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Food prices in Nunavut
Food prices in Nunavut (in Arctic Canada) are legendarily high, because pretty much everything that’s not “country food” (traditional local food such as seal, berries, etc.) is imported by air from the south.
Here’s a blog post that includes a flyer from a local supermarket, showing what sale prices are like in Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ).
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You know that you’re old when…
…you realise that Windows 95 came out 18 years ago.
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Swap-bot
I seem to have discovered swap-bot, a site which organises swaps between people.
I found it while idly googling for “we swap snacks”, while waiting for assignments on the recent we_swap_snacks swap. (Signups are probably still open due to the low number of participants by the original date! Join now so that we have a goodly number of participants!)
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Of ships and trains
If an opportunity has passed, you might say in English, “That ship has sailed.”
In German, it’s “Der Zug ist abgefahren” (That train has left).
Interesting that the metaphor is quite similar, except for the choice of vehicle.
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I has English food!
My parcel with English food has arrived! Yay!
All wrapped very carefully.
So now I have some English cereal and some English Christmas goodies, as well as miscellaneous other stuff that’s difficult to get in Germany.
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11:11 UTC: December solstice
Happy Solstice!
I’m glad that the days will be getting longer again now.
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20.12.2012 20:12:20.12
Another interesting date and time :)
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The things you learn: buying your HTTP farts
I just read that in French, HTTP sounds like acheter tes pets.
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12.12.12 12:12:12
A date like this won’t occur again for nearly a century!
