--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > I think the defacto criteria on whether or not a place officially exists is > whether or not it has 1)a Starbucks and 2)a McDonalds.:-) >
Very funny Jim, and not far from the truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Fzm1hEiDQ > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > On 05/30/2011 08:35 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon<mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > >> ooops, a gauntlet is thrown down. > > > > I think Sal and Bhairitu imagine Iceland to be nothing > > > > but desolate frozen wasteland with a few Eskimo igloos > > > > and primitive fishermen's huts, instead of the small > > > > but modern, cosmopolitan, and drop-dead *gorgeous* > > > > country that it is. > > > > > > > > After all, just the other day Sal characterized Calcutta > > > > as "a remote hideaway in one of the remotest locations > > > > in the world." > > > > > > Nope, though I haven't been to Iceland I've seen pictures > > > of it from a friend who lives there as well as some movies > > > that were made there. I wouldn't characterize it as "drop > > > dead gorgeous" though. > > > > Anyone who's interested can check Google or Yahoo Images > > for lots of swell photos of Iceland and Reykjavik. It's > > spectacularly beautiful. > > >