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Old 06-22-2012, 01:34 PM
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Happy midsummer!

Happy midsommar everyone! :-)
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Old 06-22-2012, 03:07 PM
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Well actually here its' the 2nd full day of summer.

Its' been around 93 degrees so far & hotter than Hell.

No rain. So its' dry ( I have to daily water my garden ).

So (techinally), Happy first day of Summer ... lol.

Btw, heading to Florida ( gonna vist MICKY MOUSE @ DISNEY WORLD ) so wish me luck !
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Old 06-22-2012, 10:45 PM
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Happy mid summer! =) lol
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Old 06-23-2012, 03:02 PM
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I do realize it's not a big deal in many other places but here in Scandinavia it's as important as christmas, or in some cases more important then christmas.

It's a celibration that dates back to the vikings and probebly even longer. The scandinavian countries (apart from maybe denmark) are covered in darkness most of the year so the extra hours of light is celebrated in the summer, and midsommar is as the english word the middle of the summer and the lightest day of the year

Where I live, the sun sets at around 10:30 PM and raises over the horizon again at 4 am (around 18 hours of daylight). In the winter we get only around 5 hours of daylight

It's actually so important in Sweden that when our nationalday was introduced it was considered to be celebrated on Midsommar even if it had nothing to do with our independence or anything of Swedens history as a country but it got it's own day.

The church even tried to ban it around the 1400 but failed miserably
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Old 06-23-2012, 04:42 PM
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Ah! I see now! It is an important day! Thanks, I have learned something today! Here it's just taken for granted as 1st day of Summer.
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Old 06-23-2012, 07:25 PM
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The church even tried to ban it around the 1400 but failed miserably
All I can say to that is well done and keep up the fight! The sooner humidity disposes of this bronze age fairytale into the realms of history where it belongs the better of we'll be...
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Old 06-23-2012, 09:56 PM
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Any thing happening in Knoxville Dave? I've canned my My Facebook for a while...
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Old 06-24-2012, 07:43 AM
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At this moment we're vacationing in Florida. Running around doing the Disney theme parks.

We,ve only been In Florida 2 days so far, but tired already ,lol.
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Old 06-24-2012, 10:54 AM
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All I can say to that is well done and keep up the fight! The sooner humidity disposes of this bronze age fairytale into the realms of history where it belongs the better of we'll be...
Haha yep! I like the old faiths alot more then the modern christian faiths. It's awsome with a pig you can eat parts of each day without it ever dies
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Old 06-25-2012, 05:40 PM
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Haha yep! I like the old faiths alot more then the modern christian faiths. It's awsome with a pig you can eat parts of each day without it ever dies
"a pig you can eat parts of each day without it ever dies"?
What The?
Please explain my friend...
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Old 06-25-2012, 05:40 PM
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At this moment we're vacationing in Florida. Running around doing the Disney theme parks.

We,ve only been In Florida 2 days so far, but tired already ,lol.
Get some rest between rides and enjoy your Summer Dave!!!!
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Old 06-27-2012, 02:12 AM
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"a pig you can eat parts of each day without it ever dies"?
What The?
Please explain my friend...
Asagudarna (the gods the vikings belived in) had a pig called Sarimner (is spelled with an a and two dots ontop but can't write those chars here) that when eaten apeared alive the next day, it resurrected each day to be eaten again and again.

There's also a reason why we eat ham at chrismas too, it's because of Sarimner and the pig being sacred in the Asatro.

Our word that we now call chrismas "jul" is a word from the vikings and is atleast 1100 years old. 1000 years of christian faith hasn't changed it

Many celebrations we (in sweden) have at christmas, comes from Asatron and Vikings and not from the christian faith as you would guess (i would defenetly). It's actually reverse, the church took many things from the vikings and their Asagudatro and made them into christian celibrations
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Old 06-27-2012, 02:20 PM
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We in Australia don't time our days of summer, its summer every day, and although we don't have an endless magical pork supply we do have many important things supplied
by the church or government or 'local' volunteer organization.
Why:...! just last night at my Volunteer Organization (bar) my drinking vessel, flowed continuesly with copious amounts of cool amber liquid, which I understand that the early people of northern europe once referred to as beer.
Not once nor many a time, did I or any fellow member touch or put fluid into this vessel, it appeared to re-fill itself.
I hope to experiment with this vessel once again tonite should my fair wife give me the permissions to continue my studies into this new science..

Have you had this happen in your tribe???
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Old 06-27-2012, 06:30 PM
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You're in Queensland man...down here where I am it can be Winter one day Summer the next.
The beer flows well in our vessels though and we have no trouble with results either but studies must also continue to provide comparison data for the boffins in Q
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Asagudarna (the gods the vikings belived in) had a pig called Sarimner (is spelled with an a and two dots ontop but can't write those chars here) that when eaten apeared alive the next day, it resurrected each day to be eaten again and again.

There's also a reason why we eat ham at chrismas too, it's because of Sarimner and the pig being sacred in the Asatro.

Our word that we now call chrismas "jul" is a word from the vikings and is atleast 1100 years old. 1000 years of christian faith hasn't changed it

Many celebrations we (in sweden) have at christmas, comes from Asatron and Vikings and not from the christian faith as you would guess (i would defenetly). It's actually reverse, the church took many things from the vikings and their Asagudatro and made them into christian celibrations
I think it represents the renewal of life and the bounties of the universe
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Old 06-28-2012, 02:35 AM
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hope when you down here in Florida is enjoyable one
my home state

watch-out for Mickey! i heard he not eaten anything for years now


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Well actually here its' the 2nd full day of summer.

Its' been around 93 degrees so far & hotter than Hell.

No rain. So its' dry ( I have to daily water my garden ).

So (techinally), Happy first day of Summer ... lol.

Btw, heading to Florida ( gonna vist MICKY MOUSE @ DISNEY WORLD ) so wish me luck !
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Old 06-28-2012, 07:37 AM
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hope when you down here in Florida is enjoyable one
my home state

watch-out for Mickey! i heard he not eaten anything for years now
The first couple of days were really wet with the tropical storm and kinda scary with the tornado warnings. But we got to do the Universal and Islands of Adventure parks and almost all the Disney Parks so far.

Friday we're going to Cocoa Beach to see the ocean and lay on the beach, yea !!!
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Old 06-28-2012, 06:04 PM
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We are getting news here in Aus of Wildfires in Colorado and Violent Storms in Florida!
Be careful Dave!
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:17 PM
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The tropical storm crossed the pan handle and moved out to the Atlantic.

Today was a beautiful day ! Got a good suntan today !!
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Good suntan? Medium Rare, Well Done or Crispy?
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