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27 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Mornin'. I am at least for this while thank you. And you, is your neck continuing to improve?

About the same as yesterday. I'll take it. :) 

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24 minutes ago, Marty said:

Good man, Gary! :2thumbs:

Let's keep them coming:

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Oh nice! Val and Lit! :rofl: (I miss her)

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22 minutes ago, Marty said:

I so love a man with perseverance. ;)

But I'm not grey. I'm pure white.

(I'm talking about the colour of my hair, clo, not my soul.) :rofl:

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Doesn't one reflect the other? 🤔

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6 minutes ago, Headstall said:

That's Clo and Val in a few years. :D 

I have a nice big basement at the apartment :whistle:

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14 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Tomorrow will be Great Prayer day (Store Bededag) in Denmark, so tonight I'm having Varme Hveder with butter and pålægschokolade. The bakers were closed on the Friday, so they made the buns to last til Saturday, but I think a lot of people eat the buns all of the holiday now (Thursday to Sunday). This tradition is more than 100 years old.

@ColumbusGuy  mentions the tradition in chapter 60 of his story.

 

Of course I just had to look that up...

Interesting tradition and history. :yes: 

And a moveable feast, due to it being connected with Easter.

I see it's also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur, and in Greenland (Greenlandic Tussiarfissuaq).

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I wonder whether Mr Trump would have done away with it if he'd managed to buy Greenland... :unsure2:

Enjoy the day, Tim! :hug: 

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7 minutes ago, Marty said:

Of course I just had to look that up...

Interesting tradition and history. :yes: 

And a moveable feast, due to it being connected with Easter.

I see it's also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur, and in Greenland (Greenlandic Tussiarfissuaq).

Enjoy the day, Tim! :hug: 

Thanks :hug: Were you able to find an explanation in English or did you have to resort to translating Danish ? I didn't know about Færøerne and Grønland. I wonder if Iceland also has the tradition.

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5 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

Thanks :hug: Were you able to find an explanation in English or did you have to resort to translating Danish ? I didn't know about Færøerne and Grønland. I wonder if Iceland also has the tradition.

I just searched for "Great Prayer day (Store Bededag) in Denmark" in Google.

I actually selected that text in your post, right clicked, and asked Google to search for it.

The first result was this page, in English:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_Bededag

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12 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

I wonder if Iceland also has the tradition.

It's not listed on this page:

https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/icelandic-traditions-holidays-dates

Nor on this page (less wordy, so easier to see the important stuff):

https://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/people-society/traditions

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22 minutes ago, Marty said:

It's not listed on this page:

https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/icelandic-traditions-holidays-dates

Yeah, and actually the Wiki page says it was FORMERLY observed by Norway and Iceland, so I guess they got rid of it when they became free. I'd love to see a SATW comic about this, with Finland and Sweden being all :huh:  over the varme hveder discussion.

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15 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

Finland and Sweden being all :huh:  over the varme hveder discussion.

I'm wondering if that's a Danish idiom... :unsure2:

Google just translates it to "over the hot wheat" (or alternatively "over the hot wheat buns")

[Edit] Oops! My bad.... I see you were referring to the traditional buns you have for Store bededag.

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23 hours ago, dughlas said:

Maybe, providing he remembered to put his pants on today ... uh Marty, you remembered, right?

:( I had to put pants on today

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22 hours ago, Marty said:

Talking of going pantless made me wonder if being a military commando means they actually actually have to go commando...

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Hmmmm those hats will not protect them from the sun

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14 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm wondering if that's a Danish idiom... :unsure2:

Google just translates it to "over the hot wheat" (or alternatively "over the hot wheat buns")

[Edit] Oops! My bad.... I see you were referring to the traditional buns you have for Store bededag.

LOL, I edited my post to make varme hveder in italics, that may help to show it's in Danish.

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24 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm wondering if that's a Danish idiom... :unsure2:

Google just translates it to "over the hot wheat" (or alternatively "over the hot wheat buns")

[Edit] Oops! My bad.... I see you were referring to the traditional buns you have for Store bededag.

 

8 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

LOL, I edited my post to make varme hveder in italics, that may help to show it's in Danish.

We are always happy to discuss hot buns here :) 

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1 hour ago, Headstall said:

I'm wearing pants too, B. :)  :hug: 

On your hips or on your head? 🤨🙄 :gikkle:

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27 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

And very cute!   :kiss:  Hey, Marty!   :hug:

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Puppy dogs and babies are cute...

But thanks, Page. And Hey! Right back at you. :hug:

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4 hours ago, Headstall said:

That's Clo and Val in a few years. :D 

Few years?!? That photo was taken on Val's last birthday. That's why she's wearin' a tiara. Plus, the 18 yearold body she's talkin' about belongs to some poor kid who was jogging past her house that morning. She tased him and dragged him into the house singin' "Happy Birthday to Me!".

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