest languages in the world for outsiders to learn because it`s not related to anything else. I`m thinking Sweden or Denmark. I`ve dated girls from both places and it`s totally worth it.

 

[Carol]

 

[Omar B]

Holy crap! 30 Tanks and 130 planes! Bad-***!

 

[Carol]

Holy crap! 30 Tanks and 130 planes! Bad-***!

Oh yeah. Don't mess with the Finns.

http://peacecountry0.tripod.com/finnliv.htm

 

[Xue Sheng]

Finnish is supposed to be one of the toughest languages in the world for outsiders to learn because it`s not related to anything else. I`m thinking Sweden or Denmark. I`ve dated girls from both places and it`s totally worth it.

The language of Finland

Finland, Finland, Finland

I once worked with a nurse who was from Norway Her husband was from Finland and her in-laws, who only spoke Finnish, were visiting and her husband had to go away for a couple of days on business. She spoke Norwegian, French, Spanish, English, Swedish, Italian, German, and a bit of Russian. However the only language she had no clue about was Finnish

 

[Xue Sheng]

Now That's not fair. you need to look at what they are like today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Military

After reading that....well....ummmm...nevermind

 

[Big Don]

Knowing how to deal with winter in Finland: PRICELESS

 

[crushing]

Two words…
blonde women and saunas...

So now the slogan is "Finland and Busts!"?

 

[Ken Morgan]

hey if you lived in the cold for 12 months of the year, you'd have a bloody minded attitude too!!

 

[CuongNhuka]

Holy crap! 30 Tanks and 130 planes! Bad-***!

Finland has significant territorial advantages. Because of there mountainious terrian a war in Finland is going to be a matter of capturing the various paths, which reduces the effects of numbers, and increases the value of a decentralised military and snipers. Same reason the Greeks won Thermopolye.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Finland has significant territorial advantages. Because of there mountainious terrian a war in Finland is going to be a matter of capturing the various paths, which reduces the effects of numbers, and increases the value of a decentralised military and snipers. Same reason the Greeks won Thermopolye.

But the Greeks didn't win at Themopolye did they?

 

[CuongNhuka]

Yes, they did. The intent of the Greek resistance wasn't to beat the Persians, but to delay them long enough for the rest of Greece to get there forces ready. Ignore the movie 300, there was a lot of artistic license taken in the graphic novel and movie.

The Spartan Government was not that oppossed to sending troops to defend the hot gates. And real world Sparta would retreat, they didn't because there purpose wasn't to win the land war, just hold them off long enough for the rest of Greece (including Sparta) to get there militaries ready.

So, from a strategic point of view, the Greeks won that battle. Not to mention, the ratio of troops brought to deaths was simply stunning.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Yes, they did. The intent of the Greek resistance wasn't to beat the Persians, but to delay them long enough for the rest of Greece to get there forces ready. Ignore the movie 300, there was a lot of artistic license taken in the graphic novel and movie.

The Spartan Government was not that oppossed to sending troops to defend the hot gates. And real world Sparta would retreat, they didn't because there purpose wasn't to win the land war, just hold them off long enough for the rest of Greece (including Sparta) to get there militaries ready.

So, from a strategic point of view, the Greeks won that battle. Not to mention, the ratio of troops brought to deaths was simply stunning.

Thank You, I now know were you are coming from on this and based on the objective they did win even though they did all die. And the Greeks did later defeat the Persians in the field due to what occurred at Thermopylae if my memory of Greek history serves me correctly. And to be honest I didn’t much like the movie; the 300

But this is about Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be

 

[Omar B]

Hey, 300's just fantasy. Frank Miller's a great writer who's done amazing things in his career and he brought one of the greatest battles of all time to the eye of the general populous. Sure it was dramatized and made larger than life, but that's the purpose of fiction, he wasn't writing a historical account or a history book. People who willing to dig further would have gone onto read more serious accounts.

It's no different than many other dramatized retelling of history.

 

[Carol]

Knowing how to deal with winter in Finland: PRICELESS

Dude, I'm from northern New England. Cold is just a matter of who you know.

 

[CuongNhuka]

Thank You, I now know were you are coming from on this and based on the objective they did win even though they did all die. And the Greeks did later defeat the Persians in the field due to what occurred at Thermopylae if my memory of Greek history serves me correctly. And to be honest I didn’t much like the movie; the 300

But this is about Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be

I don't normally look at the winning of a battle based on the battle itself, but on the effect of the whole war.

Just remember, that the Nordic Countries (Finland, Sweden, so on) are probably the closest living examples you'll ever see of Socialism. So, if you like your Free Market/Capitalism, don't move there. If you like a Presidential system akin to ours, don't move there either. They have a Parliment.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I don't normally look at the winning of a battle based on the battle itself, but on the effect of the whole war.

Just remember, that the Nordic Countries (Finland, Sweden, so on) are probably the closest living examples you'll ever see of Socialism. So, if you like your Free Market/Capitalism, don't move there. If you like a Presidential system akin to ours, don't move there either. They have a Parliment.

Well since I just bought a house I am rather fond of I am not moving there any time soon

But as to living in a socialist country, no big deal, I'd live in China if I could, and someday I might, so Finland works too, as does Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Dude, I'm from northern New England. Cold is just a matter of who you know.

QFT

And you can get Maglites in Finland too

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[Carol]

QFT

And you can get Maglites in Finland too

OOooohhhhhhhhh! And its dark in the winter. Many opportunities to USE the Maglites! And maybe even break more Maglites! Bwaaahaaahaaa :lol2: