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mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70241 - Posted: 4 May 2011, 9:57:46 UTC - in response to Message 70238. compared to last year in london, definitely getting slaughtered by exchange rate... should have exchanged all my krill for pounds, would have been much happier this year... just how expensive is iceland ?! so expensive, that the soda machines, instead of accepting paper money, accept credit cards ! serious. Yeah the new parking meters by our lunch place are going to take debit and credit cards too! It is a good thing I take a handicapped guy with me when I go, if you have a tag it means you don't have to pay the meter! I remember back in the mid 70's when it took 2 1/2 dollars to get 1 pound in Scotland, I guess the exchange rate is cyclical. ID: 70241 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70244 - Posted: 4 May 2011, 16:16:40 UTC if you're talking mid 70's, then I have to ask, one pound of what (wink, wink), lol ?! Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70244 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5693 Credit: 5,863,438 RAC: 382	Message 70245 - Posted: 4 May 2011, 21:01:50 UTC - in response to Message 70238. compared to last year in london, definitely getting slaughtered by exchange rate... should have exchanged all my krill for pounds, would have been much happier this year... just how expensive is iceland ?! so expensive, that the soda machines, instead of accepting paper money, accept credit cards ! serious. 1.00 USD = 111.591 ISK US Dollar Icelandic Krona 1 USD = 111.591 ISK 1 ISK = 0.00896131 USD Found on a website when using the search term cost of soda in iceland Coca Cola (2 l bottle) – 258 ISK; ($2.31) Baguette (x1) – 139 ISK; ($1.25) Eggs (x6 carton) – 269 ISK; ($2.42 for 6 or $0.40 per egg) Milk (1 l carton) – 101 ISK; ($0.90) Oranges (1000 gr) – 228 ISK; ($2.05 for 2.2 LBS) * Cappuccino – 350-420 ISK; ($3.13-3.76) * Movie ticket – 600-1150 ISK;($5.38-10.30) * Paperback book – 2490-2990 ISK;($22.31-26.79) Ouch! ID: 70245 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70249 - Posted: 5 May 2011, 6:41:36 UTC pizza = 27,000 ISK soda (500ml) = 250 ISK (extrapolate to 1,000 ISK for 2L) gasoline/petro (1L) = 240 ISK (extraplolate to $9.60/gallon) Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70249 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70250 - Posted: 5 May 2011, 9:56:21 UTC - in response to Message 70249. pizza = 27,000 ISK soda (500ml) = 250 ISK (extrapolate to 1,000 ISK for 2L) gasoline/petro (1L) = 240 ISK (extraplolate to $9.60/gallon) That IS very bad!!! I guess most of their visitors are not from the US then! ID: 70250 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70252 - Posted: 5 May 2011, 17:36:19 UTC heading back on saturday, after first stopping off at the Blue Lagoon, of course... Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70252 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70258 - Posted: 6 May 2011, 13:29:53 UTC - in response to Message 70252. heading back on saturday, after first stopping off at the Blue Lagoon, of course... Is that THE Blue Lagoon from the movie? If so I think they got rescued and Brooke Shields is long gone! I'll be it will be nice to be home again even though you saw some amazing things! ID: 70258 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5693 Credit: 5,863,438 RAC: 382	Message 70261 - Posted: 6 May 2011, 17:46:36 UTC - in response to Message 70258. heading back on saturday, after first stopping off at the Blue Lagoon, of course... Is that THE Blue Lagoon from the movie? If so I think they got rescued and Brooke Shields is long gone! I'll be it will be nice to be home again even though you saw some amazing things! he just wants to swim with Nessie and hope she won't mistake him for dessert. ID: 70261 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70262 - Posted: 6 May 2011, 18:52:14 UTC Dang it man, ya mean i'm gonna be 0 for 2 ?! No nessie in inverness, and no brooke outside of reykjavik ?! Why did i even bother!!! Twin cities on Thursday... Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70262 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70271 - Posted: 7 May 2011, 12:51:18 UTC - in response to Message 70262. Dang it man, ya mean i'm gonna be 0 for 2 ?! No nessie in inverness, and no brooke outside of reykjavik ?! Why did i even bother!!! Twin cities on Thursday... Quick alert the CDC, they must have something special in the water if they have enough twins to call it the 'twin cities'!! ID: 70271 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5693 Credit: 5,863,438 RAC: 382	Message 70274 - Posted: 7 May 2011, 20:16:21 UTC - in response to Message 70271. Dang it man, ya mean i'm gonna be 0 for 2 ?! No nessie in inverness, and no brooke outside of reykjavik ?! Why did i even bother!!! Twin cities on Thursday... Quick alert the CDC, they must have something special in the water if they have enough twins to call it the 'twin cities'!! That was before the cloning department got formed. ID: 70274 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70281 - Posted: 8 May 2011, 10:32:36 UTC - in response to Message 70274. Dang it man, ya mean i'm gonna be 0 for 2 ?! No nessie in inverness, and no brooke outside of reykjavik ?! Why did i even bother!!! Twin cities on Thursday... Quick alert the CDC, they must have something special in the water if they have enough twins to call it the 'twin cities'!! That was before the cloning department got formed. ID: 70281 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70291 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 6:45:28 UTC lol, guess its a good thing i'm not headed to the tri-cities... Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70291 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70292 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 11:35:19 UTC - in response to Message 70291. lol, guess its a good thing i'm not headed to the tri-cities... Ooooo the possibilities!!! ID: 70292 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Chris S Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 56 Credit: 867,041 RAC: 0	Message 70350 - Posted: 16 May 2011, 7:28:43 UTC Morning! ID: 70350 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70374 - Posted: 20 May 2011, 1:17:49 UTC Last modified: 20 May 2011, 1:22:20 UTC chris, good evening from wash dc ! and on monday it will be from boston, and tuesday from san diego... Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70374 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70376 - Posted: 20 May 2011, 9:48:22 UTC - in response to Message 70374. chris, good evening from wash dc ! and on monday it will be from boston, and tuesday from san diego... That migration route is really moving around! ID: 70376 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5693 Credit: 5,863,438 RAC: 382	Message 70379 - Posted: 20 May 2011, 19:37:07 UTC - in response to Message 70376. chris, good evening from wash dc ! and on monday it will be from boston, and tuesday from san diego... That migration route is really moving around! he just needs to warm up from the cold with the hot american tea at boston and then go sun tan in san diego. ID: 70379 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 17,199	Message 70381 - Posted: 21 May 2011, 8:52:57 UTC - in response to Message 70379. chris, good evening from wash dc ! and on monday it will be from boston, and tuesday from san diego... That migration route is really moving around! he just needs to warm up from the cold with the hot american tea at boston and then go sun tan in san diego. Ahhh and here I thought he was just taking the long way round to get to Black's Beach in San Diego! I thought he just wanted to show off the 'tuxedo' after the wedding! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%27s_Beach ID: 70381 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 70382 - Posted: 21 May 2011, 9:09:27 UTC i am sooooooooo there !!!!!!! Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 70382 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote